The Know How debates the state of music
News: 17th May 2010 by Louise Dodgson under Finance, Law & Music Business, Music Training & Careers
The Know How, Generator’s annual seminar series on the hot topics affecting the music industry and musicians regionally and globally is set to take over Tyneside Cinema’s Roxy in the week leading up to the Evolution Weekender.
In a series of free panel discussions established industry professionals and chart-topping North East musicians will cover a number of important topics including the decline of broadcast media, filesharing, and the relationships between artists and labels.
The first seminar, Transmission, on Monday 24th May, brings together representatives of internet radio site Last.fm, unsigned station Amazing Radio and the group Global Radio which runs some of the UK’s largest commercial brands including Galaxy and XFM and will focus on new broadcast models and the impact on artists of the decline of regional broadcasting.
The highlight of the series, on Tuesday 25th May, is a discussion between BPI Chair and former CEO of EMI, Tony Wadsworth and Richard Russell, the chairman of XL Recordings. Russell helped co-found XL as a dance offshoot of Beggars Banquet’s Citybeat and has grown the label over the years to its current position of strength with artists such as Radiohead, Vampire Weekend, Adele and MIA calling XL home.
Control on Wednesday 26th May looks at the issue of rights and creative control and will feature Ross Millard of The Futureheads, who is currently a director of the Featured Artists Coalition, an organisation formed to represent the rights of artists faced with a variety of complicated issues specifically around digital technology.
Ross will be joined by Jon Webster, CEO of Music Managers Forum and Alison Wenham, Chairman/CEO of The Association of Independent Music for what is certain to be a lively and informative debate, particularly in light of the recently passed Digital Economy Bill.
The last of the seminars on Thursday 27th May looks at the changing relationship between artists and labels and the breaking down of traditional genre classification. Lukas Wooller of Maxïmo Park will discuss this with Steven Hill from Warp Records and Mark Jones, MD of Wall of Sound.
The seminars run from Monday 24th to Thursday 27th May between 6-7.30pm at Tyneside Cinema and places are free. For more info visit www.generator.org.uk/theknowhow, to reserve your place at any of events email [email protected]
Full event info:
TRANSMISSION
Mon 24 May, 6-7.30pm
The Roxy, Tyneside Cinema
FREE entry (for places email [email protected])
The demise of regional broadcasting and its consequences for emerging artists. A look at platforms and the new revenue models associated with them.
• Consequences of regional broadcasting’s decline
• New broadcast formats
• Modern music consumption
Jonas Woost, Head of Music – Last.fm
Paul Campbell, Founder – Amazing Radio
Ben Perreau, Founder – Gigulate / Director of Digital Content – Global Radio
THE XL RECORDS STORY
Tue 25 May, 6-7.30pm
The Roxy, Tyneside Cinema
FREE entry (for places email [email protected])
An exclusive ‘In conversation with Richard Russell’ – Chairman, XL Recordings.
Tony Wadsworth, Chair of BPI, and former CEO at EMI will be asking the questions and offering his own views.
If you care about the future of music business in the UK, you won’t want to miss this exclusive conversation with two of the industry’s most important figures.
In 1989, Richard Russell helped co-found XL Recordings as an offshoot of the Beggars Banquet-owned Citybeat label and quickly established XL as a highly respected and successful label in its own right.
Over the years as the label broadened its roster beyond the confines of dance, an ear for groundbreaking astists has led Russell to play a major role in the careers of numerous acts, not least the extraordinary rise of The Prodigy and the success of The White Stripes.
Russell has now grown XL Recordings into one of the UK’s leading independent record companies, home to an impressive array of acts including Radiohead, Vampire Weekend, Adele and M.I.A.
CONTROL
Wed 26 May, 6-7.30pm
The Roxy, Tyneside Cinema
FREE entry (for places email [email protected])
Why transparency in the music industry is a necessity, how artists maintain creative control and protect their rights.
• The competitiveness of independents
• Have labels got artists in a stranglehold?
• Access: Restrict or remove?
• Who are the artists primary representatives?
Ross Millard, Director – Featured Artists Coalition / The Futureheads
Jon Webster, CEO – Music Managers Forum
Alison Wenham, Chairman/CEO – Association of Independent Music
Thur 27 May
6-7.30pm ,The Roxy, Tyneside Cinema
FREE entry (for places email [email protected])
The changing relationship between artists and their labels and why classification by genre has less relevance these days.
• Diverse sounds – how to build brand loyalty
• Where do label and manager roles begin and end?
• How will labels change shape in the future?
• Artist diversification
Steven Hill, Head of Marketing & New Projects – Warp
Lukas Wooller, Maxïmo Park
Mark Jones, MD – Wall of Sound
Biogs:
TRANSMISSION – Mon 24 May
6-7.30pm
Jonas Woost – Head of Music, Last FM
After previously working for labels such as PIAS and Ministry of Sound, Jonas Woost assumed the role of Head of Music at popular internet radio site, Last.fm in 2005 and leads the Music Department in dealing with record labels, artists and other music owners from all over the world. Jonas and his team are in charge of acquiring content as well as maintaining relationships with existing partners. He also manages other music related projects for the company such as festival partnerships and music sponsorship opportunities.
Paul Campbell – Founder, Amazing Radio
Paul Campbell is the founder of Amazing Radio, with a playlist consisting 100% of new unsigned music it is believed to be the first interactive radio station in the world. Paul himself has extensive experience in both radio and television production, having worked for BBC Radio 4 and Channel 4. After success with his own production company in the nineties and with support from investors, in 2005 he launched Amazing Tunes, an online platform for unsigned artists to showcase their talents.
Ben Perreau – Founder, Gigulate / Director of Digital Content, Global Radio / Music Journalist
THE XL RECORDS STORY
Tue 25 May, 6-7.30pm
Richard Russell – Chairman, XL Recordings
In 1989, Richard Russell helped co-found XL Recordings as an offshoot of the Beggars Banquet-owned Citybeat label and quickly established XL as a highly-respected and successful label in its own right. Over the years as the label broadened its roster beyond the confines of dance, an ear for groundbreaking artists has led Russell to play a major role in the careers of numerous acts, not least the extraordinary rise of The Prodigy and the success of The White Stripes. Russell has now grown XL Recordings into one of the UK’s leading independent record companies, home to an impressive array of acts including Radiohead, Vampire Weekend, Adele and M.I.A.
Tony Wadsworth – Chairman, BPI
In 1982 Tony Wadsworth arrived at EMI in the role of Production Manager and he remained with the company until January 2008, and in that time was fortunate enough to get involved in most aspects of the business, and with some of the greatest recording artists in the world. Tony joined the Parlophone label in 1987 and became its Managing Director in 1992, a position which afforded him to become much more involved in the signing and A&R process, and enjoyed a close working relationship with artists. From 1998, Tony took over the running of all of EMI's labels in the UK, and during his term added Coldplay and Robbie Williams to the roster, as well as launching Gorillaz, before leaving the company in January 2008. Since 1992 Tony has been involved in industry affairs as a member of the BPI, and is the now the Chairman of the organisation.
CONTROL
Wed 26 May, 6-7.30pm
Ross Millard – The Futureheads / Director, Featured Artists Coalition (FAC)
Jon Webster – CEO, Music Managers Forum (MMF)
Jon Webster began his career in music as a shop assistant in 1975 at Virgin and moved to Virgin Records in 1981 as Sales Manager before progressing to Managing Director in 1988. Following the EMI purchase of Virgin in 1992 he left the company and in the same year, founded the prestigious Mercury Music Prize. In May 2005, he was appointed Director, Independent Member Services at the BPI. Since 2007, he has been the Chief Executive of the Music Manager’s Forum, steering the membership body through a series of critical changes that are impacting the whole music industry.
Alison Wenham – Chairman/CEO, Association of Independent Music (AIM)
NO POP NO STYLE
Thu 27 May, 6-7.30pm
Steven Hill – Head of Marketing & New Projects, Warp
Steven is head of marketing and new projects at Warp, working closely with Warp's artists from Maxïmo Park to Battles and Boards of Canada to Flying Lotus to name just a handful. In 2009 Warp celebrated it's twentieth birthday with 'Warp20' - a series of high end music releases and a global events of music, film and art and launched the new website for Warp Records and Films, Warp.net.
Lukas Wooller – Maxïmo Park
Mark Jones – Founder, Wall of Sound
Wall of Sound was officially born in 1994 when Mark Jones released the compilation Give ‘em Enough Dope, which featured a selection of acts he worked with through his day job at distributor Soul Trader. Over fifteen years, hundreds of albums and singles later, Wall of Sound has brought the likes of Propellerheads , Royksopp , and Reverend and the Makers to the world. The label has since shunned the megabucks, sold a few million records and partied to hell and back.
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