First speakers confirmed for Music Futures Conference 2014
News: 15th August 2014 by Louise Dodgson under
Date: Thursday 6th November 2014
Time: 10am-6pm
Venue: BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays
Generator have this week confirmed details of the first batch of speakers confirmed for this year’s Music Futures Conference.Radio 1’s Head of Music, George Ergatoudis will be heading up a lively discussion looking into music streaming, curation and whether or not the playlist will kill off the traditional album format. George has been in the news lately with his views on the topic and Music Futures will provide a platform for other key industry figures to share their opinions.
Also joining us on the day will be John Dyer, Director of Domino Recordings, Chris Price, Head of Music at BT, Managing Director at Kobalt Label Services Paul Hitchman, broadcaster Jen Long, Sentric CEO Chris Meehan, Kendal Calling co-founder Andy Smith as well as Big Scary Monsters founder Kevin Douch, and publicity and digital marketing agency Bleached co-founder Sinead Mills.
Keep your eyes open over the coming weeks for further announcements on speakers, themes and formats.
Tickets for Music Futures Conference 2014 are priced at £60 (£30 Students). Thanks to ERDF funding, tickets are available FREE OF CHARGE to businesses and artists based in the North East of England*
Please visit the link below for ticket booking and more information.
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