AIM announces final Indie-Con speakers & sessions
News: 7th January 2016 by Louise Dodgson under Music Training & Careers, Record Labels
AIM has announced the final speakers and sessions for Indie-Con 2016, the 1-day conference covering all areas of independent label business. There is still a 30% discount on tickets for Unsigned Guide members, just use code INDIEDEAL.
Supported by crowdmix, Indie-Con returns to London’s Glaziers Hall on Friday 29th January 2016. The event will take an in-depth look at all the key areas essential for running a successful independent music business, offering unrivalled networking and learning opportunities.
Joining an already stellar list of speakers is:
• Chris Carey, Media Insight Consulting
• Dave Cawley - FatCat Records
• Caroline Downey, Co-Owner, MCD
• Stuart Dredge, Freelance journalist, Music Ally and The Guardian
• Jonathan Green, earMusic
• Ed Horrox, A&R Director, 4AD
• Amy Jayne, Head of Promotions & Radio Plugging, Hospital Records
• Vinita Joshi, Founder, Rocket Girl
• Nicki Kefalas, Founder, Out Promotion
• Tim Kelly, Managing Director, Inertia Music
• Korda Marshall, SVP, BMG UK
• Patrick Ross, VP Digital Marketing, Kobalt Label Services & AWAL
• Jamila Scott, Method Records
• Adam Scrimshire, Wah Wah 45s
• Mark Sutherland, Editor, Music Week
• Darius Van Arman, Co-Founder, Secretly Group
Indie-Con 2016 sessions will include:
• What’s new in radio?
• US performance visas and breaking the US market
• How are artists making money in 2016?
• The global independent market
• For the Record: What’s Working in Physical Music
• How to be an artist-friendly record company
• Running a great small label
• Fan loyalty: creating, maintaining and rewarding superfans
• A&R and artist development in 2016
• Hey You! Why aren’t you listening to our records? What the music industry can learn from video games, movies and TV
There will also be a special keynote interview with Seymour Stein. 2016 marks 50 years since Stein founded one of the world's first independent labels, Sire Records. Stein has launched the careers of a vast and diverse catalogue of artists, including The Ramones, Madonna, The Smiths, Seal and KD Lang. Seymour is interviewed by Tim Dellow and Toby L, founders of 2015 Independent Label of the Year Transgressive Records.
The full line up of speakers is:
Adam Scrimshire (Wah Wah 45s), Alison Wenham (Chairman, Worldwide Independent Network), Amy Jayne (Head of Promotions & Radio Plugging, Hospital Records), Anette Collins (Head of International, Cooking Vinyl), Benji Rogers (founder, PledgeMusic), Bronya Francis (UK Product Manager, Warp Records), Caroline Downey (Co-Owner, MCD), Charlene Hegarty (Director of Publishing, Smalltown America), Chris Carey (Founder, Media Insight Consulting), Chris Price (Music Programming for streaming services, New Slang Media), Darius Van Arman (Co-Founder, Secretly Group), Dave Cawley (FatCat Records), Dave Wallace (Manager, The League International), Diane Wagg (Manager, Deluxxe Management), Don Jenkins (Director, Raw Power Management), Eamonn Forde (freelance journalist), Ed Horrox (A&R Director, 4AD), Geoff Travis (Founder, Rough Trade Records), Glenn Dicker (Co-Owner, Redeye & Yep Roc Music Group), Hannah Overton (General Manager for Europe, Secretly Group), Horst Weidenmueller (Founder, !K7 Records), Jamila Scott (Method Records), John Leahy (Director, Ignition Records), Justin West (Secret City Records Inc), Jonathan Green (earMusic), Karen Emanuel (Founder, Key Production), Katie Ray (Tam Ray Touring ), Korda Marshall (SVP, BMG), Luciana Pegorer, (Delira Musica), Mark Sutherland (Editor, Music Week), Matt Walker (Artist & Label Manager, Raygun Music), Mike Ajayi (Founder, AMF Records), Mike Walsh (Head of Music, Radio X), Nav Sidhu (UK Label Manager, Hopeless Records), Nicki Kefalas (Foundr, Out Promotion), Patrick Ross (VP Digital Marketing, Kobalt Label Services & AWAL), Paul Samartin (Senior Partner, Ganguin Samartin), Peter Thompson (MD, Play It Again Sam), Rhys Hughes (Head of Programmes, BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra), Rob Hallett (Founder, Robomagic), Robert Raths (Founder, Erased Tapes), Rupert Morrison (The Drift Record Shop), Sam Duckworth (artist - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly), Seymour Stein (Founder, Sire Records), Stuart Dredge (Frelance Journalist, Music AllY & The Guardian), Tim Dellow and Toby L (Founders, Transgressive Records), Tim Ingham (Founder, Music Business Worldwide), Tim Kelly (Managing Director, Inertia Music), Tom Robinson (Artist & Radio Presenter, BBC 6Music), Tom Silverman (Founder, Tommy Boy Records), Vinita Joshi (Founder, Rocket Girl), Zena White (The Other Hand).
Open to both AIM members and non-members, Indie-Con will run all day on Friday 29th January 2016, with lunch and refreshments provided to delegates. Tickets are now available from the AIM website below - priced at £50+VAT for AIM members, £120+VAT for non-members, including lunch. Discounts for students, start-ups and members of affiliated organisations.
Book now via the link below, and don't forget to use discount code INDIEDEAL to save 30%.
Related Links
http://www.musicindie.com/indiecon2016
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