Designed for local rock & pop musicians, bands, managers, producers, record companies and publishers, this seminar aims to encourage the growth of the music industry in the South West. It’s a direct result of the successful, first ever, South West Music Symposium - ‘Future Opportunities, New Challenges’, organised in April 2004 by Dartington Plus and the Centre for Creative Enterprise & Participation (CCEP) at Dartington College of Arts.
The seminar will feature an introduction by Adrian Bossey, who is the current music industry specialist at the Centre for Creative Enterprise & Participation. Adrian has been a professional band manager to acts including Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Chumbawumba, Drugstore, My Life Story and The Senseless Things. The guest speakers will then talk about their jobs and describe ways of building a career as a composer or publisher. There’ll be plenty of time for questions, discussion and networking.
Guest speakers:
Sean Divine
Senior Director of Membership at the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and former Head of A&R at V2 Music Publishing who will give an overview on music publishing.
Andy Ellis
Industry Relations Officer for the Performing Right Society (PRS) will explain the role of collection societies.
Blair McDonald
former Managing Director of Columbia Records and founder of Nettwerk One Music. Blair, who has signed publishing deals with numerous artists including The Verve, Travis and Oasis, will provide a context to the business of music publishing and explain how publishing companies work.
Julian Marshall
was a member of Marshall Hain and The Flying Lizards and composed the massive international hit ‘Dancing in the City’ in 1978. He will consider the industry from a composer’s point of view.
Matt Booth
Bristol based drummer in Boo Hewerdine, live promoter and manager of Lupine Howl will examine publishing issues, from a manager’s perspective.
Helen Searle
a top music industry lawyer, whose clients include Jamiroquai and Moby, will provide a broad legal context to music publishing.
Dartington Plus is a partnership between The Dartington Hall Trust, King Edward VI Community College and University College Falmouth – incorporating Dartington College of Arts. Funded by Arts Council England