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The power of presence, people, and payment: Alan Hughes-Hallett
Alan is the CEO and founder of London based Farrago, an events-driven community to showcase and uplift artists with services through their agency and trusted partners. Previously a finance intern at Warner Music, he’s seen what it takes to run the big leagues of music. With a pool of 1,000+ artists and 5,000+ audience members…
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Back to basics: the why behind artist avenues
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Branding, artist relations and going freelance: Maia Jones
Maia creates and delivers marketing strategies for brands and artists, focusing on creating meaningful collaborations between them. Starting out by working in graphic design and developing her marketing expertise, she took the initiative to develop her career by recruiting her favourite artists in Hip-Hop, Rap and R&B. She now works as a marketing and partnership…
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The importance of a team and launching your own business: James Burns
James is the founder of London based non-profit BIAS (Burns Independent Artist Services) helping to provide mentoring, web-design and other free resources to artists. He has over 15 years of singing experience, 7 years of music education experience, and a degree in Music Technology. As a musician, he has a Unique knowledge of vocal technique,…
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Evolving in the industry, making your own opportunities, and running a music discovery platform: Zac Chidgey
Zac works in A&R for indie label Heist of Hit, based in Manchester. The label’s roster is currently made up of artists such as Indigo Bay, cruush, Eades, Her’s, Lei Hope and many more. He also works to platform a range of upcoming artists on his blog, Listening Party. Zac has worked on all fronts,…
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The state of press, utilising social media and discovering talent: Katherine Cantwell
Katherine represents Heavenly Recordings’ label manager and office manager, serving as the primary point of contact between the PIAS marketing team and the head of the label/A&R. Heavenly nurtures the career’s of some of the UK’s most loved artists such as Temples, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, Lynks, Kneecap, Katy J Pearson, OneDa and…
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Campaigning for artists, opportunities to grow, and hidden diversity in the industry: Paul Bonham
Paul helps music managers build robust and sustainable businesses. At the MMF, the UK organisation representing more than 1,500 managers, he has led and developed the Accelerator Programme – a groundbreaking funding and training initiative that has benefitted more than 100 of the UK’s brightest and most entrepreneurial managers, including those representing artists such as PinkPantheress, FLO,…
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Meeting the Music Industry and more
One amazing thing about the music industry is the amount of opportunities scattered around. Take conferences for example, events that help unite professionals from various sides of the business and welcome in a new generation of professionals. Ditto X was a day that we were lucky enough to work at this year, with faces from…
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Standing out of the box, rediscovering sound and embracing local scenes: NikNak
NikNak is a music creative, experimenting with turntablism and sound design, as well as contributing to theatre productions. In 2020, NikNak became the first Black Turntablist to win an Oram Award. As a DJ, she/they has performed alongside well-known artists like Mr Scruff, Craig Charles, and Grandmaster Flash and has performed at renowned events such…
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A note on networking and alternate voices in the music industry.
So a while ago I went to a networking night in Manchester with a charity that I admire a lot for its work to support kids of all walks of life and their journeys with music. They do a lot from funding to educational and political campaigns for kids in the UK. Now, if you’re…
