City Showcase: Finding The Future 2015 at the Apple StoreCity Showcase presents ‘Finding The Future 2015’ music seminar at the Apple Store, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8HA, 18-20 November 2015.City Showcase has announced the dates for Finding The Future 2015, the free music seminar encouraging enterprise, entrepreneurs and employability in the music and entertainment industries.
City Showcase: Finding The Future 2015 will be held at the Apple Store, Covent Garden, London WC2 from Wednesday 18th to Friday 20th November 2015 from 1-30pm to 7-30pm each day.
Following its highly successful launch last year, the event provides a platform for leading industry executives to advise, share ideas and network with small companies, entrepreneurs, graduates, students and jobseekers. Attendees will be able to see hotly anticipated new artists, hear about
employment opportunities and the latest developments in the creation, marketing and sale of music, and speak with highly successful executives from the entertainment world.
Finding The Future features panels and presentations including wide-ranging topics such as careers in digital and new media, artist relations and events, reaching the modern consumer, the international music market, artist management and entrepreneurship, music publishing, and songwriting.
Key executives already lined up to chair, moderate and speak at panels include moderators, William Booth from Sony/ATV, Andrew Cardew from Absolute, Ben Jones from the Musicians Union, Andy Ellis from the PRS For Music, James Hanley from Music Week, Chris Cooke from CMU, Roxanne de Bastion from the FAC, Morna Cook from Universal Music, Liz Stokes from Record of the Day and acclaimed writers from BASCA Tim Fraser and Simon Darlow. This year’s speakers include Gideon Mountford from Believe Digital, Ben Bodie from Ministry of Sound, Caryn Tomlinson from Universal Music International, Angie Jenkison from Teenage Cancer Trust, Josh Brandon from the Insanity Group, Neil Simpson from ATC, Janice Brook of Sony/ATV and many more.
There will also be interviews with legendary industry veterans including Daniel Miller from Mute Records interviewed by Alison Wenham from AIM, Henry Semmence from Absolute interviewed by Chris Cooke from CMU, and Robomagic founder Rob Hallett interviewed by James Hanley from Music Week.
UK Music Chief Executive Jo Dipple will give a key note presentation providing an insight into the key issues and challenges facing the UK music industry as we head towards 2016.
There will be daily ‘Meet The Future’ sessions with heavily tipped new acts between 7 and 7-30pm with publishers, managers and labels presenting their new writers/artists who will perform and answer questions led by the PRS for Music, The PRS For Music Foundation and PPL. Last year’s ‘Meet The Future’ featured Island Records new signing Nick Brewer, whose new single ‘Talk To Me’ Featuring Bibi Bourelly is being supported by BBC Radio 1.
City Showcase presents Finding The Future 2015 is supported by PRS For Music, PPL, Robertson Taylor W&P Longreach and The Musicians’ Union
#FindingTheFuture @CityShowcase Notes to Editors Synopsis of panels and presentations. DAY 1 – Wednesday 18th November 2015 1.30pm – 2pm 2pm – 3.30pm 4pm – 5.30pm 7pm – 7.30pm Emma McGrath is a 15 year old songwriter and performer from Hertfordshire. She picked up the guitar properly for the first time at the age of 10 and played her first open mic at 13. Writing a combination of hard hitting acoustic music carried by an incredibly powerful voice, at only 15 Emma has already achieved a lot. She released her first EP, ‘The Judgement’ in November 2014, received BBC Radio 2 play on Dermot O’Leary’s show, and had one of her tracks chosen as BBC Introducing ‘Track of the Week’ on BBC 3 Counties. She has also played the prestigious 100 Club on Oxford Street. Currently studying for her GCSEs as well as her Grade 8 guitar exam, Emma is also finding the time to work on her new EP. She has just been awarded the Lynsey de Paul Prize from the PRS For Music Foundation. DAY 2 – Thursday 19th November 2015 1.30pm – 2pm 2pm – 3.30pm 4pm – 5.30pm 5:45pm – 6:45pm 7pm – 7.30pm CoCo and the Butterfields began life as buskers in Canterbury, Kent. After beating off 10,000 competitors to win the UK Live and Unsigned competition in 2012, CoCo began to tour the UK playing sell out shows and entertaining the festival crowds with their upbeat, contagious and 'anthemic' sound. Quickly becoming a festival favourite the band, led by Dulcima's mesmerising vocals, have taken their music to the likes of Glastonbury, Isle of Wight Festival, Bestival and Greenbelt. Having had Sir Bob Geldof himself refer to the band as 'very cool', 2015 has seen CoCo and the Butterfields complete their second UK tour, sell out London's prestigious Jazz Cafe and perform at one of Europe's biggest festivals - Colours of Ostrava! DAY 3 – Friday 20th November 2015 1.30pm – 2pm 2pm – 3.30pm MODERATOR William Booth (Deputy Managing Director - Sony/ATV Music Publishing) 4pm – 5.30pm 5:45pm – 6:45pm 7pm – 7.30pm QUOTES Nanette Rigg (City Showcase): ‘It is with great pride that we are announcing the second Finding The Future free music seminar at the Apple Store. After such an amazing launch event last November, we have once again invited key industry executives and entrepreneurs of the highest level to discuss enterprise, creativity and employment in the music and entertainment sectors. City Showcase promotes new artists, novel ideas and ingenious ways to market and this event presents an ideal forum to inspire a new generation of innovative creatives.’ Jo Dipple (UK Music): ‘The creative economy supports one in eleven jobs in the UK. Music is a vein running throughout. It is of paramount importance that young people regard the music industry as a valid career choice. We need to give them the skills to succeed. We need to bring their parents, teachers and the curriculum on board to help. The UK's growing creative economy, one that is world class, needs trained young people. That is why we have put education and apprenticeships at the centre of the UK Music manifesto. In association with Creative & Cultural Skills, we launched a Skills Academy with the CBI in 2013. This has facilitated a programme of music placements, apprenticeships, an Intern Code of Conduct and a new Music Academic Partnership creating a bridge between industry and academia. Finding The Future, provides the perfect platform for us to reach both students and business executives to explain the many opportunities available in the modern music industry today.’ Morna Cook (Senior Director, HR, Universal Music): ‘A lot of young people would love the opportunity to work in music and entertainment but they have no idea of the processes involved in landing their dream job, or whether it is indeed a realistic option. We are pleased to be invited to take part in this unique event, which aspires to educate people in the different roles and routes they can pursue to be part of this vibrant and diverse industry.’ Andy Ellis (PRS For Music): ‘As PRS for Music's education and outreach manager, I feel it is imperative that future generations of budding songwriters and entrepreneurs are fully informed of the choices and possibilities on offer in the British music industry. The UK’s future as a continued world leader in artistry, songwriting and performing relies on new talent driving the industry. The City Showcase Finding The future event draws together some of the best business brains to impart advice that will inspire tomorrow’s creatives and executives to become part of the dynamic and ever changing music market.’ Robertson Taylor W&P Longreach: ‘Once again we are extremely pleased to support City Showcase and their Finding The Future music conference after its successful launch last year. The free seminar is another example of the not-for-profit organisation’s vitally important function as the industry’s main supporter of new artists and creatives, exemplifying their commitment in helping to secure its future.’ NOTES TO EDITORS: UK MUSIC INDUSTRY CITY SHOWCASE PRS FOR MUSIC ROBERTSON TAYLOR W&P LONGREACH THE MUSICIANS UNION PPL RAPIER CONCEPTS
October 8, 2015 6:52am ET by Alchemy Lifestyle PR
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