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Music Manager’s Forum Ireland
“LIVE MUSIC, INTERNATIONAL TOURING & MERCHANDISING”
Training Day – Saturday 11th February 2012
@ IMRO Offices, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2 // 11.30am to 5.00pm
GUEST PANELISTS
Stuart Worthington – MMF Training Officer
Tommy Kinsella – Manager of God Is An Astronaut
Started playing music at age of 10 both guitar and violin. Formed my first band in 1961 , formed the ORANGE MACHINE the only recognised psychedelic Progressive band from Ireland in the 60′s . Leader of country and bluegrass band Cotton Mill Boys in the 70′s .Past 10 years guiding and managing top instrumental band GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT.
Noel McHale – MCD
Senior live booking agent festivals and major events, MCD. McHale is one of the key bookers with MCD some of the leading artists he’s brought to Ireland during his seven year tenure including Pavarotti, Queen, The Killers, Snoop Dogg, P Diddy, The Game and Rihanna. Pre-MCD Noel promoted The Bothy Band and The Boomtown Rats in the West, assisted Ollie Jennings getting the Galway Arts Festival off the ground and establishing the Bulmers comedy festival and its UK counterpart festival.
Gary Monroe – Monroe’s Galway
Promoter and Booking agent for Monroes Galway.
Alan Murray – Mazar’s Ireland
Alan Murray is a tax specialist and a chartered certified account with over 15 years experience with a particular emphasis on clients involved in the entertainment sector. Alan is a senior member of the Mazars OJK Entertainment Division and his clients range from global international high profile entertainers to indigenous performers based primarily in the Irish market place. Alan has experience in advising on the tax issues of all elements of entertainment income streams for performing musicians including recording and publishing royalties and live performance income. He also has particular expertise in dealing with HMRC in terms of agreeing UK withholding tax for live performances in the UK. Through his work in this area Alan has developed leading entertainment contacts in both the UK and US and can offer a global service in this sector.
Benny Taaffe – Vantastival (Music Festival)
Benny is one of the main organisers and founders with his partner, Louise Tangney. They have a combined experience of twenty years in the festival industry, having worked at festivals all over Ireland, the UK and the USA, including Oxegen, Electric Picnic, Glastonbury, Reading and the Burning Man festival in Nevada.
John Weston – Backstreet Merchandising
John started working with Backstreet International Merchandise in London in 2003 as well as managing various bands at the time, most notably a period with Ned’s Atomic Dustbin. He set up Backstreet’s Irish operation on 2008 and now works with bands such as The Coronas, Altan, Horslips, Sharon Shannon, Clannad, Afro Celt Sound System, And So I Watch You From Afar to name a few. Backstreet have offices in London, New York & Dublin; www.bsimerch.com catering for bands full merchandise needs from supply, touring and e-commerce. John serves on the board of the Music Managers Forum Ireland and is one of the founding directors having previously been an active member of the MMF UK.
Fees for this event are as follows:
MMF Members – €20
IMRO Members – €32
Non-Members – €70
Register early for this event via the PayPal buttons on the right hand side of our website: http://musicmanagersforum.ie
Tags: Alan Murray, BackStreet Merchandise, Benny Taaffe, God Is An Astronaut, International Touring, John weston, Live music, Mazar's, MCD, Merchandising, Monroe's, Noel McHale, Tommy Kinsella, Vantastival
Music Manager’s Forum Ireland
“LIVE MUSIC, INTERNATIONAL TOURING & MERCHANDISING”
Training Day – Saturday 11th February 2012
@ IMRO Offices, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2 // 11.30am to 5.00pm
GUEST PANELISTS
Stuart Worthington – MMF Training Officer
Tommy Kinsella – Manager of God Is An Astronaut
Noel McHale – MCD
Gary Monroe – Monroe’s Galway
Alan Murray – Mazar’s Ireland
Benny Taaffe – Vantastival (Music Festival)
John Weston – Backstreet Merchandising
Fees for this event are as follows:
MMF Members – €20
IMRO Members – €32
Non-Members – €70
Register early for this event via the PayPal buttons on the right hand side of our website: http://musicmanagersforum.ie
Tags: Backstreet, God Is An Astronaut, Live music, Mazar's, MCD, Merchandising, Monroe's, Touring, Vantastival
Music Managers’ Forum Ireland would like to wish all our members and friends a very happy & prosperous new year and to let everyone know the dates and subjects for the training programme during 2012. There will be 6 training days as follows:
2012
Session #1 Feb 11th – Live Music, International Touring & Merchandising
Session #2 Mar 24th – Artist/Producer Management; Business Models & Agreements; Taking care of business: Artist Admin & Money Management.
Session #3 May 5th – The Record Business: Update & Agreements (Artist licensing & Public Performance)
Session #4 Jun 16th – Music Publishing & Agreements
Session #5 Sept 22nd – Music Media, Marketing & Promotion
Session #6 Nov 24th – Fan Base Development & Management Artist endorsements & Brand Partnerships
Training day costs:
Cost of the 6 training days for MMF members is €100
Cost of 1 training day is €20 for MMF members
Cost of 1 training day is €32 for IMRO members
Cost of 1 training day is €70 for non-members
Cost of 1-year full membership of Music Managers’ Forum Ireland is €50.
All payments can be made via the Paypal buttons on the website
www.musicmanagersforum.ie
If you have not already done so please take the time to add your email address to our blog mailing list so you won’t miss out on any event announcements or changes.
Any queries regarding membership, events and mailing list please email info@musicmanagersforum.ie
Please do not email looking for a manager as MMF Ireland does not provide advice regarding obtaining management. Come to our training and networking events to seek advice on obtaining management from our panelists and other members.
Many thanks for your continued support and we hope you continue to enjoy and get valuable information from our events.
MMF Ireland is kindly supported and sponsored by IMRO.
Tags: 2012, IMRO, Mailing List, Schedule, Training Event
“Fan Base Development & Management plus Music Marketing & Media”
Training Day – Saturday 26th November 2011
@ IMRO Offices, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2 // 11.30am to 5.00pm
GUEST PANELISTS:
Ken Allen – Faction Records
Stevo Berube – Berube Communications
Brian Daly – Betapond
Jim Carroll – Irish Times
Panel 1: 11.30 to 1.00
Fan Base Development & Management
Artist / Fan relationships & business models
Fan behaviour & requirements
Community engagement & database marketing
Panel 2: 1.30 to 3.00
Digital Marketing & Distribution
Project & campaign planning
Social media, websites, analytics & data mining
Tools, widgets, plug-ins & service providers
Mobile apps & GPS marketing
Panel 3: 3.20 to 5.00
Music Media
Marketing, promotion and retail time-line
Print media exposure
Radio & TV decision-making
Fees for this event are as follows:
MMF Members – €20
IMRO Members – €32
Non-Members – €70
Register for this event via the PayPal buttons on the right hand side of our website: http://musicmanagersforum.ie
MMF Ireland training events are sponsored by and run in conjunction with IMRO.
Music Manager’s Forum Ireland
“Fan Base Development & Management plus Music Marketing & Media”
Training Day – Saturday 26th November 2011
@ IMRO Offices, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2 // 11.30am to 5.00pm
(Guest panelists to be announced)
Panel 1: 11.30 to 1.00
Panel 2: 1.30 to 3.00
Panel 3: 3.20 to 5.00
Fees for this event are as follows:
MMF Members – €20
IMRO Members – €32
Non-Members – €70
Register early for this event via the PayPal buttons on the right hand side of our website: http://musicmanagersforum.ie
November 2, 2011
I co-ran a label called spinART Records for a little over 17 years. I got to release bands like The Pixies, Apples In Stereo, Echo & The Bunnymen, Clem Snide, The Eels, The Technical Jed, The Fastbacks, Bis, and many others, some of which you may have heard of, others not, but they all mattered to me. I loved what I did.
Music was my passion. The artists I listened to helped define and inspire me. In 1990, the year I graduated college, I was invited by my high school friend Joel to help release a compilation CD called “One Last Kiss.” I took him up on the offer and got to go on a two decade ride of working with, and for, the coolest people on the planet.
Along the way I met two gentlemen, Gene and Bob. It was 1996, they had an idea that had never been done before; they wanted to create a music store on the Internet where people could buy music as downloads from a website they called eMusic. This pre-dated the original Napster by three years and iTunes by almost six. There were no iPods, iPhones, iPads or smartphones. Creative labs had a portable 20 meg MP3 player. Walmart was still the number one music retail outlet, and the only way artists could be one of the 50 titles on their shelf was by being signed to a major record label. I began working with eMusic…..
continue reading here: http://blog.tunecore.com/2011/11/the-journey-to-get-songwriters-their-money.html
Tags: Music Publishing, Songwriters, Tunecore
SHOW ME THE MONEY 2011
(Raising Finance, Alternative Sources of Funding & Brand Partnerships)
Saturday 24th September 2011 // 11.30am – 6.00pm
@ IMRO Offices, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2
Our panelists include:
Chairman: Stuart Worthington – Training Officer – MMF UK
Stuart is a professional industry consultant with over twenty years experience.
He has acted as a small business adviser; consultant and training provider working both directly with private sector clients and via the whole range of public sector agencies in the UK since 1987. Since 1990 he has concentrated on delivering small business advice and learning programmes to the cultural and creative industries, specialising in services to the music industry.
In 1995 he began working in close collaboration with the Music Manager’s Forum (the only international trade association of artist managers in the music industry) and became Head of Training and Education for the organisation. In conjunction with this in 1999 he also became Project Manager of ‘Manchester City Music Industry Network’ an agency established to help facilitate the economic development of the independent music industry in Manchester, NW England.
Shane Dunne – M.D., Curve Music Management
Curve Music was formed in 2008 and is involved mainly in event management as well as tour bookings and artist management. Curve released Perfect Stranger, the debut album by The Chapters in 2009 while also booking college tours for the likes of The Coronas and Delorentos. Curve Music also promote the annual INDIEPENDENCE Music & Arts Festival which was named as one of the top ten small festivals in Europe in 2010. Other events have included Cork Week in Crosshaven and numerous smaller festivals and events. Shane is also the booker of the 1,000 capacity Savoy Theatre in Cork City.
Gaby Smyth – GSCO
Gaby Smyth is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and is principal of Gaby Smyth & Company, Chartered Accountants & Registered Auditors. The firm has been in practice for almost 15 years, specialising in the music, film and theatre arts. He is also Finance Director for U2. He is currently Chairperson of Screen Producers Ireland, the Film Factory, and the Irish section of Amnesty International.
Jonny Boyle – Modern Green Agency
Creative Director, Modern Green; a creative experiential agency.
Worked for 5 years with Heineken & O2 on developing music campaigns including Heineken Green Energy, Heineken Green Synergy, Heineken Green Spheres, Oxegen & Electric Picnic.
Doctoral research on “Brands becoming icons”.
DJ for 13 years (Including a lot of brand work; Heineken, O2, Adidas, Budweiser…)
Created recordsyoullwanttoown.com
Worked in Road Records & Big Brother Records
Used to be a chef a long time ago
Gary Cohen – M.D., Brand Aid 4 Music
Gary spent 10 years at the forefront of the advertising business. In March 2000, having recognised the enormous potential of music as a marketing weapon in the years ahead, Gary established Brand Aid. His invaluable experience in developing brand strategies and his unique understanding into the workings of the music industry were crucial elements in the success of the company to-date. Brand Aid has now established ongoing working relationships with artist management, promoters, agents and media in both the U.K and Ireland. This in turn allows Brand Aid to deliver insight, understanding and compelling solutions to all the brand’s with whom they work.
Among the subjects to be covered are:
Panel 1 11.00 – 13.00
Raising money and funding from sources in the public sector and private sector
Panel 2 13.00 – 15.00
Raising money and funding from fan sources, music business funding services (e.g. Pledge Music), how major record labels develop brand partnerships for the label and artist, and how concert or festival promoters deal with brand partnerships
Panel 3 15.20 – 17.00
Further discussion with examples of current fan sourced funding and brand partnerships
Fees for this event are as follows:
MMF Members – €20
IMRO Members – €32
Non-Members – €70
Register early for this event via the PayPal buttons on the right hand side of our website: http://musicmanagersforum.ie
Tags: Brand Partnerships, Funding, Gaby Smyth, Gary Cohen, Jonny Boyle, Raising Finance, Shane Dunne
SHOW ME THE MONEY 2011
(Raising Finance, Alternative Sources of Funding & Brand Partnerships)
Saturday 24th September 2011 // 11.30am – 6.00pm
@ IMRO Offices, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2
Our panelists include:
Chairman: Stuart Worthington – Training Officer – MMF UK
Gaby Smyth – GS&C
Gary Cohen – BrandAid4Music
Shane Dunne – Curve Music
Further panelists to be announced.
Among the subjects to be covered are:
Panel 1 11.00 – 13.00
Raising money and funding from sources in the public sector and private sector
Panel 2 13.00 – 15.00
Raising money and funding from fan sources, music business funding services (e.g. Pledge Music), how major record labels develop brand partnerships for the label and artist, and how concert or festival promoters deal with brand partnerships
Panel 3 15.20 – 17.00
Further discussion with examples of current fan sourced funding and brand partnerships
Fees for this event are as follows:
MMF Members – €20
IMRO Members – €32
Non-Members – €70
Register early for this event via the PayPal buttons on the right hand side of our website: http://musicmanagersforum.ie
Tags: Brand Partnerships, Funding, Gaby Smyth, Raising Finance, Shane Dunne
Business Matters: World Coming Around to U2 Manager Paul McGuinness’ Piracy, ISP Views
July 12, 2011
By Glenn Peoples (@billboardglenn), Nashville
Visionary or Apostate? U2 Manager Paul McGuinness
– Paul McGuinness has a guest column in The Telegraph titled “The Age of ‘Free’ is Coming to an End.” It’s a well-timed article. Last week, U.S. entertainment companies and ISPs announced they had created a “copyright alert” system intended to educate and deter copyright infringers.
He may be lambasted – again – by tech bloggers and media pundits, but the fact is the vision McGuiness has publicly outlined for over three years is actually taking shape all over the world. McGuinness has long argued that ISPs need to be a part of a piracy solution. A few years ago it was hard to imagine ISPs either coming to the negotiating table or being forced to act by governments.
But both have happened and will happen even more in the future. Piracy is no longer a music industry problem. It’s just about everybody’s problem. And it’s no longer a moral issue. It’s an economic issue. A country that relies on and values the cultural and economic impact of their intellectual property sees the fight against piracy as a mater of national importance.
In January 2008, McGuinness attracted worldwide attention – and a fair amount of ridicule in some circles – for his speech at Midem that called on ISPs to take an active role in helping content owners fight piracy on their networks. “For ISPs in general, the days of prevaricating over their responsibilities for helping protect music must end,” he said.
He has continued to speak out on the issue ever since that Midem speech. In a guest article at The Guardian over two years ago, McGuinness called the debate over ISP involvement “a critical debate that I believe will shape the lives and the working conditions of creative professionals for years, even decades, to come.”
And in a GQ article last year, McGuinness noted that the momentum had already begun to change. “Today we take a far more sober view as we see what damage ‘free’ has done to the creative industries, above all to music.”
As I noted last week, the U.S. agreement could inspire similar actions elsewhere. Some countries will let the government take the lead. Other countries will see market-driven solutions preempt the less favorable option of legislative interaction.
McGuinness also recognizes the impact of the recent developments in the US. “The ISP agreement in the US is good news for music and the creative industries,” he wrote in the Telegraph article over the weekend. He called on parties to “stop the thumb-twiddling and the soul-searching” and encourage ISPs to become partners in shaping the Internet. “In the US they have made a welcome voluntary step in that direction. Elsewhere, it will need the pressure of government and legislation to make it happen.”
Call it what you want – a level playing field, a fair shake for the creative industries – but the truth is countries’ responses to digital piracy are following the advice laid out by that speech at Midem three and a half years ago. Free was once considered to be the ultimate weapon in fighting piracy and was seen by some as the foundation for new business models (give away the music, sell the T-shirt and ticket). But free has lost its luster. Instead of giving away music, companies increasingly want to get paid and have a fair chance at operating a sustainable business.
(The Telegraph)
Tags: Industry News, ISPs, Paul McGuinness, Piracy
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