CITY SHOWCASE: FINDING THE FUTURE

13 August 2014 - Press release

City Showcase announces ‘Finding the Future’ music seminar at Apple Store, Regent Street, London, 13-15 November 2014. 

City Showcase has announced the first free music industry event encouraging enterprise, creativity, employment and debate in the entertainment sector.  Finding The Future, will be held at the Apple Store on Regent Street, London W1 from Thursday 13^th to Saturday 15^th November 2014.

The 3-day event, which runs from 3pm to 8-30pm each day, presents a platform for aspiring entrepreneurs and jobseekers to meet, speak to, learn from and share ideas with leading music industry experts and peers. 

The panels and presentations include wide-ranging topics such as careers in A&R, music marketing, songwriting and live music as well exploring the DIY ethos of the independent music market including taking control of your career, online business models and brand partnerships.

Key executives already lined up to chair, moderate and speak at panels include moderators Guy Fletcher (PRS Chairman), Sean Devine (ASCAP), Emmanuel Legrand, Matt Dixon (Band2Market), Tim Ingham (Music Week), Chris Cooke (CMU) and Liz Stokes (Record of The Day).

Panellists include Colin Barlow (RCA), Jo Charrington (Capitol), Martin Goldschmidt (Cooking Vinyl), Simon Williams (Fierce Panda), Ed Horrox (4AD), Alex Boateng (Island), Ollie Hodge (Columbia), Daniel Lloyd Jones (Sony ATV), Jim Reid (Warner Chappell), John Saunderson (Notting Hill Music), Paul Hutton (Metropolis Music),Claire Horseman (Coda), Daniel Mathieson (Barclaycard) Richard Dawes (DawBell), Eliot Kennedy (songwriter), Stuart Galbraith (KiLiLiVE), Melvin Benn (Festival Republic)  and Mark Mulligan (MIDiA) and many more.   

There will be daily Sessions from heavily tipped new acts between 8pm and 8-30.

Synopsis of panels and presentations.

Careers – A lifetime in A&R –moderated by Nanette Rigg of City Showcase with senior A&R executives, Ed Horrox (4AD), Jo Charrington (Capitol Records UK), Daniel Lloyd Jones (Sony ATV) and Ollie Hodge (Columbia Records).

Enterprise – Take Control Of Your Career – chaired by Tim Ingham (Music Week) with Martin Goldschmidt (Cooking Vinyl), Simon Williams (Fierce Panda) and Zeon Richards (Renowned Group).

Business Models Online presentation by Mark Mulligan from MIDiA.

Careers - Love Music? Sell Music! Focusing on marketing, PR & promotion moderated by Matt Dixon – Band2Market with Richard Dawes (DawBell), Julie Arnott (The 02) and Kevin McCabe (Caroline/Universal).

Enterprise - Brand Partnerships - moderated by Chris Cooke (CMU) with Anthony Ackenhoff (Frukt), Theo Gupta (Nokia) and Daniel Mathieson (Barclaycard).

How To Write A Hit Song - moderated by Sean Devine (ASCAP) with Alex Boateng (Island Records) and songwriters Eliot Kennedy (Gary Barlow) and Fiona Bevan (One Direction/Ed Sheeran).

Careers - Live Music – moderated by Emmanuel Legrand with Gemma Gilford (Borderline), Rebecca Kane (The 02), Claire Horseman (Coda) and Paul Hutton (Metropolis Music).

Enterprise - Live Music - moderated by Liz Stokes (Record Of The Day) with Melvin Benn (Festival Republic), Stuart Galbraith (KiLiLiVE) and Colin Barlow (RCA Records). 

How to write a Hit Song - moderated by Guy Fletcher, Chairman of PRS for Music with Jim Reid (Warner Chappell) and more.