I gave a keynote presentation at the Fremtidens musikalske entreprenører conference, which was held at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen yesterday. My topic was ‘Musicians are Media Producers’ and I spoke for about half an hour with about 15 minutes of questions afterwards. A couple of people asked if my slides would be available, [...]
Categories: Travel,University
Tagged: presentation, Seminar
I’m in Madrid today at a conference about the independent music industry in the digital age. I’m doing the keynote speech tomorrow, and I’m here with my colleague Jez Collins (left, above) who’s going to be talking about music, identity and cities. The first thing we’ve noticed is the heat. It’s around 40 degrees here. [...]
Categories: Travel,University
Tagged: Conference, Madrid, Seminar
From Brass Bands to Colombian Hip Hop. This year’s national Un-Convention event promises to be the biggest and best yet. Taking influence from Un-Convention events around the world and inviting some of the most inspirational and influential figures from the global grassroots music scene – this year will use Un-Conventional spaces – including a barge, [...]
Categories: Music,New Music Strategies,Technology
Tagged: Music, Seminar, unconvention
I’m in Macclesfield for the next couple of days attending Un-Convention Factory. It’s the 30th anniversary of (Joy Division lead singer) Ian Curtis’s death, and we’re marking that with a special event unlike any other we’ve ever done. There’ll be 8 bands, 100 invited delegates from across the creative industries and 300 attendees who have [...]
Categories: Music
Tagged: Conference, Seminar, unconvention
