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Schedule:
Please Note that all information below are subject to changes and confirmation. Confirmation of all keynote speakers would be on the 29th of September 2005
DAY ONE:
11.00AM – 11.15AM - Opening Remarks from Chairman
11.30AM – 12.00 PM - KEYNOTE SPEAKERS presents BRITISH MUSIC WEEK presents: SIGN THE DEAL…
What happens when you receive your first recording contract?
How do you go about getting to this stage?
How much work goes into being an artist?
When do you start making money from the business?
How does the new digital download era affect you as an artist?
Is it possible to be an artist and an entrepreneur at the same time?
12.00PM – 1.00PM – PHASE TWO – New Media: Online Promotion & Marketing (How to Market your music Online).
How to start and run a successful music company?
How can you promote your music?
How can broadband improve the way you run your business?
How can you make better use of press (online and offline)?
How do new technologies affect promotion?
What can we expect from street marketing?
Live: Promotion or broadcasting?
How can you involve your distributor in your actions?
What are the new promotional tools online?
Keynote Speakers to include:
British Music Week interviewer, Top PR& Marketing Guru and 6 other keynote speakers.
1.00PM – 2.00PM – QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION WITH PANEL
BREAK
2.30PM – 3.30PM - ‘The Art of getting your music to television’:
How do you get your video played in music channels?
Do TV Channels like MTV accept videos from independent labels or artists?
How do you go about getting your music on promotional commercials?
Do artist receive a fee each time their music video is played or is it simply promotional only?
What are the most essential guidelines in making a good music video on a low budget
PHASE THREE
3.30PM – 3.45PM – Starting and Running a successful music business
KEYNOTE: Sir Alan Sugar(T.B.C)
3.45PM – 4.00PM – Special Q & A Session for small businesses.
4.30PM – 5.30PM – Special Celebrity Panel:
SPECIAL CELEBRITY Q&A SESSION
Celebrity guests Interviewed by TV presenter.
8.30PM –3.00AM BRITISH MUSIC WEEK presents ‘The Music & Fashion after Party’ @ The Ministry of Sound, London SE1 (Invitation Only)
DAY TWO
12.00PM – 5.00PM - British Music Week presents ‘B2B Speed Dating Sessions’ (Avon Room 1)
12.00PM – 1.00PM – The ‘Professional DJ’s Workshop (Avon Room 2)
12.00PM – 1.00PM – Legal Workshop (Avon Room 3)
BRITISH MUSIC WEEK: Come and ask the expert!!!
How is a lawyer paid in the music business?
Which services should a lawyer be contacted for?
When is a lawyer needed? Before or during a conflict?
Which types of lawyers work in the music industry?
What is a good licensing contract?
1.00PM – 2.00PM – The Electronic Workshop & Media /PR Workshop ((Auditorium 3)
BRITISH MUSIC WEEK presents
‘How to get your Music into Mobile, TV & Radio adverts, Video Games and Videos…
How is music distributed?
How is a catalogue converted into digital music?
Who are the go betweens? What role do they play?
Which alternative markets are looking for music?
How are licences managed?
2.00PM – 3.00PM – The Urban Music Workshop (Avon 3)
‘What are the main infrastructures within the UK & European Market for Urban Music’?
Keynote Speakers: (To include main players within the Urban Music Industry)
2.00pm – 3.00PM – The Songwriting Workshop (Avon 2)
4.00pm – 5.00pm: The Dance & Alternative Music Workshop (Avon Room 3)
Keynote Speakers: Booker T, DJ Hype (Kiss 100) , Normski (Invincible), DJ Nikki, Femme Fatale (BBC 1Xtra) and several superstar DJ’S
5.10pm – 6.30pm: The Future of Independents supported by Association of Independent Music (AIM) (Avon Room 1)
How much power do independents really have?
What the new wave of online marketing means to newly established independent labels?
How to break-even as an independent?
The do’s and don’t s for future labels?
Downloading: Positive or negative for the future of independent labels?
Would independents lead to the demise of majors?
Keynote Speakers: Simon Wheeler (Head of New Media @ Beggars Group) plus more panellists.
9.00pm – 12.00pm: BRITISH MUSIC WEEK presents the 1st annual World Online Music Awards 2005/ Leicester Square (Invitation Only)
Over 500 invited attendees. Delegates include artists , A&R reps, artists managers, filmmakers, internet companies, DJ’s, booking agents, concert touring companies, distributors, record label, presidents, media executives, press, producers, songwriters, etc.
Celebrities, Live Performances, and categories to include : Best Rock Act, International DJ of 2005, Best Club Night, Best House Act, Best Single, Most downloaded album, Most watched Music Video Online, Best Hip Hop Act, Best R&B Act, Best Website, Best Online Radio Station, Best Online TV Station, Best Online record label/shop, Best Search Engine.
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