Bransaveisla: Tengslamyndunafundir með fagaðilum í tónlist
ÚTÓN, STEF, Tónlistarborgin Reykjavík og Íslandsstofa eru að bjóða til landsins fríðum flokki fagaðila til að taka þátt í ráðstefnu Iceland Airwaves. Af því tilefni viljum bjóða íslenska tónlistarsamfélaginu tækifæri til að tengjast þessum aðilum bæði til að styrkja tengslin út á við, en líka til að fá endurgjöf á sín verkefni og jafnvel skapa ný tækifæri.
Haldnir verða tengslamyndunarfundir á KEX þann 2. nóvember frá 14-16 þar sem hægt er að sækja um 15 mínútur í ‘speed-dating’ fund, þar sem hægt er að koma á tengslum. Við hvetjum umsækjendur til að nýta þennan stutta tíma vel til að tengjast og koma sínum verkefnum skýrt frá sér. Í þetta sinni er fjölbreyttur hópur fagaðila sem hægt er að hitta, en það er úr öllum hornum tónlistarbransans: útgefendur, umboðsmenn, bókarar og fjölmiðlafólk frá Bretlandi, Bandaríkjunum, Þýskalandi, Nýja Sjálandi og Íslandi.
Nánari upplýsingar um hvern aðila má nálgast hér að neðan. Endilega kynnið ykkur vel þessa aðila sem best passa ykkar verkefni og markmiðum og sækið svo um viðeigandi aðila á forminu hér.
LABEL
Brian Lowit
Dischord Records / Lovitt Records
Brian Lowit is the Label Manager of Dischord Records and the Owner of Lovitt Records both, of which are located in the Washington, DC area.
At Dischord Records, he handles overseeing all the day to day operations of the label as the label manager and does the same for Lovitt Records. Dischord Records has been one of the most influential independent record labels since its inception in 1980. Dischord has released records from some of the most influential bands of the past few decades including Minor Threat and Fugazi.
Brian is a member of the The Recording Academy, a trustee at Guilford College and a board member of the Icelandic Assocation of Washington D.C.
Jan Köpke
popup-records
Jan founded popup-records in 2001, which meanwhile over the years emerged as one of Germany’s leading PR agencies and label service companies on the independent music market.
popup-records‘ team of seven music enthusiasts offers the full scale of modern music marketing including customized PR and (digital) marketing campaigns in all media fields for clients.
popup’s artist roster has always been primarily international, e.g. by working on and building campaigns for Seed to Tree (Lux), Daniel Norgren (SE), Carnival Youth (LT), Jonas Alaska (Nor) or Wanda (AT), who all have made their first steps on the German market together with popup.
Nina Radojewski
AIM
Nina Radojewski is the Professional Development Lead at AIM, the Association of Independent Music, the organisation exclusively representing the UK’s independent music sector, which makes up around a quarter of the recorded music market.
Nina leads on all aspects of career development, education, and training within AIM’s membership.
Nina is also the Chair of UK Music’s Education and Skills Committee and is a key part in developing a new apprenticeship standard for labels and publi hers as well as showing new professional talent routes into the music industry via the Music Academic Partnership Programme.
Scott Blum
Found Recordings
Scott Blum is a digital media entrepreneur, award-winning filmmaker, bestselling author and music industry veteran.
Blum is currently the CEO of Found Recordings, an independent record label focusing on the music of Seattle and Iceland. Previously, he was the co-founder and CEO of DailyOM, a popular personal development website that offers inspirational messages and on-line courses; was VP of Research and Development for the music industry pioneer, ARTISTdirect; was CEO and founder of iMusic, one of the first music websites in the 1990's and digital collaborator with popular artists including Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, The Offspring, The Smashing Pumpkins and others.
PUBLISHING
Riccardo Furrer
Kobalt
Riccardo is Senior Creative Synchronisation Manager at Kobalt. Oversees Kobalt's Synch business in Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
Kobalt represents songwriters and artists including Paul McCartney, Max Martin, The Weeknd, Björk, Finneas, Bon Iver, Foo Fighters as well as the Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison catalogues to name just a few.
He works with songwriters, artists, independent labels and publishers to market their catalogue, feedback on songs, help them find opportunities in ads, film and tv and games and license their music for these same opportunities
Inga Magnes Weisshappel
Wise Music Group
After working as a music editor, Inga Magnes Weishappel turned to music supervision where she oversees all music related aspects of film, television and other existing or emerging visual media platforms as required.
In the past year, she has gradually expanded the position in the local industry with great success. Additionally, due to the incredible local talent of writers and composers, the international music publisher Wise Music Group is opening an office in Reykjavík that specializes in international networking and expansion. Inga will be running the day-to-day business while continuing her work as a music supervisor.
Amine Ramer
Music Supervisor
As an award-winning music supervisor and consultant, Amine Ramer has influenced the sound and mood of feature films, documentaries, television series and Ads for well over a decade.
Ramer’s success can be attributed to her careful selection of significant artists, ranging from the unknown to the popular.
Her keen sensibility to create a visceral experience by connecting sight with sound along with an in depth understanding of music rights and how to navigate the clearance process.
BOOKERS
Ariane Mohr
Reeperbhan Festival
Ariane Mohr is part of the booking team of Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg.
During her studies of Cultural Studies and Popular Music Studies, she started to channel her creative energy into the organisation of music events and was part of the non-profit, student-run lunatic Festival. In 2018 she began working for Reeperbahn Festival where she, along with her colleagues, curates the music programme of one of the biggest club festivals in Europe.
Michael Hollett
NXNE Festival
Michael Hollett is the founder of the North by Northeast (NXNE) Music festival in Toronto and also the founder of NEXT Magazine, a national, Canadian print and online magazine of music, arts and fun available in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary.
He also co-founded Toronto's NOW Magazine, which was once one of the leading alternative newsweeklies in North America. He sold it in 2016.
Hollett has traveled the world for decades searching for the best emerging music to highlight at his festival and in his media properties.
MANAGERS
Nick Knowles
KxKn Management
Nick Knowles had his first professional experience in and around music working across world-renowned magazine titles which included Q (r.i.p.), MOJO, Kerrang! and Mixmag.
As manager Nick helps steer the ship for the multi-award nominated, multi-disciplinary chamber-doom icon sóley as well Sony-signed pianist and composer Eydís Evensen, the latter with whom he's worked with since her very first show (at Iceland Airwaves in 2018) and subsequent career launch in 2021. Additionally Nick consults on and for the media. He can also occasionally be found in Kaffibarinn embarrassing himself with his terrible Icelandic.
Megan Burns
Tone Artists
Megan Burns is an independent Artist Manager working under the umbrella of Tone Artists, based in Liverpool.
Now firmly on the management side of the business, she has worked with a number of UK and International artists helping them through various stages of their career.
In 2020 she was selected as one of 20 up and coming Managers from across the UK to participate in the MMF’s Accelerator Programme, supported by YouTube Music, Arts Council England, Creative Scotland and the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA). My current roster includes Palm Reader (UK), Kælan Mikla (Iceland), blanket (UK).
Ali Raymond
Beatnik Creative
Ali Raymond is a music manager and company director based in London. In 2013 he founded Beatnik Creative – an independent artist management company and boutique record label.
He has worked in the music industry for over 15 years within a number of different roles such as a journalist, publicist, A&R and promoter. Today he manages award-winning Arlo Parks, Miso Extra and Lana Lubany. In 2021 he received the MMF award for ‘Breakthrough Manager of the year’
In 2022 Beatnik joined the Blue Raincoat Artists family, which includes Phoebe Bridges, Cigerettes After Sex and Nova Twins.
Christiana Sudano
Do Less Management
Christiana Sudano Bergamini worked in Label Relations at Universal Music Group (Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Maddie & Tae, Ghost, Sabrina Carpenter) to Product Managing legendary releases (Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, R.E.M) at Concord Music, she has seen many technological changes within her ten years in the industry. Christiana has recently joined forces with Sorum Management (HARV, Felisha and Fallon King, etc). She enjoys blending new technology with tangible products to create innovative marketing strategies.
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JOURNALISTS
Paul Brannigan
Louder
A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021.
He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne's private jet, played Angus Young's Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Brannigan lives in North London and supports The Arsenal.