Brighton Music
Conference (BMC18) has
announced the full programme schedule for its 5th Anniversary year taking place Wednesday 25th to
Saturday 28th April 2018.
The UK’s
foremost conference will
host its biggest ever event with
over 200 speakers in 8 theatres from across the music,
nightlife, tech and digital industries during the conference at Brighton Dome on Thursday 26th
and Friday 27th April.
BMC has announced programme additions including Felix Burton from Basement Jaxx speaking on ‘Universal Sound and
the Power of Frequency, Vibration and Resonance’ hosted by music
documentary maker Olivia Emes; a SoundCloud panel presented by Directors of label
and artist relations Julia Killer and
Joe Armenia including conversation
with artist DNMO; Olly Burke from Loopmasters discussing the release of
their new sample platform at BMC18, and Tristan
Hunt from AFEM will be moderating the topical
panel of Mental Health & Music In
The Mix.
Organisations
and individuals confirmed to speak at BMC18
include Irvine Welsh, Eats
Everything, Friction, Felix Burton
(Basement Jaxx), Sam Divine “PRS For Music”, BPI, AIM, Association For Electronic
Music (AFEM), AIF, ACS, LNADJ, Help Musicians, BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat, Fabric,
SoundCloud, Steinberg, Virgin/EMI, Believe, SW4, Defected, Toolroom, Hospital
Records, Ram Records, Tru Thoughts, Beatport, Women Produce Music, BIMM, DJ
Mag, MusicTech, AEI, Funktion One, Pioneer, Label Worx, This Is Global, Boiler
Room, KRPT, Horus Music, Decoded Magazine, Data Transmission, Skiddle,
SharpStream, KRPT, GRM Daily, LWE, Fuse, Mark Knight, Waze & Odyssey, Luke
Solomon, London Elektricity, Illyus & Barrientos, Dean Marsh, Jules O’
Riordan, and many more.
BMC’s fifth year also features the specialised
exhibition hall including the DJ and music tech scene’s leading suppliers,
technology companies and service providers. Focusrite, the best-selling audio interface brand together with
keyboard and DJ hardware/software creator
Novation will be hosting BMC’s demonstration igloo this year and running 10
workshops and talks across 2 days in the inflatable theatre. Pioneer and Ableton are hosting workshops
this year in Seminar
Area 3, where there will also be a ‘Sound
Healing’ workshop featuring Felix Burton from Basement Jaxx. New product
launches at BMC18 include Loopmasters’ Loopcloud 2.0 producer
platform at 5pm on Thursday in Seminar Area
3, and Steinberg’s UR-RT2 & UR-RT4 audio interfaces with switchable
Rupert Neve Design transformers.
BMC
exhibitors include BIMM, Sharp Stream, ACS, RSL, Native/Platform B,
Loopmasters, Sound Services/Funktion One, Rotor Videos, Tile Yard, Kvant, GAK,
GAK/Yamaha, GAK/Steinberg, GAK/Korg, Vinyl Temple,Vinyl Curtain, BADA Music,
Scan Computers, Help Musicians, Southampton Uni, Focusrite/Novation, Data
Transmission, Stanton/KRK/Cerwin Vega and CM Sound.
BMC18’s Professional
programme will present 16 in depth discussions and debates on the biggest
issues facing the electronic and wider music industry including ‘Mental Health’, ‘Is Underground
Underground Anymore?’ ‘LNADJ presents Social Responsibility’, ‘Diversity Is A Reality and Inclusivity Is
The Goal’, and ‘Interview With Tony
& Ann Andrews From Funktion 1’.
BMC18’s Academy Programme covers everything that new producers and
entry-level industry members need to know in 2018. The first panels, talks and
seminars announced include ‘PRS For
Music – How To Make A Living From Music’, ‘How Much Is Your Hearing Worth?’
‘RAM Records label Q+A’, ‘What Jobs Are There For Me In The Industry?’ and more.
BMC18 will host Hospital
Records’ Sonic Surgery at the Deadwax
Theatre on Friday 28th
April 2018. The ‘meet the team’ event with artists London Elektricity, Nu:Tone, Danny Byrd and Keeno will include a ‘demo drop’ for new artists,
talks, production master classes and a networking event. In addition, BMC will host Toolroom Academy with 5 production workshops and talks on Thursday 27th April
featuring Illyus & Barrientos, Ben
Remember and Tuff London, as
well as demo drop-ins. Leading electronic music DSP, Beatport, will deliver its Annual Report during the conference,
and again this year BMC will host a Pro-Only meeting area. Record labels Ram Records and Tru Thoughts
will host Q+A sessions in the BMC Academy theatre.
There are 20+ networking events & club
nights this year including AFEM’s official
BMC launch party sponsored by Evermix, Ticketmaster & Inflyte at Tempest
on Wednesday; Data Transmission at Hotel Pelirocco; Novation/Focusrite with
Alex Arnout at Block; PRS For Music networking party with Tru Thoughts
& J-Felix; Horus
Music with Seamus Haji at Tempest on Thursday; Skiddle &
Audio Lock with Just Her & These Machines; Hospital Records at
Dead Wax with DJs Chris Goss, Dexta and Matti Limitless, and
SharpStream with Timo Garcia, Steve Whittle and Zoe
Zoe at Block on Friday.
New
for 2018, the Women in Dance
Music Collective (WDM) will host their launch event at Brighton Music Conference on Thursday
26th April. Sponsored by Native
Instruments, the first of 4 events in 2018 is an invite only event at Hotel Pelirocco providing an
opportunity for the first members of the Collective to meet and network. The Women in Dance Music Collective was
founded by Jude Thompson of Indigo Talent and Sacha Wall from Data
Transmission.
This year’s BMC Official Fifth Birthday Parties include Eats Everything
headlining the annual official BMC
after party with Take at The Arch on
Thursday 26th April. Eats Everything will also be speaking at the conference on Last
Night A DJ Saved My Life's ‘Social & Corporate Responsibility’ panel. He
recently donated all of his New Years Eve earnings to LNADJ’s 'Have A
Drink On Us' campaign, which aims to provide clean water
for those currently living without it.
Other BMC
events include Drum & Bass Arena presents Friction at
Patterns (Friday 27th April); BMC & LNADJ charity
party at Bau Wow with Alex Banks and Steve Mac; legendary fabric resident Craig Richards at Patterns (Saturday 28th April); Wiggle’s 24th
Birthday Party with Nathan Coles, Terry
Francis, Eddie Richards, Magnus Asberg, Kristo & Eli K at Bau Wow, and Alex Niggeman, Alice Clark, Timo Garcia,
Monica, Pook and Markus Saarlander at Berlin,
GreenDoorStore and Hacienda Classical Evening with Graeme Park at Komedia on Friday; Franky Rizardo at Wonderland at The Arch; and Drum Safari at Hideout on Saturday.
Sponsors/partners for BMC18
include Association For Electronic Music
(AFEM), AudioLock Beatport, Believe Distribution, BPI, DJ Mag,
Focusrite/Novation, BPI, Horus Music, Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Foundation,
MonoKrome Music, Mixcloud, PRS For Music, Sharp Stream, Skiddle, The Arch,
Toolroom, Hospital Records and Visit Brighton, with educational partner BIMM.
BMC Academy Programme 2018
Thursday 26th April 2018 -
Academy Theatre
·
11.00 – 11:40 (40
mins) - Getting Paid
For Your Creativity (in association with PRS for Music) MODERATOR: Ashley
Howard (PRS for Music) Adrienne Bookbinder, (Defected Records)
Soraya Sobh (The Bakery), Adam Woolf (Critical Recordings), Sam Heerey (PPL)
Starting to think seriously about your career in music? Everything you
need to know to get your business locked down and sustain a living. From
downloads and streams to DJing and live to TV and radio to vinyl and CD, how to
ensure you are rewarded for the music you make and understanding all the
different income streams.
·
11:45 – 12:25 (40
mins) How to get your music signed to the right label – Moderator
- Timo Garcia, Timo Garcia (aka Nolan) talks to industry professional's about the best
way to get your music signed by the right labels. With his own music released
on over 130 labels worldwide from Get Physical, Kittball & Mother
Recordings to Toolroom, Cr2 & MadTech Timo has a wealth of experience (good
& bad) in sending out demos in hope of getting signed! - Joining him will
be Luke Solomon A&R for Defected & Classic Music Company, Simon
Birkumshaw – Label Manager and A&R at Madhouse, MadTech & Champion
Records. Just Her who has previously released on Crosstown Rebels and has set
up her own Constant Circles label where she does A&R and Tracey Fox -
A&R Ultra Music & Ultra Music Publishing.
·
12:30 – 13:10:
(40 mins) Label Q&A – Tru Thoughts
– Moderator – Shino Allen - Speakers
- Robert Luis - Label Co-Owner and
A&R, Jonny Halliday - Label Manager, Trevor Heath - Full Thought
Publishing, Hannah Petter - Press Officer
A chance to
delve into the minds of one of the UK’s most successful labels, now in its
nineteenth year the label continues to go from strength the strength and is a
perfect example of how to grow your business and stay true to its roots.
·
13:20 – 14:10:
(50 mins) Uplifting Audio Experiences Workshop
with Tony Andrews – founder of loudspeaker manufacturer, Funktion-One: An opportunity to delve into the mind of
the man behind the world's leading loudspeaker and sound system provider. This
will be a masterclass in best practices and how to perfect your sound.
·
14:15 - 14:55: (40 mins) BIMM Institute Modular Synthesis Masterclass - You are invited to this exciting BIMM Institute Modular Synthesis
Masterclass hosted by the (BA Hons) in Music Production Course Leader, Matthew Hodson. Matthew will take you
through all the key techniques and essential elements in producing music using
a modular synthesiser. Join him as he creates music from scratch, building a
custom patch, which is discussed and taught throughout, giving you a first-hand
insight into the world of modular synthesis.
·
15:00 – 15:45:
(45 mins) Sharpstream - Sharing your creation with the world. The access and benefits of internet radio. – Moderator – Dane Streeter – Sharpsteam -
Speakers: Nats Spada (Totally Radio / Platform B), Dom Robinson (id3as
media), Nicole Logan (Head Station Manager - Transmission Roundhouse), Sagal
Yusuf (Presenter, Platform B). Radio is a major source of music discovery, yet
traditional broadcast radio consumption is in decline. Internet radio is
growing faster than ever, helped in part by the launch of connected smart speakers and a generational leap toward
IP first media consumption. This panel focuses on how to approach starting an
internet radio station of your own. The
discussion will look at the benefits and challenges of internet radio,
revealing the best practices from existing
success stories of the internet radio landscape.
·
15:50 – 16:30:
(40 mins) DJ Q&A – Moderator Chad Jackson – DJs Sam Divine, Rich Wakely, Mark Knight
and Alice Clark.
·
16:35 – 17:15 (40
mins) – BPI PRESENTS –
MUSIC PIRACY & CONTENT PROTECTION STRATEGIES - Kiaron
Whitehead (BPI General Counsel), Clare Miller, Chris Sheehan, Christian Ivanoski-Nichol, Alex Baker,
Kate Whitmarsh (BPI content protection team).
·
17:20 – 18:00 (40
mins) – How much is your hearing worth? – Moderator – DJ Rae,
Speakers - Oli Katz – All Ears campaign, Jono Heale – ACS, Gladys Akinseye - Harley Street
Hearing, Aidan Culley – HMUK.
Friday
27th April 2018 - Academy Theatre
·
11:00 – 11:45 Hacking web tech for music execs. AFEM Anti-Piracy Group Chair /
AudioLock Founder joined by NewState Entertainment, FooR and artist ‘Like Son’.
Join Ben Rush (AFEM Anti-Piracy Group Chair / AudioLock Founder) to
reverse engineer and hack tech to uncover the often hidden tech affecting every
part of the industry from music production to international royalties. Chris
Roohan of NewState Entertainment will join Ben in the session, artists FooR who
have recently smashed the UK Garage scene and are taking the leap into
management and running multiple labels as well as House Music DJ and producer
‘Like Son’.
·
11:45 – 12:25 (40 Mins) – Label Q&A - RAM Records – Moderator
Sarah Cole – Speakers Jim Gash
- Label Manager, Scott Bourne - Company Director, Hannah Helbert - Press Agent,
Rhys Bainham - Event Manager.
·
12:30 – 13:10:
(40 mins) - Education – is college
really worth it – Moderator - Inder Phull – Founder & CEO at KRPT,
Speakers Lauren Pavan - COO at GRM Daily, Alice Favre – Co-Owner at A Man About
A Dog, Co-Owner at Ticket Tannoy, Head of Operations at LWE, Rob Anderson –
Product Planning Executive at Pioneer DJ, Producer, Label owner at Repeat After me, Toby Oxnam: Creative Director
at Netil Radio, Head Booker at Joshua Brookes and Director at Ossia Music,
Harry Leckstein – Tileyard Education.
The cost of attending
a UK university as an Undergraduate in 2018 could cost you up to £9000 a year, which
equates to almost £30k over university tenure of 3 years.
Imagine what that
investment could yield for you during the same period of time, you chose instead to use it to
build your own studio, set-up your own event or launch your own record label.
Or would you lack the necessary skills and acumen required to achieve any of
the aforementioned, without having cut your teeth on a university degree first?
We’ve curated a diverse panel of
industry professionals & entrepreneurs to discuss just that. Our panelists will be guiding us
through their respective journeys in education, before debating if these had
any impact on their current position in the music industry, and concluding
whether going to university is really worth the time, cost and effort.
The aim of the
panel is to give the audience an insight on how to reach their career aims as well
as practical tips for future entrepreneurs and industry professionals.
·
13:15 – 14:05: (50 Mins) - Producer Q&A, Moderator - Katia Isakoff – Women Produce Music, London
Elektricity, Illyus & Barrientos, Luke Solomon, Rachel K Collier.
·
14:10 - 14:50: (40 mins) -
Horus Music Seminar - "Letting it Sync In: Why Music
Supervisors love Electronic Music" – – Moderator Deborah
Smith from Anara Publishing, Speakers - Luke Jackson (Composer) - Rachel Menzies (Music Supervisor) - John
Meredith (Owner of Production Music Library 'Arms Production Music') Martin
Hewett – On the Beach - We’ll take you through the fundamentals of how synchronisation works
when your song is used in a film, television show, advert or video game. The
discussion will then take a deeper look into the use of electronic music in
recent projects from both a music supervisor and composers’ perspective and
will take a look what challenges lie ahead for songwriters today.
·
14:55 – 15:45: (50 mins) – Multi tasking in the music business –
Moderator Sammy Andrews – Deviate Digital, Speaker Friction. Brighton’s very own drum and bass legend Friction talks through the need for multi-tasking
in the modern day music business. From producing records, touring, broadcasting
and running a label.
·
15:50 – 16:30: (40 Mins) – AEI / BEC panel – Creating & Maintaining Online Communities Moderated by Amy
Jayne – (Head of Marketing, Shogun Audio), Speakers - Tom Dunn (AEI Special
Projects Manager), Kate Osler (AEI Festival Director / Weird Science), Nick
Sadler (Manager), Lewis Sinclair (CEO Cygnus Music) Sam Taylor – (I am POP) What good is a Facebook event page if no
one actually sees it? As the internet echo chamber gets louder and algorithms
make it harder to reach fans online, it's more important than ever to
understand exactly how to use digital platforms properly to promote your event.
This panel, hosted by AEI Group, will break down all aspects and means of
digital promotion and analyse exactly how to get the right message across, in
the right way, to the right people at the right time. From fine-tuning your
tone of voice to fit your audience to understanding when to push for those
final ticket sales, this panel will cover it all.
BMC Professional
Programme 2018
Thursday 26th
April 2018 – Professional Theatre
·
11.00 – 11:50 (50
Mins) - DJ Mag – Times up for sexual
harassment – Following the
Harvey Weinstein revelations and the #MeToo campaign, stories have begun to
emerge from the electronic music industry about sexual harassment and
misconduct. This panel will examine the issues involved, what the business
impact and repercussions are and look at ways to prevent abuse like this
happening again in the future. Moderator Carl
Loben – Editor DJ Magazine - Speakers Mark Lawrence – CEO The Association of Electronic Music, Shino Allen – MD Tsumi Artist Management, Carly Wilford - Sister Collective, and DJ/Presenter &
Creator.
·
11:55 – 12:45 (50 Mins) – SoundCloud Presents - #SCFirst - Experiences, Tools & Tips for
Building Your Career as an Independent Artist. Presentation by Julia
Killer – Director of label relations & Joe Armenia – Director of artist
relations, and conversation with artist DNMO.
·
12:50 – 13:40:
(50 Mins) - Diversity Is A
Reality, Inclusivity Is The Goal (in association with PRS for Music) - MODERATOR: Fiona McGugan (Music
Managers Forum) Amanda Maxwell (SheSaid.So / Boiler Room), Steven Braines (The
Weird & The Wonderful & Founder He.She.They.), Natalie Wade
(Small Green Shoots), Claire Rose (PRS for Music).
From the Wireless
festival line up to the Grammy nominations, the rate of change in respect of
diversity is off pace, not just within dance music but also across the
industry. This panel asks what it means to be a diverse business in 2018,
discussing practical inclusion strategies and looking at some of the initiatives
that exist today.
·
13:45 - 14:35: (50 mins) – Is the underground underground anymore – Moderator Sammy Verghese, The Arch Brighton – Judy Griffith - Fabric,
Firas Waez & Serge Santiago, Producers -
Waze & Odyssey, Terry Weerasinghe – Beatport. Has the mainstream
success of dance music artists resulted in dance music becoming a corporate
product? Have artist's demands, such as 5* hotels and limousine pick-ups made
dance music resemble pop artists? Do ever inflated fee's have a knock on effect
for festival and club shows having to charge high ticket prices and therefore
alienating access to music on financial grounds? What’s the future of the underground?
·
14:40 – 15:30:
(50 mins) - AFEM Presents – Mental Health
& Music In The Mix moderated by
Tristan Hunt (AFEM Exec Board) Panelists include Christine Brown (Director, Help Musicians UK), Mike Hollingbury (Owner,
Bozboz), Dan Tait (Pioneer DJ Sounds), Coco Cole – (DJ and Broadcaster).
As new studies shine fresh light on the prevalence of mental health issues
in our industry, it's clear that the need to care for yourself and those around
you has never been so vital. AFEM brings together a range of professionals to
hear their experiences, share advice and see how wellbeing and success can both
be achieved in our 24/7 industries.
With almost a third of UK
electronic artists having been impacted by mental health issues,caring for yourself and those around you, has never been so vital. AFEM
teams up with a range of industry experts to explore how success and mental wellbeing
in a 24/7 industry can both be achieved.
·
15:35 – 16:25:
(50 mins) - A Journey in Sound - Tony and Ann Andrews from
Funktion-One: An in-depth
interview with a couple who have committed their lives to each other and to the
pursuit of audio excellence, founding and growing loudspeaker manufacturer
Funktion-One in the process. A unique opportunity to hear from the true
pioneers of professional audio.
·
16:30 – 17:15 (45
mins) – LNADJ Presents Social and Corporate Responsibility in
the Dance Music Industry. Moderated by Ellie Talebian.
Speakers –
Eats Everything, Jim McNulty, Nico De Transilvania, Ann Andrews – Funktion 1.
The dance music
industry has traditionally not been known for its focus on social
responsibility yet through the example of a small number of trailblazers we are
now seeing a positive change in attitude. Why is this happening now and what
can be done to expand on their work?
·
17:20 – 18:00 (40 mins) – AIF – How best to get your artist on the
stage. Moderator - Jim Mawdsley, Ami Lord - General Manager & Laundry
Meadows Stage Booker, Standon Calling, Emma Zillman – Programme Director – From
the Fields Festival, Kaptin Barrett Head Music Booker, Boomtown Festival.
Friday 27th
April 2018 - Professional Theatre
·
11.00 – 11:40 (40 Mins) – Brands in Music – Moderator – Normski -
Speakers - James
Sutcliffe (Relentless Brand Manager), Jack Thomas (Global A&R Manager,
Focusrite/Novation), Sandira
Blas – (Partnerships / Brand Culture Marketing Denon DJ & Akai Pro), Andy
Varley - CEO – Insanity.
A selection of huge brands work alongside
record labels and artists, find out what they look for, how do they allocate
budget and what the end game is for them?
·
11:45 – 12:25 (40
Mins) – Creative
Law presents – How not to get into hot water when
re-making music DEAN MARSH (MD – Creative Law & Business) MODERATOR, Richard Hoare from
Hoare Associates, Leading Partner Clintons, Peter Oxendale Forensic
Musicologist Peter Oxendale Musical Services, Alison Hook Head of Sampling
& Copyright Infringement Sony/ATV Publishing, Jules O’Riordan AKA
Judge Jules Global DJ / Lawyer Sound Advice, Saranne Reid General Manager Crown
Management, MD Sample Clearance Services - For this year’s legal panel will be dissecting two
topical subjects. (a) Re-records. Many producer/artists seem to be
re-recording their old hits (sometimes in conjunction with a publisher), so
they then can exploit themselves. How do you avoid breaching the terms of the
original record contract? In which ways might a re-record infringe the
copyright or performers’ rights in the original recording, particularly if it’s
a near identical recreation? (b) Covers There been a recent trend
towards crossover success for dance producers covering or interpreting existing
compositions. What legal right does an artist have to make and release a cover
version? What constitutes a “faithful” cover version and what doesn’t?
What rights do publishers have to insist that a new composition is a cover when
it's not?
·
12:30 – 13:10: (40 mins) - BPI Presents – “Sync Licensing for Electronic Music”
Moderator – Vanessa Higgins – Regent Street records / BPI Council Member
Panelists: Gary Welch – EyeHear Music / Rachel Menzies – Native Music /
Megan Bean – Hospital Records
The panel discusses
Electronic Music in Sync – what supervisors are looking for from Labels and
Artists when deciding what music to use in their projects. How can you get your
music to be considered for sync and how to pitch to them? The panelists will
talk you through several recent projects and discuss from both a label and
supervisor perspective how they finally came up with matching the particular
piece of music with the brief.
·
13:15 – 14:05:
(50 Mins) – Streaming -
Best practices and how to make it work for you - The panel will explore the tools and best practices
for some of the worlds leading streaming services. How best to use these tools
and how best to maximise your presence and reach your fans. Moderator - Marianne Frederick - Blue
Raincoat / Chrysalis Records - Speakers - Malena Wolfer Senior Marketing and International Manager – Believe, Achille Nanopoulos – Artist Marketing Manager – Independents - Deezer, Dominic
Kerley – Label Worx, Gemma Hart – Hospital Records.
·
14:10 - 14:50: (40 mins) - DJ Mag – An interview with Irvine Welsh
The renowned
Trainspotting author talks exclusively to DJ Mag editor Carl Loben about the
thread of electronic music that runs through much of his work, and his new book
Dead Men’s Trousers — featuring all the much-loved Trainspotting characters —
in which Renton becomes a DJ manager.
·
14:55 – 15:45: (50 mins) - Sharpstream Panel - Monetise your content in
ways you haven’t heard of. – Moderator:
Dane Streeter (Managing Director - SharpStream) Speakers: Katie Sedler (Head of
DAX Partnerships - This is Global) Nick Pitts (Content Director - Jazz FM),
Sophie Herdman (Content Manager UK - ACast)
Audio content is exploding world wide on
more platforms than ever before. How can audio content creators get the best
return on their investment? This panel explores the options available to audio
content creators, focusing on the approaches to implementing monetisation
strategies for different audience scales in order to achieve the best result.
·
15:50 – 16:30: (40 mins) – Trial by social media: dealing with a PR disaster – Following a string of widely publicised
controversies in dance music, we ask: are we right to call out offensive
behaviour online? Who do social media scandals benefit? And how are careers
controlled by social media audiences? - Moderator – Lee Smith – Leak Delete, Anna
Wall – The Bricks PR, George Hull – Bloc, Angie Towse – The Rest is Noise, Dean
Mushin – Bear Management / Dispersion PR
Mezzanine level
BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat panel – 17:00 – 18:00 (17:45 show goes out)
BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra’s Newsbeat will be
hosting a discussion and broadcasting from BMC and discussing topics including
Brexit and drug testing at venues and events in the UK. – Hosted by Newsbeat’s politics and music team. Speakers include Jimmy
Blake – Newsbeat, Mark Lawrence – CEO AFEM, Fiona Measham – Loop, Danny Howard
- BBC Radio 1, Anna Wade – Boomtown
Seminar area 3
Thursday 26th
13.00 – 13.50: So you want to be a DJ Moderator - Phil Dockerty - Pete Gooding
Management Speakers include Pete Gooding, Pete Gooding Management, Grahame
Farmer – Data Transmission, Anna Wall – DJ, Dj Rae.
An insight into the best practices for
artist development and representation, a master class of the do’s and don’ts in
order to succeed.
14.00 – 14.50:
Live looping Performance and talk from
Bunty and Interactive Sonic Playground VR Demo
Kassia Zermon - Bunty is a unique force
best known for her improvisations, pioneering underground experimental vocal
loop shows and fronting leading UK dub act Resonators. BBC 6 tastemakers Tom
Robinson and Lauren Laverne have championed Bunty’s distinctive voice. Her
latest interactive album project Multimos was funded by PRS, ACE and Beatabet
label.
Bunty is creating new music and audience
experiences in a sonic playground called Zook. The Zookesphere is powered by
the astro- funk and geometric imagery created by Johann Mohammed aka Jomotopia
working with George Butler and Andy Baker from Mutiny Media and Anna Bertmark
from Atticsound.
They will share their work in progress and
talk about their new journey into VR with their team based at the FuseBox
Brighton.
Improviser, musician and multidimensional
artist Bunty will do an interactive performance and talk about her new work in
VR.
15.00 – 15.50: Beatport Annual report,
Invite only
16.00 – 16.50: Beatport access all
areas
Ever wanted to ask Beatport a question
about your music or label? Join us at Brighton Music Conference where we open
our doors to music industry enthusiasts of all levels. You can get valuable
industry insight from the premiere dance music download store for DJs and get
your questions answered by the Beatport team.
17:00 – 18:00
– Loopmasters presents Loopcloud 2.0
Loopmasters
Product Manager Olly Burke will be presenting Loopcloud 2.0
How do you make the world’s best sample
browser even better?
Loopcloud is already the leading source of
sample-based inspiration for producers everywhere, but what if you could
audition from a library containing
millions of samples, in key and in time with your track, from the cloud,
inside your DAW?
With Loopcloud 2.0, we’ve made it possible, and best of all, it’s
totally free!
Loopcloud 2.0 gives every producer access
to 15 years’ worth of Loopmasters’ premium sample content in one place. In a
revolutionary overhaul, we’ve brought this and other new features to Loopcloud
2.0 to make it quicker and easier than ever to browse, manage and audition
samples without ever leaving your DAW, so you can spend time on what matters
most: making music.
Friday the 27th
11:30AM – 12:30PM “If you want to find the secrets of the Universe, think in terms of
energy, frequency and vibration.”
— NIKOLA TESLA
Universal Sound and the Power of
Frequency, Vibration and Resonance
In 2018 more and more people are using
music and sound to complement their personal development practices, and with
good reason. Science is now proving that sound resonance and frequency
has an effect on physical matter, including the human mind, body and
emotions. We will discuss this development and how it is being
incorporated into events, therapy, music production and consumption.
Host:
Olivia is a film
director specialising in music documentary. She has spent the last ten
years directing and shooting artists all over the world for MTV, Vice and
Apple Music, including Pharell Williams, Liam Gallagher, and Plan B. Her
latest project "Pasiones y Rituales", set between Cuba and
Brighton, explores the idea of music as a transformational tool.
Panel Guests:
Felix needs no introduction as one half of
one of the UK’s most successful dance music duo’s Basement Jaxx.
Peter Bryant is the director of Catalyst
Therapy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Music from the University of Surrey in
addition to a Master’s in Psychology from the University of London. In 2015,
Peter was honoured to receive the J.P. Nobel award for research in music and
hypnosis.
Tracie is a vibrational sound
therapist, teacher of Qi Gong, meditation and various classes & workshops,
conscious event producer and former international professional DJ (10 Sui).
Sarah is a filmmaker who has just
premiered her new film The Healing Power of Sound in Brighton. Sarah has
worked with Sir David Attenborough & Julian Lloyd Weber among others.
Seb Sapi3n is a music producer and founder
member of Holistic Audio (www.holisticaudio.org), producers of sound healing products and
sensory rooms. Sapi3n’s productions are being used by Headspace, the world’s
most popular Meditation App, in their Restoration Pods
Tony Andrews –
founder of loudspeaker manufacturer, Funktion-One
12.30: Pioneer DJ Workshop: Dave Smith
Toraiz SP-16 and AS1
In this session our demonstrator Sam
Shepherd will be showing how the Pioneer DJ Toraiz SP-16 can be used to
construct a track on the fly incorporating the units sequencer and sampler
capabilities with no need for a computer. He will cover all aspects of the
Toraiz SP-16’s capabilities from browsing its internal sample library to
applying sound effects including the legendary synth legend Dave Smiths
filters. Sam will also cover the Pioneer DJ AS1 monosynth, also produced in
conjunction with Dave Smith, and how you can create some twisted squelchy
basslines and patterns. To end the session Sam will show how these 2 powerful
products can work together to deliver an amazing performance.
13.30: Pioneer DJ workshop: DJS-1000
Sam Shepherd is back to demonstrate how
Pioneer DJ’s new DJS-1000 live sampler can bring real-time track production to
the DJ booth. He will show how you can sync the DJS-1000’s sequencer and
performance pads to the rekordbox content being played through the CDJ-2000NXS2
and DJM-900NXS2 as well as sampling the music being played in the CDJ’s and DJM
for on the fly re-edits. He will also show how the form factor of the DJS-1000
is familiar territory for DJ’s sharing the same layout as the CDJ-2000NXS2 but
with pads instead of jogwheel, giving them the confidence to step into the
world of music production and performance.
14.30 – 15.20:
Ableton workshop: Rachel K Collier, From the Studio to the Stage using Ableton Live 10 Rachel
K Collier will demonstrate her approach to taking a full song production to
stage. Using her song Paper Tiger as an example, she’ll show her own techniques
for breaking down song parts into clips and scenes for performance. Collier
will cover the process from the beginning and provide tips and tricks for
balancing the fun of impromptu performance with recreating the structure and
elements of a song.
15.30 – 16.30: Ableton Workshop: Ableton Live 10 and Push – Capture, Create
and Manipulate Ableton Certified Trainer Simon Lyon
takes you through some of the new features of Live 10 whilst exploring many
ways to create ideas and harness the creative power of Live and Push. Whether you are new to music
production or seasoned musician/DJ/Producer, Live gives you many options for
starting either the initial workings of your music or performing and
manipulating beats, grooves and textures for your shows.
Focusrite/Novation Sessions
Thursday 26th April
11:00 -12:00 - Seminar
1: Hitting the Stage – performing
your studio-based productions on the live stage - Recent times have seen
a shift from completely computer based “in-the-box” live shows to performers making
use of the huge amount of powerful hardware gear currently available.
Novation’s product specialist Chris “-CALC-“ Calcutt explores the different
ways available to create the perfect hardware live set-up and how to realise
your studio tracks in the live environment. Using a range of different equipment from both Novation and some other
interesting devices, -CALC– will give a full run through of how to take your
tracks to the stage, choosing the right gear and sharing tips and techniques
that will let you shine out from the crowd.
12:00 – 13:00 Seminar
2: Composition and processing technique
with James Dymond - James Dymond has built a career over recent years as one of the UK’s
brightest Trance artists. He has productions on labels such as Armin Van Buren’s
Armada and is resident on Aly & Fila’s Future Sound of Egypt. James’
production is focused on working within the box yet manages to achieve huge
sounding mixes despite not using hardware. He will share his composition and
processing techniques within this track build session (Part 1 of 2 sessions
today). Expect to learn about his Analog modelling FX chains with plugins and
how he creates dance floor damage with his production skill.
13:00 – 14:00 Seminar 3: Creative sound tools and technique workshop
with Stefano Ritteri. When an artist
hits the creative wall in music creation, and ideas are not easily
materialising, it is tempting to take the easy route of preset surfing, or to
browse the latest plug-in for inspiration. Stefano Ritteri will take steps to
dissolve this mind set by sharing some of his fundamental work flow ideas and
demonstrate how producers can create totally unique sounds through the power of
sound design, reprocessing, sampling and manipulating audio to new heights. He
will be using his FX rig, Novation Peak, Clarett USB interface and Ableton Live. Stefano Ritteri is an electroninc music producer and
has for the last 16 years been making music under various monikers for labels
such as Dirty Bird, Defected, Get Physical as well as engineering and composing
music for TV and advertising. This is not to be missed!
14:00 – 15:00 Seminar
4: State of the Art Synthesis with
East End Dubs - With
so many choices when choosing your studio setup, it is important to get the
most out of the gear you choose. Certain instruments offer different workflows
as well as sound. Even modest systems can have a wealth of connectivity for
artists to utilise, and of course can yield interesting results with modular,
drum machines and sequencers. Eastenderz label boss - Eastend Dubs takes
us through his synth choices that he uses in the studio when writing and
creating his signature sound. He will be showing users how Novation &
Focusrite products feature in his setup alongside many other brands, and how
great results happen when creative connectivity comes into play.
15:00 – 16:00 Seminar
5: Mix
& Arrangement Exploration with James Dymond - James Dymond finishes
the day with his final track build workshop. The morning session focused on
composition and processing, this session addresses mix and arrangement duties.
It can sometimes be daunting to turn your vision of a track to a finished
masterpiece. James Dymond takes the guesswork out of the process and shares vital
tips for creating modern, cohesive mixes with emotion. From idea - to dance
floor, expect to learn how to get the most out of a simple setup all focused
around his Focusrite Clarett USB interface.
16:00 – 17:00 Seminar 6: Standing out from the crowd – Mashup
technique with South of the Stars - Existing as a DJ in
the modern circuit can be challenging, in this world the mashup has now become
king! Novation’s very own Mark Lowes has hit a recent vein of success as part
of new UK trance duo South Of The Stars. With support throughout their career
from heavyweights such as Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk & Armin Van Buuren. In this
session Mark shares the creative concept of starting and finishing mashups.
Mark will focus on Exploring track selection, warping techniques, hot cues and
detailed automation to final export with Novation Launchpad and Focusrite
Clarett.
Friday 27th April
11:00 – 12:00 Seminar
1: Live by design with Alex Jann
- There are many factors to consider when deciding
on what kit makes the cut for a live rig, whether it comes down to size vs
functionality, or refining what can be done by simply knowing what certain
equipment can achieve. Alex Jann is no stranger to this subject as has been
making music solely on hardware for nearly 2 decades and has played live acts
in all matter of settings across Europe under his own name with travel friendly
systems. He has played using a plethora of kit such as Eurorack, grooveboxes
and drum machines from release launch events for labels such as Rhythm Cult, to
venues like the Get Physical Vs Flying Circus Off event in Barcelona.
Alex will show the benefits of using hardware that does more than one job
in his rig, showing travelling artists you do not need to take the whole
system! His performance-based seminar will be focused around the Novation
Circuit Mono Station, Peak and a live Eurorack system, and of course alongside
some all-time classic gear.
12:00 – 13:00 Seminar
2: Creative
sound tools and technique workshop with Stefano Ritteri.When an artist
hits the creative wall in music creation, and ideas are not easily
materialising, it is tempting to take the easy route of preset surfing, or to
browse the latest plugin for inspiration. Stefano Ritteri will take steps to
dissolve this mind set by sharing some of his fundamental work flow ideas and
demonstrate how producers can create totally unique sounds through the power of
sound design, reprocessing, sampling and manipulating audio to new heights. He
will be using his FX rig, Novation Peak, Clarett USB interface and Ableton Live.
Stefano Ritteri is an electronic music producer and
has for the last 16 years been making music under various monikers for labels
such as Dirty Bird, Defected, Get Physical as well as engineering and composing
music for TV and advertising. This is not to be missed!
14:00 – 15:00 Seminar 3: Create, Capture and Arrange with Alex
Arnout - Alex Arnout has been one of the most
significant London-based house artists in recent years. His style encompasses
many different sounds, taking inspiration from his extensive record collection
and the countless dance floors he has filled for many years. He runs some of
the most prolific labels in the UK – Dogmatik Records & DMK Records – who
has seen releases from artists such as Peace Division, Jovonn, Maya Jane Coles
and Burnski amongst many others. His hardware-based studio is focused around
live capture and makes sure that his music creation process is completely free,
and at one with the machines he works with, a blurred line between him and the
circuits. Alex will take attendees though how he starts from scratch on each track
captures the live session and then arranges something ready for the floor.
15:00 – 16:00 Seminar 4: Standing
out from the crowd – Mashup technique with South of the Stars - Existing as a DJ in the modern circuit can
be challenging, in this world the mashup has now become king! Novation’s very
own Mark Lowes has hit a recent vein of success as part of new UK trance duo
South Of The Stars. With support throughout their career from heavyweights such
as Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk & Armin Van Buuren. In this session Mark shares the
creative concept of starting and finishing mashups. Mark will focus on
Exploring track selection, warping techniques, hot cues and detailed automation
to final export with Novation Launchpad and Focusrite Clarett.
Deadwax Social
Theatre
Thursday the 26th of April
Tooroom Academy production and DJ classes
11 - 12: Ben Remember: Building a groove:
Attendee collaboration
12.15 – 1.15: D.Ramirez: Mastering your
own tracks
1.30 – 2.30: Mark Knight: Producer
interview + Q&A
2.45 – 3.45: Illyus & Barrientos: How
to approach a Remix
4 – 5: Tuff London: Building a track in
Logic ‘Out the box’
5 – 6: Demo drop A&R feedback Friday
the 27th of April
Hospital Records Sonic Surgery
10.00-11.00: Meet The Team
/ Demo Drop
11.00-12.00: London Elektricity :
Obsessive Sound Collecting
12.00-13.00: Nu:Tone: Words & Pictures
– The Vocal 1, 2, 3
13.00-14.00: Demo Drop / Lunch
14.00-15.00: Keeno: Strings &
Shimmering Things
15.00-16.00: Danny Byrd: MPC vs. DNB
16.00-17.00: A&R Feedback
BMC Evening Networking and club events
Wednesday 25th April
·
Tempest 18.30 – 23.00 BMC & AFEM Welcome
party (Invite only) in conjunction with Ticketmaster, Inflyte & Evermix –
DJs TBC –
Thursday 26th April
·
Hotel
Pelirocco 17.00 – 18.30 Women In Dance Music
networking event in conjunction with She Said So and Women Produce Music
(Invite only)
· Dead Wax 19.00 – 20.00 Brighton Music Conference, The
Association for Electronic Music (AFEM) & Toolroom Academy invite you for a
drink & a very special screening of ‘WHY WE DJ’, a highly acclaimed short
film by DJsounds & Pioneer DJ and AFEMany
· The Loft 18.30 – 20.00 Tama-Do Sound Harmonisation evening
event, acoustic sounds to heal your soul
·
Block 18.00 – 23.00 Novation/Focusrite
networking event with Alex Arnout (Dogmatik Records), East
End Dubs (Eastenderz), Alex Jann (Rhythm Cult), Calc (Novation),
South Of The Stars (Deep Set) + Special Guest
· Tempest 18.30 – 23.00 PRS networking party
with Tru Thoughts & J-Felix
·
Hotel
Pelerocco 18.30 – 23.30 Data Transmission 10th
Birthday party networking event with DJs Seff, Rich Wakley, Vibe Killers and
Wax Worx
·
The Arch
23.00 – 06.00 Take with DJs Eats
Everything plus special guests to be announced!
Friday 27th April
·
Brighton
Dome 16.30 – 18.30 BMC 5th
Birthday Sponsored By Skiddle & AudioLock with DJ’s Just Her & These
Machines
·
Tempest 18.00 – 23.00 Horus Music networking
event with DJs Seamus Haji & Simon Atkinson
· Block 18.00 – 23.00 Sharp Stream networking party with
DJ’s Timo Garcia, Steve Whittle and Zoe Zoe
· Dead Wax 17.30 – 23.30 Hospital Records
Hospital networking event with DJs Chris Goss, Dexta and Matti Limitless
· Komedia 22.30 – 03.00 Hacienda Classic’s
Evening with Grahame Park, J-Felix, Sam Moffett and Disco Tallen
· The Arch 23.00 – 06.00 D&B Arena with
Friction and the Prototypes
· Bau Wow 22.00 – 08.00 Wiggle 24 birthday party
with DJs Nathan Coles, Terry Francis, Eddie Richards, Magnus Asberg, Kristo
& Eli, K, Lucas Hulan, Transparent Sound (live), Da Sun Lounge, Rebel
Beats, Mark Collings, Joe Volpeliere, Rob Anderson, Simon Atkinson
· Green
Door Store 22.30 – 04.00 Berlin in conjunction
with Decoded Magazine presents Alex
Niggeman, Alice Clark, Timo Garcia, Monica, Pook and Markus Saarlander
· Hideout 22.30– 04.00 Aztek
presents Eli Brown plus support
Saturday 28th April
·
Arch 23.00 – 06.00 Wonderland with DJs
Franky Rizardo & Anotr, Waves & Odyssey
·
Hideout 22.30 – 04.00 Drum Safari with DJs
Pola Bryson, Deadline and Koherent
· Tempest 20:00 – 02.00 BMC Beach Party with DJs
Enzo Siffredi, Billy Mauseth, Lee Morrison and friends
· Patterns 22.00 – 04.00 Craig Richards (Fabric)
· Coalition 03.00 – 09.00 DJs Enzo Siffredi and
Joshua
ABOUT
BMC17
Brighton
Music Conference 2017 was held Thursday 27th April and Friday 28th
April and featured speakers from AFEM, Beat port, PRS for Music, PPL, Ministry of
Sound, Sony, Label Worx, Live Nation, Mixcloud, Mixmag, Defected, NTIA,
Toolroom, Hospital Records, MMF, DJ Mag, AEI Group, DJ Monitor, UKF, Drum
& Bass Arena, Loopmasters, Napster, Brapp TV, PIAS, Loopmasters,
Sub Club, Clintons, Crown Management, Roland, Anjunabeats, Audio Lock, Serato,
BIMM, Wunderground, UK Diversity, Native Instruments, and many more, with the conference programme split between the
professional and academy theatres.
BMC17’s
Professional programme talks
included ‘Streaming
vs. Radio’; ‘AFEM Presents Get Played, Get Paid’; ‘How to Promote Diversity In
Dance Music’; ‘What’s Next For Electronic Music?’ ‘BPI Presents Music Piracy’;
‘NTIA Presents Save Our Nightlife’; ‘Creative Law Presents: But it was only a “cheeky” re-edit? Copyright law and the Remix’; ‘BPI
Presents ‘Sync In Progress’; ‘Music Recognition
Technology: how does it work for you?’ moderated by Tim Arber, Head of
Membership Support, PRS for Music, and ‘Giving Back in
association with Last Night A DJ Save My Life Foundation’.
BMC17’s
Academy Programme featured panels and topics ‘BIMM Presents: Writing
& Producing To A Brief’; ‘Ghost Writing’; ‘How To Get Ahead In The
Industry?’ Toolroom Records Q+A; ‘Roland / Serato Workshop’; ‘Why Should I Make
A Video?’ ‘DJ Q+A with Friction, Sam Divine, Josh Butler, and My Nu Leng’; ‘ACM
Workshop’; ‘Hospital Records Q+A’; Producer Q+A with Seamus Haji, Prok &
Fitch, Paul Hartnoll, and Just Her, and more.
In
addition to housing Native Instruments in the BMC Demonstration Igloo
installation, the exhibition floor featured brands, organisations, and
education providers including Pioneer, AFEM (Association For Electronic Music), BPI, NTIA, Native Instruments, Traktor, Focusrite / Novation, Serato,
Roland, Korg, Beatport, PRS for Music, In
Music Brands, Toolroom, GAK, Hospital Records, CM Sound, Source Distribution, Ditto Music, DJ Mag,
Data Transmission, Decoded, Skiddle, MMF, Believe Digital, Horus Music,
Evolution Domes, Yamaha, Steinberg, Element 5, and more.
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