International delegates 2012

International
delegates
2012
Invited by
Loud sounds from
a quiet nation
We welcome you to
explore the international music
business professionals and
media representatives invited
to Music & Media Finland by
Music Finland.
Information on all delegates can be found at
http://www.musiikkimedia.fi/en/registration/delegates/
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A special interview with
Rough Trade’s Geoff Travis
and Jeannette Lee
Interviewed by
Jeannette Lee
n i c k tri a n i
Rough Trade
UK
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Jeannette Lee is the co-owner of Rough Trade,
show in 1981 in New York. Jeannette Lee joined
the hugely influential independent label that
Geoff Travis at Rough Trade in 1987 and has
has released the Libertines, The Strokes, Antony
had stints managing the Cranberries, Pulp and
and the Johnsons and many more in recent
Duffy. Lee’s musical sense and straightforward
years. Rough Trade became well known in the
approach with artists has been instrumental in
80s as the home of The Smiths, around the same
Rough Trade signing and releasing an incredible
time that Jeannette Lee was touring the world
catalogue of successes over the last ten years.
with the post-punk band Public Image Ltd. After
The special celebrity interview at Music & Media
meeting John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) while
2012 is honored to welcome Jeannette Lee
working at Acme Attractions, the punk store
and her colleague and Rough Trade founder,
and social hub, Lee first managed – and then
Geoff Travis, to the stage. Delegates will get
joined – Public Image Ltd. She was instrumental
the chance to hear their personal stories, the
in the band’s penchant for live multimedia,
story of one of the most culturally significant
leading to what we can call “extended audience
independent labels, and Jeannette and Geoff’s
participation” at the infamous “riot at the Ritz”
approach to the business in 2012.
Geoff Travis
Rough Trade
UK
Geoff Travis is the softly spoken music
Shankly.” What we know for sure is that, from
obsessive. It has been said that he is about as
releasing Inflammable Material to managing
far from the standard stereotype of the record-
Pulp, Geoff Travis has been an architect and
industry hustler as could be imagined but his
curator of adventurous, alternative culture,
long journey with legendary independent
and brought incredible music to the world,
imprint, Rough Trade, tells of an exceptional
from The Smiths to Belle & Sebastian, from
ability to manage, promote, distribute – and
The Fall to Duffy. Geoff Travis will be joined
create – while treading a truly unique path.
on stage at Music and Media Finland 2012 by
Geoff and Rough Trade offer a remarkable
Jeannette Lee, with whom he has been in and
tale, born in the aftershock of punk and
out of administration in the 90s, and in and out
reborn in the new millennium with bands like
of a New York Jersey dive bar in the 2000s. They
the Libertines, The Strokes, Arcade Fire and
survived the former to rebuild Rough Trade and
Antony and the Johnsons. Rough Trade came
its ethos. And they survived the later by coming
to popular attention with the Smiths in the
out with the Strokes and arguably reimagining
early 80s, having grown out of the trailblazing
the landscape of popular music. Geoff and
independent record store Travis first opened in
Jeannette are the subject of this year’s special
1975. The label was a fierce alternative left
joint celebrity interview.
wing voice during the “cultural destruction”
of the Thatcher years in the UK. Rough Trade
embraced the DIY scene, electro, reggae,
alternative acts like Cabaret Voltaire and
Scritti Politti, and then, with The Smiths at the
vanguard, Rough Trade was the dawn of indie
music as we know it today. Rumour has it the
Friday
OCT 19
1:45 – 2:45pm
Ballroom 1
Geoff is the subject of The Smiths’ “Frankly Mr.
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Interview with
the British radio guru
John Kennedy
Interviewed by
j y rki “ n j a s s a ” j a n t u n e n
John Kennedy
xfm
producer
uk
DJ, presenter and producer for Xfm John Kennedy has been
instrumental in introducing the likes of Adele, The xx, Mumford
& Sons, Lianne La Havas, Anna Calvi, Richard Hawley, Speech
Debelle, Lucy Rose, Ben Howard, Michael Kiwanuka, Antony
& The Johnsons, Razorlight, Kate Nash, MIA, The Ting Tings,
Jamie T, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Sigur Ros, Dizzee Rascal,
The Futureheads, Maximo Park, Regina Spektor, The Rapture,
Yeasayer, Willy Mason and Kings of Leon to the UK airwaves.
He started Xfm’s cutting edge new music show X-Posure in
February 1999 and has produced and presented it ever since.
Nominated for a Sony Radio Award in 2000, a finalist in the
New York Festivals in 2003,
X-Posure won Best Radio Show in the 20th Time Out Live Awards
saturday
OCT 20
3:30 – 4:30pm
Ballroom 1
in 2006. Over the years John has djed, hosted and compered
events around the UK particularly in Manchester and London.
John has been a Mercury Prize judge for the past four years.
He produces and presents a bi-monthly inflight show for KLM
called ‘The Edge’ and pops up in various freelancing roles such
as Ford’s ‘Bands In Transit’ series.
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Interview with the
Tampere Music Award Winner
Jan Sneum
Interviewed by
juhani kansi
Jan Sneum
DR
p r o d u c e r / j o u r n a li s t
d e n m a rk
The Danish music journalist and long time producer of Danish
Broadcasting Corporation DR, Jan Sneum has for decades
steered the live production of Danish Radio at the home land
as well as abroad. He has for example designed and directed the
Nordic radio operations of the Roskilde festival. Jan has edited a
1655 page lexicon of the world’s most important rock, pop and
electronica artists, titled Politikens Store Rock Leksikon, published
in 2004. Among the Finnish acts accepted into the lexicon
are Hurriganes, Hanoi Rocks, Sielun Veljet, Radiopuhelimet,
22-Pistepirkko, Honey B. & T-Bones, Leningrad Cowboys, Jimi
Tenor, Jori Hulkkonen, Pekka Pohjola, Piirpauke and Wigwam.
Jan Sneum is known in Europe for his active role in organizing
the EBU Rock & Eurosonic festivals. He is the chairman of the
EBU Eurosonic group, and an active member in the European
Friday
OCT 19
Broadcasting Union. He is an indie man and a vinyl freak, and
a great friend of Finnish music.
2.30 – 3.15pm
ruukki
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Music & Media
Sync Summit
Joe Cuello
mt v
v i c e p r e s i d e n t , GM I
usa
Joe Cuello is the senior vice president of Creative Music
Integration for MTV. In this role, he oversees the integration of
music within MTV’s long form programming, working closely
with both established and independent artists expanding the
connections and opportunities between music and television.
Andrea von Foerster
f ir e s t a rt e r m u s i c
music supervisor
usa
Andrea Von Foerster has done music supervision for film,
television and online projects for over ten years. Credits include
music documentaries such as Mayor Of The Sunset Strip, The
White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights and Butch
Walker: Out Of Focus. Her work history within the field of film
include independent films such as (500) Days Of Summer, It’s
Kind of A Funny Story, From Prada To Nada, Bellflower and
Excision, and studio films such as Journey 2: The Mysterious
Island and Chronicle. Her television work includes The O.C.,
Grey’s Anatomy, Dollhouse and Stargate Universe and numerous
MTV shows such as Run’s House and Life Of Ryan. She is currently
working on the studio film Of Men And Mavericks, independent
films The Secret Lives Of Dorks and I Am Ben in addition to the
TV show Don’t Trust The B---- In Apt. 23 (ABC) and Wigs, an
internet network with original programming.
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Music & Media Sync Summit
Kaylin Frank
W a lt d i s n e y s t u d i o s
St u d i o Fil m M u s i c E x e c u ti v e
usa
Kaylin Frank has been a Studio Film Music Executive for 15
years and has worked on over 125 films. She holds the position
of VP, Creative Music and Soundtracks for Walt Disney Pictures
where she is involved in all live action features and soundtracks.
Prior to her tenure at Disney, Kaylin was the VP of Creative and
Production for MGM and Music Supervisor for Danny DeVito’s
Jersey Films. Kaylin’s broad knowledge of both the music business
and film business play a harmonious role at Walt Disney Pictures
where she works closely with songwriters and artists to help
create great music for many of Disney’s Feature Films.
Thomas Golubic
supermusicvision
music supervisor
usa
Thomas GolubiĆ is a Los Angeles-based music supervisor, DJ,
and Grammy-nominated record producer. His music supervision
credits include the AMC series “Breaking Bad”, “The Walking
Dead”, and “The Killing”, the HBO series “Six Feet Under” and
the New Line film “After The Sunset”, among a number of other
film & television projects. Thomas was nominated for Grammy
awards twice for producing volumes 1 and 2 of the ‘Six Feet
Under’ soundtrack album, and with former partner Gary Calamar
was responsible for the use of Sia’s “Breathe Me” in the final scene
of the series. It is considered one of the most memorable uses of
music in television, and launched Sia’s music career in America.
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Music & Media Sync Summit
Maxwell Gosling
littl e e a r s
founder
usa
Maxwell Gosling, founder of little ears, started his career in the
music industry which translated fluidly into a position as a music
supervisor for Chevrolet at the tender age of 23. Shortly after
leaving Detroit, little ears was born in 2008 and has gone on
to critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Fest while working with
blue chip clients like NIKE, Coke, NBA, Oreo and Skype. Most
recently, he completed work on a short film called “Mission
Chinese” and has taken home two Emmys for his involvement
in the viral hit of 2011 “Take This Lollipop” as well as working
with sister company Future Perfect to score NHL’s “No Words”.
JT Griffith
n ik e
Music supervisor
usa
JT Griffith works in Portland, OR as Nike’s internal music
supervisor working in the company’s global advertising group
with its affiliate companies (Converse, Hurley, Cole Haan,
Umbro). Since 1993 he’s experienced a variety of aspects
in the music business. As a music supervisor, JT has 10 years
experience and played a creative or licensing role on 3 Grammynominated music projects. In radio, he has hosted a weekly
show Oregon Public Broadcasting’s NPR affiliate (opbmusic.
org) helping producing Gary Calamar’s show on KCRW which
was nominated for the “Best Radio Show in LA.” In film and tv
licensing he worked at Nettwerk representing Sarah McLachlan,
Sum 41, Avril Lavigne, Dido, Jamiroquai and others. He also
headed up Nettwerk’s US A&R effort signing and working with
a wide range of bands (Submarines, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah,
Of Montreal, Kinky, etc.) and started a joint venture publishing
company with Nacional Records / Cookman (Nortec Collective,
Pinker Tones, Aterciopelados).
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Music & Media Sync Summit
David Hayman
s u p e r s o n i c c r e a ti v e +
music supervisor
c o n s u lti n g
canada
Since 2005 David led a strong team of music supers at
Toronto’s Vapor Music but has now left to start up his own shop
Supersonic Creative + Consulting, whose clients include CocaCola, McDonalds, Hershey’s, Buick and other top brands, and
networks like ABC, NBC, CTV and Global television. David also
divides his time working on feature films, new media ventures
and supervising music for A-list televisions series like HBO’s Less
Than Kind and CBC’s hit comedy series The Kids In The Hall Death Comes To Town. He also supervised Bang Bang Club, Don’t
You forget About Me and The Whistleblower in 2011. David is
currently working on the film Old Stock and recently completed
his work on the film Love Me and Hiding.
Robin Hofmann
h e a r d i s ! c o r p o r at e s o u n d
c r e a ti v e d ir e c t o r
germany
Robin Hofmann is the Creative Director and one of the Managing
Partners of HearDis! Corporate Sound. When he’s not busy with
the management of Instore Music and Audio Marketing services,
Robin is coming up with new ideas to keep the company on the
cutting edge of Audio Branding. Furthermore he’s a lecturer for
acoustic brand management at the Design Academy Berlin.
From the time he began his Communication Design studies at
Stuttgart’s Merz Akademie in 2004 until HearDis! was founded,
Robin worked with various design studios and agencies in both
the print and online formats. Robin also has a long history as
music fanatic and DJ. Founding HearDis! Corporate Sound in
2005 with Felix Haaksman was a logical step to expand those
activities.
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Music & Media Sync Summit
John Katovsich
fuel tv
s e n i o r d ir e c t o r o f m u s i c
usa
John Katovsich presently holds the title of Senior Director of
Music at the action/sports/lifestyle television network FUEL TV.
In his duties at FUEL TV, John has handled the responsibility
of supervising music for all FUEL TV productions since the
inception of the network in 2003, including working on more
than 1,000 programs and commercials. Those duties include
music placement in programming, commissioning creation of
music, booking artists for “The Daily Habit”, directing musicspecific content and overseeing the production of the music
concert series “Check 1, 2.”
David McGinnis
Mute song
s y n c h r o n i z a ti o n li c e n s i n g m a n a g e r
uk
David McGinnis joined Mute Song, Mute’s music publishing arm,
in 1999 as the synchronization licensing manager. David and is
now responsible for A&R at Mute Song and for synchronization
across the Mute group.
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Music & Media Sync Summit
Tracy McKnight
li o n s g a t e
h e a d o f f il m
usa
Lionsgate’s Head Of Film Music Tracy McKnight has earned
a place in the entertainment industry as a highly respected
corporate executive, music supervisor, record producer, and
label co-founder. Her kinetic enthusiasm pushes her to find new
ways of sharing her passions with an ever-growing audience
seeking quality films and music. In her Lionsgate post, Ms.
McKnight’s current, recent and upcoming projects include the
massively anticipated The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the
record breaking worldwide box office phenomenon The Hunger
Games, The Expendables 2, which was #1 for two straight
weekends at the Summer 2012 box office, Her resume of over
one hundred films boasts a balance of studio films, acclaimed
documentaries, and independent films Ms. McKnight has also
devoted much of her time as an advisor, speaker, and consultant
to the film music industry at large.
Michael Perlmutter
i n s ti n c t
music supervisor
e n t e rt a i n m e n t
usa
Michael Perlmutter loves music, travelling and long walks on the
beach. Some credits include feature films ‘Arbitrage’, ‘Midnight’s
Children’ and ‘A Beginner’s Guide To Endings’; TV Series include
‘Beauty and The Beast’,’Degrassi’, ‘Haven’ and ‘The L.A. Complex’.
He loves his hometown Toronto.
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Music & Media Sync Summit
Amine Ramer
St a t e s o f s o u n d
music supervisor
usa
In 2005, Ramer partnered with Alexina Matisse and founded
States of Sound; a full service boutique agency providing music
supervision for independent films, documentaries and television.
Through States of Sound Ramer continues to work passionately
on a wide variety of projects, from mainstream to independent.
She has worked on Weeds, Food Inc, The Losers, Revenge of The
Electric Car and Entitled. Her clients include Blackberry, Cadillac
and Heineken, Lions Gate, HBO, Showtime, Warner Bros, MTV,
and NBC among others.
Tim Riley
a c ti v i s i o n / b li z z a r d
v i c e p r e s i d e n t o f m u s i c a f f a ir s
usa
Since 2003, Tim Riley has served as Vice President of Music Affairs
for Activision/Blizzard, the world’s largest video game publisher
and subsidiary of Fortune 250 company Vivendi Universal. He
is responsible for overseeing the growth and development of
music and audio needs worldwide for Activision􀀁s multi-million dollar game franchises, including Call of Duty, Skylanders,
Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, True Crime, Spider-Man and Tony Hawk.
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Music & Media Sync Summit
Trygge Toven
vidsyn
music supervisor
usa
Trygge Toven is a multi-talented music supervisor who has
worked in television and film, and has produced up-andcoming musicians. He has gained a reputation for keeping
his finger on the pulse of new artists, undiscovered talent, and
the international scene. Trygge has supervised on a number of
independent films as well as movies for ABC Family, Lifetime,
and Spike TV. He also has extensive experience with television
marketing for all of the major networks and numerous cable
outlets, for shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Lost & Entourage.
Laura Webb
w e b b w o rl d w i d e m u s i c
music supervisor
usa
Laura Webb started out in the music supervision world by working
with esteemed music supervisor, Laura Wasserman. During her
time as a music coordinator, she worked on films such as Shark
Tale, A Lot Like Love, XXX2: State of the Union, (500) Days of
Summer and MTV’s The Hills. Laura has been the music supervisor
on various television shows and movies such as MTV’s World of
Jenks the City, Taking the Stage, How’s Your News, Bet’s Born to
Dance, 2012 MTV Movie Awards, Highland Park and Save the
Date, which was in competition at Sundance Film Festival this
year and is being distributed by IFC this Fall. She is currently
music supervising Teen Wolf & Bravo’s Sur, and the independent
film Lovesick.
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Label
Sanae Kikuchi
k s r c o r p o r a ti o n
Pr o d u c t M a n a g e r
j a pa n
Sanae Kikuchi is the product manager at the international
division of KSR Corporation. She has 9 years of experience
as a licensing manager and she has worked with labels and
management from North and South America, Asia and Europe.
Hannah Overton
S e c r e tly C a n a d i a n /
General manager
J a g j a g u wa r /
UK
Dead Oceans
Hannah is general manager for UK & Europe at the Secretly
Canadian / Jagjaguwar / Dead Oceans group of labels. The
seminal American label group has recently released albums by
artists such as Bon Iver, Black Mountain and Dinosaur Jr. Until
recently she was A&R Director at XL Recordings having spent 10
years working at XL Recordings / Beggars Group working in both
records and publishing. She has A&R-ed and worked on albums
campaigns with Friendly Fires, Jack Peñate, Karen Elson, Tapes
‘n’ Tapes, amongst others. After a short stint working for The
Knitting Factory in New York and for Beggars Group in London
she began her A&R career working for Hero Music, the boutique
publishing wing of XL Recordings, working with acts such as
Dizzee Rascal and Zongamin. More recently she has launched
her own record label ‘The Blue Rider’ set up as a transatlantic
DIY imprint simultaneously releasing in UK and USA. The first
release is a download and limited edition 7” by Jagwar Ma.
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Label
Rene Renner
L a s t g a n g e n t e rt a i n m e n t
M a n a g i n g Dir e c t o r E u r o p e
UK
Rene Renner is the European managing director for the Canadian
label Last Gang Entertainment. He’s industry career started
in live festival programming and directing (Radiohead, Foo
Fighters, Beck, Massive Attack, Soundgarden, Kyuss, Weezer,
Prodigy, Wu Tang Clan, Neneh Cherry, Green Day ) in 1994,
preceded by 2 years as a financial controller at EMI Records. He
then moved into label and A&R management for EMI and Virgin
as well as XL Records in Switzerland and Germany. In 2000 Rene
moved to the UK where he set up the independent record label
Gronland Records and ran it for over 8 years.
“
Music & Media is the perfect place
to discover new Finnish music, and
a great way to meet international
professionals. Lots of cool people, I
really enjoyed being there.
”
Sean Bouchard
Talitres Records, France
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Live
Mattias Albinsson
h e a d stom p
agent
sweden
Mattias Albinsson has 7 years of experience of working as an
agent and promoter for Headstomp. He has worked with acts
like Bye Bye Bicycle, Agent Side Grinder, Jennie Abrahamson,
of Montreal and Laibach.
Isla Angus
nomanis
B o o ki n g A g e n t , Dir e c t o r
UK
Isla Angus is the owner/director and booking agent at Nomanis,
an international talent booking agency based in London and
operating since 2010. Previously Isla has worked at a Belgian/
European booking agency, having had several years of
experience in Scotland as a concert promoter and venue booker.
Elif Aydogdu
Charmenko
a g e n t & b o o ki n g m a n a g e r
t u rk e y
Elif Aydogdu works at Charmenko as an agent and booking
manager for indie, alternative and electronica artists and DJs.
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Live
Rebecca Ayres
s o u n d c it y
c h i e f o p e r a ti n g o f f i c e r
uk
Becky Ayres is Chief Operating Officer of Sound City. Liverpool
Sound City is a world renowned 3 day international music, media
and technology conference and live arts and music festival.
Hosting over 360 artists performing to an audience of 41,500
music fans over 3 days and 3,082 industry professionals, it
packs controversial debate, unparalleled networking, amazing
music, groundbreaking film, fantastic photography, eclectic
art, an Expo, the UK Student Music Awards, and even a football
tournament into 3 inspirational days and hedonistic nights in
the world’s most legendary music city.
Baris Basaran
P o z iti f
T a l e n t B u y i n g & B o o ki n g M a n a g e r
t u rk e y
Baris is the booking manager of Pozitif Live Group. Pozitif Live
is a key figure of the Turkish music industry which operates eight
annual festivals, clubs, venues, a monthly music magazine, a
record label and a radio station.
Jesper Borup
s p o t f e s ti va l
Nordic booker
d e n m a rk
Jesper Borup is the Nordic booker for Spot Festival in Denmark.
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Live
Ilya Bortnuk
L i g h t M u s i c Pr o m o ti o n C o m p a n y
CEO , G e n e r a l M a n a g e r
russia
Ilya Bortnuk is the owner and General Manager of Light Music
Promotion Company, which has become one of the main
independent promoting companies in Russia. Light Music has
since 2001 organized numerous concerts in different size venues
from small clubs to arenas and brought many international
artists to Russia including Kraftwerk, Franz Ferdinand, Massive
Attack, Sigur Rós, PJ Harvey and so on. Ilya Bortnuk is also the
promoter of Stereoleto Festival. Besides concert and festival
activities Light Music has also founded the School of Music
Management – a unique educational project.
Al Di
ALDTV
m a rk e ti n g d ir e c t o r a n d t a l e n t b u y e r
china
Al Di is a young concert promoter in China, who has brought
over 40 internationally well-known bands to China during the
last 3 years, including The Jesus and Mary Chain, Suede, Joss
Stone, KT Tunstall, Peaches, Editors, Panic! At the Disco, Friendly
Fires, Ladytron, Killing Joke and Negative.
Martin Forssman
sweden rock
Vi c e p r e s i d e n t
sweden
Martin Forssman is the vice president and head promoter of
Sweden Rock. Sweden Rock has been around since 1992 and
is a family of enterprises including the annual 33000 capacity
Sweden Rock Festival, the Sweden Rock Magazine (the biggest
hard rock magazine in the Nordic countries), the Sweden Rock
Shop (an EMP affiliated mail order and online store) and the
Sweden Rock Cruises.
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Live
Lucy Jamieson
t h e lo c a l
Pr o m o t e r
uk
Lucy has worked with independent promoter The Local for seven
years and currently she’s the program manager at The Vortex
in London. She has also been a programmer with the Barbican,
a music adviser with the British Council and run a live music
program at the National Portrait Gallery.
Pavel Kamakin
1 6 T o n s Cl u b
CEO , G e n e r a l M a n a g e r
russia
Pavel Kamakin is the CEO of 16 Tons Club, which is a major
venue located in the centre of Moscow. He is also the founder and
General Director of UMC Music Agency and UMC Publishing. They
specialize on music import, club events and special/brand events
in Moscow. They have their own design department, logistics,
booking, marketing and large book publishing department.
UMC’s and 16 Tons Club’s past shows include The White Stripes,
Scissor Sisters, Mogwai, Stereo MC’s, Zap Mama, The Residents,
Marc Ribot and from Finland bands like Pan Sonic, Op:l Bastards,
Aavikko and French Films.
Selina Krauß
ssc group
B o o ki n g a g e n t
germany
Selina Krauß is the booking Agent at SSC Group in Berlin. Acts
in her roster include Renaissance Man (FI), Drop Out Orchestra
(DK), Taragana Pyjarama (DK), Sandra Kolstad (NO), Black
Strobe (FR), Ikonika (UK), Moullinex (PT), and Lemonade (US).
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Live
Vladimir Kravchenko
kapkan records
B o o ki n g a g e n t
russia
Vladimir Kravchenko is a booking agent for Kapkan Records /
Agency and he’s organized over 800 club events in Russia. He
began working at Kapkan in 2003 as an A&R manager. Vladimir
studied music management at St. Petersburg University of
Culture and Arts.
Nina Legnehed
N o r d i c B y N at u r e
Owner
germany
Nina Legnehed is the co-founder of Nordic By Nature. Nordic by
Nature do promotion, events and management for Scandinavian
artists, labels and festivals in Germany.
Michael LoJudice
n o r o a d s e n t e rt a i m e n t
General Manager
usa
Michael LoJudice is the founder and general manager of No
Roads Entertainment, based in New York and Beijing. Michael
is also the managing partner for Caoker.com, a Chinese music
community website. Mr. LoJudice was formerly the Director of
International Affairs and Booking at Modern Sky Entertainment,
Ltd. of Beijing and has 15+ years of experience in the music and
web technology industries, primarily in New York and Beijing.
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Live
James Matsuki
SYN k . k .
Pr o d u c e r
j a pa n
James is the former director of business affairs at New Yorkbased label King Street Sounds and co-producer of the New
York - Tokyo Music Festival. Currently residing in Tokyo, Matsuki
is the producer of Hennessy artistry (Japan), the 40+ nation
global music initiative driven by Hennessy, and as director of
Syn’s business affairs, he has provided production and consulting
services for various brands including LVMH, Starbucks Coffee,
Guthy Renker and many more. Matsuki also heads the company’s
legal division and publishing arm.
Gavin Maycroft m o t h e r
m a n a g i n g d ir e c t o r
sweden
Dedicated to showcasing the alternative(s) in Stockholm.
Booked over 250+ acts in 4 years in over 30 Stockholm venues.
Manages 3 Stockholm bands Munnen, Saigon and Invader Ace.
DJ’s regularly. Co-runs Airwaves records and about to set up
Mother333 records
Dan Panaitescu
Sziget
i n t e r n a ti o n a l b o o ki n g
hungary
Dan Panaitescu is involved in all international bookings, and
production running, at the Volt Festival, Balaton Sound Festival,
and Sziget Festival.
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Live
Sharon Richardson
Fac to ry Mu s i c
d ir e c t o r
M a n a g e m e n t & A g e n c y Lt d
uk
Sharon Richardson started Factory Music Management & Agency
Ltd eight years ago. Prior to creating the company she had
worked independently as a promoter putting bands such as the
then unknown Biffy Clyro (amongst others) in venues locally
and nationally. She also worked behind the scenes crewing for
bands – everything from merchandising to catering. When Sharon
decided to set up Factory Music her goal was to be able to offer
bands not only a proven booking agent but also a company
that would handle all aspects of touring; from booking shows
to pre-production, tour buses, work permits, crew members,
merchandise coordinators and so on... Since then the company
has gone from strength to strength and Factory Music is proud
to offer a service that is focused on providing the best possible
service for all our bands. Over the years Sharon has worked
with bands such as Children Of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Ministry,
Accept and Enslaved. She currently manages Gus G (Ozzy
Osbourne and Firewind guitarist), as well as Richie Faulkner
(Firewind and Judas Priest guitarist).
Dan Rozenblum
Pa n t h e o n Ag e n c y
T a l e n t B o o ki n g A g e n t
usa
Dan Rozenblum represents Finnish acts Michael Monroe and
Korpiklaani in North America, among many other international
bands such as Static-X, Napalm Death, Watain, Municipal
Waste and more.
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Live
Irina Shcherbakova
C av i a r L o u n g e
Pr o m o t e r a n d T a l e n t B u y e r
russia
Irina Shcherbakova founded booking agency Caviar Lounge in
1999 with Artemy Troitsky. She is the chief of Caviar Lounge
and a key player in the Moscow live music scene. She works
closely with major festivals like Afisha Picnic and all types
of venues. Caviar Lounge has worked with a large number of
international artists from Apocalyptica and Sigur Rós to The
Chemical Brothers, Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers, Sinead
O’Connor, Einstürzende Neubauten, Nina Hagen, Sonic Youth,
David Byrne, Anthony & The Johnsons and more. Since 2005
she has also worked as a lecturer at the department of Music
Business Management in Moscow’s State University.
Tom Taaffe
T h e A g e n c y Gr o u p L o n d o n
B o o ki n g a g e n t
uk
Tom is a booking agent based out of London, working at The
Agency Group. He represents bands including DevilDriver, Every
Time I Die, August Burns Red, Animals As Leaders, Funeral For
A Friend, Coal Chamber & Asking Alexandria.
Chris Wareing
M e a n Fi d d l e r /
Pr o m o t e r
g r e at e s c a p e
uk
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Live
Dmitry Zaretsky
SAV E n t e rt a i n m e n t
Pr o m o t e r
russia
Dmitry Zaretsky works as a Senior Talent buyer at SAV
Entertainment in Moscow. The united group of companies
SAV Entertainment and Russian Show-Center was the first
private enterprise in the history of the Russian show business
and at the moment SAV Entertainment is one of the largest
promoters and event organizers in Russia. They have promoted
more than 500 events in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev and dozens
of other Russian and CIS cities with international acts like Paul
McCartney, Elton John, Metallica, Kiss, Foo Fighters, Depeche
Mode, David Bowie, Roger Waters and many more.
“
I had an amazing experience
going to Music & Media Finland.
The diversity of international
delegates was really amazing, I
feel like I’ll get a lot of business
done due to the relationships
formed in Tampere.
Eli Klein
The Agency Group, Canada
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”
Management
Ulysses Hüppauff
O d y s s e y M u s i c N e t w o rk
Founder
Germany
With a modern approach of being the roof for the activities of
selfemployed entrepeneurs within the music business, Odyssey
Music Network serves as the hub for excellent artist and producer
management as well as for marketing and networking services
and music publishing.
Arjo Klingens
LaLaLa Management
L I VE
t h e n e t h e rl a n d s
Music and business management for Dutch acts Death Letters,
De Staat and Roosbeef.
Björn Meyer
O d y s s e y M u s i c N e t w o rk
Arti s t M a n a g e r
germany
With a modern approach of being the roof for the activities of
selfemployed entrepeneurs within the music business, Odyssey
Music Network serves as the hub for excellent artist and producer
management as well as for marketing and networking services
and music publishing.
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Media
Laurence Aloir
RFI
J o u r n a li s t
Fr a n c e
Laurence Aloir has a weekly show called Musiques du Monde.
Michel Attia
fm4
H e a d O f B o o ki n g & E v e n t s
germany
Michel Attia has been working for FM4, Austria´s much acclaimed
alternative radio station, for over a decade now – and when we
say working, we mean it in the basically-lives-in-the-office kind
of way. He is the man who convinced artists the likes of Franz
Ferdinand, Feist, Moby and Jarvis Cocker to grace the radio
station´s anniversary party with their presence – never mind that
FM4 insists on celebrating its birthday open air… in January.
As his own subdivision in the marketing department, Michel is
responsible for booking and organizing the +30 events that
FM4 hosts per year, as well as for the co-ordination of various
others which FM4 co-operates on.
Tom Engelshoven
oor magazine
J o u r n a li s t
t h e n e t h e rl a n d s
Tom Engelshoven is a Dutch pop journalist who works for
Amsterdam based OOR Magazine, the biggest and most
influential music magazine in The Netherlands.
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Media
Francine Gorman
T h e L i n e o f B e s t Fit
F e a t u r e s E d it o r
uk
Francine Gorman is the Features Editor at the leading London
based new music website, The Line of Best Fit.
Amanda Kuyper
NRC Handelsblad
m u s i c e d it o r
t h e n e t h e rl a n d s
Amanda Kuyper is a music editor at quality newspaper NRC
Handelsblad, The Netherlands. She writes about pop & jazz.
Allan McGowan
V I P B o o ki n g
E d it o r , J o u r n a li s t , C o n s u lt a n t
uk
Allan has some forty years of experience in the advertising,
music and entertainment industries. He has worked in record
retail, and as a concert promoter, artist manager, and booking
agent. He has regularly presented and moderated panels and
acted as an agenda consultant for many major international
trade events, including the International Live Music Conference
(ILMC) in London. At present he is the news editor for VIP News,
an online data and news service for the live music industry, and
Associate Editor of IQ Magazine – the journal of the ILMC. He also
administrates music publishing company Wintrup Songs Ltd.
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Media
Roman Pitone
Vi s i o n s M a g a z i n e
H e a d o f B o o ki n g & E v e n t s / S a l e s M a n a g e r
germany
Roman Pitone is the head of booking & events / sales manager
at Visions Magazine.
Oliver Primus
the 405
E d it o r
uk
Oliver Primus runs The 405, which is a popular Music & Culture
website based in the UK.
Paul Scaife
Record of the Day
j o u r n a li s t
UK
Record of the Day publish the essential start to the music business
day. The email features all the news from the UK and beyond,
along with a future hit track. Free trial at recordoftheday.com
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Media
Kieron Tyler
MOJ o /
j o u r n a li s t
Bill b o a r d /
UK
T h e a rt s d e s k
Kieron Tyler contributes to MOJO. His writing has also appeared
in Billboard, The Arts Desk, Q, The Guardian, The Independent
and Music Week. He consults for major and independent labels
on catalogue reissues. His imprint RPM International is dedicated
to non-UK and non-American music.
“
Music & Media Finland is a great
place to discover lots of exciting
new acts and to meet a handful
of very well-chosen delegates.
Vasilis Panagiotopoulus
”
Drowned in Sound, UK
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PR
Niels Aalberts
f ri e n d ly Fir e
m a n a g e m e n t & m a rk e ti n g
t h e n e t h e rl a n d s
Niels Aalberts manages and markets Bertolf, Case Mayfield
and Only Seven Left at the Dutch booking and management
agency Friendly Fire.
Debbie Ball
c r e a t e s p a rk
Founder
UK
Debbie Ball is the founder of Create Spark, a boutique online
music PR and marketing company based in and around Brighton,
UK.
Christian Buhl
t h e r o c ki n g f a c t o r y
Managing Owner
germany
Christian Buhl is the managing owner and founder at European
music export agency The Rocking Factory in Hamburg, Germany.
He has previously worked as a PR officer, event manager, lobbyist and entrepreneur within the field of music export in Europe.
Christian also co-developed the Spot On Denmark export projects
for MXD - Music Export Denmark & ROSA in Europe, worked with
the international relations of Nordic showcase festival Spot Festival since 2009 and recently launched the first Pan-European
music PR service The Scoop Engine.
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PR
Jan Clausen
Queen About Music
CEO
germany
Jan Clausen is the CEO at the Hamburg-based PR agency
Queen About Music, founded in 2003. The agency looks after
labels like Herbert Grönemeyer’s Grönland, the Berlin label
Morr Music and the Danish cult label Crunchy Frog. Another
main focus of Queen About Music’s scope of work is Tour-PR (in
particular media like radio and Internet), where Queen About
Music does the PR for German concert agency fkp Scorpio, bands
like Deichkind, LaBrassBanda and Roskilde Festival. Queen
About Music’s managing founder Jan Clausen also co-runs the
Claussen and Clausen agency doing Radio PR for renowned
Labels like Cooperative Music, Universal Music, Fat Cat, City
Slang, Polyvinyl, Audiolith, Dine Alone, Grönland, Last Gang
Rec and Warner ADA.
Justine Debicki
B o o g i e Dr u g s t o r e
Co-founder
france
Justine Debicki is the founder and head of TV and radio at
Boogie Drugstore, PR and management company based in
Paris. The company’s approach is that of a label: Making
strong artistic choices and accompanying artists in the long
run by elaborating a personal management, marketing and/or
promotion strategy. The company mobilizes its extensive network
(media, labels, distributors, publishers, tour promoters, etc.) at
their service. Boogie Drugstore is also specialized in music event
PR. Boogie Drugstore’s clients include Warp Records (UK), The
Asteroids Galaxy Tour (BMG), Jay Jay Johanson (Universal),
WhoMadeWho (Kompakt), 4 Guys From The Future, Eurosonic
Noorderslag, Musex for Helsinki Mon Amour night in Paris to
name a few.
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PR
Thomas Rousseau
B o o g i e Dr u g s t o r e
Co-founder
france
Thomas Rousseau is the founder and head of press and radio
at Boogie Drugstore, PR and management company based
in Paris. The company’s approach is that of a label: Making
strong artistic choices and accompanying artists in the long
run by elaborating a personal management, marketing and/or
promotion strategy. The company mobilizes its extensive network
(media, labels, distributors, publishers, tour promoters, etc.) at
their service. Boogie Drugstore is also specialized in music event
PR. Boogie Drugstore’s clients include Warp Records (UK), The
Asteroids Galaxy Tour (BMG), Jay Jay Johanson (Universal),
WhoMadeWho (Kompakt), 4 Guys From The Future, Eurosonic
Noorderslag, Musex for Helsinki Mon Amour night in Paris to
name a few.
Gregor Stöckl
AAA A g e n t u r Atti a
M a n a g i n g Dir e c t o r
germany
Gregor Stöckl is the managing director of AAA Agentur Attia (PR,
marketing and endorsement). He also manages the German
Top-5 band Madsen and works as a consultant for various
companies and organisations in the entertainment business.
He is the former managing director and head of marketing
at Virgin Music Germany, and the former head of content at
Jamba (Fox Mobile).
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Publishing
Alastair Kinross
b m g c h r y s a li s u k
Cr e a ti v e m a n a g e r
uk
Alastair Kinross is the creative manager for BMG Chrysalis
UK, specializing in UK, European and Asian markets. He has
previously worked for Future Records / Universal Music UK,
Decca Records, San Remo Publishing, The Fly Magazine and
as an audio engineer for Overtones and Guildhall Recording
Studios. His recent writer signing/pitching successes include
Kelly Clarkson, X Factor Germany (Sony Music GmbH) and
Susan Boyle (Syco UK).
“
I can only say the event was
supremely organized, very
pleasant and the atmosphere
wonderful.
Pelle Lidell
”
Universal Music Publishing, Sweden
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Other
Sat Bisla
A & R W o rl d w i d e
Founder, president
USA
Sat Bisla has worked as a DJ radio programmer, club booker,
artist manager, A&R scout and/or consultant for Interscope,
Atlantic, Epic, Columbia, Warner Bros. and many others. Bisla
launched the fully independent Pangaea Entertainment Group
in September 2006, which is home to A&R Worldwide, MUSEXPO,
Global Synch & Consumer Brands Summit, A&R EXPO, the
Worldwide Radio Summit and One Movement FM.
Jules Parker
Pr s f o r m u s i c
M e m b e r s h i p D e v e l o p m e n t C o n s u lt a n t
UK
Jules Parker joined PRS for Music in 2007. He is currently
responsible for artist relations, linking with the creative UK
music industry, bringing new writers into the company and
creating promotional opportunities. He started his career as a
songwriter and musician, working with BMG, Fiction songs and
Warner Bros. He has written songs for acts signed to Universal,
released EP’s independently and had songs synced to films
in the US and UK. Previous to PRS for Music Jules worked with
emerging acts at City Showcase festival in London.
Tyler Polzin
A & R W o rl d w i d e
A s s o c i a t e Dir e c t o r
USA
Tyler Polzin is the Associate Director at A&R Worldwide. Polzin
works directly with the company President and Founder with
artist development and marketing strategies for A&R Worldwide
(and its affiliate offices in Germany and Australasia), as well as
with the overall management aspects of MUSEXPO. Polzin has
assisted the A&R Worldwide team with delivering outcomes for
its clients in the form of licensing deals, publishing agreements
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Notes
Music & Media Finland (Musiikki & Media in Finnish) is the annual Finnish
music conference that gathers together over 700 delegates yearly including
the entire variety of the Finnish recording, publishing, live music and media
industries. In addition to bringing together the Finnish music community,
the event is also a gateway for the international music industry professionals to Finland and the neighbouring regions; some 100 key delegates from
all over the world make their way to Tampere every year for a weekend of
music and mingling in an intimate Nordic setting. Music & Media Finland
is the networking hotspot connecting Finnish and Nordic as well as Baltic
and Russian music professionals with the global music community.
This boutique conference comprises of seminar sessions, panel discussions,
speed meetings, celebrity interviews and an Industry Awards Gala. The
speaker highlights of last year 2011 included the legendary promoter Harvey
Goldsmith, Beggars Group founder Martin Mills and Russian music industry
leader and music journalist Artemyi Troitsky. Celebrity guests and keynote
speakers from previous years include the likes of Terry McBride (Nettwerk
Music Group), Seymour Stein (Sire Records), Jonathan Forster (Spotify),
Roger Mavity (Conran), Jonathan Poneman (Sub Pop), Tommy Ramone (The
Ramones), Tom Silverman (Tommy Boy) and David Fricke (Rolling Stone).
Music & Media Finland also offers a unique and exciting opportunity for
professionals to view showcase performances by a broad spectrum of the
hottest new artists from Finland and abroad. The Lost In Music -festival
showcases nearly 100 artists at 12 venues in Tampere, all within walking
distance.
Music Finland is the new organization dedicated
to promoting the success and awareness of Finnish
music at home and abroad. Music Finland creates
and manages a wide variety of services, marketing
programmes, events, networking opportunities,
training, consultancy, support, research, information and funding programmes. These activities
aim to maximize success for Finnish music and
music companies, and increase Finnish music export revenue.
Music Finland is a result of a merger of Music Export
Finland and the Finnish Music Information Centre
Fimic. The founding members of Music Finland are
the Copyright Society of Performing Artists and
Phonogram Producers in Finland (Gramex), IFPI
Finland, Finnish Music Publishers’ Association, Finnish Musicians’ Union, Finnish Independent Labels
Association (IndieCo), Finnish Society of Popular
Music Composers and Authors (Elvis), Finnish Composers’ Copyright Society (Teosto), and the Society
of Finnish Composers.
www.musicfinland.fi