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MusicTank events feature top-drawer speakers and attract a rich and dynamic cross-industry audience; open to all, they also afford excellent networking opportunities. Think Tanks are pitched at mid-level and assume a level of knowledge concerning the music industry in general, if not the subject matter itself.
Upcoming Events
Mar 10, 2010
Charts and The Release Process
PLEASE NOTE CONFIRMED NEW DATE: This event will consider the pressures on the release process, in an age where a track is generally 'available' as soon as the first promos have been sent out. MusicTank will ask how labels should market and promote their releases in a post-digital age and whether it is possible or even desirable for the media and music businesses to wean each other off their addiction to release dates.
Past Events
Jan 19, 2010
Jazz And The Beeb: A Love Supreme Or Kind Of Blue?
EVENT IS NOW FULL - BOOKINGS ARE CLOSED. BBC R3 Controller ROGER WRIGHT & LEWIS CARNIE, Head of Programmes, BBC R2 and 6 Music confirmed. Central to this think tank is the BBC's role in supporting and developing jazz and other niche genre. Should the BBC adopt both a policy and a strategy for the support of its national jazz scene? With current interest in jazz experiencing a current high, are its pleas for more support from the ‘the nations favourite’ justified? All event bookers will be entered into a free prize-draw to receive one of three Roberts DAB radios!!
Oct 13, 2009
Live Music: Licensed To Thrill?
EVENT NOW FULL / LORD CLEMENT JONES, LIB DEM DCMS SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED. Prepare for a clash of opinions, with individual livelihoods and the future of the industry at stake. One of Risk Assessment Form 696's most strident critics, UK Music CEO Feargal Sharkey is confirmed to keynote this debate and is sure to question one of its key architects, Met Police Chief Inspector Adrian Studd who will also be speaking. Kent Davis of the Rainbow Pub, Digbeth - a venue affected by a noise abatement order - will likely quiz LACORS Director of Policy, Mark Du Val on the implementation of the Act. Licensing Consultant Philip Doyle, Home Office and DCMS Select Committee Advisor on the Licensing Act 2003 and Noise Abatement Society MD, Lisa Lavia are among others confirmed.
Jul 07, 2009
Millennials & The Social Media Explosion
This MusicTank session will lift the lid on the social media phenomenon and reveal how rights holders can better engage with this social space and make sense of its increasingly complex future. Beginning with a presentation from artist, composer and serial social media experimenter Steve Lawson, this event will also update on progress of our chosen Millennials artist James Yuill, twelve-months on from MusicTank’s Millennials conference at which Terry McBride spearheaded a unique 360-degree artist road-map assisted by the amassed 180-strong conference audience. Closing this event will be a 90-minute debate looking at the future of social media in an attempt to gauge where it’s heading and its impact on rights holders, with a panel comprising far-sighted entrepreneurs, commentators and digital culture experts.
Jun 04, 2009
Media Composers: New Rules Of Engagement?
SORRY - BOOKING HAS CLOSED! THIS IS EVENT IS NOW FULL. This think tank debate will compare traditional and evolving commissioning models for composers and producers of music for advertising and television. From production music libraries to media content producers and publishers, this session will examine what’s changing (and why) and consider the impact on music creators in this highly competitive sector.
Mar 30, 2009
Can The Music Industry Afford To Go Green?
Launching at MusicTank's think tank debate on sustainability, environmental coalition Julie's Bicycle will unveil a unique initiative providing grants to help music companies with carbon audits, training and tools for sustainable energy management. Many music organisations have made great strides in cleaning up their acts but, as we lumber through this recession, how many green initiatives will be sidelined by cost cutting measures? Many will argue that we can’t afford to go green, not just yet at any rate. This evening’s debate will sort fact from fiction and examine what sustainability measures are financially sustainable at this point in time.
Mar 13, 2009
Meet The Millennials @ Canadian Music Week
MusicTank Chairman Keith Harris will introduce the executive keynote speech by Terry McBride at this year's Canadian Music Week, for which Terry will expand on the ethos behind MusicTank's 2008 report.
Jan 18, 2009
MusicTank @ MidemNet on...Millennials
MusicTank presents its first post-Millennials conference road-mapping brainstorm update at which Terry McBride will discuss progress with James Yuill's manager, Amul Batra and others.
Jan 18, 2009
MusicTank @ MidemNet on...Filesharing
MusicTank contributes to the MidemNet Big Issue Debate with a presentation of its "Let's Sell Recorded Music!" report - a summary of its recent high-level discussion series.
Dec 02, 2008
Let’s Sell Recorded Music! Part 4: 'Squaring The Circle'
The fourth and last of the series, this think tank will draw together conclusions from the series and scope possible areas for consultation, research and development. It will also consider the main issue to surface throughout this discussion strand: at the heart of the future of digital music sales, does the future lie in licensing proprietary, closed music services or open systems that somehow utilise P2P?
