Daytime sessions at Galeri – Learn

Networking

Thursday 7th October 2010

6.15pm

Bar, Galeri, Caernarfon

A discussion on WMF’s research into live music in Wales

Thursday 7th October 2010

5.15pm – 6.15pm

C3 Room, Galeri, Caernarfon

WMF are researching and compiling information on the live scene in Wales with the overall objective to develop a long-term strategy to ensure the future of a successfully and economically viable live music sector.  If you’re involved in live music in Wales, please join us to find out more and offer your views and insights.

Free to attend.  To request a space, please email hello@welshmusicfoundation.com with the subject ‘Live Music Research.’

Free to attend.

Several sessions are conducted in Welsh language with full translation provided for non-Welsh speakers.

Live Music Workshop

Thursday 7th October 2010

4pm – 5pm

C3 Room, Galeri, Caernarfon

For concert promoters, gig promoters, venue managers and festival organisers (budding or otherwise), an hour dispensing information and offering ideas on everythnig you need to know about holding live events and gigs.

Free to attend.

To request a space, please email hello@welshmusicfoundation.com with the subject ‘Live Music Workshop.’

Several sessions are conducted in Welsh language with full translation provided for non-Welsh speakers.

Drinks and Networking

Friday 8th October 2010

4.45pm

Galeri, Caernarfon

‘The revolution will not be televised, friend’ – state of the media in Wales and the world

Friday 8th October 2010

15:15 – 16:45

Studio 2, Galeri, Caernarfon

The latest on the media in Wales and the world, with experts from radio, tv, online and printed media pontificating the ever changing world we live in. What elements of media are now important for your music in Wales and beyond?

Free to attend.

To request a space, please email hello@welshmusicfoundation.com with the subject ‘Media in Wales.’

Several sessions are conducted in Welsh language with full translation provided for non-Welsh speakers.

A Welsh Collection Society – the Cambrensis Report

Friday 8th October 2010

13:30 – 15:00

Studio 2, Galeri, Caernarfon

Presentation and discussion on the Cambrensis Report, the latest step towards setting up a Welsh collection society. A representative from PRS, the UK collection society will be providing quite possibly alternative viewpoints.

Free to attend.To request a space, please email hello@welshmusicfoundation.com with the subject ‘Cambrensis Report.’

Free to attend.

Several sessions are conducted in Welsh language with full translation provided for non-Welsh speakers.

15:00 –  Break and tea

Opportunities at home and abroad

Friday 8th October 2010

12:00 – 12:30

Galeri, Caernarfon

Interested in taking your music overseas? Want to find out more about music trade missions? Now’s your chance…

An information session where you can find out more about how WMF is working to promote Welsh music abroad and how you can benefit.
Free to attend.

Free to attend.

To request a space, please email hello@welshmusicfoundation.com with the subject ‘Home and Abroad.’

Free to attend.

Conducted in Welsh language.  Translation equipment will be provided for non-Welsh speakers.

12.45 – Lunch

Making Money From Music in 2010

Friday 10th September
11.00 – 17:45

**DAY-LONG CMU SESSION.  OTHER SHORTER SESSIONS RUN THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOO**

Wales Millennium Centre

This day-long seminar is an in-depth exploration of the ways rights holders and music companies can raise investment and make money in 2010. It will provide a review of the revenue potential of intellectual property, performance and fan-relationships at different stages of an artist’s career, and evaluate new investment and revenue models, including fan funding and brand partnerships.

The seminar will be led by Chris Cooke, Publisher and Business Editor of the CMU Daily, and a leading expert on the music business, and current trends in the industry. Chris regularly speaks at conferences on traditional and new music-based business models, and frequently comments on industry developments for Sky News, CNN and especially the BBC. He is also an experienced trainer, specialising in media, music and business. Delegates will receive a free pack summarising the content covered on the day.

LIMITED SPACES for this event, with priority given to those WMF Stakeholders actively engaged in the music industry in Wales.

To request a space, please email hello@welshmusicfoundation.com with the subject ‘CMU : Making Money From Music in 2010’.

FREE to attend.

Survival of the Studio

Friday 10th September
12:00 – 14:00

Wales Millennium Centre
Sony Room

WMF are calling all those involved in the professional recording industry in Wales to attend a key panel session that will encourage discussion about the market conditions, prospects, successes and challenges facing studios across the country.

Studio owners, managers, engineers and producers from across Wales can hear practical hints and tips (including marketing), share experiences and concerns, debate the impact of ‘bedroom’ recording and explore the differentiation between facilities across Wales – and possible opportunities.

Networking drinks will follow the session with some exhibition space and mingling with band members, labels and managers who will be breaking from another scheduled session at the venue at the same time.

FREE to attend.

Open to those involved at all levels.

Panel members

Malcolm Atkin – Chairman, APRS (Chair)

The APRS promotes the highest standards of professionalism and quality within the audio industry. Its members are recording studios, post-production houses, mastering, replication, pressing and duplicating facilities, and providers of education and training, as well as audio engineers, manufacturers, suppliers, and consultants. Its primary aim is to develop and maintain excellence at all levels within the audio industry.

Ed Richmond – BBC Radio One Introducing in Wales
Producer

Romesh Dodangoda – Record Producer
(Motorhead, Lostprophets, Funeral For a Friend, Bullet for My Valentine, Kids In Glass Houses, The Blackout)

Charlie Francis – Producer/ Engineer/Mixer/Musician
(REM, Noisettes, Victorian English Gentleman’s Club, Robyn Hitchcock, High Llamas)

Trisha Wegg – RAK Studios
RAK Recording Studios were created in 1976 by legendary record producer Mickie Most who converted a Victorian schoolhouse and church hall into a state-of-the-art recording studio complex with full residential facilities. Over the years RAK have played host to both musical legends and newcomers alike.
Recent clients include KT.Tunstall, La Roux and Chromeo, Shakira, Cee-Lo, The Feeling, Mumford & Sons to name but a few.