More details of next month's In The City convention have been revealed - in particular two key new events for the Urban Summit Day. In addition to the previously announced interview with Tommy Boy Records founder Tom Silverman, there will be a keynote address from the onetime daddy of the Bristol trip hop scene Tricky who will be talking about his career, his approach to music making and his thoughts on the current urban scene and a somewhat bizarre sound session in which Public Enemy producer Hank Shocklee (who made quite an impact at last year's In The City) will interview former sports presenter and self-proclaimed 'son of God' David Icke on the topic of 'The Spiritual Qualities of Frequencies And Soundwaves', no, really (well, that's what the press release says anyway).
Added to the main In The City programme is a session on music publishing called 'Ever Seen a Music Publisher Who Wasn't Smiling?' (for the record, I have, on two separate occasions). In what should be a lively panel, publishing execs galore will offer their thoughts on the state of the publishing sector, including: Mike Smith (Snr VP and Director Of A&R EMI), Rak Sanghvi (MD of Sony/ATV Music), Mike McCormack (Deputy MD of Universal Music), Andy McQueen (Chairman of The Notting Hill Music Group), Tim Smith (General Manager of Zomba Music) and Caroline Elleray (Head of A&R of BMG Music).
More info on In The City from http://www.inthecity.co.uk. Press info from Velocity.