Talking of fine music events in Scotland, Glasgow based Music Works have announced details of this year's MusicWorks International Cross-Media Convention which takes place from 27-29 Oct.
Seminars include:
28 Oct
Keynote Speaker: Gregor Erkel, Director of Online Music Services for Sony Connect asks the question "does the digital age mean the end of the music album?".
Guest Speaker: Feargal Sharkey, in his capacity as Chair of the Live Music Forum, will be looking at the changes in live touring.
Selling Music on the Internet: An in-depth investigation into how digital music services will develop over the next five years. Panellists include Mark Mooradian (MusicNet), Raman Sethi (Sony Connect), James Langley (Karma Download), Simon Wheeler (Beggar's Group) and Paul Brindley (MusicAlly).
The Modern Music Consumer - Who is buying music and how are they buying it? Eamonn Forde, Editor of Five 8 Magazine leads this investigation into the present state and future of music consumption with panellists Jerry Perkins (Word Magazine), Kimmo Pekari (Tezoma, Sweden),Jerry Roest (Shazam), Svante Holm (Sony Ericsson) and Gordon Montgomery (Fopp).
29 Oct
Guest speaker: Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music at Electronic Arts (USA), will be looking at the collaborative partnerships between musicians and games developers and asking the question "Are videogames the new rock 'n' roll?" (answer: quite probably).
Music in Advertising: how to make money from music in today's advertising industry, with Ian Neil (Ian Neil Consultancy), Ayla Masters (BBH/Leap Music), Sofie Sheen (10Q), Nicky Stein (Clintons), Dominic Caisley (Stream Agency) and Natasha Baldwin (Boosey & Hawkes).
How is Digital Radio working in the UK?: Led by some bloke called Chris Cooke from CMU and featuring panellists Matt Degan (GWR), Steve Stark (Totally Radio), Martin Campbell (Ofcom) Dougal Perman (Radio Magnetic) and Steve Piggot (GWR/Creation), this topical seminar looks at the current success and future potential of digital radio in the UK.
Earlybird registration is now open at £160 + VAT and is available until 1 October 2004. Full info and online registration at http://www.musicworksUK.com.