MusicConnex is London’s premier DIY Music & New Media Event, created by music professionals for music professionals, MusicConnex is the missing link in DIY Artists’ careers. A 3 day conference designed to facilitate and promote social networking, informative discussion and inspiration amongst industry experts, emerging and established music acts and new media.
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The digital revolution has forever changed how we consume music; it has become ubiquitous as we listen to a wider variety of music than ever before. Whilst record labels are still a very effective route to market, Labels, understandably in this market, are signing fewer Artists. They now frequently want Artists to have already shown initiative by building their own fan base with some level of success before they are willing to make significant investment in their careers.
In turn, there appears to be increased potential for unsigned, independent Artists to breakthrough, finding new ways to promote and manage themselves. Services like iTunes, MySpace Zimbalam means that content can now be distributed and promoted far more easily and cheaply. This presents a fantastic opportunity for Artists – anyone in theory can now turn their music into a successful business by doing it themselves, giving them more control over their career than ever before.
Or can they? The opportunity is also the threat. Because anyone can do this, everyone does; and thus the market is crowded making it extremely difficult to achieve cut through. Additionally, many people do not fully appreciate or recognise how to position themselves and fully utilise the tools, especially digital tools, available to them. It is complex to navigate but the principles remain the same – you need to produce outstanding music and know how to create heat around what you are doing.
Over 100 senior execs and experts speaking!
More than 40 sessions over 3 days including topics such as ‘How to get a gig’, ‘How to sustain a career in music’, ‘How to make money’, ‘How to get signed’, ‘How to sell internationally’ and many more
More than 40 Digital Platforms : Aspiro, AudioDraft, AWAL, BandCentral Ltd, Believe Digital, BuyMyPlaylist, Decibel, Deezer, Electric Sheep, Federation X, GoMix, Good Lizard Media, Grooveshark, LEN Inc (Live Entertainment Network), MATIvision, mflow, Mix Cloud, Facebook, Music Metric, Music2Deal, Music2Text, Myplaydirect, Omnifone, Playmysong, Pledge Music, Radar Music, YouTube, Zimbalam, Reverb Nation, Slice The Pie, Songkick, Sounday, SoundCloud, Spotify, SplitGigs, The Orchard, TopSpin, Media Wimp.
Exclusive Seminars hosted by the people you really want to hear from, such as Facebook & YouTube and more
Tickets for the event are normally priced at £199 but we are offering all Zimbalam artists a discount rate of just £75 when you use the code ZIMBALAMDEAL1. Buy tickets here
Win!
We are giving away free passes to MusicConnex. To enter the competition all you have to do is ‘Like’ our Facebook page
Win!
Does your act have the best music video? Win 2 VIP all access passes to the conference and a live showcase at MusicConnex 2011 by submitting your music video. Click here for details on how to enter
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This post is by Believe Digital A&R/ Label Manager, William Headlam-Wells @WillHW
