APRA Connecting Members UK Presentation.
December 15, 2011
10 Sites, Services & People to kick-start your 2012.
It was tremendous to meet so many artists at the APRA Connecting Members UK meeting in London on December 14th. Thanks to those brave souls who came out in less than plesant weather – even for the UK – to hear myself and the other speakers.
I almost managed to keep to my alloted time. I’m sure APRA’s UK rep Cathi Ogden forgave me for running over time as I was so keen to ensure the presentation was packed with as much useful info as possible. If you happen to be an Australian music artist working in the UK or Europe and you’ve not connected with Cathi you should sort that out. Cathi is such a great champion for Australian music in this part of the world. She can give no end of assistance with making sure you’re live performance reports get posted – so that you get paid – and she has a wealth of contacts.
So, here is the presentation I gave last night. I’ve posted it here as it was a bit of a challange making notes in such a short space of time.
If you attended the event be sure to head over to my Facebook page and say hi by hitting the Like button and I look forward to hearing from you all along the line.
APRA Connecting Memebers Presentation.
December 14, 2011
10 Sites, Services & People to kick-start your 2012.
I’m heading tonight to the APRA Connecting Members presentation with what I hope will be one of the most useful presentations I have ever given. I’ve challenged myself to present 10 things that APRA artists can use in 2012 to give their careers a boost – in only 10 minutes.
Of course presenting all these Websites, Music Services and People in only 10 minutes will only give me a chance to glance across the value that these services offer and will give any of you attending a challenge in the note taking stakes.
But fear not my friends. I’ll be posting my slides here for you from late tonight so that you can review my suggestions.
If you are attending the event be sure to come say hello and head over to my Facebook page and say hi by hitting the Like button.
See you tonight!
New Music Awards Client.
Evil Genius Media is pleased to announce that it has been appointed as a key consulting supplier of the Artist and Manager Awards. The award brand is owned by the MMF – formerly the Music Managers Forum – and the Featured Artists Coalition.
The awards will be presented at a ceremony to be staged at a yet to be announced venue in London from 18:00 on Tuesday 13 September 2011.
Awards to be presented on the evening include First Rung and Breakthrough Awards, aimed at newcomers to the industry and mid level achievers respectively; with one award in each category for artists and managers. The Artists’ Artist award – to acknowledge the inspirational work of a music artist. The Peter Grant Award – for elevating the role and status of managers through achievement.
EGM have advised the organisations during the process of developing the new branding for the event and are responsable for delivering all pre event components including a new website, ticketing services and some aspects of the event marketing. In addition EGM will produce the awards ceremony including creating the awards presentation, venue liaison and appointing third party suppliers.
The Artist and Manager Awards follow a long line of corporate and music awards produced by EGM and we look forward to a successful conclusion to this project with our client.
Ariel Hyatt – New London Event.
June 21, 2011
Evil Genius Media are proud to announce that we have been appointed to manage a new half-day workshop and evening speaking seminar for New York based music business expert Ariel Hyatt.
Event details are yet to be confirmed however dates in September are being penciled in and we expect to be able to make an announcement soon regarding the event.
It follows on from the successful event that EGM produced for Ms Hyatt in London during 2010. As with that event EGM will handle all aspects of the event management including ticketing plus marketing and press relations.
Ariel Hyatt’s Music Success Seminar Coming to London
May 11, 2010
Leading Social Media & PR Expert aims to help artists and indies.
Globally recognised for her work helping independent artists, labels and managers make sense of Social Media and how to build a fan base; New York based Ariel Hyatt will be presenting a seminar and workshop in London on May 27 2010. Hyatt who’s firm Ariel Publicity (arielpublicity.com) helps hundreds of artists each year is presenting in London for the first time. As part of the event that she is creating especially for the London audience some artists will be selected to workshop their web pages in an open interactive session.
EGM are proud to have been appointed to manage all aspects of the London event and will manage ticketing, marketing and press relations.
The event will be divided into three parts: Hyatt’s presentation – Music Success in Nine Weeks, based on her bestselling book, the interactive workshop and an extended Q and A session so Hyatt can give direct advice to as many attending the event as possible.
UP DATE: Ariel Hyatt will be returning to London in September for a new event and half-day workshop. EGM have again been appointed to manage the event and will announce details of the event shortly.
We greatly look forward to working with Ms Hyatt again and delivering another successful event for this internationally recognised expert.
Sounds Digital London Event Preview
April 13, 2010
Music Digital Thought Leaders Mentor Music Startups.
For around ten years now entrepeneur Brendan Harkin has been traveling the globe with a passion for bringing an eclectic mix of digital gurus together for his X Media Lab events. This Friday, Harkin evolves the X Media brand with the first Sounds Digital event to be staged at Saddlers Wells in London.
Sounds Digital will face off a number of internationally recognised digital thought leaders such as Ogilvy’s Nicole Yershon, (@nicoleyershon) recently cited as one of the UK’s top 100 digital citizens in a WiredUK poll, against the challenge of how to save the music industry from itself. Other mentors include Beijing based writer, rock musician, and commentator on technology and politics Kaiser Kuo and creative director for consumer experience at Nokia, Priya Prakash.
On day one of the event participants will hear from the experts on their vision of the digital future, with presenters almost pitching themselves as mentors to project teams assembled from as far as Beijing, Shanghai, Mumbai, Seoul and Melbourne. On days two and three the project teams bunker down in lab sessions with mentors for some tough love and guidance on how to take their projects to the next level.
This is…New Music will report live from the event with regular updates during both the conference and lab sessions and we’ll also have one on one interviews with some of the speakers attending this exciting event.
Follow us @thisisnewmusic and search for #soundsdigital
EGM sign Australian act [26] for all territories management.
November 22, 2009
London UK – November 22 2011 – Evil Genius Media (EGM) are proud to announce the signing of acclaimed Australian production rock act [26] for management in all territories effective immediately.
EGM has immediately commenced work scheduling a first UK single and album release for the band drawn from [26]’s acclaimed Australian released album Birth’s Deaths and Marriages. In addition EGM is setting plans in place to tour the Australian act in the UK and Europe in early to mid 2011.
[26] were the focus of considerable industry attention when they performed at MuseExpo Europe in London & MuseExpo L.A. as well as Hong Kong’s Music Matters earlier this year. They immediately attracted enthusiastic support from Mainstage Artists agent Alex Lloyd who will represent the band for bookings and plugger Adrian Tredinnick of Copmedia who will take releases to radio.
[26] are Nick O’Donnell (Vocals & Sonic Rhythm Guitar) Drew Fellows ( Keyboards & Vocals), Ross Duckworth (Bass & Vocals) and Iain Wilson (Drums & Vocals)
“I saw [26] at Sat Bisla’s MuseExpo Europe this year and what they are doing with their sound immediately made sense to me for the UK and European market.” Says EGM owner Mark Muggeridge. An announcement on the first single and tour dates will follow shortly.
[26]’s album Birth’s Deaths and Marriages was released to considerable acclaim in Australia from local media. Writing in The Brisbane Courier Mail respected journalist Noel Mengel compared [26] to Coldplay and Elbow and said that they “deserved the attention on the world stage.” In part the enthusiasm is due to the bands sweeping production sound that stretches from a raw and honest four piece indie rock band through to more atmospheric material that uses backing from church organs, orchestral harps and a in one case a 100 piece choir.
A free download of Dear Mr Devil is available from the bands website.
One Thousand True Fans
November 9, 2009
Kevin Kelly might have the number wrong, but the theory is right.
For some time now, I’ve been talking to artists I manage and consult with about the theory of One Thousand True Fans. If you’re not familiar with the theory put forward by blogger Kevin Kelly then, there are links at the bottom of the article. I’ll try to give you my spin on it as concisely as I can.
One Thousand True Fans
There are fans out there for your music that will come to the occasional gig, perhaps buy a CD, and maybe join your Facebook group. They are fans, just not, true fans.
Then there is the fan, that tries to attend every single gig, buys every CD as soon as it’s released, or even sooner if you offer then for pre sale, they bring friends to gigs and they respond to every e-mail you send them. They are a true fan.
So the theory goes that if you, as an artist, have one thousand true fans, you’ll be able to make a living. Perhaps not enough to buy a rock star lifestyle, but enough to give up the day job. In part because the one thousand true fans buy everything you offer, but also because if you’re doing the work required to service the one thousand true fans, you’ll also attract enough of the occasional fans to make a living.
It’s about interaction and being social.
Recent surveys of the US music market reveal that there are around ten times as many CD’s released into the market as there were around 10 years ago. I would not be surprised to find the numbers are around the same in the UK and Australia although I have no data to support this.
However artists have discovered they have to do more than just release a CD and tour to make meaningful contact with fans. Fans want and are getting greater access and interaction with artists fulled by sometimes big budget social media campaigns. Setting the contentious issue of file sharing aside for a moment, finding and developing a genuine relationship with the true fans is a necessity in surviving for artists today.
I mention all this today because there was a great article in The Sunday Times. It talks about five thousand fans rather than one thousand suggesting that perhaps Kelly number was wrong but the theory is right.
I’ve linked the article below as well as Kelly’s original post . I’ve also linked to a page where Seth Godin references Kelly as his riffs on the subject are always worth reading.
Links :
London aware of Aussie acts.
November 6, 2009
Queensland’s The Middle East Flagged by XL A & R as one to watch.
Australia’s live music scene is enviable. Strong numbers across the live sector also mean new acts regularly rising to the surface to keep things fresh. One act that has recently come to our attention via an interview with XL Records Director or A & R Hannah Overton, is Townsville’s The Middle East.
Overton sighted the Aussie folk act as an example of how acts outside of the US and the UK can develop fully before coming to the attention of a major label. Acts here often being thrust into the spot light too early simply due to the fact that there is intense media scrutiny of new bands and that acts making their way not only have to build a fan base but also walk the plank of bloggers, tweeters etc.
Her comments and the full article will be published in Australia’s The Music Network on November 16 2009.
The Music Network is Australia’s leading industry facing music news source.
Too many new bands.
November 3, 2009
So we’ll just give you a list of the ones we’re hearing about and you can decide for yourselves.
Olfar and the Feral Pets - Getting big ups from as diverse a range of sources as Artrocker, Radio 1 and The Fly.
http://www.myspace.com/olfar ( Side note : They play - Camden Head – Nov 03 2009 as part of the ITC round-up )
Thomas Dybdahal – New material coming in early 2010. Signed to Last Suppa and now stretching into the US.
http://www.thomasdybdahl.com/#/english
The Amplifetes - Swedish electro rockers now really breaking out across Europe. Will have a massive 2010.
http://www.myspace.com/theamplifetes
Le Corps Mince de Françoise - It’s Pop Jim, but not as we know it ! Decide 4 yourselves- Bitch of the Bitches.
http://www.myspace.com/lecorpsmincedefrancoise
Them : Youth – LDN 5 piece building with their second single Halo, now getting attention in the US. Nu Anthem.
Holiday Shores - Floridians with a whole different sound. US sounds going in every direction at the moment.
