Brighton Music Conference, the UK’s foremost electronic music conference returns for a fourth year at Brighton Dome and various venues on 27th & 28th April 2017
Over both days, the conference will focus on music trends and technologies, split between Panel Debates, Q&A’s, Tech Showcases and their Exhibition Floor.
BMC17 will bring together Industry-leading delegates and speakers at over 50 talks, seminars and workshops, alongside networking events throughout the conference duration. BMC Professional connects music with business, bringing together thought leaders through a series of panels to discuss the future sustainable growth of the electronic music industry, targeted networking events and access to an evening schedule of events and parties across Brighton. BMC Academy is about plugging in the next generation and fostering new talent via a series of master classes, panels and talks.
Speakers and panels have been announced from Fabric, Ministry of Sound, BPI, PRS, Sony, Deezer, Live Nation, Beatport, Defected, NTIA, Toolroom, Hospital Records, MMF, AEI, Loopmasters, Insanity, Sub Club, Clintons, Crown Management, Roland, BIMM, and more. Artists offering insightful advice include Paul Hartnoll (Orbital), High Contrast, Mark Knight, Friction, Darius Syrossian, Danny Howard (Radio 1), Prok & Fitch, Sam Divine, Josh Butler, My Nu Leng, Just Her, with more speakers and panellists to be announced.
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FULL LINE UP OF PANELS AND SPEAKERS;
BMC PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE 2017
MMF PRESENTS: WHAT WILL MANAGEMENT LOOK LIKE IN 5 YEARS’ TIME?
How can managers and labels best work together to grow their brands and artists
MODERATOR: FIONA MCGUGAN (GENERAL MANAGER – MMF)
PANEL: ANDY VARLEY (INSANITY) / SOPHIE BLOGGS (MACHINE MANAGEMENT) / DANNY HOWARD (DJ / BBC RADIO 1) + MORE SPEAKERS TBA
DJ MAG PRESENTS – WHAT’S NEXT FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC?
The Future is bright!
MODERATOR: CARL LOBEN (EDITOR – DJ MAG)
PANEL: TERRY WEERASINGHE (GM/SVP MUSIC MARKETING ANALYTICS– BEATPORT)
MORE SPEAKERS TBA
STREAMING VS RADIO
How are the changing roles of streaming services and conventional radio affecting the way audiences consume dance music?
MODERATOR: FRICTION (DJ/ARTIST – SHOGUN AUDIO)
PANEL: JAMES FARRELLY (MINISTRY OF SOUND) / JAMIE CHALMERS (DEEZER)
MORE SPEAKERS TBA
BPI PRESENTS – MUSIC PIRACY: current trends and future threats
Current trends and future threats
MODERATOR: CLAIRE MILLER (MEMBER SERVICES MANAGER – BPI)
PANEL: CHRISTIAN IVANOSKI – NICHOL – (Investigations and Procedures Manager – BPI)
MORE SPEAKERS TBA
NTIA PRESENTS: SAVE NIGHTLIFE
MODERATOR: CARLY WILFORD (I AM MUSIC
PANEL: ALAN MILLER (CHAIRMAN – NTIA) / MIKE GRIEVE (OWNER – SUB CLUB)
MORE SPEAKERS TBA
ALAN MILLER (CHAIRMAN – NTIA) interviews KEITH REILLY (CO-FOUNDER – FABRIC)
What happened?
DJ MAG PRESENTS: STAYING PROFESSIONAL IN AN INDUSTRY AWASH WITH TEMPTATION
MODERATOR: CARL LOBEN (EDITOR – DJ MAG)
MORE SPEAKERS TBA
DIVERSITY IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
What you can do to make a difference
MODERATOR: SAMMY ANDREWS (MUSIC INDUSTRY ADVISOR)
PANEL: GEN O’NEIL (DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY – LIVE NATION) / KEITH HARRIS (PPL)
MORE SPEAKERS TBA
GIVING BACK IN CONJUNCTION WITH LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE FOUNDATION
What we can do to support the future of our genre – covering everything from green initiatives to inspiring the next generation
MODERATOR: OISIN LUNNY (OPENMARKET)
PANEL: TRISTAN HUNT (AUDIOLOCK) / MARK LAWRENCE (CEO – AFEM) / JONNY LEE (FOUNDER – LNADJ FOUNDATION) / RICHARD TWAITES / MC VISIONOBI – AEI GROUP / MATT PELLING – LOOPMASTERS
PR & PROMO
The Power of Promotion – without promotion nothing happens… or does it?
MODERATOR: DEAN MUHSIN (DIRECTOR – DISPERSION / BEAR MANAGEMENT)
PANEL: WEZ SAUNDERS (DEFECTED)
MORE SPEAKERS TBA
CREATIVE LAW PRESENTS – But it was only a “cheeky” re-edit? Copyright law and the Remix
MODERATOR: DEAN MARSH (MD – CREATIVE LAW)
ANDREW SHARLAND (LEADING PARTNER – CLINTONS)
PETER OXENDALE (MORENSIC MUSICOLOGIST – PETER OXENDALE MUSICAL SERCICES)
ALISON HOOK ( HEAD OF SAMPLING & COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS – SONY)
JULES O’RIORDAN AKA JUDGE JULES (DJ/SHERIDANS)
SARANNE REID (GM – CROWN MANAGEMENT, MD – SAMPLE CLEARANCE SERVICES)
AFEM INTRODUCES GET PLAYED, GET PAID
MODERATOR: MARK LAWRENCE (CEO – AFEM)
SPEAKERS TBA
BPI PRESENTS – SYNCHRONISATION
SPEAKERS TBA
BMC ACADEMY CONFERENCE 2017
BIMM PRESENTS – WRITING AND PRODUCING TO A BRIEF
Paul Lennox deconstructs his techniques, including production elements, top line and lyric analysis, and track structure, focussing on a creative approach to briefs
PAUL LENNOX (INDUSTRY PRODUCER AND DRUMMER)
GHOST WRITING
What’s it all about, where are the lines crossed?
MODERATOR: BEN GOMORI
PANEL: TIMO GARCIA aka NOLAN (KITTBALL / GET PHYSICAL) / ALEX ARNOUT (DOGMATIK) / JANSONS (KNEE DEEP IN SOUND / VIVa MSUIC) / JUSTIN DRAKE (PEACE DIVISION)
CAN MANAGEMENT ENHANCE YOUR CAREER IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC?
Management vs DIY – pros and cons
MODERATOR: SEAMUS HAJI (BIG LOVE/TOOLROOM/BMC)
PANEL: SOPHIA KEARNEY (WEIRD AND THE WONDERFUL) / SHINO ALLEN (MD – TSUMI) / IAN CLIFFORD (TEMPO MANAGEMENT) / JAMES BULLOCK (ELITE MUSIC MANAGEMENT)
TOOLROOM RECORDS Q&A
Ask the people behind one of the world’s leading house music labels anything you like
MODERATOR: MARK LAWRENCE (AFEM)
PANEL: STUART KNIGHT (DIRECTOR) / MARK KNIGHT (ARTIST / DJ) / MILES SHACKLETON (BRAND DIRECTOR) / GEORGE ANDREWS (MUSIC DIRECTOR) / HANNAH SIMMONDS (HEAD OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS)
ROLAND / SERATO WORKSHOP
WHY SHOULD I MAKE A VIDEO?
Videos used to be an expensive luxury only open to the biggest labels. As new technologies make professional music videos an affordable possibility, we ask what the medium can do for your music
MODERATOR: LEE SMITH (LEAK DELETE / BMC)
PANEL: CAROLINE BOTTOMLEY (RADAR) / EOGHAN KIDNEY (ROTOR VIDEO)
MORE SPEAKERS TBA
DJ Q&A
All you need to know about the art of DJing from five masters of the craft
MODERATOR: DECLAN MCGLYNN (SAMPLE MAGIC)
PANEL: FRICTION (SHOGUN AUDIO) / SAM DIVINE (DEFECTED) / JOSH BUTLER (CAJUAL/STRICTLY RHYTHM) / MY NU LENG (BLACK BUTTER/MTA RECORDS)
ACM WORKSHOP
HOSPITAL RECORDS Q&A
Meet the team from one of Drum and Bass’s leading imprints
MODERATOR: CARL LOBEN (DJ MAG – EDITOR)
PANEL: CHRIS GOSS (MD) / AMY JAYNE (HEAD OF PROMOTIONS) / NIKKI ELLIS (PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR) / MEGAN BEAN (SYNC/HEAD OF LEGAL AND BUSINESS) / SAM BIRKWOOD (SYNC/PUBLISHING)
PRODUCER Q&A
Career advice, production tips and more from four of electronic music’s most respected producers
MODERATOR: SEAMUS HAJI (BIG LOVE/ TOOLROOM/ BMC)
PANEL: DARIUS SYROSSIAN (DO NOT SLEEP /GET PHYSICAL) / PROK AND FITCH (TOOLROOM / RELIEF RECORDS) / HIGH CONTRAST (3BEAT) / PAUL HARTNOLL (ORBITAL) / JUST HER (CROSSTOWN REBELS/CONSTANT CIRCLES)
2 day passes for BMC Professional (£110), Toolroom Academy with BMC Professional pass (£148), Toolroom Academy with 2 day BMC Academy pass (£59) and BMC Academy (£22) are now on sale via the new BMC website: www.brightonmusicconference.co.uk
As day turns to night, there’s an array of parties and networking events at BMC17 to attend.
Evening events include TAKE with Patrick Topping (BMC Official After Party), Brapp x BMC Present LEVELZ (Friday BMC Official After Party), Constant Circles Label Showcases, Wunderground, Wiggle, Native Instruments: Traktor Cookery School, Toolroom Drinks, AFEM, LNADJ, Wall of Sound & English Disco Lovers, and more.
Ahead of the two-day conference schedule (Thursday 27th and Friday 28th April), the annual AFEM Networking & BMC Welcome Drinks returns to The Tempest on Wednesday 26th April with DJs from MVMT (6pm – 10.30pm).
Thursday highlights include Constant Circles hosting the first in a two day Label Showcase & Exhibition at No Walls Gallery (11am – 7pm Thursday and Friday); the now legendary Wunderground x BMC Networking event returns to Brighton Pier (7.30pm – 11.30pm), and this time “dance music’s biggest jokers” play chief-matchmaker, hosting the world’s first ever episode of ‘DJ Blind Date’ where groups of DJs will battle it out to win the love of their favourite promoter (free entry to anyone dressed as Cilla Black, £5 for anyone else).
Thursday’s hottest ticket is TAKE with Patrick Topping at The Arch (10pm – 6am), the Official 2017 BMC After Party. In 2016, TAKE hosted one of the South Coast’s biggest events of the year with Seth Troxler topping the bill. This year’s headliner is Hot Creations front man and Elrow resident, Patrick Topping, an artist who’s cemented his status as one of the most in demand names in electronic music.
Further Thursday events include PRS’s networking party at BLOCK (formerly Neighbourhood, 6pm-8pm), and two invite only/ticketholder events with Toolroom Drinks at Dead Wax (open to Toolroom Academy Ticket Holders only), and Native Instrument’s Traktor Cookery School at Vine Street Studios.
Friday will see day two of the Constant Circles Label Showcase & Exhibition at No Walls Gallery (11am-7pm), while Berlin Brighton will take place at Green Door Store (11am – 4am). Networking events include the Horus Music Networking Party at BLOCK (6pm-11pm), and Afrika motion’s Networking Drinks at My Hotel (5.30pm – 9pm).
Brapp will be throwing Friday’s BMC Official Official after party at Patterns. Headlining the night will be the award winning grime, dnb, rap hybrid collective known as LEVELZ. With one of the best live shows in the country, Manchester’s most upfront collective of producers, MCs and DJs will be serving up a heated platter of incredible dubs, bars & energy. Full Live Show featuring: Biome, Black Josh, Bricks, Chimpo, Chunky, Fox, Jonny Dub, Metrodome, Rich Reason, Skittles, Sparkz, Truthos Mufasa, and T-Man. Brapp will also present 64 Bar MC Showcases. They’ve handpicked a selection of emerging and legendary Hip Hop & Grime artists from all over the UK to showcase their skills in a 64 bar showcase (Glasgow, Nottingham, Brighton, Manchester and London will all be represented on the night). Each artist will be filmed and multitrack recorded for official release as one-take live appearances on Brapp’s Records & YouTube channel. The evening will be hosted by Foreign Beggars frontman & Brapp co-founder Orifice Vulgatron alongside Brighton’s Tom Hines (Slip Jam Crew).
Also on Friday, LNADJ (Last Night A DJ Foundation is BMC17’s official charity partner), Wall of Sound & English Disco Lovers will join forces to present a charity event at Komedia, with all profits going towards LNADJ. Artists to be announced.
Wiggle return to hold their 23rd birthday party with On The House BMC Party with Pioneer DJ and Kuvo at Al Duomo (5pm – 6pm). DJs include Magnus Asberg, Nathan Coles, Terry Francis, Eddie Richards, Andy Blake, Rob Anderson, Lucas Hulan, Felipe Kastegliano, Dylan Debut, Liz Edwards, Joe Volpeliere, Corin Martin, Simon Atkinson, and Beatsworkin.
FULL LINE UP OF EVENTS AND PARTIES;
Wednesday 26th April
AFEM Networking & BMC Welcome Drinks – The Tempest – 6pm – 10.30pm
DJ’s from MVMT label
Thursday 27th April
Constant Circles Label Showcase and Exhibition – No Walls Gallery – 11am – 7pm
PRS Networking Party – BLOCK (formerly Neighbourhood) – 6pm – 8pm
DJ’s – W.H.A.T.A.M.I / Timo Garcia / Magnus Asberg
Toolroom Drinks – Toolroom Academy ticket holders only Dead Wax 6pm – 8pm
Native Instruments – Traktor cookery school – invite only – Vine Street Studios 7pm – 11pm
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Wunderground – Brighton Pier – 7:30pm – 11.30pm
Free entry for anybody that comes dressed as Cilla Black. £5 for everybody else…
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Take with Patrick Topping BMC 2017 After Party – The Arch – 10pm – 6am
https://www.facebook.com/events/386729528357647/
Friday 28th April
Constant Circles Label Showcase and Exhibition – No Walls Gallery – 11am – 7pm
Horus Music Networking Party – BLOCK– 6pm – 11pm
DJs TBC
Afrika Motion Networking Drinks – My Hotel – 5.30pm – 9pm
Wiggle / On The House – Aldumo – 6pm – 5am
https://www.facebook.com/events/332650223796667/
Berlin Brighton – Green Door Store – 11pm – 4am
LNADJ (Last Night A DJ Foundation is BMC17’s official charity partner), Wall Of Sound & English Disco Lovers will join forces to present a charity event at Komedia, with all profits going towards LNADJ. Artists and times to be announced.
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Brapp x BMC presents LEVELZ + more – Patterns – 8pm – 4am
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