MUSIC & MEDIA - 3 DAYS OF FUN & FINNISH WEATHER

Very useful and it was really worth going there, very good atmosphere and inspiring spirits around.
Daniel Pieper (A&R Manager, Universal Music, Germany)

I definitely discovered new Finnish acts that I was not aware of before that I look forward to working with.
Sat Bisla (A&R Worldwide/MUSEXPO, USA)

I thought it was a fantastic weekend, one of the most enjoyable events I have attended. Good bands, good people and interesting panels.
Stuart Clarke (Talent Editor, Music Week, UK)

FOR M&M 2006 INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION,
PLEASE CONTACT MR. VILLE KILPELÄINEN AT THE MUSIC EXPORT FINLAND OFFICE:

tel +358 (0)20 730 2230
email ville(at)musex.fi

SHOWCASES


SHOWCASE TIMETABLES & VENUES HERE>>>

SEMINAR PROGRAMME

The seminar & panel programme for Music & Media 2006 will be updated on the Music & Media website during september.

Features:

     
  • KEYNOTE INTERVIEW WITH DAVID FRICKE (ROLLING STONE) David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone Magazine and has also been a contributor to British magazines such as Mojo, New Musical Express and Melody Maker and has written liner notes for a wide range of CD reissues, including Velvet Underground, Nirvana and The Ramones. Fricke will discuss the past, present and future of rock music plus the media with Helsingin Sanomat’s Harri Uusitorppa.  
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  • INTERVIEW WITH GERD LEONHARD Gerd Leonhard is a music futurist and co-author of the acclaimed Future Of Music book. He has spoken at many events, conferences and other occasions, including Popkomm, InTheCity, MIDEM, MILIA, CES, Digital Hollywood, Mobile Music Conference, Webnoize, AFIM, LIPA, Berklee College of Music, Westminster University, Summit of the Future, Sibelius Institute Helsinki, Price Waterhouse Coopers… and many more.
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  • MEET THE MANAGER: DAVID DORRELL Dave Dorrell’s career in music started with DJing. In the mid/late 80s he was involved in the legendary MARRS hit Pump Up The Volume and later on he made successful remixes for artists such as Janet Jackson, Snap and De La Soul. Nowadays he works on the business side of the industry - his London-based company is named Dorrell Management. His current roster includes Bush and the Pet Shop Boys. times & venues tbc


INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES (confirmed by September 7)

     
  • Gerd Leonhard (Germany) - music futurist and co-author of the Future Of Music book
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  • 2FORTHEROAD (Germany) - Ralf Diemert, Agent
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  • ATLANTIC RECORDS (USA) - Sam Riback, A&R Manager
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  • THE AGENCY GROUP  - Paul Ryan, Agent (UK) - Tobbe Lorentz, Agent (Sweden)
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  • by:Larm (Norway) - Behnam Farazollahi - Vegard Waske
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  • IKRA CLUB (Russia) - Greg Goldenzwaig, artistic director For Moscow this European-styled club is a completely new story as a type of venue. Opened only in early 2006 by a prominent promoter Igor Tonkikh and music critic Greg Goldenzwaig IKRA has taken Moscow aback by the scale of its activity. Russian scandalous rap act Krovostok vs. Tiefschwarz; singer-songwriter Svetlana Surganova vs. Current 93; Baltimore hip-hop heroes Amanda Blank and Aron LaCrate vs. crooner Pavel Kashin… The venue has perfect reputation abroad. TimeOut Moscow
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  • THE ANIMAL FARM (UK) - Ville Leppänen - Mat Leppänen
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  • A.S.S. CONCERT & PROMOTION (Germany) - Mick Köppe, booking agent
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  • ARTS & CRAFTS RECORDS (Canada) - Jeffrey Remedios, Head of A&R
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  • ATELIER EAU / TOKYO FM (Japan) - Ken Nishikawa, Director
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  • AUDIENCE MAGAZINE (UK) - John Pagni
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  • BARFLY (UK) - Olly Hodgson, Booking
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  • BARFLY / THE GREAT ESCAPE (UK) - Jon McIldowie Jon has been promoting events since 1994, and has been working for the Barfly Group since 1999. In 2006 Jon jointly founded Barfly - The Great Escape Festival - Europe’s main international showcase event & convention.
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  • BILLBOARD (USA) - Melinda Newman, Music Editor
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  • THE BUZZ ATLANTA (USA) - Chris Williams, program director
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  • CAPITOL RECORDS (USA) - Laurel Stearns, A&R Executive
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  • CONTRA PROMOTION (Germany) - Enrico Karolczak
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  • DORRELL MANAGEMENT (UK) - David Dorrell, manager
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  • DEMOLITION RECORDS (UK) - Eric Cook, MD
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  • DOMINO RECORDS (UK) - Laurence Bell,  President
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  • DROWNED IN SOUND (UK) - Raziq Rauf
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  • DRAKKAR ENTERTAINMENT (Germany) - Bogdan Kopec, Managing Director
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  • E.G.O. (Sweden) - Jim Morewood, Agent International Booking Agent for over 15 years based in London & for the past 3 years, Gothenburg, Sweden. Started English Gent Organisation at the beginning of 2006 as an antidote to the “conveyor-belt” agencies dominating the industry.  Current clients include DUNGEN, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, LORDI, THE HELLACOPTERS, SEVENDUST, THE RASMUS and HIM amongst others
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  • EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING (Sweden) - Mikael Agnepil, senior creative manager
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  • EPIC RECORDS / SONYBMG (USA) - Chris Foitle, A&R
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  • EUROSONIC / NOORDERSLAAG (The Netherlands) - Frans Vreeke, Producer Frans Vreeke is producer of the Noorderslag Weekend and the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, Holland. It is the network event and business platform for the European live music industry. An seminar during daytime, a showcase festival in the evenings. Figures of 2006; 2000 professionals, 240 acts performing, 20 venues, 14.800 visitors. Finnish bands that performed at Eurosonic in 2006: Aavikko, Disco Ensemble, Astrid Swan. At Eurosonic acts are selected for the European Talent Exchange Program.
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  • FKP SCORPIO (Germany) - Silke Westera
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  • FINEST CITY BROADCASTING 91X (USA) - Kevin Stapleford, vp programming
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  • GUN RECORDS (Germany) - Markus Balk, A&R - Michael Hahn, A&R In the past Micheal has worked for Universal Music Publishing, EMI Music Publishing, Global Chrysalis. Currently he works with Gun label group/SonyBMG.
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  • HELTER SKELTER (UK) - Paul Bolton
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  • HULTSFRED / POPAGANDA (Sweden) - Niklas Jonsson, Booking
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  • KARSTEN JAHNKE KONZERTDIREKTION (Germany) - Ina Lieckfeldt, Agent
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  • KEMADO RECORDS (USA) - Keith Abrahamsson, Head of A&R
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  • LYCHEE PRODUCTIONS (China) - Ni Bing
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  • MISSION TO MARS (Germany) - Markus Kühn, MD - Mona Rübsamen
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  • MUSEXPO / A&R WORLDWIDE (USA) - Sat Bisla, EVP Creative & Media
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  • MUSEBOX (USA) - Nadine Gelineau
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  • MUSIC WEEK (UK) - Stuart Clarke, talent editor
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  • MINTY FRESH (USA) - Jim Powers, president
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  • MOSHI MOSHI RECORDS (UK) - Stephen Bass
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  • MOTOR ENTERTAINMENT (Germany) - Erik Laser, Product Manager - Christian Reither, Promotion Manager and Int’l A&R
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  • MTV NETWORKS (UK) -  David Mogendorff, Talent & Artist Relations
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  • PLAYLOUDER (UK) - Jim Gottlieb, Director Co-founded PlayLouder Ltd which runs Playlouder.com, Playlouderecordings and Motion Group. Playlouder.com is one of Europe’s leading alternative music websites. Playlouderecordings is a joint venture with the Beggars Group and has signed Serena-Maneesh (Norway), Black Strobe (France) and Voxtrot (USA).
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  • POPMATTERS (USA) - Sarah Zupko, editor & publisher - Karen Zarker, senior editor PopMatters is an international magazine of cultural criticism. Its scope is broadly cast on all things pop culture, and content is updated daily. Since 1999, PopMatters has been providing intelligent reviews, engaging interviews, and in-depth essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, sports, theatre, the visual arts, travel, and the Internet.
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  • POPKOMM (Germany) - Dirk Schade, Showcase Manager Manages Showcases and Festival events for Popkomm in Berlin. For several years Schade worked for the broadcasters FAB and RTL City TV as a presenter and supervised a programme called Local Scene and UnderSound, introducing new musical talents. Produced TV programmes and concerts, hosted appearances by over 220 solo artists and bands.
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  • PLAYGROUND MUSIC (Sweden) - Lars Tengroth, Head of A&R
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  • PAPERCLIP AGENCY (The Netherlands) - Rob Berends, Booking Agent - Hilde Spille, Booking Agent
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  • PRIMARY TALENT INTERNATIONAL (UK) - Mark Ngui, Agent International Artist Booking at Primary Talent International in London. After having been an independent promoter in London for a couple of months while after graduating university in Manchester, Mark joined Primary in 2002.  His current roster, booking exclusively for the world except North America, now includes Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Cute Is What We Aim For, The Academy Is… and others.
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  • ROADRUNNER RECORDS (The Netherlands) -  Wally van Middendorp, VP Marketing and Acquisitions
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  • ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE (USA) - David Fricke, senior editor
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  • RECORD OF THE DAY (UK) - David Balfour, Editor - James Foley, Music Editor
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  • RADIO KDLD INDIE 103.1 (USA) - Michael Steele, Program Director
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  • RADIO WFNX BOSTON (USA) - Max Tolkoff, Program Director
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  • SECOND SHIMMY (USA) - Kramer, producer
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  • STOCKHOLM RECORDS / UNIVERSAL (Sweden) - David Mortimer-Hawkins, A&R Manager
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  • SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST (USA) - Brent Grulke, Creative Director
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  • SONYBMG INT’L (USA) - Evan L., A&R Executive
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  • SOUND POLLUTION (Sweden) - Johan Hargeby, Managing Director
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  • TOO PURE RECORDS (UK) - Jason White, A&R
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  • TSUNAMI ENTERTAINMENT (USA) - Adam Katz, Producer Manager / Label Group
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  • TVT RECORDS (USA) - Leonard B. Johnson, vice president of a&r
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  • UNIVERSAL MUSIC (UK) - Dante Bonutto, A&R
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  • UNIVERSAL MUSIC (Germany) - Daniel Lieberberg, Director rock & progressive - Cornelius Ballin - Daniel Pieper, Senior Manager A&R Rock/Progressive
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  • VICE RECORDINGS (USA) - Adam Shore, General Manager / A&R
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  • VIRGIN RECORDS (Germany) - Svana Treyer, A&R
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  • VERTIGO RECORDS (UK) - Jay Greenwood, a&r manager
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  • VIP NEWS (UK) - Allan McGowan, Editor
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  • WACKEN OPEN AIR (Germany) - Thomas Jensen, promoter
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  • WORLDLEE CONSULTING (UK) - Steve Lee, Manager
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  • XL RECORDINGS (UK) - Hannah Overton, A&R
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  • YAHOO! MUSIC (USA) - Jay Frank, Head of Music & Label Relations

Music & Media is an annual Finnish music trade fair held for the last 16 years in Tampere, Finland. Music & Media spans the entire range of Finnish recording, publishing and live-music, plus the media, and highlights the industry’s energy and innovativeness, both at home and internationally.

SHOWCASES: HOTTEST FINNISH TALENT
Showcases for a wide range of genres, in venues situated close together, make it easy for delegates to see the latest – and hottest – Finnish talent.

TOPICAL PANELS, INSPIRING DISCUSSIONS AND ALL THE INTERESTING STUFF THAT GOES ON AFTERWARDS
Business developers (i.e. The Orchard, iTunes), music media delegates (i.e. Music Week, MTV Nordic), live-event professionals (i.e. Glastonbury, Eurosonic) and a whole bunch of A&R managers from a broad range of labels and publishers tell it like it is in the grind-core company of their Finnish colleagues. This has produced an exciting, exclusive vantage point for professionals to immerse themselves in the topics and trends of today and tomorrow.
And don’t forget, you will also get a taste of Finnish nightlife… So pack your party shoes along with your business suit!

For further information and registration info please contact:

Mr. Ville Kilpeläinen, Music Export Finland - Producer
Tel: +358 (0)20 730 2230, Fax: +358 (0)20 730 2230
Email: ville(at)musex.fi