2014 Convention Speakers
Denise Allan
Artist Manager, 677 Management
Gary Clark
Songwriter
Melanie Gollin
Flux FM
John Langford
Director, Concerts, Events & Ticketing, The Hydro
Richy Muirhead
Founder, Scottish Alternative Music Awards
Nick Stewart
Manager, Sneaky Pete's
Artur Schock
Booking Agent, Audiolith
Phyllis Belezos
Booking Agent, ITB
James Foley
Head of Editorial (UK & Ireland), Deezer
Keith Harris
Director, PPL / manager, Stevie Wonder
Lars Lewerenz
Audiolith
Alex Richter
Founder/Managing Director, Four Artists
Jeff Thompson
Un-convention
Toni Malyn
EmuBands
Matthias Böttcher
Director Sales & Repertoire Development, Rough Trade
Olaf Furniss
Director, Born To Be Wide / Journalist
Fiona Harte
Tour Accountant, Live Nation
Gordon Masson
Editor, IQ Magazine
Claire Sawers
Music Editor, The List
Davy Wales
Performer Recruitment Co-ordinator, PPL
Paul Bannon
EmuBands
Heather Cameron
Production Manager, Summerhall
Vic Galloway
Presenter, BBC Radio Scotland
Stewart Henderson
Chairperson, SMIA
Katie McPhee
Community Manager, Eventbrite
Dietmar Schwenger
Musik Woche
Beverley Whitrick
Strategic Director, Music Venue Trust
Scott Cohen
Founder, The Orchard / Artist manager
Ally Gray
Managing Director, EmuBands
Carina Jirsch
Promoter, Schoneberg Concerts
Mark Melton
Entertainment Lawyer / Artist manager
Evelyn Sieber
Reeperbahn Festival
Derk van der Woude
Music Partnerships, YouTube
Michelle Choudhry
Producer, Marc Riley & Guy Garvey, BBC 6 Music
Vikram Gudi
Founder, Elephant Music
Michael Lambert
Director, Born To Be Wide / Artist manager
Vivien Mierzkalla
Verstärker Media Marketing
Stuart Stenhouse Operations Director, EmuBands
Previous Wide Days Speakers
Alan McGowan (ILMC & MAMA) * Alex Knight (FatCat Records) * Ally McCrae (BBC Radio 1) * Andrew Dubber (Birmingham City University) * Andy Carr (The Kids Are Solid Gold) * Andy Zondervan (Buma/Sterma) * Anna Hildour (Nordic Music Export) * Anny Deery (Inner Ear) * Bruce Findlay (Manager, Simple Minds) * Caroline Winn (Hebrides Ensemble) * Cathie Rae (Scottish Jazz Federation) * Claire Thompson (Music Lawyer) * Dan Millington (PPL) * Dave Corbet (Promoter, DF Concerts & T in the Park) * Dave Hook (Stanley Odd) * David Balfour (Record of the Day) * David McGinnis (Mute Song Publishing) * Davie Gardner (Atlantic Edge Music) * Dawn Barraclough (Music Lawyer) * Donald MacLeod (CPL Entertainment Group) * Dougal Perman (Inner Ear / Walking Heads) * Ellie Giles (Jigsaw Management) * Euan Robertson (Photographer, NME) * Findlay Napier (Singer-songwriter) * Gavin Bain (The Great Hip-Hop Hoax) * Grant Dickson (Two Thumbs Management) * Hannah Currie (MILK Glasgow) * Helen Chalmers (Wickerman Festival) * Huw Williams (Soundtrack Film Festival) * Jamie Gilmour (Artist Manager) * Jamie Webster (Instinctive Racoon) * Jannica Honey (Music photographer) * Jason Edwards (Booking Agent, Coda) * Jay Taylor (Promoter, The Ruby Lounge) * Jeff Thompson (Un-Convention) * Jennifer Hunter (Musicians' Union) * Kai Robole (Waterfall Music Publishing) * Katie McPhee (Eventbrite) * Keith Harris (Manager, Stevie Wonder) * Keren McKean (We Make Music Work) * Malcolm Lindsay (Composer) * Mark Williamson (Director, Spotify) * Martyn Boyle (Club Fandango/Fierce Panda Records) * Matthew Young (Song, By Toad Records) * Mike Bailie (Manager, The 1990s) * Mike Jardine (Rare Management) * Mike Shorter (University of Dundee) * Murray Buchanan (Music Lawyer) * Neil Cooper (The Herald) * Nicola Meighan (The Herald) * Nigel McCune (Musicians' Union) * P.C Rae (Slottsfjell, Norway) * Pete Irvine (Hogmanay Edinburgh) * Peter Dyson (London Metropolitan University) * Rab Andrew (Manager, Texas & Primal Scream) * Richard Cassar (Un-Convention) * Rob Howell (Bluemungus) * Robert Hicks (Rockness, Belladrum) * Ruth Daniel (Un-Convention) * Sarah Liversedge (Bucks Music Group) * Scott Cohen (Founder, The Orchard) * Shannon Davies (Rock n Roll Marathon) * Shaun Arnold (GoNorth) * Steve Mayall (Music Ally) * Steven Fisher (Music Lawyer) * Tommy Perman (FOUND) * Vic Galloway (BBC Radio Scotland) * Will Page (Director of Economics, Spotify)