2022 Conference Sessions
Thursday 19 May | 12.00-17.00
Wide Days Welcome (12:30-13:00 BST | Ballroom)
PPL presents: Get Played, Get Paid! Making Money From Your Music (13:00-13:30 BST | West Drawing Room)
Starting and sustaining a career in music can mean a lot of hard work, so understanding your revenue streams is vital for any new artists. Whether it’s money from a radio play, on television, or your music being played in public, we’ll be discussing how revenue flows back through to the performer and rightsholder or record label, featuring insight and practical advice PPL experts.
Speakers:
Tom Ferguson (PPL)
Ryan McGrath (PPL)
Round Tables:
We host two round tables focusing on how music can collaborate with complementary sectors, and explore what export opportunities can be developed. Each session includes short case studies combined with a workshop format aimed at generating potential action points.
Round Table: Music & Tourism (13:00-14:30 BST | East Drawing Room)
Following the launch of the Newcastle University study at Wide Days 2019, we look at how two sectors hit particularly hard by the pandemic can collaborate out of covid and create mutually beneficial initiatives both internationally and throughout the UK.
Confirmed Participants:
Carla Da Luz (Glasgow Life) / Fiona Sheperd (Glasgow Music City Tours) /. Katie Duffy (Glasgow Life)
Anna Young (Glasgow Live) / Grace Puluczek (3 Notes) / Karl Chapman (City of Edinburgh Council)
Derek Martin (Terminal V) / Olaf Furniss (Wide Days)
Round Table: Music & Gaming (14:45-16:15 BST | East Drawing Room)
Confirmed Participants:
Brian Baglow (Scottish Games Network) / Grace Puluczek (3 Notes) / Colin Anderson (Denki)
Jeroen Van Trierum (Journalist)
EmuBands: Digital Distribution (13:45-14:15 BST | West Drawing Room)
Speakers:
Toni Malyn (EmuBands)
15 Minutes of Knowledge:
Attitude is Everything Just Ask (14:30-14:45 BST | West Drawing Room)
Speakers:
Rich Legate (Attitude is Everything)
15 Minutes of Knowledge:
Environmentally Friendly NFTs (15:00-15:15 BST | West Drawing Room)
Speakers:
Mike Walsh (Serenade)
15 Minutes of Knowledge:
BAPAM Top Health Tips for Musicians (15:30-15:45 BST | West Drawing Rooms)
Speakers:
Claire Cordeaux (British Association of Perfroming Arts Medicine)
Showcasing the Showcases (15:30-16:30 BST | Music Hall)
We invite some of our favourite music industry events to give an insight into the opportunities they offer and how they select their showcase acts.
Speakers:
Ingrid Kohtla (Tallinn Music Week)
Peter Åstedt (Future Echoes)
Yannick Zimmerman (c/o pop)
Robyn Stewart (BreakOut West)
Sarah Jones (FOCUS Wales)
Snapshot Of Mexico (16:15-16:45 BST | West Drawing Room)
Mexico boasts a thriving festival market and a capital which boasts some of the highest Spotify listenerships in the world. Following our recent online exchange between Mexican, Scottish and Welsh music professionals, Malfi Dorantes outlines why some of Europe’s key music export offices see the country as a destination.
Speakers:
Malfi Dorantes (Malfico)
Friday 20 May | 10.00-18.00
Building A Steady Artist Career (10:00-10:45 BST | Music Hall)
What does it take to build an artists career and how do you make it sustainable? We explore the different approaches and income streams available to artists, from airplay and subscription models to live streams and bespoke merch.
Speakers:
Davy Wales (PPL)
Shikayla Nadine (SNM Management)
Stina Tweeddale (Honeyblood / ICEBLINK LUCK)
Not Another F*cking NFT Panel (10:15-11:15 BST | East Drawing Room)
Our panel demystifies non-fungible tokens, cutting through the hype to explain how they can provide income and awareness for emerging artists and labels, as well as established stars.
Speakers:
Marlen Huellbrock (Music Ally)
Mike Walsh (Serenade)
Jenn Morgan (Cirkay / Push Entertainment)
Charlene Hegarty (Zero Myth)
Chris Cooke (CMU)
15 Minutes of Knowledge
Essential Music Photography (10:30-10:45 BST | West Drawing Room)
Speakers:
Jannica Honey (Music Photographer)
Managing Expectations (in partnership with the MMF) (11:00-12:00 BST | Music Hall)
A deep-dive into how managers support talent development, their relationships with record labels, the diverse and expanding skills set they require, the challenges around mental health, and the evolving commercial models between music managers, their creative clients and industry partners.
Speakers:
Karl Nielson (Artist Manager)
Paul Bonham (MMF)
Rachel Gunn (Heartstop Music)
Shikayla Nadine (SNM Management)
15 Minutes of Knowledge (11:00-11:15 | West Drawing Room)
Remix
Speakers:
Jo Wallace (Ramrock Records)
Ashley Beedle (North Street West Productions)
Local Heroes (11.30-12.30 BST) | East Drawing Room
Terminal V started in a warehouse in April 2017 attracting 2500 revellers and has since gone on to become one of the UK’s largest indoor music festivals. Organised by EE Live, the company founded by Derek Martin and Simon McGrath, it attracts an international audience and has fulfilled their aim of attracting the world’s most renowned artists from across the whole spectrum of electronic music to Edinburgh.
During the pandemic, the company filmed a stunning DJ set with Patrick Topping on the city’s Carlton Hill and has become a strong lure for music tourists coming to the Scottish capital, as well as a platform for the country’s emergain talent.
Their most recent festival attracted 20,000 people on each day and the duo now have plans to host their first event in Berlin.
Derek and Simon will be in conversation with Terminal V regulars, Kyro Grieve and Eden A Leal.
15 Minutes of Knowledge (11:30-11:45 | West Drawing Room)
TikTok
Speakers:
Ailsa Harper (A Modern Way / Aimless Play)
15 Minutes of Knowledge (12:00-12:15 | West Drawing Room)
Copyright
Speakers:
Jeffrey Izzo (California State University)
Agencies of Change (12.45-13:45 BST | Music Hall)
The pandemic has spawned a host of booking agencies adopting new business models, while several existing companies have extended their services beyond live. We get a snapshot of what they offer and how the different elements are integrated.
Speakers:
Stuart Kennedy (ATC Live)
Simeon Pranger (Treetop Agency)
Tina Hart (Moderator)
15 Minutes of Knowledge (13:00-13:15 | West Drawing Room)
Funding
Speakers:
Jamie Houston (Creative Scotland)
Becci Scotcher (PRS Foundation)
Attitude is Everything: Accessibility in Music (13:15-14:30 BST | East Drawing Room)
With 19% of the working-age population of the UK affected by a serious impairment, we host a dedicated strand with charity Attitude Is Everything highlighting a range of case studies and initiatives to make the music industry more accommodating for disabled music professionals, artists and audiences.
Speakers:
Paul Hawkins (Attitude is Everything)
Louise Hutchison (DF Concerts & Events)
Michael McCulloch (The Garage Glasgow)
15 Minutes of Knowledge
$ong Royalties (13:30-13:45 | West Drawing Room)
Last week the UK’s Music Managers Forum launched a new ‘$ong Royalties Manifesto’ calling for an overhaul of how songwriters are paid when their music is streamed, and proposes a three step plan for achieving that change.
Speakers:
Chris Cooke (CMU)
Paul Bonham (MMF)
15 Minutes of Knowledge
Managing Your Metadata for Sync (14:00-14:15 BST | West Drawing Room)
Speakers:
Claire Lothian (Disco)
Getting the best out of co-writing (in partnership with PRS) (14:00-15:00 BST | Music Hall)
An essential guide to working with other musicians and getting the best results. Includes finding collaborators, preparing for the session, registering songs and agreeing splits.
Speakers:
Alex Amor (Artist)
Gemma Bradley (BBC Radio 1)
Jeffery Izzo (California State University)
Leee John (Artist)
Setlist in partnership with Complete Music Update (CMU) (14:45-15:30 | East Drawing Room)
CMU invite Wide Days delegates to watch the live recording of their influential podcast, which reviews the week’s key music business events with a panel of industry figures.
Host:
Chris Cooke (CMU)
A&R You Brave Enough? (in partnership with UHI) (15:15-16:30 BST | Music Hall)
Our panel of music and music media professionals provide constructive feedback for acts submitting tracks.
Speakers:
Anika Mottershaw (Bella Union)
Gemma Bradley (BBC Radio 1)
Arusa Qureshi (Journalist)
Leee John in conversation (16:45-17:45 BST | Music Hall)
Musician, actor and film-maker, Leee John shot to prominence in the 80s with the band Imagination, scoring global hits with songs including Just An Illusion, Body Talk and Music & Lights, and notching up over 30m album sales. More recently he has worked with Gorillaz, Grammy-winning Brazilian artist Jorge Vercillo and Belgian producer Plastic Bertrand. And he is currently producing and directing the documentary Flashback, a history of British black music.
Speakers:
Leee John (Artist)
Olaf Furniss (Wide Days)