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McGowan’s
Musings
This was definitely the hottest edition of
couple of us VIP people, me for one, brought
Reeperbahn and other events provide a
the Reeperbahn Festival yet, not only in
back heavy flu like colds, so if these musings
forum and a growing platform for not just the
terms of undeniably fast paced action in
are shorter than usual (who said ‘that’s a
international music business and culture, but
the conference rooms, at the many parties,
relief!’..?) that’s my excuse.
also the wider scope of the digital industry
in the clubs and bars and on the streets of
and the many ever closer related creative
Hamburg, but the weather (here I go again!)
The Festival has reached that stage, which
industries. The live industry, returning to the
was holding on to summer. It was much
I well remember first encountering at
what may be considered the core business of
warmer than you’d expect and as a result a
SXSW when the Austin event was about
VIP, and you, our readers, is also broadening
the same age as the Hamburg event is
its scope, with festivals for instance covering
now, whereby many of the breakfast
an increasing number of entertainment
conversations overheard are just as much
genres, and touring recognised as an ever
about what people didn’t see, as what they
more important vehicle for the spreading of
did. But with Germany’s largest club festival
music culture and more.
presenting more than 600 wide-ranging
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events in over 70 venues, plus an extensive
I realise that I’m sounding a lot more serious
arts programme, and of course the panels,
than usual, it must be the flu! But also there
interviews and presentations which made
are some serious but encouraging items in
up the business platform, you’d have to be
this month’s news, a German initiative to
pretty superhuman to take in everything!
allow promoters to earn from the ongoing
Oh, and then there were the parties – more
exploitation of shows that they were
than ever, competing with other and with the
responsible for, more UK investment in
conference programme – well done those
touring, successful bids for EU funding by live
stout hearted and progressive people who
music projects – things are getting busy!
eschewed the free beer for free thinking, informative discussion and debate! The
Talking of busy, October is a full month for
results of the Scottish referendum came
trade events, kicking off with Vienna Waves
through while we were in Hamburg and I
and its sister event in Bratislava from the 1st to
was relieved to hear that the country in which
the 4th, then Amsterdam Dance Event, Music
my parents were born has elected, albeit by
and Media in Tampere, Finland and MaMA in
a narrow margin to stay with the Union, with
Paris all share 15th to 18th, choices, choices!
the state of things elsewhere in the world we
We’ll be reporting back from Vienna,
can do with as much unity as we can get!
Bratislava and Paris, much as we’d like to fit them all in!
As the music industry, or perhaps better said, as discussed in the Power of Numbers
So, as I head for the hot drinks and the
panel that I was fortunate enough to chair,
medication, Ladies and Gentlemen – The
‘the music economy’ continues to evolve,
News!
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UK Music Industry Increases Contribution to National Economy Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
According to new figures from trade body, UK Music, the UK music
Jo Dipple, UK Music
industry’s economic contribution to the country increased by 9% to £3.8 billion last year, with the large part being revenues from live music and songwriting. Chief executive Jo Dipple hailed the growth, pointing out the rise in music’s contribution - known as Gross Value Added (GVA) - showed “how important an industry we are to the UK economy”. But continuing problems were highlighted as she urged the Government to do more to protect copyright and educate young
for Her Majesty’s Treasury than a car manufacturer. But they need
people about paying for music and the problems of piracy. There
support to get there.”
was also a call for Google and other web giants to give priority to
According to UK Music’s report, the industry supports 111,000 full-
licensed, online music services in search results and better access to
time jobs and one in eight albums sold worldwide are by British
bank finance for small music businesses was called for.
artists from Adele to Ellie Goulding.
Dipple said: “The young, bearded kids in the pub, making a racket
Dipple said UK Music wanted to help government “develop policies
on a Friday night, might just turn out to generate more revenue
as good as the music we produce”.
Further Momentum Fund Grants Announced Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
The PRS For Music Foundation has announced details of more artists who have been awarded funding from the Arts Council backed Momentum initiative. The successful applicants are: Amplify Dot (for the release of a new album) Dems (for the marketing and promotion of a debut album) Femme (for the release of a third single) Josephine Oniyama (for a second album) Låpsley (for the release of three EPs, touring and live setup) PINS (for the recording and release of a second album) Public Service Broadcasting (for the recording of a second album) Solomon Grey (for the recording of a debut album and promotion) The announcement also gave the dates of two new deadlines for further Momentum Fund applications, one earlier this month and one on October 28.
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Reeperbahn Festival – Results for the 2014 Ninth Edition Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
This year’s ninth Reeperbahn Festival took place in unusually hot
25 international showcases with new partners such as Australia,
weather for the time of year, averaging 22 degrees in the shade, and
South Africa and Texas:
reported the following attendance figures:
A wide range of music related art programmes: a total of 600 programme items:
30,000 festival visitors:
70 venues on and around Hamburg’s Reeperbahn
3,000 international delegates, 35% of them international (coming from ca. 40 countries, biggest delegations from UK, Switzerland,
All three (remaining) major labels - Sony, Warner, Universal - had
Denmark, Netherlands, Canada).
their individual presence at Reeperbahn Festival.
450 international media representatives / journalists. The next 10th anniversary edition will take place from Sept. 23-26, Programme items:
2015. Tickets are already available (early bird).
400 concerts. 170 conference programmes (100 sessions (including a remarkable
Reeperbahn will then spotlight Finland as partner country.
keynote speech by the legendary German artist Herbert Grönemeyer):
(Seems reciprocal as Music in Media in Tampere Oct 16-19, will
45 networking-events and awards:
feature Germany as a partner country – Ed.)
Photo of Detlef Schwarte and Alexander Schulz of Inferno Events - Reeperbahn organisers
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Promoters Collecting Society Approved in Germany Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
Professor Jens Michow of the German
services, e.g. the TV broadcast of a show,
says GWVR CEO Dr. Johannes Ulbricht.
Promoters Association, BDV was able to
which they organized and promoted. They
“However our work is only just beginning,
release the following interesting and no
will now be able to claim a share of ‘the pot’
because now we will have to establish
doubt very welcome news for promoters
in addition to composers, artists and record
rates and schemes of distribution with the
in Germany and beyond, during the ‘Power
companies.
DPMA. According to Ulbricht, GEMA is to
of Numbers’ panel during the Reeperbahn Conference:
be commissioned with the collection of the After 10 years of preparatory work, the
interests.
Society for the Observation of Organisers’ From now on promoters will also be able to
Rights (Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung
All promoters based in the European Union
claim payment as a result of agreed shares
von Veranstalterrechten, GWVR) has also
can become a member of the GWVR.
of so called ‘neighbouring rights’ for any
been approved as a collecting society by
Not only can German promoters claim for
form of commercial exploitation of their
the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
events in Germany via the GWVR but also
(Deutsches Patent und Markenamt, DPMA)
for events abroad. “After a protracted and
in Hamburg. In the future, they will always
difficult approval procedure, with the GWVR
assert the claims of their members when
the conditions have for the first time been
concert recordings, be it sound or picture
created to ensure that promoters are not
recordings, are played on radio, television,
merely dependent on the fleeting success
YouTube or Spotify. The GWVR is a 100%
of their concerts but can also participate
subsidiary of the German Federal Association
in receiving the fruits of their labours in
(Bundesverband
the long term,” says Prof. Jens Michow,
of
Concert
Organisers
der Veranstaltungswirtschaft, bdv), the
managing president of the bdv.
professional body of German promoters, artist managers and concert agencies.
Publisher: Bundesverband der
“This means that for the first time there is a
Veranstaltungswirtschaft e.V.
collecting society in Germany that collects
Lenhartzstr. 15 20249 Hamburg
royalties for promoters for the commercial
Germany Tel. +49 / 40 / 4 60 50 28
exploitation
Professor Jens Michow,BDV
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of
live
recordings
legally
provided in § 81 UrhG (German Copyright
Email: info@bdv-online.com
Act) and distribute these to those entitled,”
Website: www.bdv-online.com
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Live Music Venues United for the Circulation of Emerging Artists Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
Fabien Miclet
Three music projects that have been successful in gaining funding after applying to the European Union’s Creative Europe initiative were presented at Reeperbahn, following panels that discussed the place of popular music within the European Commission’s plans for Creative Industries. Besides Liveurope featured here, Michal Brenner of the Meetfactory in the Czech Republic, and Julia Osada of the European Music Council explained the plans for their long term projects – we’ll look at those again in a future issue. In the meantime the multi venue project fronted by Fabien Miclet at Brussel’s Ancienne Belgique involves people and places quite familiar to VIP News and our readers…
The Liveurope Platform is a European initiative gathering popular
Liveurope label within the European live music sector. The ambition
concert venues established in various countries across the continent.
of the Platform is to attract an ever-growing number of participating
All members of this Platform share one goal : the promotion of
concert halls all across the continent.
European music, and more particularly of emerging acts. Liveurope will strive to raise awareness about European values The key mission of the Liveurope initiative is to support live music
and cultures among the general public, the media, and live music
venues in their efforts to foster cross-border circulation of emerging
professionals. As such, the aim of this initiative is to contribute,
European music artists, through the development of a European
through live music, to the development of a genuine European
quality label. The ‘Liveurope label’ will identify European concert
cultural sphere.
halls which are active in the promotion of upcoming European talent, in order to create lasting programming effects.
The Platform is coordinated from Brussels (BE) by internationally
Thanks to an incentive financial support mechanism co-funded by
renowned concert venue Ancienne Belgique As of 2014, the other
the European Commission’s ‘Creative Europe’ Programme, these
members of the Platform are:
concert halls will be encouraged to carry out a sustained collective effort with a view to increasing the share of upcoming European music acts in their artistic programmes. In this perspective, the Liveurope Platform aims to build a wider and more diverse audience for European music, and to fully unleash the potential of our continent’s immense artistic potential. The Platform’s ambition is to establish itself as a beacon of excellence in the field of live music in Europe. This initiative is indeed designed not only to help music artists developing their careers, but also to develop genuine enthusiasm among music fans, and to become a true European success story. Besides the financial mechanism and the promotion efforts, a variety of events will be organised in the framework of this initiative,
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The Association of Independent Festivals Congress Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
The AIF has announced more details about
Confirmed to speak are Southbank Centre
its Festival Congress, which will take place in
Artistic Director Jude Kelly, Welsh minister
Cardiff on 17 and 18 Oct.
Edwina Hart, and a number of festival reps, including Rob da Bank (Bestival), Martin Elbourne (Glastonbury/The Great Escape)
Rob da Bank
and Ivan Millivojev (Exit Festival).
we’re bringing the cream of the independent festival world together in Cardiff. The stage
Commenting on all that, da Bank, as both
is set for an excellent conference and we’ll be
panellist and AIF co-founder, told reporters:
celebrating a big season that has seen more
“As the hour rapidly approaches, all at AIF
sold-out AIF festivals than ever before”.
are absolutely buzzing about the Congress. These latest announcements show that
More info here.
GuilFest Goes into Insolvency Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
with some artists not yet paid Sadly the future of GuilFest, the ‘family
Guildford Borough Council in February
not the only one, just before Peter went on
oriented’ three day event first held in 1992
following a campaign to bring the event
stage a Mercedes tore into the back stage
in Stoke Park in the City of Guildford in the
back following its collapse due to poor
area throwing up dust, and a man in a wooly
UK County of Surrey, is in doubt once again
ticket sales in 2012, leading to the collapse
cap leapt out to grab Peter by the shoulder
with the company behind the festival going
of the operating company with debts of
wishing him luck and saying how much he
into insolvency. The local newspaper Get
£300,000. Magic Summer Live made a one-
was looking forward to seeing him play
Surrey has reported that artists, suppliers
off appearance in 2013.
again - it was Eric Clapton, and post gig, I
and others involved in this year’s edition have still to be paid.
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sat down with Arthur, Peter and Eric and my I have a particularly fond memory of Guilfest
son, who, at my urging of course, got the
– having gone there 20 years or so ago,
autographs on a napkin, which disappeared
Festival organiser Tony Scott is a well known
with the man famous for ‘Fire’ and ‘The
soon after, but miraculously reappeared last
and well liked character in the independent
Crazy World of’, Arthur Brown, Ian Grant,
year! I’ve also got a couple of photos to
festival business, he has confirmed that
manager of Big Country, and The Stranglers
prove it all! - Ed.
insolvency practitioners had been called
at one time, and my son who was I think
in, with a number of people connected to
10 at the time. Peter Green, the founder
the festival still without payment. Amongst
of Fleetwood Mac, and B.B. King’s favourite
others The Boomtown Rats, The Enemy and
white blues player was making a return to
Kool & The Gang played over three days of
the stage after many years away beset with
good weather. However weather forecasts
well documented mental problems with The
had been bad and Scott has blamed this
Splinter Group. Having always been a huge
and a lack of organisational time. The event
fan I was very keen to see if he had retained
was only confirmed with permission from
his incredible skills, and as it happened I was
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Primavera Club Returns to Barcelona Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
How long will it be before we no longer have a festival season, just year round events? Just to make sure that we have something to do- or to write about – in the Winter, Primavera Club will present a large number of acts in Barcelona from 31st October to the 2nd November. The organisers say that these acts will represent
what
Primavera
Sound’s
organisers are betting on for the near future. Over the weekend 44 international
and
local
bands
will
perform in 5 different venues, all in the centre of Barcelona: Apolo, La [2] de Apolo, Teatre Principal, El Teatro Latino and Sidecar. It is expected that visitors from England, the USA, Australia and Finland will come to the Catalan capital for the first time for Primavera Club 2014. The Primavera Club 2014 full festival ticket costs 25 and gives access to all the concerts programmed during the festival. The day tickets for each of the three days (Friday 31st October, Saturday 1st November and Sunday 2nd November) will be available at 15 and give access to all the concerts programmed on the day for which they are bought (access is subject to the limitations of capacity of each venue). Go here for information on all the artists and groups that will take part in Primavera Club 2014 and here for the daily programme.
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New ETEP and CEETEP Results Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
JUNGLE AND ROYAL BLOOD ARE THE MOST BOOKED FESTIVAL ACTS IN 2014 Eurosonic Noorderslag has proudly revealed the fifth results of The European Talent Exchange Programme 2014 (ETEP) and the second
ETEP Results: Top-scoring countries / top scoring act:
Central Eastern European Exchange Program (CEETEP) results of 2014. These results reflect the number of shows of European acts at
Great Britain, 20 artists, Royal Blood, Jungle
European festivals. Both these programmes are important platforms
The Netherlands, 17 artists, Birth of Joy
for promoting new European artists.
Ireland, 8 artists, Hozier Sweden, 8 artists, Alice Bowman
It’s interesting to note a correlation between the ETEP results and the
Germany, 6 artists, Milky Chance
recently announced Mercury Music Prize shortlist. The top scoring
Austria, 6 Artists, 3 acts with 2 festival bookings
acts Jungle and Royal Blood with 15 and 14 festival bookings respectively have both been nominated.
What the artists say: Royal Blood (GB): ‘’Eurosonic Noorderslag was our first European
Following closely behind with 9 festival shows each are Hozier from
show so we’ll always remember it. A very important and well
Ireland and Denmark’s Mo. Germany’s Milky Chance helped put
organised event at the start of the year, highly recommend it for
German acts on the map this year with 8 bookings just ahead of
new artists’’.
Birth of Joy from Holland. George Ezra from the UK, Swiss band Kadebostany and Pional from Spain all follow with 7 festival show
Kadebostany (CH): ‘’Our show at Eurosonic was a success and
bookings. A full list of results can be viewed below.
solidified our reputation as a live band, it helped us reach many professionals of the scene at once. For a band like us who tour a lot, this showcase was like a ‘’shortcut’’ to reach influental people in the
Birth of Joy playing at Eurosonic Noorderslag 2014 Photographer Bart Heemskerk
live world who didn’t know of us yet’’. MØ (DK): ‘’Eurosonic Noorderslag is a great, and cool festival to play. Especially for up comers! It has helped me two years in a row getting attention from cool media and bookers from badass festivals in Europe. When you’re there you feel the excitement for new music amongst the people participating in the festival no matter if it’s the guests, the scouts or the artists’’.
Hozier playing at Eurosonic Noorderslag 2014 Photographer Sander Banks
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ETEP Results in alphabetic order: Afterpartees
NL
1
I’am Legion
Alice Boman
SE
5
Ja Panik
Ásgeir
IS
GB/NL 4
Rhodes
GB 2
AT
1
Royal Blood
GB
14
2
Jaakko Eino Kalevi
FI
6
Russkaja
AT 2
5
Jenny Wilson
SE
2
Sam Smith
GB
4
DE
6
Jungle
GB 15
Scarlett O’Hanna
BE
1
NL
1
Jungle by Night
NL
Seward
ES 4
Benjamin Clementine
FR
6
Kadebostany
CH 7
Slick Shoota
NO
2
Berndsen
IS
1
Kate Boy
SE
Soul Sister Dance Revolution
NL
1
Birth of Joy
NL
7
Kensington
NL 3
Taymir
NL 3
Blaenavon
GB
3
Kid Karate
IE
Tensnake
DE 1
Bo Saris
NL
1
KiT
NL 1
The Animen
CH
Bondax
GB 2
Klangkarussell
AT 2
The Mispers
GB
3
Brother & Bones
GB
1
Kodaline
IE
6
The Opposites
NL
1
C + C = Maxigross
IT
1
La Femme
FR
1
The Strypes
IE
4
Cairo Liberation Front
NL
2
La Pegatina
ES
3
The Wands
DK
1
Charity Children
DE
1
Larry Gus
GR
5
Thomas Azier
NL
3
Cid Rim
AT
1
Le Galaxie
IE
1
Tourist
GB 4
Circa Waves
GB
6
Linkoban
DK 2
Traumahelikopter
NL 2
Clair
DE 3
Lonely the Brave
GB
3
Truckfighters
SE 3
Coely
BE 2
Luca Sapio
IT
1
Wild Beasts
GB
Daniel James
IE
1
Lulu James
GB
Denai Moore
GB
3
Manu Delago Handmade AT
IT
1
Baby in Vain
DK
Ballet School Baskerville
DJ Pravda
1 3 2
6
6
4
KAMP!
PL 1
2
Monomyth
NL 1
Mariam the Believer
SE
2
Navarone
NL 1
Djaikovski
MK 2
Melanie De Biasio
BE
4
Saint Raymond
GB
1
Drenge
GB 4
Mighty Oaks
DE
6
The Weatherman
PT
1
East India Youth
GB
4
Milky Chance
DE
8
Cheveu
FR 1
Electric Eye
NO
1
Mister and Mississippi
NL
1
INVSN
SE 1
Elliphant
SE 4
MØ
DK 9
Emilie Nicolas
NO
Mozes and the Firstborn
NL
1
Farao
NO 3
Nadine Shah
GB
2
Float Fall
BE
1
Noah Kin
FI
1
George Ezra
GB
7
Nonono
SE 2
Girl Band
IE
4
N’toko
SI
2
Gudrun von Laxenburg
AT
1
Pablo Nouvelle
CH
2
Hermigervill
IS
3
Pional
ES 7
information:
Hozier
IE
9
Repetitor
RS 2
How it works ETEP
Hudson Taylor
IE
5
Reverend Shine Snake Oil Co. DK
DJ Pravda
4
MØ
1
Number of artists: 101 Number of confirmed shows: 313 Number of countries: 21 Go to the following links for more
All ETEP festivals
Sam Smith
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CEETEP ’14: Workshops at EXIT FESTIVAL This summer Exit again hosted the third set of meetings and workshops concerned with the development of the aims and purposes of the EU funded Central and Eastern European Talent Exchange Programme. CEETEP follows on from the great work done in Western Europe by the European Talent Exchange Programme ETEP in the development of artists, education aimed at encouraging best business practice, and the instigation and progression of cooperation between festivals and established professionals. At CEETEP ’13, Fruzsina Szep of Hungary’s
European music industry lies 30 to 40 year
the intention of linking artist managers,
Sziget Festival identified the main goals of
ahead of that of Eastern Europe – apart from
media and festivals in order to build this
the meetings as the discussion of common
the Festivals, which have seen remarkable
system together. This will take time but
challenges, to learn from each other and
growth in professionalism, not to mention
there is no doubt that a great start has
most importantly to get to know each
audiences!
already been made! CEETEP artists have
other. These goals certainly still applied
had the opportunity to play in front of
to the 2014 programme. Having a good
The continuing aim of CEETEP is the building
Western audiences and professionals at the
network, as in all international enterprises,
of a solid system behind the Eastern
Eurosonic event in Groningen, the home
is essential in the music business. It is still
European musicians to help them further.
of the ETEP Programme, initiated by The
an acknowledged fact that the Western
The Programme has been developed with
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This cooperation will continue to help more
amongst those attending was indeed wide-
services for those who attended this year
CEE artist perform across borders within
ranging, from experienced and successful
- should such a Programme of events be
Central Eastern Europe, and by playing
professionals through to those to whom
scheduled for delivery in 2015 or beyond.
Eurosonic Noorderslag they participate in
information about international markets
ETEP and have the opportunity to reach the
& industry practice was completely new.
There are definitely opportunities to develop
whole of Europe and beyond.
A clear objective of our delivery was to
specific briefs for future programmes aimed
operate at all levels simultaneously in order
at facilitating targeted trade development
This year’s meetings were again attended,
to be of practical value to all attending.
objectives as well as learning outcomes &
hosted and overseen by ETEP and CEETEP
network development opportunities.
co-founder Ruud Berends, Fruszina Szep of
It appears that this was achieved, as
the Sziget Festival, Vladimir Vodalov of AAA
participation & attendance were good
Production/EXIT Festival and Allan McGowan
throughout the whole of the two days
of VIP News / IQ Magazine. Training and
and during the four intensive sessions
discussion sessions were organised and
we delivered (always an indication of the
presented by Stuart Worthington of training
level of interest in, and practicality of,
organisation Manchester Music and MMF
the information and contacts provided -
Training, with the participation of Jake
especially when there is a full-blown festival
Beaumont Nesbitt of the International Music
going on at the same time!).
I am a fan of (CE)TEP, EXIT & Eurosonic!
Adam Lewis
Managers Forum (IMMF), artist manager Guna Zucika (Latvia) and Adam Lewis of The
The sessions proved to be as interactive as
Planetary Group (US).
we had hoped they would be - questions and issues were raised by those attending to help clarify roles & responsibilities; process &
Stuart Worthington
time lines; value chains & revenue streams; strategic options available & decisions to be
Adam Lewis works throughout the US,
made: i.e. those attending did not allow any
Europe and other territories including
information provided or opinions expressed
China, his Company provides artist
not to come under scrutiny!
development services in all areas of
the music business. His reactions to this
Plus, the feedback we received from
year’s CEETEP sessions were as follows:
participants during the speed meeting sessions on Day 2 was very positive indeed.
I really enjoyed CEETEP this year. I feel like the program is really growing and that
and
the managers/attendee’s are really there
Stuart Worthington is well known in
The
programme structure seemed to have
to learn and build their business. The
the UK and Europe for his training
worked well. As with any “content creator/
quality of questions from the audience was
programmes
all
developer” I always look for opportunities
excellent and I think that that was mostly
aspects of the music business. These
to improve, and based on this first visit
due to the wonderful presentation that
are his comments on his first set of
and the delivery experience, I have several
Stuart produced. Stu really presented a
presentations in Eastern Europe:
thoughts and ideas as to how future (CE)
wonderful overview of the entire industry in
ETEP Business Support Programmes may
the two days. I think that it really gave the
The events we took part in were extremely
be enhanced in order to be of even greater
new managers something to think about
well managed. The venues excellent, all
and immediately practical value to those
in respect to their bands. Judging from
personnel
and
were
tutorials
efficient
and
on
delivery
format,
timetable
friendly,
attending in terms of bespoke content. For
the follow up that I am getting from folks
facilities were great and everything ran as
example (via early identification of individual
this week, they also listened and are really
smoothly as one could hope for. A hugely
questions and areas requiring support,
looking to get their bands moving.
enjoyable and highly professional experience.
plus local/regional issues to be addressed
As regards the participants: as explained
in the context of international “norms”),
These were the impressions of some of the
to us (and as expected with such events),
together with follow-up workshop-style
regional artist representatives that attended
the depth of knowledge and experience
development activity or business support
the sessions:
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> INDEPTH STORY CEETEP Results in alphabetic order: BaLaKo
RO
Beissoul & Einius
Ilija Duni
Justyna Dominik Justyna Dominik – Artgrupa (Poland)
Ilija Duni (Serbia) I’m a manager of two bands from Poland: This was my 2nd CEETEP conference, I
Laki Lan and Sorry Boys. For me the
attended my first one in 2012 as member
workshops were very helpful. I can describe
of my previous band Petrol, last year I
it in 3 points: - I found out what I have to
was not an official participant, but I came
do to get my bands to function better. The
with my good friend Boris Vlastelica from
division which was drawn on the board and
Repetitor during the “Speed meetings”.
discussion of every part of it allowed me to
1
LT
1
Bernays Propeganda
MK
1
Carnival Youth
LV
3
Fismoll
PL 1
Frau Casio
RS
1
Goodbye to Gravity
RO
1
Hornsman Coyote
RS
1
Kiscisilag
HU 1
Oratnitza
BG 2
Óriás
HU
1
Péterfy Bori & Love Band HU
1
Puncke
HR 2
Quimby
HU 1
Sander Mölder
EE
Superhiks
MK 1
1
TI
RS 1
Compared to the 2012 CEETEP conference
sort out some things and now I know what I
I have to say that this year was much more
should be focused on in the cases of Laki Lan
useful for me. I feel that the presenters
and Sorry Boys. I was reassured also in the
Stuart and Jake were really well prepared.
things that I do well (knowing polish market)
The things we heard from them are “first
like promotion of the album, concert, in
hand” experiences, told in direct, straight
which order has to be done to give the best
to the point style, but also told in a way
effect - All this knowledge that you gave us
so that we as participants can relate to it,
has allowed me to prepare a new plan which
learn from it and use them in our music
now i will try to realize, I hope successfully.
Click the links below for more
lives. I feel that the MMF Training document
information about CEETEP:
really completes the 360 degrees of music
My bands do well on the polish market, and
How it works CEETEP
business circle.
now we would like to expand the business
All CEETEP festivals
Number of artists: 17 Number of confirmed shows: 21 Number of countries: 10
to other countries so it’s important for me I have heard a lot of this things in the
that I could meet and listen to people who
past, or had direct experience with music
have experience in this subject.
labels, publishers, organizing tours etc, but attending the session showed me a
My own impressions were that all of us
different perspective on things I already
who attended these CEETEP meetings,
knew in some form, opened up a new
both educators, panellists and delegates
space for me, inspired me to move forward
learned a lot about the present and future
and become better in things I do.
situation for the music business in Eastern
Carnival Youth
Europe. It is obvious that both artists and
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The second aspect of CEETEP I really like is
their managements are ambitious and
meeting different people and networking. I
determined to broaden their horizons and
Vilnius Music Week (LT)
feel that it was on the same level as CEETEP
the information and positive advice made
has also joined the
2012, which was also great in that aspect.
available by the CEETEP programme has and
CEETEP family.
I enjoyed the first dinner, unfortunately
will help more artists from the region grow
could not come to the second day dinner,
their local audiences and break through
because I had a soundcheck at that time,
into neighbouring territories and eventually
my new band Ti was performing on Friday.
Western markets.
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The Departure of Berlin Music Week - A German Hire & Fire Story Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com
The news that the current edition of the
been hearings, experts discussions and
music convention Berlin Music Week was
certainly a well conducted political agenda
to be the last came pretty much, or almost,
to manage the administrative burdens to
out of the blue.
get this board up and running.
Berlin is a hot spot for politics. Berlin Music
Katja
Week was originally inaugurated to replace
administrative
the failed attempt to re-locate Popkomm
appointed in the beginning as managing
in Berlin. When Popkomm was cancelled
director of the board. She was involved
shortly before its 2009 edition, plans were
in the venue Kulturbrauerei, has a degree
Nevertheless these types of bodies needs
developed to launch a successor event
as an actor and previously was part of
spin doctors, such as Musicboard Berlin’s
Already this was shaping up as everything
the creative economy department of the
Björn Böhning. In a press conference
other than a success story..
culture project Ruhr2010, the prestigious
regarding the launch of the successor event
culture capital project of the Ruhrdistrict in
for BMW entitled Pop=Kultur, Böhning
The first edition of the Berlin Music Week
that year. Apparently the perfect candidate
ventured the opinion that from his point of
(BMW) took place in 2010. In fact some
to handle such a board, supposed to have
view the BMW had been too “arbitrary”.
editions might well have been called Berlin
a structure similar to the Medienboard
BMW apparently was among others too
Mitte Week in reference to the Berlin Mitte
Berlin-Brandenburg.
good
de-centralised, an aspect that in terms of
area in which it took place. Popkomm,
idea, but unfortunately perhaps not when
its concerts-satellites such as the Berlin
once an established international brand,
equipped with a much lower budget than
Festival and the showcase-part “First We
previously
that of the film and media sector.
Take Berlin” seems in fact to be correct.
attracted
more
awareness
Lucker
is
familiar
with
public
handlings
and
was
Actually
a
from visitors from abroad than BMW. Nevertheless, the organising team behind BMW tried its best and over the years managed to improve the settings and the concept for this trade event. However, politics often go alongside some pitfalls. And in Berlin in particular there are plenty of them. But let’s cut the story short. The departure of BMW has been initiated by the former promoter, when the subsidies of 500.000 Euro per year from the Berlin senate controlled Kulturprojekte GmbH were withdrawn and handed over to the Musicboard Berlin. This organisation receives subsidies of 1 million Euro per year and was launched in January 2013. As usual for the launch of such a public body, the inauguration process
of
Musicboard
Berlin
was
politically properly handled. There have
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Björn Döring, the former project leader of BMW, has been dismissed
VIP NEWS >
SEPTEMBER 2014
The congress program of BMW in recent
meeting place for mind stimulating innovative
name of a music conference that for five
years took place at the Postbahnhof.
encounters such as, “Pop-Queen meets city-
editions received subsidies of 2.5 million
According to the new plans for Pop=Kultur,
sociologists” and “Techno-producers meets
Euro. Also dumped has been the relationship
all parts of this event should take place in the
neurobiologists”. Certainly one of the most
with the organisers of the Berlin Festival and
Berghain, a well-known techno-discotheque.
exciting encounters at this convention was
First We Take Berlin. At least no official news
The Berghain is furthermore known for
perhaps maybe the one with the doormen of
regarding this network of Festival Republic
its strict door policy, almost as strict as the
the Berghain who have very strict standards
as the main stakeholder in Berlin Festival and
prominent fat cat-discotheque in P1 in
governing who is deemed eligible to enter
its business partner Melt Booking has been
Munich. At least it offers seven locations
this location.
announced yet.
able to accommodate all ingredients of
Björn Döring, the former project leader of
Well, let’s at least look forward to these
Pop=Kultur. Böhning also wishes, according
BMW and his team (except one) have been
kind of knowledge-transfers opportunities
to an article in the newspaper “Welt”, a
dismissed and won’t be in charge for this
at
more integral cooperation of the major label
whatever-comes-next-project in Berlin. Until
meets neurobiologists”. In the meantime the
Universal within Pop=Kultur. Besides this
now also no media reports have been spotted
question remains what the web-address of
Pop=Kultur was supposed to become also a
that questioned the sense in dropping the
this event will be...
within the entire location and as such is
Pop=Kultur
like
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FKP Scorpio expands in Scandinavia
One of the most widely discussed news items at this year’s edition of Reeperbahn Festival was the Friday, September 19 announcement expanded
its
that
FKP
Scorpio
Scandinavian
had
business
Manfred Tari mt@vip -booking.com
activities; this certainly caused quite a buzz. This news includes a couple of components that combine to re-design the concert business landscape in Scandinavia. FKP
Drain Holding ApS and MKS Holding and
Scorpio Sweden AB, a subsidiary of the
FKP Scorpio as a third stakeholder.
German company FKP Scorpio becomes a
afforded by the presence on the live markets in several Nordic countries at the
stakeholder of Fullsteam Agency in Finland,
The owner of MKS Holding is Mats
same time. The partnership with Fullsteam
while Juha Kyyrö, the founder of Fullsteam
Sörensen, the two stakeholders of Down
and the Provinssirock in Finland, as well as
Agency becomes a stake holder of FKP
the Drain are Brian Nielsen and Flemming
the establishment of Tinderbox ApS and
Scorpio Sweden. He has furthermore been
Myllerup. Northside ApS, the company
the same-named festival in Denmark is
appointed as the managing director of
behind the Northside Festival has Down the
the logical continuation of our previous
this branch that will oversee all business
Drain and Folkert Koopmans, the managing
activities in Northern Europe. I am very
activities in Sweden.
director of FKP Scorpio as stake holders.
happy to be able to work together with such
In a joint stake swap all mentioned parties
experienced partners as Juha Kyyrö and
In recent years Kyyrö gathered various
teamed up to provide both festivals with the
Mads Sörensen in the future, and to be able
industry awards for his efforts and is also
same stakeholder structure.
to expand on the successful cooperation
internationally well known for being one of
with Brian Nielsen and Flemming Myllerup
the leading forces in the concert industry in
In addition thereto the capital stock for FKP
Scandinavia. For Fullsteam, the deal is limited
Scorpio Germany has been increased from
towards the company’s live department.
25,500 up to 1 million Euros. In a press
Unsurprisingly the entire announcement
Last
year
Fullsteam
Agency
even further.”
produced
release FKP Scorpio MD Folkert Koopmans
caused wide ranging awareness not only
around 1.100 concerts and gained revenue
is quoted as commenting, “The experience
in Scandinavia. Even festival promoters in
of 8.5 million Euro. Besides the concert arm
we have gained in the Swedish and Danish
Switzerland told VIP News that they are
of Fullsteam, the other parts of the business
event market in recent years has been very
concerned about the festival-triple by FKP
activities of this company include a label, a
positive and has not only revealed the size
Scorpio in Sweden as potential headliners
publishing company, a management and a
of the market potential in these music-loving
in that period will be more difficult to book
merchandising division as well the operation
countries, but also the numerous synergies
due to the market power of FKP Scorpio.
of a rehearsal centre. As well as this move, FKP Scorpio announced
Brian Nielsen
that it has agreed a partnership with the Provinssirock Festival in Finland. And as if all this is not enough it will launch a festival in Denmark called Tinderbox. All three festivals will take place on the same dates and therewith are only a week of the Roskilde Festival. The promoter of Tinderbox will be newly founded company Tinderbox ApS, with the two Danish companies Down the
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Juha Kyyrö, founder of Fullsteam Agency
VIP NEWS >
SEPTEMBER 2014
Festivals Square Up to Agents in Denmark re New Event
Four of the largest Danish festivals, Roskilde, Smukfest (Skanderborg), Jelling Musikfestival
and
Nibe
Festival
have
teamed up in joint protest against the plans of two major booking agencies to promote a new open air event in Denmark. As written above the new festival Tinderbox in Odense, is a joint promotion venture put together by booking agencies Beatbox and Skandinavian along with FKP Scorpio,
Allan McGowan am @vip-booking.com
with offices in Germany and Sweden. The Company also promotes the Danish Northside Festival in partnership with Brian Nielsen of Skandinavian.
taken on conflicting roles and interests by also becoming festival promoters.
Denmark in the future. This constellation
The four Danish festivals maintain that
is to be expected amongst our direct
the two Danish booking agencies who
The four Festivals have extended an
competitors in various sizes and corporate
represent a wide range of leading Danish
invitation to the artists to negotiate future
structures in the future. We have no
acts including Tina Dickow, Mew, Nephew,
festival shows without the involvement of
problems with that. We live in a free world
The Only Two, DAD and many more have
their Beatbox and Skandinavian agents.
where everyone can promote festivals,
If this were to happen it would of course
and we see the current development as
result in financial losses for the agents.
an extension of the general development of the festival market in Europe. On the
Danish music magazine Gaffa reported
other hand, it is not appropriate for us
that the four festivals sent out a joint email
that our main competitors also work as
stating: “The Danish festival market is
booking agents and possess knowledge
rapidly evolving, and as promoters in the
of the offers we make and what terms we
live music industry we are challenged by
negotiate around any involvement of artists
new players and new economy from the
at our events. And it is not acceptable that
outside. We now see two major booking
those agents through negotiations, may
agencies, Skandinavian and Beatbox, with
have a decisive influence on the artists we
a strong German capital partner backing
intend to book for our festivals.�
them,
Watch this space!- Ed.
promoting
several
festivals
in
Roskilde Festival
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VIP NEWS >
SEPTEMBER 2014
MaMA Announce Speakers and Conference Program Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com
MaMA, the Paris located music convention
“World Music in popular music venues”
community. In particular due to the market
has
appearances
and if “Festivals are the new El Dorado for
situation in France, where Paris is the main
amongst others by Michael Eavis - director
artists?” or “New audiences, new tools for
gateway for international artists to enter
of Glastonbury, Armel Campagna -Head Of
festivals”. One subject that pretty much also
the French music market, Mama quickly
Festival - Vice President of Commercialisation
matters for festivals outside of France is a
achieved a leading market place in France.
for Live Nation SAS, Christof Huber - Director
panel on “Festivals, approaching regulations
of Open Air St Gallen / General secretary of
that limit sound levels”.
confirmed
speaker
Yourope and Justin Sweeting - Producer of Clockenflap Festival. One of the topics for the live music sector
risen each year and its entire setting with There are plenty of more opportunities such
some extraordinary good concert locations
as networking and matchmaking sessions
in Montmatre and Pigalle have enabled
and a focus on the music market of China.
Mama to find its place within the landscape
is a panel asking the question regarding the
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The number of international delegates has
of European music industry conventions.
economic models of festivals entitled as “Is
Mama takes place in Paris from October 15-
there Life Beyond subsidies?” . Mama looks
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VIP NEWS > BUSINESS > SEPTEMBER 2014
MUSIC IN SHARES
Music In Shares Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com
CTs Eventim Launch Joint Venture with Stage Entertainment
SFX Entertainment - Moody’s affirms Second Lien Notes:
for Holiday On Ice:
The rating agency Moody’s classifies the second lien notes for SFX
The deal needs still to be authorized by the German cartel office, but
Entertainment as Caa1. C at Moody’s is actually one of the lowest
once ratified the joint venture includes a 50 percent participation
notes the agency applies. However a double AA is already some-
between the CTS Eventim subsidy Medusa and the musical produc-
thing. The agency furthermore considers the outlook for SFX Enter-
tion company Stage Entertainment for the Holiday On Ice shows in
tainment as “stable”. The financial volume of these notes is $220
Germany and France. The deal is supposed to deliver CTS Eventim
million and last until February 1, 2019. But since the IPO of SFX En-
about 300.000 ticket sales. CTS Eventim furthermore became the
tertainment in October 2013 with $13 the share price meanwhile
exclusive ticketing service provider of the XXXI Olympic Games and
melted down to $5.24...
XV Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. CTS Eventim won a tender and is expected to sell around 9 million additional tickets in 2015 and 2016. The share price since August 25 went up from 20.93 to 22.96 Euro. DEAG - Business As Usual: There is still no news available on the new festival activities of DEAG at the Nürburgring. Anyhow, the share price in the meantime went up from 5.85 to 6.05 Euros. Live Nation: Since the last issue of VIP News Live Nation has in the meantime issued several press releases about new tours, acquisitions and partnership agreements. One of these is the take over of Eventjoy, a “Do It Yourself” (DIY) online platform to manage concerts. The service also includes, beside ticketing functions, “social marketing analytics, and customer engagement tools”. In particular Eventjoy is considered to be strong in terms of its ability to serve mobile communication devices. In terms of partnership agreements the company announced a deal with Music Management International (MMI) in the Philippines. In recent years the national promoter presented acts such as Maroon 5, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Bruno Mars. The last reported share price in VIP News was $21.72, on September 26 it stood at $23.96.
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