MMF Summit & NZMC WoF Tune Up

Dux de Lux Lounge, Hereford St, Christchurch
Monday, 8 Sept 2008, 4.45pm til 7.30pm
Open to MMF Members & Non-members.

Annual Music Managers Forum event and Warrant of Fitness Sessions with Neil Cox, Peter Jenner (UK) and Barry Blackler from The Big Day Out.

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Event Summary
A full house in the Tavern Bar at the Dux of Christchurch music managers and those interested in management turned out to pitch their band to Big Day Out booking agent Barry Blackler, hear Neil Cox run through an intl marketing plan for Bang! Bang! Eche! and hear Peter Jenner discuss his management experiences with Pink Floyd, The Clash and Billy Bragg.

Peter outlined his vision of the future of the music industry, a model that charged broadband subscribers through the telco's for access to downloading music, film and other copyrighted content. File-sharing services woulkd have to be registered and report downloads so royalties could be administered and paid to copyright holders through APRA and PPNZ. This would need to be enforced by government and represents an attractive concept for the cash poor / time rich music consumer. He also talked about having added value services making music easy to find and access for time poor / cash rich people. Interesting stuff...

Big thanks to the NZ Music Commission and NZ Music Managers Forum.

(Neil Cox discusses international marketing plans with Bang! Bang! Eche!)

(Steve Newall (NZMC) talks management and business models with Peter Jenner)

(Peter Jenner talks to Christchurch managers)

PHOTO's courtesy of Matt Stead

Peter Jenner Interviews Online
A big cheers is due to Peter Jenner who was out our way recently for the Commission’s Warrant Of Fitness: Tune Up sessions. While here he shared his management expertise and thoughts on tackling the issue of unauthorized music distribution with attendees in Christchurch, Auckland, and Wellington and also featured in a number of interviews and discussions throughout the week. If you didn’t manage to make it along, or are keen to hear more please help yourself to the links below.

Radio NZ National
Access All Areas: Peter Jenner’s Digital Landscape (http://www.radionz.co.nz/__data/assets/audio_item/0007/1728898/nrmtalk-2...)

95bFM
Interview with Paul Deady – Part One (http://95bfm.com/default,188604.sm)
Interview with Paul Deady – Part Two (http://95bfm.com/default,188605.sm)

RDU 98.5FM
Interview with Spanky Moore (http://bigpod.co.nz/Find/Podcasts/Podcast/tabid/56/Default.aspx?tms_id=1...)

Media 7
Panel discussion with Russell Brown, Morgan Donoghue, and Chris Hocquard
(http://tvnzondemand.co.nz/content/media7/ondemand_video_skin?tab=&sb=dat...)

Sunrise
Interview with James Coleman and Jacquie Brown
(http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/Entertainment/tabid/312/articleID/70733/Def...)

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5pm–7pm : BIG DAY OUT PITCHING w/ Barry Blackler (MMF Members Only)
Barry Blackler one on one BDO pitching sessions.
Registration is from 4.45pm on the day. First come first serve.

5pm–7pm : PLANNING SESSION w/ Neil Cox (Open to Public & MMF Members)
Open to Public & MMF Members
Witness first hand a one on one planning session with a selected MMF band, as Neil Cox works with the band to put together a plan that covers marketing, promotion and steps that helps them to get to the next level.

Neil Cox - Promoter, Intl Music Marketing Consultant
Neil Cox worked in Senior Marketing Management positions for EMI, Warner and BMG Music in UK, Australia, South Africa and NZ promoting artists like Paul McCartney, Crowded House, Radiohead, Blur, Foo Fighters & Eurythmics.

Now based in Christchurch, Neil has toured many NZ & International bands and is now Promoter of the annual Southern Amp Music Festival and Chairman of CHART (The Christchurch Music Industry Trust).

6pm –7.30pm : WARRANT OF FITNESS SESSION w/ Peter Jenner (Open to Public & MMF Members)

Peter Jenner - Manager/Record Producer
Legendary UK manager Peter Jenner (Pink Floyd, The Clash, T Rex, Robyn Hitchcock, Billy Bragg) is also the President Emeritus of the IMMF, a director of the UK MMF (Music Managers' Forum), and continues to manage the career of Billy Bragg.

Most recently he has been the go-to commentator in the international music press around the controversial issue of levying internet service providers to compensate for the unauthorised distribution and use of music online. One of the foremost advocates for a collective licensing approach. Jenner has proposed an “Access to Music Charge [that] could be an indemnity, for networks and customers, against being sued for the unauthorised accessing of copyright protected music”.

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Book Your Place!
Seats are limited guarantee a place to hear Jenner’s insights by emailing wof@nzmusic.org.nz

More information including the full programme for the WOF seminars and the MMF September Summit can be found at www.nzmusic.org.nz and www.mmf.co.nz.

For more information please contact:

Steve Newall steve@nzmusic.org.nz

Charlotte Ryan for media charlotteryan@xtra.co.nz
Neil Patton for enquiries neil@mmf.co.nz

Supported by The NZ Music Commission
www.nzmusic.org.nz and CHART www.christchurchmusic.org.nz

www.mmf.co.nz

LINKS:
WoF Tune Up with Peter Jenner (26Aug08)
Peter talks to Spanky on RDU (Podcast - 8Sept08)