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Events > Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week 2009 > Buyers Program
Music Nova Scotia, with support from the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, is excited to announce the International Buyers Program as part of Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week in Yarmouth, November 5 – 8, 2009. The program will bring in music buyers representing festivals, agencies and prominent clubs from the UK, Germany and the United States. In addition, the festival and conference will host the Bringin’ It Home buyers program for the second year in a row, with domestic buyers from across the province scheduled to attend events. Here is your opportunity to "pitch" your music/showcase to music buyers attending Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week. Buyers from Music Nova Scotia¹s Bringin¹ it Home Program and all our international buyers will be your audience. Last year, the Bringin¹ it Home buyers purchased nearly $100,000 worth of performances as a result of the pitch session. Thanks to all who applied to the 5-minute pitch. We will be notifying artists shortly of the selections. *Please note that space is limited for the 5-minute pitch, and not all who apply will get a spot. Martin Elbourne
Martin has worked with independent bands for the last thirty years, and is best known for his work with the Glastonbury Festival, as well as for booking many other festivals around Britain. He started booking bands when he was at college in 1977. He ran local gigs, set up a record label and magazine and met Peter Gabriel. In 1982, Martin co-promoted the first Womad Festival. He then moved to London and got a job with Rough Trade in their agency division. Martin worked with many cool indie bands including The Smiths, New Order, The Fall, Sisters Of Mercy. He sold Michael Eavis (owner of Glastonbury) The Smiths. They were the first really hot new act he had put on. Martin co-founded TGE with Jon Mcildowie. He currently books the main stages for Glastonbury, Lovebox, Jersey Live and part-books Guilfest. Kevin Lyman
Music industry leader Kevin Lyman comes from an extensive background working with internationally known bands like Jane's Addiction, Stone Temple Pilots, and Nine Inch Nails. He is experienced in numerous entertainment industry jobs including artist management, booking, tour pre-production, production management, and tour originator. Kevin started and owns 4 fini inc., the international touring festival Vans Warped Tour, Watcha Tour and has partnership on other national tours. In addition to production, Kevin is part owner of Side One Dummy Record Company, which has an impressive yet diverse roster including Irish band Flogging Molly, punk icons Suicidal Tendencies, swing favorites Royal Crown Review and more. He also a principal partner in WARCON Enterprises. As a major music business figure overseeing many related dimensions of modern music, its surrounding culture, subculture and lifestyle. Lyman is an engaging personality, drawing on a wealth of street smart knowledge and experience invaluable to everyone from garage band upstarts to music industry CEOs. He is available to deliver conference keynote addresses, lectures, panel discussions, etc. Scott Cohen -
Vice President - The Orchard, US Scott Cohen co-founded The Orchard in 1997 and currently serves as Vice President, International for the company. Mr. Cohen is responsible for label acquisition, marketing, and management of all European territories. Mr. Cohen is an expert in digital distribution and new media. As a well-recognized public speaker and lecturer, he travels the world evangelizing new business models for the digital age. In 2007, he was asked to join London Metropolitan University as a visiting professor. Mr. Cohen's music career started in the late eighties in independent and major label artist management. In addition to his responsibilities at The Orchard, he manages Danish indie rock sensation, The Raveonettes. Carlo Scarampi - Promotions Manager - Barfly Club (Brighton, Cardiff, Liverpool, York, Camdon, The Fly, Ulu) Steve Mayall – MusicAlly Steve Mayall is MusicAlly's mobile expert. He has previously worked as a senior analyst for the Informa Telecoms and Media group focusing on the global mobile media market, where he co-authored the last three annual executive reports on mobile music. Prior to that he worked in business development for the Somethin' Else group where he was involved in developing Europe's first ever music service over early WAP phones, and also worked at the MCPS PRS Alliance providing intelligence on digital music at the end of the nineties
Adam Farrell has been working in the music and advertising agency worlds for far too long. While still in his teens, the first concert he ever promoted was Belly and he took Tanya Donelly to see the airplane graveyard in Tucson, Arizona. Coming full circle, Adam now oversees the marketing for Beggars Group, which includes posh indie labels like 4AD, Matador Records, Rough Trade and XL Recordings. He is fortunate enough to work with some of his favorite artists like Sigur Rós, Fucked Up, Holy Fuck, Basia Bulat, Cat Power, Jarvis Cocker, Vampire Weekend and Blonde Redhead.
Allan Reid joined MapleMusic Recordings in October of 2008 as General Manager where he oversees one of Canada’s top independent artist rosters including such artists as Chantal Kreviazuk, Kathleen Edwards, Joel Plaskett, Martha Wainwright, Colin James and The Dears, as well as top international acts Radiohead, Silversun Pickups and David Gray. Allan has spent 21 years developing some of Canada’s top artists and remains a staunch supporter of Canadian talent and their ability to reach audiences globally. Fraser Hill – Director of A&R - EMI Music
Fraser Hill has been in the music industry for more than 25 years starting out placing stock music in film, television and commercial productions. He later moved on to become an assistant engineer at Eastern Sound in Toronto which lead to freelance engineering and co-producing; Red Rider, Tom Cochrane, The Grapes Of Wrath and Anne Murray. In 1985 he formed a music management company with partner Ed Smeall, where they co-managed The Northern Pikes for several years and in that time, along with his production partner Rick Hutt, co-produced and engineered several of The Northern Pikes recordings one of which “Snow In June” garnered them a Juno nomination for Engineer of the year. For the last twelve years Fraser has been working in the A&R department of EMI Music Canada and where he was most recently made Senior Director of A&R . He has worked on records for EMI artists Anne Murray, Serena Ryder, Kreesha Turner, One More Girl, Stabilo and Sweet Thing to name a few. Erik Nielsen – Wingnut Music Branching out from Marillion in 2008, his Wingnut Music consultancy is working with several different artists and organisations on digital strategies, ‘holistic’ artist management, and keeping a step ahead of the
Drawing on twenty years of experience across the spectrum of capacities in the music business, Jeff Wooding has started a hybrid music company Woodtone Music – which is an artist management, marketing consulting and record company. Jeff started out tour managing in the DIY “jam band” world of the early ‘90’s out of his hometown of Seattle. In 1993 he helped to open the much-acclaimed Aladdin Theatre in Portland, Oregon, which from day one offered adult music fans a smoke-free, seated venue, with early showtimes and world-class artists. Jeff toured the world in 1995, working with R.E.M. on their Monster World Tour, and happened to meet his wife on that tour. Following the tour, Jeff hooked up with three legends of the alternative music world – manager Andy Gershon (Smashing Pumpkins, Bryan Ferry, Cocteau Twins, Sundays) producer Scott Litt (R.E.M., Replacements, Nirvana) and A&R veteran Mark Williams (Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, Wallflowers, Smashing Pumpkins) to act as label manager of the fledgling alternative label Outpost Recordings, an imprint of Geffen Records. Outpost would have a very dramatic five-year run, launching the careers of Hayden, Veruca Salt, The Crystal Method, Whiskeytown, DJ Spooky, Days Of The New, Leona Naess and American HiFi. Outpost was closed shortly after the Polygram / Universal merger. When Andy Gershon moved to NY to take over Richard Branson’s V2 Records, Jeff joined his friend and colleague as the head of Marketing and New Media. The run at V2 was exhilarating – The White Stripes, Mercury Rev, Elbow, Grandaddy, Josh Ritter, Brendan Benson, Rickie Lee Jones, Paul Weller, Toots and the Maytals, Ray Davies, The Raconteurs, Moby and The Stereophonics. V2 was closed shortly after Branson sold the label to investors. In a short stint in A&R at Epic Records, Jeff made records with Ben Folds and Los Lonely Boys, but was soon convinced that working for himself in a capacity directly with developing artists was what this twenty year apprenticeship across the industry was pointing towards.
Ian Richards – Academy Music Group
Phill McIntyre is director of New England Celtic Arts in South Carthage Maine. He has developed a network soft seat venues and house concerts offering mid-week opportunities in Maine and New Hampshire. Recognizing that a corridor exists between the Southern New England/New York/Washington markets, Phill has been providing opportunities for touring artists already traveling through Maine and New England to fill in the midweek dates with concerts throughout New England. To this end he is expanding from a 130 seat acoustic room to a 250+ seat state of the art concert hall, Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center, on his property in Western Maine with concerts regularly selling out. Skye Theatre has become a very respected name in the Celtic/Folk circuit in New England. Connected to the Skye Theatre is a comfortable 1300 square foot 3 bedroom apartment to house the artists while playing The Skye. Phill will host over 100 shows this year and has already booked several Scottish, Irish, and UK artists for the 2009 season. He is very interested in talking with any artists who are willing to recognize the potential of mid-week concerts. He has developed a very high standard of quality and the clients know any show at “The Skye” is a superb value. He also books for the Lakeside Theater in Rangeley, Maine and runs the shows back to back.
Joe King Bio coming soon Greg Stephens Greg Stephens, Barrister & Solicitor is a former songwriter and professional musician who was signed to a Canadian independent record company, then with a major multinational in the 1980's. He wrote, sang and performed on albums with several well-known pop groups as well as doing some session work. Greg spent time recording in Toronto and Los Angeles and toured extensively. He also attended Arts' Sake school where he studied painting and art history. Dave Haynes
Dave Haynes is UK manager for SoundCloud, a cloud-based music platform that allows music professionals to easily distribute, share and stream audio over the web. With over a decade’s experience in the music industry, Dave’s career has moved from selling good old fashioned records to focusing on the latest trends in digital music. Along the way he has released his own album, DJ’ed across Europe, run a label, worked in digital distribution and founded a successful niche MP3 download store. As well as his work for SoundCloud he is the organiser of OpenMusicMedia and Music Hack Day events. |
