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CONFERENCE 2009

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Welcome to Dubai...

Welcome to the launch of the world’s hottest winter music festival! The idea of Dubai Sound City grew from a series of excited conversations while we were in the throes of preparing for its sister event Liverpool Sound City. Less than 12 months later here we are; a full scale live music and industry conference the like of which has never before been attempted in the UAE. Dubai Sound City 2009, will bring over 70 bands from 10 different countries including names such as Happy Mondays, Super Furry Animals, Alphabeat and Nitin Sawhney. As well as the more established acts, Sound City will also offer a platform for new and emerging artists looking to break into the Middle East and Asian markets. Delivering a conference in a new market has not been without its difficulties but we hope you agree it’s been worthwhile. This year’s conference will feature some of the true heavy weights of the music business including; ATC Management and Polyphonic’s Brian Message co-manager of Radiohead , ReverbNation’s Lou Plaia a music industry veteran and Universal Japan’s Kimitaka Kato, a ‘new breed entrepreneur’ leading the way in the Japanese music market. Dubai is a city with hunger and ambition. It is one of the most beautiful and strangest places I have ever visited. Everyone from the local population to the highest government have given us a warm welcome. There has been a real desire to help us make this work and a shared vision of creating an event which will grow from strength to strength, eventually taking its place in the annual music business calendar as a ‘must attend’ event for music fans, artists and industry professionals. In common with Liverpool Sound City, we are about delivering the highest quality, innovative and challenging events. Dubai Sound City has been the most challenging to date. However, it also stands to be the most exciting we have ever delivered! Do business, have fun and enjoy the sun!

David J. Pichilingi Festival Director Sound City Dubai Sound City 2009 is brought to you by the Boss Agency in partnership with New Dawn Entertainment and One Movement MUSEXPO Asia Pacific.

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Panels and Keynotes... Dubai Sound City Conference 2009 5-7th November Emirates Towers Hotel Sheikh Zayed Road Dubai

Dubai Sound City Conference 2009 is set to be the most exciting music industry conference Dubai and the UAE has ever seen. Featuring the who’s who of today’s music industry, the 2009 conference will host delegates and speakers from around the world including Japan, USA, Europe, India, Australia and the UK. While our keynotes share the secrets of their success our panels proclaim things like ‘Music is Free!’ and take audiences in to the murky world of the agent – whether they like it or not! The Dubai Sound City inaugural event is guaranteed to provide delegates with a truly international experience against a backdrop of real business opportunities, great music and a world-class location. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thursday 5th November 1015-1030

Introduction & Welcome to Conference David J. Pichilingi Festival Director, Sound City

Panels & Keynotes... 1030-1115

Communication Breakdown Featuring: Lou Plaia Founder / VP Music Industry Relations, ReverbNation, USA Sam Tarantino CEO, Grooveshark, USA Jake Larsen Head of Music - Middle East and Africa, Nokia, Holland Jason Sausto President, Onkyo, China Chris Cooke Managing Director,Unlimited Media/ CMU - UK Moderated by: Joe Arnold Sr. Director of Broadcast Media & Marketing, A&R Worldwide Are we spotting a trend in the faddish marketplace of the social media networks? It seems, as the last favourite dies a new one replaces it. Which ones are really the key to connecting with audiences and make the difference between an exploding fan base and sinking into obscurity? And what about the mobile phone, could this little device be the ‘saviour’ of the music business or just a ‘false messiah’? In Japan and India mobile downloads dwarf the sales of digital downloads, can these models be replicated elsewhere? This panel discusses who the real winners and losers are in the mobile and digital space.

1130-1215

All Around The World Featuring: Bobby Talwar Founder and Director, Only Much Louder, India Brent Grulke SxSW Creative Director, South by South West, USA Matt Bates Booking Agent, Primary Talent Agency, UK Shain Shapiro UK & European Manager, CIMA, Canadian Independent Music Association, Canada

Wang Ju Administrative Vice President & Secretary General of China Audio-Video Association, CAVA, China Moderated by: Phil Patterson International Business Specialist, Music Industry, UKTI The trials and tribulations of touring outside of your own backyard. Who treats you the best? Where should you avoid? What are the new emerging places for touring, how can artists make the most of them and avoid the pitfalls? Horror stories will serve as vignettes of advice from those who are veterans on the world circuit

1300 -1400

Publishing As We Know It Featuring: Shun Mori General Manager, International, Fujipacific, Japan Hussain Spek Yoosuf Managing Director, Fairwood Music Arabia, Dubai Alan Wills Managing Director, Deltasonic, UK Huw Williams Managing Director, Townhillmusic, UK Jens-Markus Wegener Managing Director, AMV Talpa, Germany Moderated by: Sat Bisla President and Founder, A&R Worldwide With a lack of Copyright Law and not even a mirage of a Collection Society in sight, the business of publishing in the Middle East is challenging. This panel raises some difficult questions as contemporaries from around the world compare notes.

1415-1500

Featuring: Brian Message Managing Director, ATC Management, UK Iain Bennett Sector Leader for Digital & Creative Industries, North West Development Agency, UK Sam Tarantino CEO and Co-Founder, Grooveshark.com, USA Moderated by: Sat Bisla President and Founder, A&R Worldwide Now that labels are slashing their budgets and deals for artists are getting scarcer, artists must look to many weird and wonderful ways to raise finance. And what about the labels themselves, are venture capitalists or banks the way to go? Or should we throw out the rule book all together and look at alternative ways to raise hard cash? This panel brings together those who hold the purse strings and those who have had to push the boundaries of creativity to bring home the money.

1515-1600

Keynote

Featuring: Kimitaka Kato Managing Director, Universal International, Japan Moderated by: Phil Patterson International Business Specialist, Music Industry, UKTI Kimitaka Kato is a ‘new breed entrepreneur’ leading the way in the Japanese music market. Moderated by Phil Patterson, Kimi will give audiences a firsthand perspective on operating in this unique trading environment; and share his experiences of breaking Japanese artists in a Western dominated industry.

All You Need is Cash: Money Can Buy You Love

Panels and Keynotes... Friday 6th November 1030-1115

The Secret World of the Agent Featuring: Brian Nielsen Founder & Director, Skandinavian, Denmark Geoff Meall Director, The Agency Group, UK Rob Swerdlow Partner, Starwood Management / Wonderland Records, UK Naoki Shimizu Chief Executive Officer, Creativeman, Japan Moderated by: David J. Pichilingi Festival Director, Sound City In a time when live music becomes ever more popular there couldn’t be a better time to go on the road. We all know how the artist fits into this and we have a good idea of the risks the promoter takes, but just what is it the agent actually does? Are they a Godsend or just misunderstood? Do they provide protection for artists from Machiavellian promoters? Are they a necessary evil for artists looking to establish international links? How can artists and mangers book their own tours without the help of an agent? This panel takes a look into the murky world of the agent; debate these questions and more….

1130-1215

Dubai & India - The Titans of the Middle East & Asia Featuring: Bobby Talwar Founder & Director, Only Much Louder, Japan Anuj Talukder Division Head Digital Media, Universal Picture / Viva Entertainment, Middle East Hussain Spek Yoosuf Managing Director, Fairwood Music Arabia, Dubai / Middle East

Panels & Keynotes...

Arjun Sankalia Director Int’l Repertoire and Special Products, Sony Music, India Steve Smith Chief Operations Officer, Arab Radio Network, Dubai Mike Fairburn Director of Planning and Marketing, Flash Entertainment, Abu Dhabi Moderator: Phil Patterson International Business Specialist, Music Industry, UKTI Can Dubai, UAE and India be serious market contenders? With over 50% of India’s 1.2 billion population under 25, is this the market for music in the future? And what of Dubai and UAE? These are amongst the wealthiest regions in the world but does this translate into success for the music industry that operate there? We bring together key players from these regions to make the case.

1315-1400

Sync: Saving the Industry One Artist at a Time Featuring: Jitin Abraham Director, 21 Tigers, India Rob Swerdlow Partner, Starwood Management / Wonderland Records, UK Rudy Chung Music Supervisor, Hit the Ground Running, USA Tim Riley Vice President, Music Affairs, Activision Blizzard, USA Sue Crawshaw Founder, Pick and Mix Music, UK Moderated by: Joe Arnold Sr. Director of Broadcast, Media & Marketing, A&R Worldwide With the bottom falling out of record sales and touring fees not what they used to be, is the only way to make serious money through syncs? How do sync deals work in Asia compared to the West? This panel discusses whether there any way to make syncs a regular income or is everything down to the whims of the music supervisors?

1415-1500

All copyrights remain the property of the artist, with Polyphonic taking a share of all profits generated, in much the same way that managers traditionally do.

Featuring: Michael Chugg Executive Chairman, Chugg Entertainment, Australia Myles Keller Membership Development Director, PRS, UK Jeff Blue Senior A & R, Jive Records / Blue Ladder Inc, USA Julian Wall Director Independent Member Services & International Events, BPI, UK

Brian Message, Chairman of the UK Music Managers Forum and a co-manager of Radiohead, talks to Dave Pichilingi about ATC, his journey with Radiohead and the inspiration behind groundbreaking initiative Polyphonic.

Music is Free!

Moderated by: Sat Bisla President and Founder, A & R Worldwide How many times do we have to say it before the majors begin to understand it? Once we accept it maybe we can move on and make some of sense for the future? Should we accept it? Can we turn it around and make the consumer see the value in purchasing music once more? This panel of experts, cynics and consumers will try and make some sense of it all.

1515-1600

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Saturday 7th November 1000-1300

Round Table Discussion Event

Conference Room, Emirates Towers Delegates and speakers are invited to a round table networking/discussion event. Consisting of 5 x 30 minute sessions this event will offer a unique opportunity to discuss a range of current topics ‘up close and personal’.

Keynote

1300

Featuring: Brian Message ATC Management

Alpha, Le Meridien Village

Moderated by: David J. Pichilingi Festival Director, Sound City Music companies Mama Group, Nettwerk and ATC have created a new artist investment business. The people behind acts such as Kaiser Chiefs, The Cribbs, Franz Ferdinand, Sarah McLachlan, Faithless, Kate Nash and Radiohead have established the company, Polyphonic, to invest directly into artists, offering an alternative to the label-driven model of the traditional music industry.

BBQ Brunch Closing Party Following the round table event, delegates and speakers are invited to join the Sound City team for an informal BBQ Brunch at the impressive Alpha venue in Le Meridien Village. This is a chance to relax, unwind and look forward to an incredible music line up on the last day of Sound City!

Appearing at Sound City... Keynote Speakers Kimitaka Kato

Managing Director Universal International, Universal Music LLC, Japan Kimitaka Kato was born in Yokosuka, Japan and raised in Manila and London. He joined Polygram KK in 1998 and experienced various roles such as sales, media promotion and international A&R marketing. In 2007 Kimitaka became Managing Director of Universal International. Universal International is currently the leading record label with the highest market share for non-domestic, international repertoire. In 2009, Kimitaka also launched a domestic label, Delicious Deli Records, a platform for Japanese and international artists ‘to create magic’. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Brian Message

ATC Management and Polyphonic, UK Together with his partners, Brian manages and invests in a number of artists including Band of Skulls, Faithless, Hadouken, Kate Nash, Radiohead, The Rifles and Supergrass. He is Chairman of the UK Music Managers Forum, an organisation of over 300 managers that is campaigning to drive significant structural change within the music business. As a member of the advisory committee of the Featured

Artist Coalition, Brian works towards giving ‘artists’ a seat at the industry table. He is also a founding partner of Polyphonic, the artist investment vehicle designed to provide funding for those artists with potential to build a long term business. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jitin Abraham

Co-Founder and Director 21Tigers Entertainment, India Jitin Abraham started his career in the entertainment industry, while still at University, as a radio presenter with Times FM Bombay, the first FM Radio station to be launched in India. Shortly after, he joined MTV India where and brought to India acts like Alanis Morissette, Westlife, Safri Duo and Ronan Keating for various MTV events. While at MTV India, he designed the content business plan for Viacom’s second Indian channel, Vh1 India. He went on to head the new channel’s On Air Promos, Show Production, Artist Relations and Music Programming departments where he toured acts such as Mobb Deep, Chamillionaire, Herbie Hancock, Taxiride and Al Jarreau across India. In 2005, he got leading Indian rock band Pentagram a performance slot at Glastonbury Festival and as part of Vh1 India’s initiative made them the first contemporary Indian indie act to do so. In 2007, Jitin left Vh1 to develop 21 Tigers Entertainment, a boutique agency that manages and develops musicians, artists and venues. 21Tigers’ current projects include developing music venues in Bombay, a British drum n bass act Shiva Soundsystem, a US hip hop project and supervising music for a British feature film, producing a documentary on the preservation of culture in the face of modernization.

Appearing at Sound City... Joe Arnold

Sr. Director of Broadcast Media and Marketing, A&R Worldwide, USA Joe Arnold started his career in 1994 at Top 40 WJET Erie PA and worked from intern, to Assistant Programme Director/On-Air Personality. From WJET, Joe joined SFX/Clear Channel to become the Top 40 Editor at music industry trade magazine, Network 40 in Los Angeles. There he was responsible for the weekly one-to-one interviews with radio’s elite programmers, as well as maintaining charts and interviewing artists. After Network 40, Joe returned to radio and doing weekends and fill-ins at Clear Channel Top 40 WKST Pittsburgh. In November 2007, he joined A&R Worldwide as the Snr.Director of Broadcast Media and Marketing, where he works alongside the different brands that are associated with A&R Worldwide, including MUSEXPO and hush-hush ATTACK! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Matt Bates

Primary Talent, UK Matt started off as a promoter in Stoke where he promoted tours nationally while studying journalism at Staffordshire University. After booking Babyshambles independently for 2 years, Matt moved to London and joined Primary Talent in October 2005 and started to build his roster.

Iain Bennett

Sector Leader, Digital and Creative Industries, North West Development Agency, UK Iain Bennett is Sector Leader for Digital and Creative Industries at the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), a UK region including the major cities of Manchester and Liverpool. The Northwest’s Digital and Creative Cluster is the second largest in Europe and with some 30,000 firms and 320,000 individuals, generates about £16 billion per annum. Iain is responsible for strategy and direction of public investment of around £10m per annum, and for steering public sector intervention in the development of MediaCityUK and the region’s superfast broadband network. Before joining NWDA, Iain worked in creative businesses in London, where he was a theatrical agent for 11 years before focusing on digital media as partner in a design agency, a consultant, and Director of a Digital Media Incubator at London Metropolitan University. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

His acts include Babyshambles, The Wombats, CSS, Metronomy, The Holloways, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong and The Pipettes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Appearing at Sound City... Sat Bisla

President and Founder A&R Worldwide, USA Sat Bisla has certainly enjoyed a multi-faceted career in the music industry. Over the years he’s worked as a DJ, radio programmer, radio editor, club owner and booker, artist manager, A&R scout and consultant for; Interscope, Atlantic, Epic, Columbia, Sony, Island, Warner Bros. Records and Nettwerk. And that’s just for starters! After helping develop Platinum-selling artists as Dido, Keane, Faithless, Fatboy Slim, Ting Tings, Sam Sparro, Coldplay, Missy Higgins and many others, Bisla truly started to hit his stride upon starting A&R Network; an innovative independent artist discovery and development platform. In 2001 A&R Network was acquired by the world’s largest radio broadcaster, Clear Channel Radio where Sat assumed the worldwide role of Vice President for A&R Network. Shortly after developing Clear Channel’s New Music Netowrk, Bisla founded A&R Woldwide, where he played a key role in the discovery of many promising new artists while writing also writing the weekly A&R column for Radio Records. Sat’s famous executive networking dinners gave birth to MUSEXPO, the influential global music, media and technology conference that takes place each spring in Hollywood, California. In September 2006, Sat launched the fully independent Pangea Entertainment Group, the new home to A&R Worldwide and MUSEXPO brands. Pangaea is also the parent to Bisla creation “Passport Approved,” a two-hour weekly import radio show broadcast on the acclaimed www.indie1031.com in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast in the US.

Bisla keeps his hand in international affairs, programming and hosting MIA, a twice-weekly radio show for Germany’s Motor FM as well as consulting music events, companies, artists and executives on five continents around the world. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jeff Blue

Jive Records, Blue Ladder Inc. USA Jeff Blue is a multi-platinum music producer, A&R executive, BMI and APRA award-winning songwriter, musician, and attorney. He has worked as Sr. VP A&R/ Staff Producer for Warner Bros. Records, Interscope Records, Virgin/Capitol Music Group, Sony/BMG/Jive Records, and RCA/J Records. He is responsible for discovering and developing unsigned artists Linkin Park, Macy Gray, and The Last Goodnight. Blue began his career at Zomba Music Publishing as Senior VP of A&R where he discovered, signed, developed Korn and Limp Bizkit. He also co-wrote, produced, developed, and imaged Macy Gray. After recording Gray’s demos, Blue landed a deal for the artist at Epic Records. During his career with Zomba, Blue taught “Songwriting” and “Artist Development in the Music Business” classes at UCLA and where he hired Brad Delson of the band Xero as his intern. Under the guidance of Blue, Xero changed its name to Hybrid Theory and later, with the addition of Chester Bennington changed again to Linkin Park. As part of his employment contract with Warner Bros Records, Jeff was able to negotiate a deal for Linkin Park, whose debut album Hybrid Theory sold over 24 million albums. While at Warner Bros. Records, he executive produced Linkin Park, Queen of the Damned Soundtrack, Beautiful Creatures, several compilations, and developed multi-platinum artist Daniel Powter.

Appearing at Sound City... Blue is currently signed as a songwriter to Universal Music Publishing where he co-wrote the 2009 hit single “So Close, So Far” for multi-Platinum artist Hoobastank. He additionally co-wrote, produced, and performed on the platinum 2009 BMI pop award winner and 2008 Australian #1 song of the year international hit, “Pictures of You”, and “Stay Beautiful” for The Last Goodnight. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Michael Chugg

Executive Chairman Chugg Entertainment, Australia Following twenty-five successful years with Frontier Touring Company, promoting more than 135 of the biggest international acts in Australia, including The Police, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis JR, Bon Jovi, Kylie Minogue, Billy Joel, Madonna, Sting, Guns ‘N Roses, KISS, Pearl Jam, Tom Jones and The Cure. Michael Chugg left to form his own independent entertainment company, Michael Chugg Entertainment (now known as Chugg Entertainment). A decade on, Chugg Entertainment has produced and promoted hundreds of tours, festival and special events, including participation in some of the world’s biggest and most successful charity concerts. In Chugg Entertainment’s short history, Michael has brought international acts to Australia including Bob Dylan, Elton John, Bette Midler, Robbie Williams, Gwen Stefani, Mark Knopfler, Keith Urban, Santana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kings Of Leon, AC/DC, John Mayer, Radiohead, Simon and Garfunkel and Coldplay. In addition to these blockbuster artists, Michael Chugg has toured hundreds of up and coming acts in the early stages of their careers.

In addition to his staying power of over 45 years in the business, Michael Chugg’s excellence in his field and community is also acknowledged through the array of local and international awards. These awards recognise his achievements and commitment to the Australian and International Live Music scene and just some include Jack Award’s “Gentleman Jack Award” (Lifetime Achievement Award) (AUS), Helpmann Award’s for “Best Contemporary Concert” (Bette Midler) and the Byron Bay Bluesfest (AUS), and ‘Sound Relief”, The ILMC’s “Bottle Award” (Lifetime Achievement Award) (UK) and Pollstar’s International Promoter of the Year Award x 2 (USA) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rudy Chung

Hit the Ground Running, USA Rudy Chung is a Los Angeles-based music supervisor and music consultant for film/TV at Hit The Ground Running (HTGR). He has music supervised projects for HBO, CBS, ABC, FOX, NBC, the CW and MTV. He also recently consulted on several Russian productions for Sony Pictures Television International in Moscow. A Detroit native and a graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, Rudy came to LA to work as the head grant-writer at the Henry Mancini Institute. HTGR’s current and past music supervision projects include CSI, CSI: New York, Entourage, Three Rivers, The Forgotten, Dark Blue, Everybody Hates Chris, The Cleaner, Goal!, Flicka, and the Oscar winning shortform documentary “A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin”. HTGR is currently working on a feature independent film called The Big Bang, which Johnny Marr is composing.

Appearing at Sound City... Chris Cooke

Founder/Publisher, CMU Chris Cooke is Founder and Publisher of CMU, the leading online network for the UK music business. As Business Editor of the CMU Daily e-bulletin he has been writing about the music industry on a daily basis for over ten years, and is seen as a leading expert on the sector. Chris is also Managing Director of UnLimited Media, owners of CMU, CreativeStudent.net and the flagship Edinburgh Festival publication ThreeWeeks. He also heads up UnLimited’s creative and communication services agencies, runs training courses on music, media and PR, and regularly consults for leading brands on music, media, youth and cultural projects. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sue Crawshaw

Founder, Pick and Mix Music, UK Having worked in the early years at Universal Music, Chrysalis Music and then BMI, Sue became Publishing Manager at J. Albert & Son in the UK, representing AC/DC and The Teletubbies amongst others. In 2005 she set up Pick and Mix Music working with UK independent record labels and publishers placing music into international films, TV productions and adverts (these include EA Sports, Motorola, CSI, Malcolm in The Middle, The L Word, One Tree Hill, Grey’s Anatomy, Sisterhood of The Travelling Pants and Post Grad).

Appearing at Sound City...

Sue also music supervises productions from the UK including the BAFTA nominated film Son Of Rambow (Paramount), RAW 1 & II (Ecosse Films), Art Rocks (Sky) and Meadowlands (Ecosse, Showtime).

each March in Austin, Texas, SXSW is currently the largest music industry event in the Americas, showcasing over 1900 artists for over 20,000 music industry professionals.

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Mike Fairburn

Wang Ju

Mike Fairburn is currently Director of Marketing and Planning at Flash Entertainment, Abu Dhabi and has been with Flash since the company was formed in 2008. Prior to arriving in Abu Dhabi, Mike worked in entertainment marketing in London for 10 yrs, most recently for International Music & Entertainment specialists KLP Entertainment, where he specialized in brand strategy and programming for Luis Vuitton, Nokia, Orange and Smirnoff amongst others.

Wang Ju is the Administrative Vice President and Secretary General of China AudioVideo Association. As a music commentator and producer his roles have included; CNR Music Editor, Vice President of CNR AudioVideo Publishing House, General Manager of CRC Distributor and Executive Editor of China AV periodical office.

Director of Marketing and Planning Flash Entertainment

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Brent Grulke

Creative Director South By South West, USA Brent Grulke has over 30 years music business experience working variously as a music journalist and newspaper editor, sound engineer, tour manager, and record label manager. He’s spent the last 15 years as Creative Director at the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference. A 10 day event held

Vice President and Secretary General of China Audio-Video Association China Audio Video Association, China

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Myles Keller

Membership Development Director PRS for Music, UK Myles started his career at 17, sweeping studio floors, humping sound and film equipment and perfecting his tea making skills. He was rewarded by spending 3 months on the road with Pink Floyd in Canada and watching the Floyd’s merchandise fly off the shelves, he was prompted to set-up his own concert merchandising company at the age of 20.

A chance encounter led Myles into the ‘lion’s den’ of UK radio and television promotion for several years until joining the team who would set up First Avenue Records and Management in the mid 90s. Countless UK hits with Eternal, Dina Carroll, Michelle Gayle, Brand New Heavies, MN8 were then followed by several years as Head of International at EMI Records to close out the 90’s. Myles set-up Mylestone in 2001 and managed a variety of artists, producers and songwriters including Kele Le Roc, Relish, Airman, Johnson, Nina Woodford, Fraser T Smith and Johnny Panic and in 2006 joined PRS for Music. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jake Larsen

Head of Music Nokia, Middle East and Africa As Head of Music for the Middle East and Africa for leading Finnish solutions company, Nokia, Jake Larsen directs all activities related to the execution of Nokia’s music strategy across the region.

Jake joined Nokia from a music industry background which included tenure in retail, label management and service on the board of the Association of Independent Record Labels, after starting his career through the establishment of a music events and concert promotion business. Jake has an affinity for design which extends to architecture, cars, food and furniture. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Appearing at Sound City... Geoff Meall

The Agency Group, UK Geoff Meall has been at the offices of The Global Agency Group since 1992. His current roster includes Muse, My Chemical Romance, Doves, Super Furry Animals and Paramore. As well as booking his own roster across the world Geoff is in charge of The Agency’s Group’s UK Agents. Outside of music Geoff is a huge Liverpool LFC Fan and a keen road cyclist. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Shun Mori

General Manager, International Fujipacific Music Inc, Japan Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, Shun Mori started his career in the early 80’s at EMI Records as Internationa Product Manager responsible for Queen, The Beatles, Iron Maiden, Pet Shop Boys, Genesis, Peter Gabriel and Duran Duran. After 24 years working for EMI, he moved to Warner Music as the Head of Strategic Marketing and was involved in catalogue exploitation, compilations, special products and Classical music. Shun joined Fujipacific in 2009. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Brian Nielsen

Founder and Director Skandinavian, Denmark Brian started his working life in the financial sector in the 80s, got educated and worked in various banks and insurance companies in Denmark for a period of 12 years. Brian joined the music business in the early 90s, working alongside the legendary promoter Erik Thompson of ET Concerts. During this time the pair co-promoted a range of artists which included the likes of Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, The Prodigy, Johnny Cash, Van Morisson, and Beck to name a few. In 1999, Nielsen was recruited by The Agency Group to open up a Scandinavian branch of the agency. Over a 5 year period the company represented acts including a-ha, Isaac Hayes, Status Quo, Saybia, Kaizers Orchestra, and Kashmir. In 2004 Brian formed the new Scandinavian agency and management company, Skandianavian. Today the agency represents a diverse and eclectic roster of artists such as Nephew, Aqua, Thomas Dybdahl, Kaizers Orchestra, Veto, Spleen United and Outlandish. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lou Plaia

Founder/Vice President Music Industry Relations, ReverbNation, USA After 15+ years in the major label world, Lou decided to start a new style of music marketing company which required a unique blend of music expertise and technology. There were a lot of companies that were building small online tools and music discovery sites but Lou wanted to build a marketing platform that took advantage of the syndication of the viral capabilities of the web and the measurement and data capabilities inherent in technology. Lou partnered with a few friends who had built two successful web based technology companies centered on marketing and together, they founded ReverbNation. ReverbNation now serves 475,000+ artists, labels, managers, venues/promoters and other music industry professionals with a complete solution for fan management, promotion, distribution, direct-to-fan commerce, and analytics. ReverbNation’s mission is to uncover value for the musician. In addition to providing core business services, the company seeks to create new revenue streams for its users. ReverbNation is laser-focused on the artist, and it is this unique perspective that has made it so successful. Prior to starting ReverbNation, Lou was a music industry veteran, logging in 12 years in finance, marketing and artist development positions at Atlantic Records before he was handpicked to head up the Marketing and Artist Development departments of Lava Records. Lou has handled marketing for such artists as Kid Rock, Simple Plan, Uncle Kracker, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, George Carlin, Unwritten Law, O.A.R., Blue Man Group, Nonpoint and many others. Lou was also responsible for negotiating strategic partnerships such as

Nascar’s Chevy Rock n Roll 400, Schick’s Intuition Tour and Disney’s Grad Night. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tim Riley

Vice President of Music Affairs Activision Publishing Inc. USA As Vice President of Music Affairs at Activision Publishing, Inc., Tim Riley directs all activities concerning the integration of music into the company’s leading franchises such as Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, Tony Hawk, Spider-Man and Call of Duty, and seeks opportunities to expand Activision’s alliances with record labels, publishers and artists around the world. With more than 19 years of experience in the music industry, including over 7 years at Activision, and an extensive background in A&R, music supervision and music licensing, Riley has brought established acts such The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Eminem, Green Day, Michael Jackson, JAY-Z, Taylor Swift, No Doubt, Jimi Hendrix and countless others to Activision’s games. Since Activision Publishing’s acquisition of RedOctane in 2006, Riley has overseen the integration music into the Guitar Hero franchise. As the #1 best-selling video game franchise in North America and Europe for the past two years, Guitar Hero has sold in excess of 37 million units worldwide, and fans have downloaded more than 40 million licensed songs for the franchise, an innovation pioneered by Riley and the Guitar Hero team. In addition, Riley has lead the creation of Guitar Hero games made specifically around some of the world’s leading artists, including Aerosmith, Metallica and Van Halen. Guitar Hero revolutionized how audiences interact with music by offering a much more engaging way for fans to experience music from their favorite artist and introducing a

Appearing at Sound City... new generation of fans to some of biggest names in music. Guitar Hero is set to once again revolutionize how audiences interact with music with the launch of DJ Hero. Prior to joining Activision, Riley was a founding partner of Westies Music/Consulting, where he supervised music direction for action sports films and video games. Before Westies, Riley founded and served as president of Go Big! Entertainment, a music/lifestyle company and independent record label that released successful CD compilations such as the Free Air series and provided music for awardwinning action-sports films and events including Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom Huck Jam tour, OP King of Skate and Tony Hawk’s Gigantic Skate Park tour.

UK and European Manager Canadian Independent Music Association, UK Shain Shapiro is the UK and European manager for the Canadian Independent Music Association. He is responsible for coordinating all Canadian related showcasing Europe wide, as well as encouraging and assisting cultural import and export between Canada and the EU. Previous to this he was a press manager at One Little Indian and FatCat Records, and writes for over a dozen music magazines around the world.

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Arjun Sankalia

Naoki Shimizu

Head of International Sony Music Entertainment, India In 1999, Arjun joined Sony Music India, in the strategic marketing department, and has been with them ever since, rising to his current position of Director and Head of ‘All Things International’. More recently, he has been assigned the tasks of handling Indian classical & spiritual catalogue, the company’s home video initiative, and new media marketing. Having spent almost 10 years in the industry, Arjun has launched and supported the success of albums from the likes of Michael Jackson, Shakira, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Santana, Bob Dylan and Elvis. In addition, the international group at Sony Music has struck innovative partnerships and brought in the worlds most successful music brands and labels to India including Ministry of Sound Recordings and Defected UK.

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Chief Executive Creativeman, Japan

Naoki Shimizu joined Creativeman Productions in 1989 and was promoted to CEO in 1996. During his career at Creativeman, Naoki has been played a leading role in the introduction of artists such as Radiohead, Green Day, Offspring, Marilyn Manson and Muse to the Japanese market. In 1989, Naoki organised the ‘urban style’ rock festival Summer Sonic, which a decade on attracts audiences of more than 200,000 over two days. In addition to Summer Sonic, he also started Punk Spring, Spring Groove, Loud Park and British Anthems all of which enjoy worldwide attention.

Appearing at Sound City... Steve Smith

Chief Operating Officer Arabian Radio Network Accepting the post of Chief Operating Officer at Arabian Radio Network in August, 2008, Steve Smith is mandated to continue the growth of ARN, develop programming and revenue for ARN’s existing eight stations, and chart a course for further expansion. Smith’s extensive senior management experience in the Australian radio and entertainment industry spans over 15 years, and includes five years as General Manager of the Melbourne-based Australian Radio Network, where he achieved record ratings and revenue results. His business acumen and keen understanding of the demands of varying target audiences make him the right choice to help ARN set the pace for FM radio both regionally and internationally. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rob Swerdlow

Partner Starwood Management / Wonderland Records:Publishing, UK

an independent record label signing acts including Stellastarr, My Chemical Romance and more recently Screaming Lights and The Hot Melts. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Girish ‘Bobby’ Talwar Founding Director Only Much Louder, India

Girish Talawar is a founding of Director of Only Much Louder. The company, which professionally manages Indian bands/ acts and acts as a booking agency for more than 150 other acts across genres of music; including popular hindi/Bollywood performers/ actors, is one of the leading Event and Artist Management Companies in India. Girish is also a founding Director of Counter Culture Records a record label and PR firm and Babble Fish Productions, a production company specializing in the creation of music videos for live events. Qualified in Media and Entertainment Law, he is also a member of the band Zero, who since being established nine years ago have performed over 200 shows in India and abroad. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Robert Swerdlow has been running a successful management company since 1991. His clients include the La’s, Mansun , Cast , The Ordinary Boys , the Kooks.

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Appearing at Sound City... Anuj Talukder

Division Head Digital Media Universal Pictures/Viva Entertainment, Dubai Viva Entertainment’s digital media division represents some of the world’s biggest content houses including The Orchard, Saregama India and Warner Brothers Digital. The company delivers audio and video content in more than 10 languages to MNOs, MVNOs, independent retailers and service providers across the Middle East and North Africa. Viva Entertainment is pioneering the reach of Original Philippines Music in the Middle East towards fulfilling the entertainment needs of the overseas Filipino audience on a variety of digital and traditional media. Anuj has over 12 years of experience in content management and marketing in music, film and broadcasting. He has been associated with leading global content houses including EMI Music, BMG, Warner Home Video and Worldspace Satellite Radio. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sam Tarantino

CEO, Grooveshark, USA Sat Bisla has certainly enjoyed a multi-faceted career in the music industry. Over the years he’s worked as a DJ, radio programmer, radio editor, club owner and booker, artist manager, A&R scout and consultant for; Interscope, Atlantic, Epic, Columbia, Sony, Island, Warner Bros. Records and Nettwerk. And that’s just for starters! After helping develop Platinum-selling artists as Dido, Keane, Faithless, Fatboy Slim, Ting Tings, Sam Sparro, Coldplay, Missy Higgins and many others, Bisla truly started to hit his stride upon starting A&R Network; an innovative independent artist discovery and development platform. In 2001 A&R Network was acquired by the world’s largest radio broadcaster,

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Julian Wall

Director Independent Member Services and International Events British Recorded Music Industry (BPI), UK Julian Wall is Director Independent Member Services & International Events at the BPI, the UK record label trade association. The BPI has 450+ members and is involved in all aspects of helping the membership

Appearing at Sound City... develop their business in the UK & international marketplace. Prior to the BPI, Julian spent time in marketing, sales and promotion at a number of UK record labels including Sony (Arista & RCA), Universal and latterly the UK independent label Sanctuary, where Julian was VP International Marketing & Sales (Sanctuary was sold to Universal in 2007). At the BPI, Julian is charged with all matters relating to the independent sector and heads up the BPI Independent /International committee. In addition and alongside the UKTI, the very successful overseas trade missions for UK labels to Japan and Los Angeles are organised through the BPI International department. The BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) is the representative voice of the recorded music industry. Membership currently includes hundreds of independent record companies of all sizes, the four ‘major’ record companies – Universal, Sony, EMI and Warner Music – and related manufacturing and distribution companies of both physical and digital products. BPI members account for around 90% of recorded music sales in the UK. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jens-Markus Wegener Managing Director AMV Talpa, Germany

The targeted development and intensive promotion of young authors and artists were the motives that incited Wegener to become music publisher and create the Hamburg music publishing company AMV Alster Musikverlag. And after the name change into AMV Talpa GmbH in 2006, the passion for music is still at the core of the business.

AMV composers have written hits for successful artists like Eisblume (# 3 hit in Germany), the Frank Popp Ensemble (“Hip teens don’t wear blue jeans”), Udo Lindenberg (# 1 album in 2008), Thomas Godoj (German Pop Idol winner 2008), Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht, Sunrise Avenue, No Angels, Philip Bailey, BeFour, Yvonne Catterfeld, Swedish superstar Carola or Johnnie Logan. AMV bands such as Cinema Bizarre (Borderbreaker Awards 2009), Subway to Sally (Bundesvision winner 2008), Deine Lakaien, Covenant or the newcomer Bermuda Triangle rightfully belong to the main alternative/rock acts of the recent years. And in the area of dance, AMV Talpa looks after artists including Tiesto, Gadjo (“So Many Times”), Jens (“Loops & Tings”), Humate (“Love Stimulation”) and Kai Winter. The international writers represented by AMV include works by Shaggy, Akon, Sean Paul, the Gorillaz, Cypress Hill, and many others. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Huw Williams

Director/Owner Townhill Music. Huge Management, UK Huw was the singer in The Pooh Sticks from 1988 until 1995. The band made several albums, had major deals with BMG and Atlantic and toured in the US, Japan and Europe. By 1994 he had began managing Newport’s 60 Ft Dolls and guided the band through deals with Rough Trade and Geffen, world tours and UK hits. Huw has worked as an A&R consultant for Sony and Warner and his involvement with Catatonia and Stereophonics led to the formation of publishing company; Townhill Music which was funded by Sony UK. Huw co-founded Welsh Music Foundation in

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2000 and as manager up until 2002 he oversaw its involvement in bringing BBC Radio 1 Live , Interactive City and the Barfly venue to Cardiff, creating the first music directory for Wales and launching the free Honk/ SoundNation magazine. Huw has been a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio Wales for over a dozen years and was instrumental in bringing XFM to South Wales. More recently, he co founded ‘Soundtrack International music and film festival and is currently working as a creative industries consultant. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Alan Wills

Managing Director Deltasonic Records, UK Alan Wills spent his younger years playing with a succession of Liverpool bands most notably The Wild Swans and Shack until 1994 when he realised that maybe a move into the business side of music was overdue. Alan’s first job was as an A&R scout for Polygram Music where he had his first #1 record when he brought in the band Mansun. He then followed the former Head of A&R at Polygram, Mark Lewis over to London Records and was a scout for the next year. Around this time Alan also branched into artist management. By 2000, Alan had set up Liverpool based label Deltasonic Records and was also managing its first signing The Coral. By 2002, through the success of The Coral, Deltasonic Records had embarked on a joint venture with Rob Stringer and Muff Winwood at Sony Records. In 2003, Alan decided to concentrate full time on Deltasonic Records and over the next few years Deltasonic sold over 2 million records with the likes of The Coral, The Zutons, The Dead 60s, Candie Payne and others. Since then, Alan has started his

publishing company Deltasonic Music Ltd and last year the company had their first #1 record with The Last Shadow Puppets. Deltasonic are currently putting together the finishing touches to the debut albums from The Suzukis, The Red Suns, The Sand Band and Super Falling Star (the new band of former Little Flames guitarist Mat Gregory). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hussain Spek Yoosuf Managing Director/Partner Fairwood Music, Arabia

Hussain Spek Yoosuf is Managing Director and partner at Fairwood Music, Arabia, the leading music publisher in the Middle East and North Africa. Prior to his current role, Spek was UK and European Representative for Ole Media Management. Based out of London, he sourced acquisitions and developed new business opportunities for the Canadian music publisher with over $100 million in initial financing. He began his career as a successful songwriter, recording artist and producer in his native home of Canada working with artists including Dream Warriors, Us3 and later in the UK with Nitin Sawhney on his Mercury nominated album “Beyond Skin”. Spek is a regular lecturer and speaker at international events on music publishing, a proactive advocate and expert on music rights in the Middle East, and an active player in the regional music industry. Fairwood Music, Arabia is the leading music publishing operation in the Middle East and North Africa. The company which launched in January 2008 exclusively represents the music publishing catalogs of Universal Music Publishing, EMI Music Publishing, Cherry Lane, Roy Orbison Music and many others.

Speaker Directory

Jitin Abraham Director 21 Tigers Entertainment + 91 989 252 5333 Jitin@21tigers.com www.21tigers.com

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Vice President, Music Affairs Activision Blizzard 3100 Ocean Park Blvd 1 (310) 255-2553 triley@activision.com www.activision.com

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Managing Director AMV Talpa GmbH Ernst-Merck-Strasse 12-14 20099 Hamburg, Germany +49 (0)40 28006 110 jens-markus.wegener @amv-talpa.de www.amv-talpa.de

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Chief Operating Officer Arabian Radio Network Dubai Media City Building no. 2, office 103 +971 4 391 2620 steve.smith@arnonline.com www.arnonline.com

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ATC Management 142 New Cavendish Street London W1W 6YF +44 (0)20 7580 7773 info@actmanagement.com www.actmanagement.com

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Director Independent Member Services & International Events BPI BPI Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7JA, United Kingdom +44 (0)20 7803 1300 julian.wall@bpi.co.uk www.bpi.co.uk

Shain Shapiro

UK & European Manager Canadian Independent Music Association 30 Saint Patrick Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto Ontario MST 343, CANADA +1 905 667 4389 +44 (0) 7910 173 986 shain@cimamusic.ca www.cirpa.ca

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Administrative Vice President & Secretary General of China Audio-Video Association China Audio-Video Association Room 1008, 10/F, Tianlian Mansion, 102 Lianhuachi East Road, Xuanwu District, Bejing, 100055 13701385890 wj5890@163.com www.chinaav.org

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Executive Chairman Chugg Entertainment Level 1, 490 Crown St, Surry Hills NSW 2010 +61 9361 2200 info@chuggentertainment.com www.chuggentertainment.com

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CEO Creativeman Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, 150-0042, Tokyo, 10-3 Shibuya Edge 7F + 81 3-3462-6969 naoki@creativeman.co.jp www.creativeman.co.jp

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Managing Director Deltasonic Records Ltd 102 Rose Lane, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, L18 8AG United Kingdom +44 151 724 4760 07919091552 alan@deltasonicrecords.com www.deltasonicrecords.com

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Speaker Directory

Hussain Spek Yoosuf

Managing Director Fairwood Music (Arabia) PO Box 6791, Dubai, UAE www.fairwoodmusic.com

iain.bennett@nwda.co.uk www.nwda.co.uk/dci

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General Manager International Fujipacific Music 3-3-5-6F Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan +81-3-3796-8603 shunmori@fujipacific.co.jp www.fujipacific.co.jp

Director Only Much Louder Event Management Pvt Ltd/ Counter Culture Records/ Babble Fish Productions C112, Pioneer Heritage 1, Daulat Nagar, Santacruz (W), Mumbai 400 054 + 91 9820300454 bobby@oml.in www.oml.in

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CEO and co-founder Grooveshark.com 201 SE 2nd Ave, Ste 209, Gainesville, Fl 32601 352.283.8012 sam.tarantino@grooveshark.com listen.grooveshark.com

President Onkyo China 555 Nanjing West Road, Shanghai, China +86 21 5213 1366 jason.sausto@onkyochina.com www.onkyo.com

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Founder Pick and Mix Music 81 Chertsey Road, Byfleet Surrey, KT14 7AP +44 (0)1483 859679 sue@pickandmixmusic.co.uk www.pickandmixmusic.co.uk

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Senior A & R Consultant Jive Records/Blue Ladder Inc Jeff.blue@sbcglobal.net www.jeffbluemusic.com

Booking Agent Primary Talent International The Primary Building 10-11, Jockey’s Fields, London WC1R 4BN United Kingdom +44 (0) 20 7400 4500 mail@primary.uk.com www.primary.uk.com

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Sam Tarantino

Rudy Chung

Jeff Blue

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Head of Music, Middle East and Africa Nokia +27 (0) 71 687 3366 jake.larsen@nokia.com www.music.nokia.com

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Sector Leader Digital and Creative Industries Northwest Regional Development Agency (UK) Renaissance House, Centre Park, Warrington WA1 1QN, UK +44 1925 400341 + 44 7799 035090

Jason Sausto

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Matt Bates

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Membership Development Director PRS for Music 29-33 Berners Street, London W1T 3AB 020 7307 4123 myles.keller@prsformusic.com www.prsformusic.com

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Founder / VP Music Industry Relations ReverbNation 15 E. 36th St. - 2D

New York, NY 10016 (212) 367-0826 (516) 297-9038 www.twitter.com/reverbnation www.facebook.com/louplaia

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Founder & Director Skandinavian Vestergade 5 b 8000 Aarhus C Denmark +45 86 12 77 22 +45 86 12 75 03 brian@skandinavian.dk www.skandinavian.dk

Director/Owner Townhill Music Publishing Huge Management 27 Le Sor Hill Peterston-Super-Ely Cardiff Vale of Glamorgan CF4 6LW UK +44 7721 375883 townhillmusic@yahoo.co.uk

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Director Int’l Repertoire and Special Products SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT INDIA PVT LTD Span Center, South Ave., Santacruz (W), Mumbai, 400054, India +91 22 6707 9000 arjun.sankalia@sonymusic.com www.sonymusic.com

Managing Director Universal International, Universal Music LLC Kimitaka.Kato@umusic.com www.universal-music.co.jp

Brian Nielsen

Arjun Sankalia

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Partner Starwood Management Wonderland Pecords/Publishing PO box 5188, Brighton , East Susse BN50 9WL England +44 7770 470 425 rswerdlow@cybase.co.uk www.starwood management.com

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SXSW Creative Director SXSW (South by Southwest) 1007 E 40th St, Austin, TX, 78751 +1 512 467 7979 bgrulke@sxsw.com www.sxsw.com

Kimitaka Kato

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Managing Director UnLimited Media/CMU Fl 3 Unicorn House, 221-222 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6PJ +44 (0)20 7099 9050 chris@unlimitedmedia.co.uk www.unlimitedmedia.co.uk

----------------------------------------------------------------------------Anuj Talukder

Division Head – Digital Media, Universal Picture & OPM Viva Entertainment FZE PO Box 18378, Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai, UAE +9714-8816668 Talukder.anuj@vivaentertainment.net www. vivaentertainment.net

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Director The Agency Group Ltd 361-373 City Road Islington London EC1V 1PQ +44 20 7278 3331

Thursday - Line Up Irish Village Main Stage

Human League Doves The Futureheads

On Stage: 23.00

On Stage: 21.40

The Farm Aslan The Dirty Skirts Sound of Guns Bicycle Thieves

On Stage: 20.30

On Stage: 19.20

On Stage: 18.00

On Stage: 17.00

On Stage: 16.10 On Stage: 15.20

Tim Hassall + August Company On Stage: 14.20 Road to Dubai Sound City Winner On Stage: 13.40 Evergreen On Stage: 13.00

* Line up subject to change

Friday - Line Up Irish Village Main Stage

Happy Mondays

On Stage: 23.00

Ocean Colour Scene

De La Soul

On Stage: 21.40

On Stage: 20.30

The Courteeners The Automatic Gabriella Cilmi

On Stage: 19.20

On Stage: 18.00 On Stage: 17.00

Skank Sinatra On Stage: 16.10 We Have Band On Stage: 15.20 Wave Machines On Stage: 14.20 Sound On Stage: 13.40 Beat Antenna On Stage: 13.00 Change over acts include: Slutterhouse

* Line up subject to change

On Stage: 16.40

Saturday - Line Up Irish Village Main Stage

Echo & the Bunnymen

On Stage: 23.00

Super Furry Animals

The Wombats

Alphabeat Nitin Sawnhey Outlandish

On Stage: 21.40

On Stage: 20.30

On Stage: 19.20 On Stage: 18.00

On Stage: 17.00

The Parlotones On Stage: 16.10 Dan Black On Stage: 15.20 Post War Years On Stage: 14.20 The Meerkats On Stage: 13.40 The Recipe On Stage: 13.00 Change over acts include: Nerm & D-Code * Line up subject to change

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Ladytron (DJ) On Stage 1.30am We Have Band (live) On Stage 1am Da:Funct (live) On Stage 12.15pm Zahra On Stage 11.15pm Rude Larry On Stage 9pm

VIP Closing Party Invitation only

Alpha Foreign Beggars On Stage 1am Jaxxma On Stage 12am Nerm & D-Code On Stage 2am Ezra Bang & Hot Machine 12.20am DJ Shero On Stage 9pm

Chi Chi - Main Room Layo & Bushwacka! On Stage 1am The Whip (Live) On Stage 12.20am Chi - Red Room 10pm-3am Mr Mr (Audiotonic) Raxon (Audiotonic) Vas Floyd (Audiotonic) Chi - White Room 10pm-3am DJ John David Craig

Chi - Main Room Bloc Party On Stage 1am DJ Mark Evans On Stage 10pm Chi - Red Room 10pm-3am Step on DJ’s DJ Mach 4 Charl Chaka Chi - White Room 10pm-3am DJ John David Craig

360 Vas Floyd On Stage 4pm Francois Dubois (LIVE on Radio 1) On Stage 7pm

Mr Mr On Stage 10pm Raxon On Stage 2am

Schooly (LIVE on Radio 1) On Stage 4pm Tristan Bain On Stage 7pm Kristian Valdini On Stage 9pm Victor Simonelli On Stage 11pm

Dubai Festival City Fatiniza On Stage 11pm Dan Mangan On Stage 9.45pm Road to Dubai Sound City (runner up) On Stage 8.30pm Tom Fox-Davies On Stage 7.10pm Priest J On Stage 5.40pm

Sound of Guns On Stage 11pm Bicycle Thieves On Stage 9.45pm Desert Heat On Stage 8.30pm Evergreen On Stage 7.10pm Road to Dubai Sound City (runner up) On Stage 5.40pm Honey Ryder On Stage 4.30pm

Wave Machines On Stage 9.45pm Qu’sai and the Jeddah Legends On Stage 8.30pm Gayathri On Stage 7.10pm Slutterhouse On Stage 5.40pm Dan Mangan On Stage 4.30pm Kae Sun On Stage 3.25pm

Warehouse Kae Sun On Stage 12am Dan Mangan On Stage 12.30am Honey Ryder On Stage 1am

Priest J On Stage 1.30am DJ Tushar On Stage 12am

Apartment Schooly (Soulful Sessions) in the Lounge On Stage 12am Audio Inn with DJ Philip Jo and Afroboogie On Stage 12.30am

* Line up subject to change

DJ Maseo (De La Soul DJ) On Stage 1.30am Kae Sun On Stage 12am Rone Jaxx On Stage 10pm DJ Shero On Stage 5.40pm Ali Mak (Virgin Radio) On Stage 4.30pm 31

Conference Schedule... Thursday 5th November

Friday 6th November

Saturday 7th November

Conference Room / Level 8

Communication Breakdown

The Secret World of the Agent

Round Table Event Conference Room Emirates Towers tbc

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All Around the World

Dubai and India: The Titans of the Middle East and Asia

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LAUNCHING ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST THIS NOVEMBER

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Publishing As We Know It

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All You Need Is Cash Money Can Buy You Love

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Interview with Kimitaka Kato Universal, Japan

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Sync: Saving the Industry One Artists at a Time

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MUSIC IS FREE!

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Interview with Brian Message, ATC Management

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The Agents, Artists, and Crew of all the performers at Dubai Sound City, Stephanie & Roselines at Emirates Towers, Guenter Gebhard and team from Jumeriah Beach Hotel and all at Jumeirah Group, Nuzhat, Hameed and all at Etihad, Ritesh , Achara & Farah at all at Rotana Hotel Group, Akram & Kristina and all at Dubai 92, Gareth, Jeremy, James, Katie, Becky and all at Time Out Dubai & ITP incl. ITP Tickets, Virgin Megastore, Box Office ME, Ali Khaled at the National, Godfrey, Sandra and all at Artes for sound & stage equipment, Geoff Godfrey at Sennheiser, John McGregor at SAE Institute, Nowshir Engineer at EMDI, Ian West, Maria, Nadia and all at MMI and Sirocco, Tarek at Diesel, Nick and the team from Redbull, Bakr, Chris, Kelly and all at 7 Days, Audrey at Mumtazz, Paul Sumner, Simon and Schooly at Soulful Session, Vas & Russel at Platinumlist, Sunil, Simi and the team at NewDawn advertising, Andy Buchan & Lisa at DJ Mag Middle East, Clive Drinkwater, Phil Patterson and Karen Holden at UKTI, Iain Bennett at NWDA, Stuart Every and Tom Miles and Martina Booer at Dubai Festival City, Al Laith Scaffolding, WTF Rentals, Dave Cattanach and all staff at Irish Village, Ranjan Nadarajah and Stephane Blanc at Le Meridien Dubai Hotel, Richard Coram, Colm McCloughlin for the advice and support, Waseem Qazi and Koram at Chi - The Lodge, Mr.Simmons and Mr.Murthi, Gary Millar, Rebekah Freeman, Max Elvis Pichilingi, Amelie Pichilingi, Sylwia Fiedor, Mark McNulty, Martin McLeod and his team, And anyone else who we havn’t got room to mention you know who you are. Thank YOU. 39

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