Liverpool Sound City 2014 Conference Programme by Sound City

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Welcome to Liverpool Meet The Team Foreword: Mayor Joe Anderson Foreword: Director, Alison Clark-Jenkins - Arts Council England. Keynote: Thurston Moore In Conversation Thursday Panels Keynote: J茅r么me Champagne Keynote: Rick Parry Thursday How? Sessions Keynote: John Cale Friday Panels Friday How? Sessions Roundtables The UK Student Innovation Awards 2014 Expo Plan Your Festival App and Speakers Corner Sound City Digital Business Clinic International and Trade Parties Dave Monks Presents at The Cavern The Fan Club Late Night Delegates Bar More Than Just Music Screenadelica John Peel World Cup 2014 Sound City Training Sponsors/Partners Conference Floor Plan

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Thank You!

Liverpool Sound City 2014 In Memory of Phil Ellis (Now networking with God)

WELCOME TO LIVERPOOL David Pichilngi - CEO It is hard to believe that Sound City was only launched in 2008. In the short space of 7 years we have now become the largest and most important event of our kind in the UK. For the most part this is down to the amazing team that we have working throughout the year to ensure we have the best content for our conference and live programmes. Let me start by thanking them for all their hard work and commitment to making Sound City what it is. Even in the short space of time we have existed I think we can safely say that this year is a vintage year. We are absolutely bowled over to be welcoming our strongest and most diverse conference programme to date. Consisting of speakers and delegates from over 23 different countries from all areas of the music and new tech environment all descending on Liverpool with the primary aim of ‘doing business’ and having a great time in the most hedonistic city on this planet.

At Sound City we believe the age of the conglomerate is over. The future is about micro SME’s. The old ways of hierarchical and systematic growth are also largely over. The barriers to entry have disappeared and the former archaic gatekeepers are now, for the most part toothless dogs. That is why At the heart of it we have John Cale, Thurston Moore, innovation, technology and youth are central Gruff Rhys, Jerome Champagne and Rick Parry. to our core themes this year. Discussing the key themes of the business of Music, Football and Style. Each business can learn from Also for 2014 we have expanded our renowned each other whilst also inspiring a new generation of (now often copied and imitated) Roundtago-getters to turn their thoughts, ideas and dreams ble Sessions to include both industry facing and student facing sessions. We have also into something that might change the world. increased the depth and reach of the Student Innovation Awards. This year it features stu. dents from all over the UK taking part in this prestigious event. We also welcome back last years winners from Edge Hill University who are now looking to take their business model for ‘Fanbase’ to the first round of investment stage. They have come a long way in 12 months.

Sound City is all about finding the best talent that is out there. Not just the best artistic talent but also the best business talent. Our aim is to create the right kind of environment at our festival and for the rest of the year to give those b usinesses the o pportunity and beyond that the belief and confidence that they can be successful right here and make Liverpool their home. Gone are the days when you need to be in London. We are 2 hours away on a train and a nano second away with technology. Liverpool and Manchester are now the capital cities of the North of the UK and becoming far more relevant in terms of their credence and reputations on the international business stage. In the short space of just 7 years Sound City has been brought in over £15 million into the regional and UK music and digital business economy (Cobham-Murphy statistics on contracts signed). Much of this has gone to many of those businesses that 7 years ago either did not exist or were very young in the development. This is another number we are extremely proud of. It is also a number that we want to see dramatically increase over the coming years. Finally all that is left to say is welcome to old and new friends. Welcome to Liverpool, the Pool of Life. David J Pichilingi CEO Sound City

MEET THE TEAM

David Pichilngi CEO

Becky Ayres COO

Joanne Whitty Conference Director

Alex Simmonds Marketing & Ticketing Manager

Steve Miller Head Booker

Dominic Foster Head Designer

Rhiannon Newman Artist Liaison Manager

Mike Trasmundi Production Manager

Laurence Fenlon Sponsorship Director

Zoe Ainscough Partner Fufilment

Darren Roper Festival Curator

Auri Lampinen Artist Liason

Simon Pursehouse Social Media

Charli Parkin Registration Manager

Nicholas Otaegui Technical Conference Manager

Adam Kane Assistant Designer

Sam Caunce Conference Assistant

Craig Sheakey Conference Assistant

JOE ANDERSON MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL

Congratulations to Dave Pichilingi and all the team at Sound City for putting together what I know will be another truly outstanding event which will light up the city over three music filled days. Creative and digital businesses are a key part of the city’s economy and Sound City is unique in that it combines three days and nights of great music from across the globe with a world class industry conference. This is important as it allows us to show off the city’s unique business offer to an important industry audience. It also allows the many great digital and music businesses we have to showcase their products and services to key players in the digital world. It is through events like Sound City that we can showcase and celebrate the outstanding music on offer today in this city, and do justice to our world renowned musical heritage. I know everyone attending Sound City is going to have a great weekend. If you are visiting the city, enjoy everything we have to offer. When you get home, please tell business colleagues what a fantastic time you had here - and come back and see us during the Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF), or for Sound City Digital during the International Festival of Business: www.ifb2014.com Joe Anderson Mayor of Liverpool

ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND

Liverpool Sound City has put together an exceptional programme that brings together new talent, legendary icons and industry expertise. It’s unique public and commercial sector partnerships place the organisation and the city firmly on the international music map. This year’s line-up is, as ever, extraordinary, but it’s far more than a mustsee music event. The creative industries is the fastest-growing sector in the UK, and sound city is very much part of that growth, supporting artistic and economic development in the city, the region and nationally. We’re very proud to support it. Alison Clark-Jenkins. Director, North. Arts Council England.

THURSTON MOORE

THURSDAY 1ST MAY 18:00 - 19:00 - Circus room

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

There are few bands in the world that can claim to have had such a profound influence on the landscape of popular culture as Sonic Youth. We are honoured to welcome Thurston Moore. One of Rolling Stone magazine’s top 100 guitarists of all time, to the 2014 Liverpool Sound City Conference. From his time with Sonic Youth to his d istinguished output as a solo artist and his latest critically acclaimed project C helsea Light Moving, Thurston has produced an u nparalleled body of work. In an intimate interview and Q&A session Thurston will be discussing this highly influential career,reflecting upon the undying influence his p resence has had on countercultural style and a generation of musicians.

IN COVERSATION

THURSDAY 1ST MAY 16:30 - 17:30 - Circus room

Gruff Rhys

Danny Drysdale

A special in conversation with Super Furry Animals front man, solo artist,author and filmmaker Gruff Rhys.

In just three short years, Danny Drysdale has translated his passion for music into a career directing music videos for some of the top names in the alternative music scene today, including Scissors for Lefty, The Envy Corps and The Hot Tramps.

The Super Furry Animals commander will be discussing his latest record, film and multimedia spanning project ‘American Interior’ telling us how he embarked on an investigative concert tour of the USA, retracing the steps of a distant relative who left his homeland of Wales in 1792 in search of a lost tribe of Welsh-speaking Native Americans. Gruff will be discussing his new project with music journalist and Goldblade front man John Robb.

That work captured the attention of the breakout group The Killers and D rysdale began directing music videos for them, including their hit “Human” (which Rolling Stone readers voted as the Best Song and Music Video of 2008). The video for “Human” - shot on location in Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park - was hugely successful, reaching #1 on the UK’s NME charts and ranked among VH1’s Top 20 videos, and was nominated for best international video on Canada’s MUCH MUSIC. In that same cycle he completed a follow up and artistically acclaimed video for The Killers UK single “The World We Live In” on the heels of a a video for Omaha’s Cursive, “I Couldn’t Love You Anymore”.

THURSDAY PANELS 10:15 - 11:15

SESSION 1 - GENERATOR PRESENTS

Circus room

The Rise of the Influencer -

Music/Style/Football

With social media speeding the democratisation of the music industry, it’s never been easier to garner word of mouth recommendation. As worthwhile as fan engagement is, being talked about sometimes feels like a drop in the ocean. To truly stand out, you need the advocacy of key blogs, DJs and other tastemakers. This panel looks at the rise of online influencers – those who are active and popular online and whose advocacy drives action and not just awareness. Who are the new music influencers? How do you target them and what difference can they make? And how can this approach compliment real-world strategies?

11:30 - 12:30 Circus room

Peter Hooton – Moderator

Peter Guy – Getintothis

Joe Frankland – Generator

Charlotte Krol –The Line of Best Fit

Sam Cookney – Traakr

Andy Day – Giant Media

SESSION 2 Jerome Champagne/James Corbett FIFA Presidential Candidate Jerome Champagne will be in conversation with sports correspondent and award-winning author James Corbett discussing a wide selection of topics in front of a live audience including Champagne’s presidential campaign, the forthcoming World Cup and future of the tournament, the World Cup’s transition to TV mega event, the inequalities of the global game.

11:30 - 12:30 Drella Room

SESSION 3 - GENERATOR PRESENTS Live Music and the Digital Age The digital age has greatly changed the world of recorded music and how music fans consume and share music. While promoters are embracing social networking to push gigs, there’s an argument that the live sector is lagging behind others in embracing digital technologies. Is the relationship between artist, promoter and the audience outdated? How can the live sector use collect, analyse and share data more effectively? And can more be done to attract new audiences to gigs and to better engage with fans? This panel takes a look at digital tools and platforms that can be used to improve the experience for all involved

13:00 - 14:00 Drella Room

Moderator: Jim Mawdsley - Generator

Steve Miller – ClubEvol

Niall Fagan – Facebook

Vanessa Bakewell – Facebook

Joe Porn – Music Glue

Richard McGinnis - MAMA, Parklife, Chibuku

SESSION 4 Brand new thinking- Brands that innovate with music Licensing popular songs for ads is so passé. This panel will take an incisive look at the advertisers who have a track record of going a step further with music - and demonstrating for consumers that making tunes is a meaningful part of their marketing DNA. Moderator: Jim Mawdsley - Generator

Sam Stone – Big Fish

Rupert Vereker – Sonic Network

Jeremy Paterson – IF Media

Steve Smith - Ear To The Ground

15:00 -16:00 Drella Room

SESSION 5 - MANAGER AND ARTIST A match made in Heaven - Rob Swerdlow & Michael Kiwanuka This year we are delighted to welcome Scouser, Robert Swerdlow from Starwood Management. He will be in the company of the amazing Michael Kiwanuka. Robert has managed Michael through the early stages of his career and he is now a rapidly ascending artist within the UK and international music arena. Robert and Michael will be talking about their management relationship and what it takes to build a successful artist. Robert has some amazing and lateral insights into what it takes to build and develop an artist in the 21st Century. This is a magnificent opportunity to gain valuable insight and knowledge into the mind of one of the most prolific and successful managers in the UK.

15:15 - 16:15 Circus room

SESSION 6 The Vinyl Countdown Daft Punk, Arctic Monkeys and Vampire Weekend have helped vinyl records achieve their highest sales figures for more than a decade. Figures from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) show over 550,000 LPs were sold in 2013. We’re witnessing a renaissance for records. They’re no longer retromania. They are becoming the format of choice for more and more music fans. Vinyl sales are growing fast. Record Store Day, the annual c elebration of independent record shops, is credited with being a key catalyst in driving the surge. Last year it generated £2 million in sales. It saw Biffy Clyro, Tom Odell and Chvrches release limited edition albums. More and more artists are insisting on putting their music out on vinyl, even though it can be expensive. Stars of Sound City 2013, Bastille began by releasing 300 copies of their first single, Flaws, on a seven-inch record. In an age when people don’t even consider buying music they just download it or stream it, is it nice to have something physical? However, it isn’t just the older generation of music lovers who grew up with vinyl records that are still buying them. Earlier in the year, research showed under-25s had been the d riving force behind the surge in sales for vinyl records over the past five years. Research by ICM suggested 18 to 24-year-olds were buying more vinyl records than any other age group under 50. Dan Smith (Bastille) commented “It’s nice with our younger fans, seeing messages saying, ‘We bought your album on vinyl and then we went out a bought a record player.’” This panel will present some of the key influencers involved in this cultural renaissance and examine the reasons, beyond nostalgia why this phenomenon is on the rise. It will also make recommendations as to how we can ensure it is a long-term trend and not a short-term fad. Moderator: Paul Quirke - ERA

Dave Hewitson - Eighties Vinyl Records.

Spencer Hickman – Death Waltz Records Graham Jones – Proper Music Andy Votel – Finders Keepers

16:30 - 17:30

SESSION 7

Drella Room

In Conversation with Rick Parry

Dave Harper – Frankie & the Heartstrings

For the first time since stepping down as Chief Executive of Liverpool Football Club, Rick Parry, in conversation with Kevin Sampson, will talk about his time at Liverpool Football Club, from the incredible highs of Istanbul to the turbulence of the period under Hicks and Gillett that brought the club to its knees and ultimately, his exit from the club he supported as a boy. Parry will also chat about the astounding global growth of the Premier League and how he sees the game evolving over the next ten years.

THURSDAY PANELS 16:30 - 17:30

SESSION 8

Circus room

In Conversation with Gruff Rhys

Music/Style/Football

A special in conversation with Super Fury Animals front man, solo artist, author and filmmaker Gruff Rhys. The Super Furry Animals commander will be discussing his latest record, film and multimedia spanning project ‘American Interior’ telling us how he embarked on an investigative concert tour of the USA, retracing the steps of a distant relative who left his homeland of Wales in 1792 in search of a lost tribe of Welsh-speaking Native Americans. Gruff will be discussing his new project with music journalist and Goldblade front man John Robb.

13:00 - 15:00

AWARDS

Circus room

The UK Student Innovation Awards: The Sound City App Challenge In 2011 as part of a final year college project 23 years old Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy came up with a new tech idea that allowed users to share images and video with peers whereby the content expired after a maximum of 10 seconds. They called the app Snapchat. They were ridiculed by their peers as they thought it was an awful idea. Move on 2 years. Snapchat currently delivers around 350 million messages per day. However, similarly to Twitter there is no real business model there in that it makes very little revenue. However this has not stopped Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who recently lodged a $3 billion bid to purchase the company. There are no rules anymore. The old bureaucracy is defunct. With the right tech innovation the route to market is easier than it has ever been before. The Sound City Student Innovation Awards for 2014 will embrace this ethos. Our search is on for the brightest and most innovative students in the UK. The title for 2014 for this highly sought out prize is the Sound City App Challenge which will take place on Thursday 1st May at Liverpool Sound City. Students from Edge Hill, LJMU, Futureworks, The Studio School and City of Glasgow College will tell a panel of experts why their app is the most exciting innovation for 2014 in the hope of winning the opportunity to take their concept to market and onto the phones of potentially millions of people! The winners of the UK Student Innovation Awards will work with our partners, award winning app creators Apposing to develop their app concept into a prototype. They will also receive professional mentoring support via Sound City’s Ambassador Mentor Programme (AMP) which will give unprecedented access to Sound City’s industry partners to develop a full business plan to take the app to market.

Judges: Dave Brown – Apposing Andy Day -Giant Media Tom Wiggins - Stuff Magazine

18:00 - 19:00

KEYNOTE: Thurston Moore

Circus room

Dave Haslam and Thurston Moore

Allan Blair Beaton - Hootsuite Michael Sandys – Jackson & Canter Solicitors

From his time with Sonic Youth to his distinguished output as a solo artist and his latest critically acclaimed project Chelsea Light Moving, Thurston has produced an unparalleled body of work. In an intimate interview and Q&A session Thurston will be discussing this highly influential career, reflecting upon the undying influence his presence has had on countercultural style and a generation of musicians

From 19:00

MAILCHIMP HAPPY HOUR

Mezzanine Bar

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JÉRÔME CHAMPAGNE

THURSDAY 1ST MAY 11:30 - 12:30 - Circus Room

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Jerome Champagne was a French diplomat from 1983 to 1998, executive of FIFA from 1999 to 2010 and is a consultant in international football. Diplomatic Advisor and Chief of Protocol of the French organising committee of the 1998 World Cup, he then joined FIFA where he successively held the positions of international adviser to the President (1999-2002), Deputy Secretary General (2002-2005), Delegate of the President (2005-2007) and finally Director of International Relations (20072010) during the terms of President Sepp Blatter. He left FIFA in 2010 and became football commissioner for the World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar (2010) and an adviser to the Palestine Football Federation (PFA) and the Palestine Olympic Committee (POC), the Football Federation of Kosovo, the Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) and finally the Congolese football club TP Mazembe of Lubumbashi. Announced earlier this year, he plans to stand for the presidency of FIFA in 2015 receiving immediate support from footballing legend Pelé.

RICK PARRY

THURSDAY 1ST MAY 16:00 - 17:00 - Drella Room

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

There are few people better positioned in world football to comment on the evolution of football as a sport and a business than Rick Parry. As Chief Executive of Liverpool Football Club, joining the club in the post Euro 96 boom from the same position at the Premier League, Parry lead the the club through a period which saw English football evolve from the favourite sport of the working class to the most watched Football League in the world. Parry, a lifelong Liverpool fan, was charged with dragging the club into the 21st century, a challenge which tasked him to manage the transition from the old school, conservative Liverpool Football Club that was resting on its laurels into the global brand that is had to become if it didn’t want to be left behind, all of this whilst trying to maintain and stay true to the traditions that the club was built upon. Parry left the club in June 2009 following a t urbulent period under the clubs new American owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks, which saw the club dragged to the brink of administration amid a storm of broken promises and deep division. He has has also worked in financial, consulting and advisory roles and is currently a non-executive director of the reborn New York Cosmos and Chairman of The Bramley Corporation.

THURSDAY HOW? SESSIONS 10:15 - 11:15

SESSION 1

Artificial Intelligence Lounge

Can You Hack It? Luke Bainbridge was a founding editor of the award winning Observer Music Monthly and ghostwriter of Shaun Ryder’s 2011 autobiography, the Sunday Times bestseller Twisting My Melon. He has been a music journalist since his late teens, becoming editor of Manchester’s City Life (the first magazine to cover Oasis) in his early 20’s. Over the last 20 years, Luke has interviewed almost every top musician and popstar, from Jay-Z to Paul McCartney, Pharrell Williams to Oasis. He currently writes for publications including The Observer, The Guardian and GQ, is working on two new books and a feature length documentary with the legendary producer Arthur Baker. Luke will give an incisive insight into the world of journalism and writing with some stalwart tips on how to get into the business. Dave Haslam

Luke Bainbridge

11:30 - 12:30

SESSION 2

Artificial Intelligence Lounge

It’s a Digital Jungle Out there Over the past two years, the music industry has been flooded with tech startups trying to helps artists and labels get a better understanding of data, save time, and increase the loyalty / size of their fan base. Because of all of the noise in this space (and the presence of a few less ethical companies), the amount of scepticism around new tools seems to have heightened. The industry as a whole is becoming smarter at separating the shiny toys from the valuable tools. The tools that offer a genuinely valuable service to artists. Those who can’t prove their value, or pivot quickly enough, will phase out. Should there be a kind of TripAdvisor for musicians? This panel brings together some of those companies out in the marketplace and asks them how do we separate the wheat from the chaff. Rest assured this will be no pitching shop but an incisive look at the environment and choices available for artists. Moderator: Allan Blair Beaton - Hootsuite Simon Pursehouse - Sentric Music Paul Smith - Nokia MixRadio

12:45 - 13:45

SESSION 3

Artificial Intelligence Lounge

Cowboys vs Indies

Will Headlam-Wells - Believe Digital/ Zimbalam Bryan Johnson - Spotify

The critique, the (well-deserved) retreat in the digital age, the reality of modern label business practice, the vibrancy of independent labels, the rise of the hybrid (Label Services & Rights Management). So, that being the case, how does a musician earn a living in 2014?... Dave Monks - BBC Radio Merseyside Ian Ramage - Music Business Courses

Ann Harrison - Harrisons Entertainment Law Limited.

14:00 - 15:00

SESSION 4

Artificial Intelligence Lounge

Breaking The Rules - John Morter

15:15 - 16:15

SESSION 5

Artificial Intelligence Lounge

In Conversation: Michael Spencer

Social media expert Jon Morter, the creator of the Condescending Corporate Brand Page – described as the Facebook equivalent of ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ or ‘Have I Got News For You’ – offers up examples of classic corporate clumsiness on social networks. Puppy and cupcake users beware.

Michael Spencer Jones is one of the UK’s most influential rock photographers responsible for creating some of the most iconic sleeve art in recent British rock history. Moving to Manchester is where it all kicked off and soon after meeting Tony Wilson of Factory Records, Mike became involved in the ‘Madchester’ music scene, photographing the Happy Mondays and Stone Roses amongst others. It was when he met with Oasis in 1993 after Noel Gallagher had seen his photographs appear on the covers to the English rock band The Verve that it really happened. More recently Michael has produced a major limited edition work ‘Out of the Blue’ – The Oasis Photographs, a portfolio and book, which provides a valuable insight not only into his work as a photographer but into to the workings of one of the world’s greatest rock bands . Michael will be talking about his work and giving some sage advice about how to break into the world of Rock ‘n’ Roll Photography John Robb

Michael Spencer

16:30 - 17:30

SESSION 6

Artificial Intelligence Lounge

Rise Of The Machines! The Use Of Music In Video Games, What’s The Score? Scoring for Film and Video Games is quite simply not the same. Due to the increasing crossover with Hollywood, video game productions are often compared to film productions. Since films have a longer history of getting audiences emotionally involved with the drama of a story, video games have borrowed techniques like musical motifs and themes identifying characters or settings. This adds to the emotional dimensions of the storyline, thus enhancing gamers’ experiences. However, the main difference between films and video games lies in linearity vs. interactivity. In music production for films, the picture dictates how the score is built because the music must follow the dramatic structure of the linear storytelling. In video games, players consciously decide how they interact with the gaming environment. To produce a spontaneous and non repetitive gaming experience, developers are incorporating a massive number of licensed music into their productions. For example, in Grand Theft Auto over 200 pre-existing songs were licensed from almost every genre. Bands like Good Charlotte, Fall Out Boy, and Selasse enjoyed a massive amount of exposure after their songs were introduced into a number of games several years ago. The combination of various genres of music with the right types of video games produce a synergy that amplifies both the artists’ career and the games’ success. It serves as an advertising and promotional tool for game developers and helps to increase soundtrack sales. Statistics show that “40% of hard-core gamers said that a game introduced them to a new band or song, then 27% of them went out and bought what they heard. Artists now have video games as a valid medium for breaking into the market. This panel will examine the two areas above and highlight the different approaches for scoring music for games as well as look at the range of opportunities that are out there in the marketplace with advice on how to break into the scene (man). Dave Haslam Suddi Raval - TT Fusion

JOHN CALE

FRIDAY 2ND MAY 17:30 - 18:30 - Circus Room

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Co-founding member of The Velvet Underground with a solo career spanning 30 solo albums and 6 decades. Producer of bands such as The Modern Lovers, Squeeze, The Happy Mondays, S iouxsie and the Banshees and The Stooges. Cultural pioneer John Cale will be taking the stage at the Liverpool Sound City 2014 Conference to discuss his legendary career to date in an intimate interview and Q&A session. John will talk about his role as co-founder of The Velvet Underground, how their style and music inspired a generation, becoming a world renowned music producer and solo artist as well as discussing the relationships he made along the way including Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Brian Eno, Nick Drake and countless other legendary icons of music

FRIDAY PANELS 10:00 - 11:00

SESSION 1

Circus room

Truly Independent

Music/Style/Football

Independent labels have been making an impact for decades, but the importance of their work is more evident than ever. While radio and television - promotional media lanes traditionally reserved for major label clients - were once the dominant means of breaking artists, the internet now plays a large role in bringing music to the forefront and independent labels have a platform to compete on a large scale. Today, indie labels account for about 30% of overall record sales and while this share is split among thousands of labels worldwide there are some that stand out among the rest. This panel will bring you some of the best in the business and look at how they have managed to be truly independent for so long and what drives them on. Moderator: Carl Hunter - The Label Alan McGee -365 Tim Dellow - Transgressive

10:00 - 11:00

SESSION 2 - (Football)

Drella Room

Football And The Media

Paul Hamill - Broken Melody Records Mark Jones – Wall of Sound Erik Gilbert - Cooking Vinyl America

Football Editor of The Times Tony Evans chairs a panel of nationally respected journalists including Tony Barrett, Ben Smith of the BBC, Ian Herbert of The Independent and Neil Jones of The Liverpool Echo as they discuss the changes and challenges of covering the nations national sport in an increasingly changing industry as the world moves from print to digital and the evolving influence of social media. Tony Evans -The Times Neil Jones - The Liverpool Echo Ben Smith - BBC Tony Barrett - BBC Ian Herbert - The Independent

11:15 - 12:45

SESSION 3

Circus room

That Syncing Feeling Aspect Ratio Music Director Vanessa Jorge, Music Director for Ignition Creative Natalie Baartz will discuss how they place tracks into trailers for films and tv programmes including Game of Thrones, Zero Dark Thirty, Divergent, Enders Game, Django Unchained and how artists can earn up to $100,000 per track. Liverpool Sound City is offering artists the opportunity to have their music reviewed by Vanessa and Natalie during this exciting panel session. Moderators: Adrian Cook and Dex Lush: Portmanteau Vanessa Jorge - Aspect Ratio (The Impossible, Enders Game, Divergent, Lego Movie) Natalie Baartz - Music Supervisor: Game of Thrones, Django Unchained, Zero Dark Thirty

11:30 - 12:30

SESSION 4 (Football)

Drella Room

Music Publishers Association Presents: Playlisting Victory and Despair: Who chooses the soundtrack to the beautiful game? Football and music have often been happy bedfellows although their congress is fraught with potential humiliation for both parties. Just ask Diana Ross about taking penalties, or Chris Waddle about his musical career. Or taking penalties. The World Cup offers the highest profile examples of music and football coming together, with big brands each announcing their own anthems, often eclipsing FIFA’s official effort . It’s not all about soundtracking the Brazilian squad passing through customs though. There are myriad opportunities for songs to enhance the beautiful game, whether in the stadium, in video games, advertising, brand partnerships or underscoring Soccer AM’s crossbar challenge (Smiling by the Beta Band fact fans). Our panel will explore these opportunities, and explain the various roles involved in the creative process, with expert advice and insight from a music publisher, agency, broadcaster and more. Matt Smith - Touch Tones Publishing

Alex Kennedy - BSKYB

13:00 - 14:00

SESSION 5

Drella Room

The MU presents “Conscious Coupling” How promoters, artists and musicians can work better together The promoter-artist relationship is a key part of the live music landscape, and no more so than at grass roots and emerging artist levels where successful co-promoting is often essential to create good gigs. This session will explore how to develop quality gigs and good promoter-artist relationships that will help build artists’ careers, and be equitable for all involved. The panel will consist largely of promoters but we’d like to see lots of questions from the floor, so artists prepare to speak up! Moderator: Kelly Wood – Music Union

Jay Taylor – Ruby Lounge

Helienne Lindvall – Guardian

Richard Watson – Leeds 360 Club

Tim Hornsby – York Fibbers

Ben Robinson – Kendal Calling

John Hamson Jr - Thumpers

13:15 - 14:15 Circus room

SESSION 6 Which TV Show uses Music The Best, Sponsored by Jackson & Canter (Quality Solicitors) While the right song at the right moment can make for brilliant TV, a cheesy end-of-episode montage can ruin your favourite song for ever. Who gets it right? The final act sequence, in which the characters of a TV show put their houses in order or simply have a good old think about what they’ve done, has become part of the vocabulary of television. Pretty much all the big dramas, sports programmes and TV series do it at one time or another. These montages, usually dialogue-free, are scored not with the show’s usual soundtrack but with a song chosen specifically to deliver emotional shorthand. Often, the closing-credits song does much of the dramatic heavy-lifting. Sometimes the choices can be at odds with what’s on-screen. By contrast, a bad choice can ruin everything. So do you enjoy hearing songs you already love being used as a dramatic fade-out? Have you discovered new favourites thanks to closing montages? Or would you rather a show simply ended in silence? Do you want to know more about this and also look at how you might be the next music to be used in Breaking Bad 2, (The Return Of Walter), The Walking Dead series 32 or simply against a flurry of goals scored that day by popstar footballers all over Europe. Moderator: Chris Meehan – Sentric Jim Brackpool – BT Sport Ian Neil – Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd. Alex Kennedy – BSKYB Vikram Gudi – Elephant Music Michael Sandys - Jackson & Canter Solictors Andrea Madden – MIC (Made in Chelsea)

14:30 - 15:30 Drella Room

SESSION 7 (Football) The Anfield Wrap Live Podcast Hosted by Neil Atkinson, The Anfield Wrap will be broadcasting a live show Liverpool Sound City, Neil will be joined by TAW regulars John Gibbons, Steve Graves, Mike Girling and Sean Rogers as they look back on an incredible season which has seen Liverpool challenge for their League Championship since 1990. Moderator: Andy Heaton - The Anfield Wrap Sean Rogers- UEFA Qualified Coach Steve Graves – Liverpool Echo

Neil Atkinson- The Anfield Wrap John Gibbons -The Anfield Wrap Mike Girling - The Anfield Wrap

FRIDAY PANELS 14:45 - 15:45 Circus room

Music/Style/Football

SESSION 8 UK Music Presents: Imagine: The Value of Music Heritage From the Beatles Story to Sheffield’s’ Music Map, the UK is rich in musical heritage. Each year hundreds of thousands of tourists are making pilgrimages to places steeped in music history, however across the country there are still places with untapped potential. Towns and cities up and down the UK could see a huge boost in their tourism economy by following the footsteps of Liverpool or Sheffield. Pop Pilgrims looks at this topic in more detail and will launch at Liverpool Sound City with a very special panel debating the state of music tourism. Moderator: Steve Levine James Ketchell – Music Heritage UK Jo Dipple – UK Music

16:00 - 17:00 Circus room

Dave Haslam – Author and DJ Jayne Casey – District

SESSION 9 In Conversation - Danny Drysdale Danny is a celebrated American pop promo and film maker in his native USA. He has won an accolade of awards for his work including VH1s Top 20 of videos for his work with The Killers in their ‘Human’ video. Danny continues to work with The Killers today. He also recently worked with ascending Liverpool artists The Tea Street band and Silent Sleep. His work for BBC America, MTV, VH1, Sundance and many others means that he is often globe trotting as part of his work. We are delighted to be welcoming Danny Drysdale to Sound City this year. He will be talking about his work and offering an insight into how a young director or film maker can look at how to get into this exciting area of the entertainment business Janice Long Danny Drysdale

16:00 - 17:00 Drella Room

SESSION 10 (Football) FOOTBALL/CULTURE/POLITICS The Farm’s Peter Hooton in conversation with United We Stand’s Andy Mitten and Distant Echo and BOSS mag’s Daniel Nicholson as they talk the tale of two cities over the last three decades and how Football, Culture and Politics has shaped the two Northern giants of Liverpool as Manchester. Peter Hooton Daniel Nicholson - Boss Magazine

17:30 - 18:30

KEYNOTE: John Cale

Circus room

John Cale and John Doran

Andy Mitten - United We Stand

From 18.30

DRINKS RECEPTION

Mezzanine Bar

Conference Closing Drinks Reception Join all of our amazing speakers and delegates for a drink to celebrate the end of the Liverpool Sound City Conference, before even more fun begins tonight and tomorrow!

FRIDAY HOW? SESSIONS 10:00 - 11:00

SESSION 1

Artificial Intelligence Lounge

Last Night a DJ Saved My Life This session will be hosted by the most with the host, Mr Dave Haslam himself. Amongst his cacophony of other talents Haslam has been dj’ing since the early 80’s and earning steady cash from this side of his skillset. He will talk through the trials and tribulations of being a DJ and offer some great tips to those out there looking to be the next superstar DJ or maybe even just the next best wedding DJ in North Liverpool. Stuart Borthwick Dave Haslam

11:30 - 12:30

SESSION 2

Artificial Intelligence Lounge

Get In the Van and Get on the Toilet Tour This session will demystify and debunk some of the myths about touring the UK from the ground up in the 21st Century. The UK is still seen as one of the most important territories to break and as live becomes more and more important these experts will tell you just how to go about it. This panel will feature key a rtists, agents and promoters who will give the good, the bad and the ugly truth as well as offering invaluable advice on how to be more effective in breaking into this area. Moderator: Dave Haslam Jay Taylor-Ruby Lounge Adele Bailey- The Plug Eileen Mulligan –Primary Talent

13:00 - 14:00

SESSION 3

Artificial Intelligence Lounge

It’s All About The Art (man)

Steve Zapp- ITB Steve Miller- ClubEvol Jeremy Pritchard - Everything Everything

This session will feature renowned artists and freelance illustrators Nick Rhodes, Gary McGarvey and Bobby Evans discussing the work they create and will also talk openly about how to measure the creativity against the business elements and how artists out there can look to earn a crust from what they do. Moderator: Janice Long Gary McGarvey - Horse Design

Nick Rhodes-Switch Open Bobby Evans - Telegramme

14:15 - 15:15

SESSION 4

Artificial Intelligence Lounge

Break On Through to the Other Side

15:30 - 16:30

SESSION 5

Artificial Intelligence Lounge

PPL - Breaking Artists Internationally And Where The Money Comes From

As the UK continues to be a popular but very difficult opportunity for international artists to earn money it is important that we have an understanding for breaking into new artists from outside of the UK marketplace. This panel will feature experts from this sector and offer invaluable insight about when the time is right to begin considering the UK as a viable option and how to avoid the pitfalls that so many artists succumb to. Moderator: Mike Walsh - Xfm Steve Zapp - ITB Geoff Meall - The Agency Group Debbie Ball – Create Spark Sam Hinde – Freeman PR Andy Smith – Kendal Calling

PPL is the global leader in international collections and has been collecting global performance royalties for over 10 years. During this time, PPL has collected over £160 million in global royalties for their members. This session is open to all LSC attendees and suitable for artists, labels and managers. It will explore key opportunities available to artists internationally, including crucial advice on how to increase global revenue streams, with the chance for Q & A. Keith Harris - PPL

Arwen Hunt - ATC Management

THE PHIL ELLIS ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS It’s no secret that creative businesses who have engaged with the Liverpool Sound City Conference have agreed contracts worth £15 million (Cobham Murphy ltd. Independently audited statistics). Networking events during Sound City comprise of delegates breakfasts, drinks receptions and the famous Sound City roundtable sessions which are where new contacts are established and deals are done. The roundtables give exclusive access to a host of Sound City keynotes and businesses. Part talking shop, part networking event, part a chance to engage in interesting, topical and, hopefully, fun debate. The roundtables are also a chance to put forward your ideas and opinions in a relaxed environment with a group of like-minded souls and meet some amazing new contacts. They were a great success in previous years, so this year they are back better than ever! New for 2014 we will be hosting roundtables specifically for students and international delegates, including The International Meet the Promoters in association with UK Trade and Investment. See timetable below. So, how does it work? Each session is made up of five tables, each one hosted by an expert taken from our impressive roster of international and national speakers, delegates and special guests.

Hosts will include: Vanessa Bakewell (Facebook) Mike Walsh (XFM) Peter Bradbury (BSkyB) Spencer Hickman (Death Waltz Records) Natalie Baartz (Game of Thrones, Django Unchained) Vanessa Jorge (Aspect Ratio: Enders Game, Divergent, Lego Movie) Elleen Mulligan (Primary Talent) Tony Evans (The Times) And many many more These hosts each have a specific topic for discussion relevant to the music and creative industries - and will help steer the conversation. Each session lasts 15 minutes, then guests are invited to change tables to engage in another. Speed dating this certainly isn’t - instead it’s a place for you to meet like minded people, be inspired and do great business. However these sessions can only be open to a limited amount of Sound City delegates. The good news is, if you’re already registered for LSC you’re nearly there. Simply ask at registration and, numbers permitting, we’ll be able to make sure you get the most from this exclusive opportunity.

We are dedicating the Roundtable Sessions to our much loved and greatly missed dear friend Phil Ellis. He sadly died unexpectedly a few months ago. Phil was known and loved by many as the networker e xtraordinaire. He was the man who did on average about 10 deals a day. He always had time for everyone and was great at getting people to talk to one another. He had the energy of about 1000 Duracell batteries. Sound City will be quieter without him bouncing up and down the streets this year. We will miss him so much.

BUSINESS ROUNDTABLES THURSDAY

13:30 - 14:30 15:00 - 16:00 16:30 - 17:30

Sabotage Suite Sabotage Suite Sabotage Suite

FRIDAY

13:30 - 14:30 12:00 - 13:00 16:15 - 17:15

Sabotage Suite Sabotage Suite Sabotage Suite

INTERNATIONAL/STUDENT/FOOTBALL ROUNDTABLES THURSDAY

12:00 - 13:00 13:30 - 14:30

(Football) (International)

Sabotage Suite Wrong Way Up Suite

Meet the Promoters in association with UK Trade and Investment

15:00 - 16:00 16:30 - 17:30

(Student) (International)

Wrong Way Up Suite Wrong Way Up Suite

Meet the Promoters in association with UK Trade and Investment FRIDAY

10:30 - 11:30 12:00 - 13:00 13:30 - 14:30 15:00 - 16:00

(Student) (Student) (Student) (International)

Wrong Way Up Suite Wrong Way Up Suite Wrong Way Up Suite Wrong Way Up Suite

Meet the Promoters in association with UK Trade and Investment

16:15 - 17:15

(International)

Wrong Way Up Suite

Meet the Promoters in association with UK Trade and Investment

THE UK STUDENT INNOVATION AWARDS 2014 THE SOUND CITY APP CHALLENGE In 2011 as part of a final year college project 23 years old Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy came up with a new tech idea that allowed users to share images and video with peers whereby the content expired after a maximum of 10 seconds. They called the app Snapchat. They were ridiculed by their peers as they thought it was an awful idea. Move on 2 years. Snapchat currently delivers around 350 million m essages per day. However, similarly to Twitter there is no real business model there in that it makes very little revenue. However this has not stopped Facebook found Mark Zuckerberg who recently lodged a $3 billion bid to purchase the company. There are no rules anymore. The old bureaucracy is defunct. With the right tech innovation the route to market is easier than it has ever been before. The Sound City Student Innovation Awards for 2014 will embrace this ethos. Our search is on for the brightest and most innovative students in the UK. The title for 2014 for this highly sought out prize is the Sound City App Challenge which will take place on Thursday 1st May at Liverpool Sound City. Students from Edge Hill, LJMU, Futureworks, The Studio School and City of Glasgow College will tell a panel of experts why their app is the most exciting innovation for 2014 in the hope of winning the opportunity to take their concept to market and onto the phones of potentially millions of people! The winners of the UK Student Innovation Awards will work with our partners, award winning app creators Apposing to develop their app concept into a prototype. They will also receive professional mentoring support via Sound City’s Ambassador Mentor Programme (AMP) which will give unprecedented access to Sound City’s industry partners to develop a full business plan to take the app to market. THURSDAY

13.00 - 15.00

Sabotage Suite

Judges: Dave Brown – Apposing Andy Day - Giant Media Michael Sandys – Jackson & Canter Solicitors Allan Blair Beaton- Hootsuite Tom Wiggins - Stuff Magazine

FANBASE Students from Edge Hill University were last years winners of the UK Student Innovation Awards for 2013. This has been a busy year for them as they have developed their business plan and refined their model for their innovative music based website ‘FANBASE’. They return this year as consummate professionals looking to meet potential investors and partners for their business. Fanbase is a website/application to give music enthusiasts/businesses a solid base for finding and examining unsigned artists. Although websites already exist that have merged with music consumption such as popular social media websites, the music capabilities are only a small additional feature to these sites rather than a main source of content. Sites do currently exist that are used are sources of artists recordings, gig listings, artist reviews and music news; although in no website have we found one that contains all of these features or more combined into one solid website. Fanbase have taken these ideas/ features and merged them together to create a solid foundation for a website/application.

EXPO A modern reworking of the classic expo format, Sound City Expo is bringing a selection of new and forward-thinking companies together and embedding it within our conference at the Hilton Hotel, Liverpool ONE. Equally useful to both consumers and music/digital professionals the expo will give a chance to see the tools and services they will need as we move ever onwards into the digital age, up close and with easy access - giving a real insight into what is possible in the modern age, educating and inspiring in equal measures. We’re delighted to launch a new element to the Expo for 2014 - Sound City Student Expo, the headline banner under which we celebrate and champion the best young talent that is emerging from UK education programmes. The Sound City Student Expo spans the entire conference festival site and includes: Edge Hill - Award winning dance troupe Edge Forward and Lovely Ugly will be popping up during the festival to entertain audiences with their exciting, irreverent and often very humorous p erformances. Their film department will showcase some of the best in short animation and film throughout the festival venues from among their most talented students. Hope University - A selection of some of the most outstanding artworks created by Fine Art Degree students will be exhibited at the Hilton Hotel. City Sound - City of Glasgow College’s award winning radio station will be broadcasting live from the Hilton Hotel with live performances and interviews with Sound City speakers and artists. It promises to be a very entertaining way of finding out the low down on just what exactly to see over the 3 days of the festival and conference. THURSDAY

10:00 - 17:30

Hilton Hotel - Mezzanine

FRIDAY

10:00 - 17:30

Hilton Hotel - Mezzanine

The Expo will feature the following exhibitors:

PLAN YOUR FESTIVAL DOWNLOAD THE SOUND CITY APP We know how it is, so many bands, so little time. It can sometimes take nothing short of militant planning of a master tactician to make sure you see everything you want to see. It is with this in mind that we have designed our online festival schedule planner. From here you can easily organise all the bands you want to see to make the most out of your Sound City Festival experience. You can then sync your schedule to the official Sound City app and take your planner mobile. To use the schedule simply visit www.liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk and create a festival account, from there you will be able to browse all our artists and add them to your own personal festival schedule. We are also delighted to be working with Pingtune, The Music Messenger as the Liverpool Sound City ÂOfficial Messaging App: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best way to send the music you love to all your friends and contacts during the festival.

SPEAKERS CORNER This year for the first time ever we are offering our delegates the opportunity to have their say right in the heart of the Sound City conference. If you have a gripe, bug bear with a particular burning music business issue then this is your chance to get it off your chest. Failing that it can also be a chance to pitch your ideas in an totally informal setting (this is not a chance for artists to play music!) You can book your slot at the Sound City registration desk. You will be given a time and strict 5 minute allocation to get on your soap box, take the microphone and tell it to anyone who will listen. Please note there are very limited places for this opportunity so they will be on a strict first come first served basis.

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SOUND CITY DIGITAL Thursday 17th July, Constellations, Baltic Triangle www.soundcitydigital.co.uk Hot on the heels of Liverpool Sound City, we have have created Sound City Digital, a technology conference to coincide with the International Festival for Business 2014, www.ifb2014.com and we are offering digital business from the Liverpool City Region the opportunity to exhibit for free. Taking place at Constellations, in the Baltic Creative on Thursday 17 July, Sound City Digital has the same ethos of the renowned Sound City conference but will focus the attention on bringing together the region’s leading digital and games SMEs and enabling them to meet with international buyers, investors, publishers and brands who can propel their companies to the next level. As with the popular Sound City Conference, Sound City Digital will comprise all the conference elements but from a digital perspective - keynotes with internationally renowned digital experts, workshops and an expo that will showcase the very best of new start-ups and established digital and games companies from the Liverpool City region, plus an exciting array of presentations demonstrating the best that suppliers of digital technology in the region have to offer. Explained Sound City CEO David Pichilingi: “Liverpool is now synonymous with new tech and the digital business environment is having a growing impact and significance on the world stage. Sound City Digital is an incredible opportunity for digital businesses to show off how amazing they are to some of the biggest companies in the world. There is a burgeoning digital scene in Liverpool and we’re looking for around 30 of the best digital businesses in the city to show off what they can do.” We are making the unprecedented gesture of offering exhibitor places at the expo free of charge but due to limited space, a carefully selected judging panel will be choosing only the most innovative and engaging applicants to take part. Continued David: “We are looking for as diverse a range of digital offerings as possible from website designers and app developers to film companies and recording studios. We are proud of our city. This is our way of showing the best companies we can to the world and putting our city firmly on the international map for this type of thing.” For more information and to apply to exhibit at the Sound City Digital expo visit www.soundcitydigital.co.uk

BUSINESS CLINIC

FRIDAY 2ND MAY 10:15 - 13:00

In association with Jackson & Canter, OJK Accountants and Robertson Taylor W&P Longreach.

Calling all agents, publishers, labels, promoters, bands/artists, start-ups, festival/event o rganisers and management. See our specialist advisors for free impartial advice about your business.

Jackson & Canter Come and see Jackson & Canter, the award-winning law firm based in the heart of Liverpool, at The Liverpool Sound City Business Clinic: · Has your Intellectual Property been infringed? · Are you an aspiring musician? · Have you a flair for design? · Are you confused about contracts or copyright? · Need help with image rights and reputation management? We are holding a series of free law clinics designed to give you the legal low down on important issues in a jargon free way. For specialist legal advice on your music or creative (art, fashion/style) venture, for a one-to-one appointment, we look forward to you talking it through with us.

OJK Accountants Established in 1986 and operating out of offices in Central London and Manchester, OJK Ltd specialises in providing accountancy, tax and business advisory services to clients within the Music, Sports and Broadcast Media industries. We have 8 one-to-one appointments available to bands, musicians, publishers, agents, managers, f estival/ event organisers and promoters – Whatever you do, we’re hear to listen. OJK Accountants provide a comprehensive personal service, tailored to the specific needs of individuals and organisations working within the Sport and Entertainment industries. We look forward to meeting you at Liverpool Sound City 2014.

Robertson Taylor W&P Longreach Robertson Taylor W&P Longreach is the leading International Entertainment Insurance Broker serving the Music, Live Event, Film TV, Theatre, Sport and Entertainment industries. Don’t miss their one-to-one clinics at this years Liverpool Sound City. With over 35 years’ experience, Robertson Taylor W&P Longreach has provided insurance and risk management advice to more top grossing artists, tours and events than any other insurance broker. We actively encourage new & emerging acts and have specially designed policies to provide suitable cover early in their career right through to cover for multi-million pound tours. Whatever you want to know from what type of insurance you require to knowing how your current policy will respond to particular scenarios we’ll give you the answers by conducting a quick review for you. If you’re thinking of taking out a new type of policy, such as professional indemnity, or if you have policies due fir renewal, then be sure to book a free appointment. See you at Sound City.

INTERNATIONAL AND TRADE PARTIES

THURSDAY 1ST MAY Studio 2: Israel Rocks / Tune In Tel Aviv Showcase

6pm - 10pm

Mello Mello: Generator present The Tipping Point Showcase

8pm-1am

Dorine Levy Lucille Crew Maya Agvar Skyroads

21:00 - 21:30 20:00 - 20:30 19:00 - 19:30 18:00 - 18:30

Mello Mello: DMF Digital present Music from Yorkshire

8pm-Midnight

Kazimier Gardens: Edge Hill presents The Label Showcase 6pm-10pm

Clubs and Spades Battle Lines Hot Soles Ian Britt

23:00 - 23:30 22:00 - 22:30 21:00 - 21:30 20:00 - 20:30

Beach Skulls The Inkhearts Hooton Tennis Club Seafaring Creatures

Kazimier Gardens: Generator NI Present More Than Conquerors Ports Malojian Runaway Go

6pm - 10pm

21:15 - 21:45 20:15 - 20:45 19:15 - 19:45 18:15 - 18:45

Blessa Gallery Circus Boy Jumps Ship Eva Stone Lisbon

Sound Food and Drink: M For Montreal in association with Quebec Government Office Present Folly and the Hunter Le Couleur Solids

00:00 - 00:30 23:00 - 23:30 22:00 - 22:30 21:00 - 21:30 20:00 - 20:30

21:15 - 21:45 20:15 - 20:45 19:15 - 19:45 18:15 - 18:45 6pm - 10pm

21:30 - 22:00 20:30 - 21:00 19:30 - 20:00

FRIDAY 2ND MAY

SATURDAY 3RD MAY

Studio 2: BIMM Present

Studio 2: UK Music Present The Music Inc Awards 1pm - 3pm

Fortune Favours Juliet Rises Akcadamy Megan Dixon-Hood Leon The Attic: University of the West of Scotland Present

Academy Strangers Soldier On The Attic: Broken Melody Records present

White Male Actors Team RKT

6pm-11pm

22:00 - 22:30 21:00 - 21:30 20:00 - 20:30 19:00 - 19:30 18:00 - 18:30 7pm - 9pm

20:30 - 21:00 19:30 - 20:00 9pm-11pm

22:30 - 23:00 21:30 - 22:00

Ever fancied yourself as the next top label boss? Do you have what it takes to nurture the next big thing? Then join UK Music and the creators of Music Inc, to find out as they launch a new competition to discover this music game’s most canny players. There are top prizes for the winners with the competition launching via Twitter on Thursday 1st May at 10 am to coincide with the start of the Sound City festivities. Music Inc is a free, app-based music game available on iTunes and Google Play, developed by UK Music, the IPO and Aardman Animations. Players will compete with each other to earn the most money and get the most Number One hits, or have the biggest and most diverse stable of artists and still be in credit with the bank. The competition will close on Saturday 3rd May, with winners announced at a special gig at Studio 2, Parr Street at 1 pm.

Studio 2: UK Music Presents The M usic Inc Awards

1pm - 3pm

Luke Sital-Singh Bird The Lottery Winners

15:00 - 15:45 14:00 - 14:30 13:00 - 13:30

Mello Mello Presents

8pm - 2am

Monkey Puzzle Trio OvO Gnaw APRÈS-SKI Leather Cow

00:00 - 01:00 23:00 - 23:40 22:00 - 22:40 21:00 - 21:30 20:00 - 20:30

Kazimier Gardens: Zandari Festa Korea Rocks Showcase from Seoul 2pm - 6pm

Moon Museum: Sounds Australia present The Aussie BBQ

12pm - 8pm

Asian Chairshot Dead Buttons Hellivision Patients

Hermitude Kid Mac Money For Rope Dune Rats The Delta Riggs Jeremy Neale The John Steel Singers Mama Kin Demi Louise The Creases

18.50 - 19.20 18.05 - 18.35 17.15 - 17.45 16.30 - 17.00 15.45 - 16.15 15.00 - 15.30 14.15 - 14.45 13.30 -14.00 12.45 -13.15 12.00 - 12.30

Studio 2: SESAC Presents Famy God Damn Fjokra Death at Sea

17:15 - 17:45 16:15 - 16:45 15:15: - 15:45 14:15 - 14:45

7pm-11pm

22:00 - 22:30 21:00 - 21:30 20:00 - 20:30 19:00 - 19:30

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DAVE MONKS PRESENTS AT THE CAVERN THURSDAY 1ST MAY 4-9PM

Dave Monks of BBC Radio Merseyside will be teaming up with one of the city’s beloved venues and Sound City partner, The Cavern to deliver quality music from local talent.

Etches (Headline) 22:30 - 23:00 Cavalry 21:30 - 22:00 She Drew The Gun 20:30 - 21:00

THE FAN CLUB FRIDAY 2ND MAY

18:00 - 23:00 - Moon Museum To celebrate having John Cale as our very special guest at Sound City 2014 we are presenting a very special event called The Fan Club. We invited all the bands who are playing Sound City this year to submit a song that John was involved in writing over his amazing career to date. The songs of John Cale, Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground have inspired a million kids in a million bedrooms to get in a band. Some of the greatest and most respected artists of all time cite The Velvets and their music as the reason why they got in a band in the first place. Their look and the music was unique and continues to have a massive influence on the music of today. The Fan Club will be a celebration of a smattering of some of these classic songs and a chance for bands and artists from all over the world to give their own take on these great songs. Do not miss this show, not least for the very special guests who will be performing!

LATE NIGHT DELEGATES BAR The Attic Thursday 1st, Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd 12am - 3am

Liverpool Sound City are proud to announce our late night delegates bar at the Attic. Here you will have the opportunity to relax with other delegates attending the festival, as well as being privy to DJ sets from some of our special guests from across the festival. The Attic is a hidden gem in Liverpool’s amazing club and bar venues, tucked away on an upstairs floor on Parr Street, it boasts a brilliant and very reasonably priced cocktail selection and a very tasty food menu during the day. The late night delegates bar will be open from midnight until 3 am each night. In addition to tickling your fancy with it’s impressive cocktail list, The Attic also has a good range of craft beers and a decent wine list. It’s friendly atmosphere is in harmony with exactly the charm that Liverpool is known and loved for and it’s definitely the place to go when you’re tired of seeing band after band and fancy a few late night tipples. The Attic is proud to be part of Liverpool Sound City 2014, hosting some of this fantastic musical artists. Being steeped in a musical heritage that is not just important to Liverpool but World wide, it seems only fitting that as part of Parr Street Studios we continue to be involved in this way. There is 20% off all food over Sound City for wrist band and delegate pass holders.

MORE THAN JUST MUSIC Ferry Across The Mersey

Saturday 3rd May 11am to 5pm For the first time this year we will be presenting Music on the Mersey. Throughout the day on Saturday 3rd May there will be a full music programme on the Mersey Ferry. All delegates will be able to travel free of charge (on presentation of Full Delegate Pass) on this historic journey and take in the Liverpool skyline in all its glory at the same time as being serenaded by some of the best artists playing Sound City. A unique opportunity to mix business with pleasure! Boats depart at various times throughout the day from The Pier Head, Liverpool (opposite The Liver Building).

Brazilica Festival 11th-19th July 2014

www.brazilicafestival.co.uk In 1997 Liverpool Samba School produced Carnival at Cream, a monthly club night which felt more like an event. With the inclusion of street parades, live bands, dancers and Dj’s, it had a ripple effect through the UK club scene. Profits from the club night took members of the samba school to Rio’s millennium carnival where they played in the Parade of Champions in the Sambadrome. After multiple visits to Brazil the idea of the UK’s first Brazilian Festival was born. Liverpool Carnival Company was set up as a charity to oversee and run the first Brazilian carnival commissioned for Capital of Culture 2008. The carnival then evolved into a 3 day festival in 2010, and in 2011 saw the addition of the main stage in Williamson square providing a fantastic showcase for Brazilian musicians. We have samba schools from the UK, Europe and Brazil take part in the famous night time carnival parade. This year we’re pleased to team up with Sound City and bring the carnival flavour to Chavasse Park on Saturday 3rd May. We’re entering a Brazilica team into The John Peel World Cup and adding an e xciting samba finale to Liverpool’s award winning music festival!.

Buskers Corner

1st – 3rd May Wolstenholme Square This year over 6,000 bands and artists applied to play at Liverpool Sound City from all over the world. One of the main reasons bands apply to play is to get in front of the world class music business audience that attend Sound City. Over the past 7 years Sound City has been the start of the journey for many artists who when they first played the festival were on the start of their journey into rock and roll or did not even have a record deal! Some of these include Florence and the Machine, Jake Bugg, Miles Kane, The Wombats, Bastille, Aluna George, Savages and 100’s more. Buskers Corner is the opportunity for many of these embryonic bands who are playing at Sound City 2014 to busk at Sound City and show how they can cut their teeth at the coal face. A sure way to be seen by the thousands of people who will be pacing the streets during the festival.

MORE THAN JUST MUSIC FACT - Bronnt Industries vs Terminator 2 Friday 2nd May 6-9pm www.fact.co.uk

FACT and Sound City present the perfect blend of music, film and Science Fiction as part of the Events Programme for the exhibition Science Fiction: New Death currently at FACT. Bronnt Industries Kapital takes on T2, producing a new live soundtrack which beefs up and reappraises the full length original, like 3D glasses for the ears. James Cameron’s 90s blockbuster pitting Arnold Schwarzenegger (alongside Ed Furlong’s teenage John Connor) against the mercurial T1000 now comes across as a strange mix of apocalyptic chase-thriller, camp catchphrases and also extended hypnotic dream-sequences. Its proposed “rise of the machines” reflected the growing sense of millennial / technological anxiety that gripped Western populations at the end of the last century. Bronnt Industries Kapital has reappraised and revitalized the second Terminator film through reworking its audio track to introduce a more pronounced dream-like detachment to the viewing experience. Bronnt’s new sound track is comprised of a patchwork of heavily processed elements of the original soundtrack, rearranged radical versions and re-foley, and muscular pursuit-disco workouts which recall an even earlier cinematic era of John Carpenter et al.

Edge Hill: Edge Forward - ‘Alpha’ and Lovely Ugly Award winning dance troupe Edge Forward and Lovely Ugly will be popping up during the festival to entertain audiences with their exciting, irreverent and often very humorous performances.

Justice Tonight Tour Exhibition Thursday 1st May SOUND Food and Drink

The Justice Tonight Band was formed in 2011. Mick Jones (The Clash/BAD), Pete Wylie (Wah!) and The Farm got together to help raise wider public awareness about the on-going campaigns led by The Hillsborough Justice Campaign. The success of this event brought about the now legendary ‘Justice Tonight Tour’ in which the band travelled across the country spreading awareness and solidarity through music. They were joined along the way by a host of well-wishers and supporters from the music industry including Ian Brown, John Squire, Billy Bragg and Primal Scream amongst others. The Justice Tonight Band went on to support the Stone Roses at their record breaking, sell out Heaton Park shows and also supported them on their tour of Europe. Relive the music, emotion and solidarity that epitomised the Justice Tonight Tour and see how music can bring people from all walks of life together in the pursuit of Justice. The Exhibition will be held at SOUND Food and Drink, 52 Duke St, Liverpool, L1 5AA. Justice for the 96

Don’t Buy the Sun

Record Fair

Worth The Waxx Record Fair 12 - 11pm Wolstenholme Square This year for the first time Sound City will present it’s very own record fair. There will be the opportunity to purchase rare items of vinyl right in the heart of the festival for those of you who fancy slipping out of the maelstrom of music mayhem to wile away the hours amongst mountains of vinyl. We will be stocking records from the 60’s to the late 80’s with 1st pressings and hard to find collectables as well as must have albums. Including - the Beatles, Kate Bush, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Fleetwood Mac, Prince, Talking Heads, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Cash, Blondie, New Order, Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Echo and the Bunnymen and many more. Early shoppers will be in for some real gems and a few treasured bargains.

TATE Keywords Exhibition 28th February – 11th May

Keywords: Art, Culture and Society in 1980s Britain, is a new take on how the changes in the meaning of words reflect the cultural shifts in our society. This dynamic exhibition takes its name and focus from the seminal 1976 Raymond Williams book on the vocabulary of culture and society . An academic and critic influenced by the New Left, Williams defined ‘Keywords’ as terms that repeatedly crop up in our discussion of culture and society. His book contains more than 130 short essays on words such as ‘violence’, ‘country’, ‘criticism’, ‘media’, ‘popular’ and ‘exploitation’ providing an account of the word’s current use, its origin and the range of meanings attached to it. Williams expressed the wish some other ‘form of presentation could be devised’ for his book, and this exhibition is one such interpretation. Keywords focuses on British art from the 1980s. This was a tumultuous decade in Britain, marked by many forms of oppositional politics which had a direct impact on culture – from the miners’ strike, to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, race riots, gay liberation and feminism to an ongoing insurgency against British rule in Northern Ireland. These viewpoints are represented in contrasting forms by a generation of British artists familiar with the ideas that Williams and other cultural theorists were exploring at the time. All Liverpool Sound City Wristband holders will be able to gain 2 for 1 access when showing their wristband.

Red Huk DJ Competition Friday 2nd May – Ruby Sky

Redhuk is a new and unique UK based DJ Championship, that invites new technology, devices and applications to compete directly with old skool and well-established DJ Methods, vice-versa, and with each other. Alongside a host of other urban entertainment acts and artists, the main event will take place in Liverpool’s Ruby Sky on Friday May 2nd. We’re calling upon all people to submit technology based or old school DJs of ages 16 and up, to push the boundaries of this credible art form to new heights. Hosted by: Nikki Blaze and Ola Bean Judges: DJ 2kind (Liverpool) DJ Desim (New York) DJ Troopa (London) Performance: Abuvv crackartist.com Supported by BBC Radio Merseyside and 7waves ‘Street Beats Show’.

Nick Rhodes - Switchopen 1st - 3rd May

Renowned artist and freelance illustrator Nick Rhodes and a team of artists will create pop up sculptures over the festival site from 1st - 3rd May - look out for some exciting creations in some unusual places!

Film Programme Feature Film 1991: The Year Punk Broke (Sonic Youth) - Thursday 1st May 18:00 - 19:35 - Venue: BRINK Gruff Rhys Film - Thursday 1st May 21:00 - 21:30 - Venue: EVAC Record Store Day - Friday 2nd May 18:00 - 18:15 - Venue BRINK You’ll Never Walk Alone (Shack) - Friday 2nd May 18:30 - 19:30 - Venue: BRINK Short Films Elvis Impersonator from Birkenhead - Venue: EVAC Kieren Evans - Colorama - Venue: EVAC

Liverpool Biennial 2014: The UK Biennial of Contemporary Art Saturday 5 July – Sunday 26 October

International art that unfolds across Liverpool’s spaces, places and galleries. The 8th Liverpool Biennial Exhibition, A Needle Walks into a Haystack, is curated by Mai Abu E lDahab and Anthony Huberman. It takes place across the city at venues including public spaces and galleries such as the Bluecoat, FACT and Tate Liverpool. Also featured are the John Moore’s Painting Prize, Bloomberg New Contemporaries and shows at Open Eye Gallery and the Exhibition Research Centre. This is a chance to see work by artists and curators in solo and group shows and performances throughout the city, ranging from the Royal Standard to the Walker Art Gallery. Sound City and Liverpool Biennial will be hosting a launch event on Thursday 1st May with an exclusive insight into the programme for Liverpool Biennial 2014. During the event, there will be an auction of a very exclusive limited edition art print by Richard Woods. By invitation.

Iggor Cavalera Drum Workshop

Saturday 3rd May - Dawsons Music, 16 Williamson St, Liverpool, 3pm Iggor Cavalera is probably one of the best known drummers on the planet. As the driving rhythm behind the globally successful metal band, Sepultura, Iggor has been plying his trade for over 20 years with a raft of accolades and album sales to back it up. Now, Iggor intends to share his knowledge and passion for percussion with the next generation of heavy hitters. Introducing a one off set of drum workshops, initiated and hosted by the man himself, where Iggor looks to impart his knowledge for what makes a drummer the heart and soul of any live band. See Iggor Cavalera performing live with Mixhell on Saturday 3rd May at The Kazimier, 1.30 am

SCREENADELICA

The hugely successful gig poster exhibition returning to Liverpool Sound City 2014... Screenadelica is a hugely successful gig poster exhibition that in the past year has toured and exhibited across England, Europe and beyond. It’s essentially a ‘pop up’ gallery celebrating the art of the screen printed gig poster. Exhibiting the work of leading UK and international artists from the gig-poster ‘scene’, we host a wide variety of styles promoting the bands that the artists love, inspired by the music they hear. A Word from Screenadelica... At each festival we (or the festival on our behalf) contact the main bands to gain approval to design festival specific posters for them. Last year we commissioned artists, with full band and management support, to design for The Pixies, DJ Shadow, Bjork, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Brian Wilson, Kelis, Gogol Bordello plus many more. We not only exhibit posters of acts playing the festival but also a select back catalogue of screeprints from previous shows we have been part of. Positive feedback has been massive, especially as it adds an extra dimension to a lot of festivals: a gallery focussed solely on music and show inspired art. Another major positive is that it allows people to buy and own a piece of art for a very reasonable price (each run of posters is strictly limited to 50 or a 100 and average price is about £30). The posters are also selling and promoting the festival in themselves as each commissioned piece is exclusive to that artist at that festival and is featured into each design. Last year we took the show to Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Orlando Calling in the states, SITE Gallery in Sheffield, Bestival and Liverpool Sound City (where it originated). This year we’re looking at over 15 festivals and have been invited to debut in New York, Berlin, Primavera in Porto, Kendal Calling, Bonnaroo as well as Orlando Calling, LSC, and Bestival again. Last year was such a success at Bestival that this year the they’re incorporating Screenadelica into the festival as one of the ‘attractions’ of the site, with full coverage in all of their online and printed promotion. We’re getting some good recognition from various areas of the media: leading arts magazine Creative Review dedicated their December edition of ‘Monograph’ to Screenadelica, featuring posters from the past year, as well as Screenadelica and our individual artists getting featured in print and online in The Guardian, Nylon, Front and Computer Arts to name a few. Artists exhibiting this year include: Luke Drozd Michael Cowell Chris Hopewell & Crew Toby Whitebread Tommy Davidson/ Prints of Thieves Petting Zoo Keeper

Bobby Evans Craig Robson Jo Wilson

Nick Rhodes Adam Pobiak

JOHN PEEL WORLD CUP 2014 SATURDAY 3RD MAY 10:00 - 18:00 SPONSORED BY JD SPORTS

Children’s Under 12’s Tournament - Starts 10am (Sponsored by The Shankly Foundation) Adults Tournament - Start 2pm Chavasse Park, Liverpool One The now legendary John Peel World Cup moved into the heart of Liverpool Sound City in 2012, Chavasse Park at Liverpool ONE. Located next door to the Liverpool Sound City conference centre and expo at the Hilton, and a stone’s throw from the hub of cutting edge live music, The John Peel World Cup brings together the best of Liverpool Sound City - music and football. The John Peel World Cup has featured 16 teams made of bands and industry professionals - Cream, Deltasonic, The Farm & Elevator Studios are ever presents, and past teams have included BBC 6 Music, BBC 1 Extra, Warner Bros., NME, Clash Magazine, The Zutons, Ghostpoet, Kids in Glass Houses and The Wombats. The 2013 tournament featured more teams battling it out for the coveted JPWC Trophy including The Tea Street Band, Jazz Hands, Sentric Music and Deportivo Bido Lito! Funds raised from the event go to the British Heart Foundation, in memory of John Peel, whose two great loves were music and Liverpool FC.

SOUND CITY TRAINING Sound City Music Business Entrepreneur Training Programmes

The Sound City Music Business Entrepreneur Programmes provide a platform to develop business skills, and to turn bright ideas into real life functioning businesses. In recognition of the depth and breadth of talent, these programmes are open to anyone within the Liverpool City Region. They are non-age specific and are roll on, roll off programmes that take place over a period of 15 weeks over 1 evening per week. They are designed to hone the skills of the new breed of entrepreneur within this sector who do not see formal education as a desired route to achieve their goals. The Sound City programmes are designed and delivered by leading music industry practitioners. Sound City links and success in this sector are unparalleled. Since 2008, Sound City has designed initiatives that have instigated over £15 million coming into the sector and created over 100 new jobs (Cobham-Murphy independently audited statistics). Sound City Music Business Entrepreneur Training Programmes offer • • • • •

Intensive business programmes that are specific to the music, new tech and digital business environment Targeted content that employs a tool box approach to understanding the sector in great depth They dramatically increase employability A range of effective routes for creating realistic start ups and freelancers within the sector VIP access to Sound City and a range of unique business opportunities (Round Table, mentor programmes, EXPO)

In the short term our programmes have been running our former graduates have already had some great success and gained invaluable insight into the business environment they want to position t hemselves within long term. Many of them are now running their own projects and businesses more effectively. Some of these include: • Music Tuition School • Band and Artist agency • Record Label • Freelance music and culture journalist ‘The Sound City programmes were an amazing journey. I learned so much about how to go about setting up and running my own business within the music and digital economy. I have also been on the mentor programme for the last 12 months and this has been great to keep me focused and on course with my plans.’ Dominic Dunne

To apply for a place on the next Sound City Music Business Entrepreneur programmes launching end of May, go to www.soundcitytraining.co.uk Sound City is grateful to Arts Council England for its support for the Sound City Music Business Entrepreneur Training Programmes

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Liverpool Carnival Company was set up as a charity to oversee and run the first Brazilian carnival commissioned for Capital of Culture 2008. The carnival then evolved into a 3 day festival in 2010, and in 2011 saw the addition of the main stage in Williamson square providing a fantastic showcase for Brazilian musicians. We have samba schools from the UK, Europe and Brazil take part in the f amous night time carnival parade. This year we’re pleased to team up with Sound City and bring the carnival flavour to Chavasse Park on Saturday 3rd May. We’re entering a Brazilica team into The John Peel World Cup and adding an exciting samba finale to Liverpool’s award winning music festival! www.brazilicafestival.co.uk

With the popularity of music festivals and other large-scale live events, this industry has a tremendous opportunity to grow audiences by delivering an outstanding customer experience,” said Greg Gresh, CEO ZNAP™ North America, “The tap-andpay feature that ZNAPTM will showcase at New York Sound City eliminates the need for event attendees to carry cash or plastic. It speeds up and simplifies the purchase process, allowing guests to ‘go walletless’ and focus their attention on performances and activities without missing a beat.

More than 5 million people and businesses use MailChimp to create, send, and track email newsletters. Whether you’re selfemployed, you manage projects for clients, or you work for a Fortune 500 company, MailChimp has features and integrations that will suit your email marketing needs. Robertson Taylor W&P Longreach is the leading International Entertainment Insurance Broker serving the Music, Live Event, Film TV, Theatre, Sport and Entertainment industries. With over 35 years’ experience and offices worldwide, Robertson Taylor W&P Longreach has provided insurance and risk management advice to more top grossing artists, tours and events than any other insurance broker. We actively encourage new & emerging acts and have specially designed policies to provide suitable cover early in their career right through to cover for multi-million pound tours. With policies for bands, festivals, sporting events, theatre productions or films; all our policies provide comprehensive cover at highly competitive premiums.

In 1987, Red Bull not only launched a completely new product, it created a whole new product category - energy drinks. From day one, Red Bull has been giving wings to people and ideas, setting many milestones in sports and culture. Inspired by functional drinks from the Far East, Dietrich Mateschitz founded Red Bull in the mid 1980’s. He created the formula of Red Bull Energy Drink and developed the unique marketing concept of Red Bull. In 1987, on April 1, Red Bull Energy Drink was sold for the very first time in its home market Austria. This was not only the launch of a completely new product, in fact it was the birth of a totally new product category. Today Red Bull is available in more than 166 countries and around 40 billion cans of Red Bull have been consumed so far.

“The Cavern opened its doors in January 1957, and now stands as ‘the most famous club in the world’, largely due to the amazing fact The Beatles performed there almost 300 times. The list of past performers include; The Kinks, Queen, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Hendrix, The Who, and in more recent years, Oasis, Travis, Arctic Monkeys, Adele, Jessie J and Jake Bugg. Today, The Cavern is quite rightly a major tourist attraction but equally a thriving live music venue where new up and coming bands as well as established artists perform. With live music daily and decorated with Cavern related memorabilia, music and history surround this place!

As a Higher Education provider, SAE Institute Liverpool has established itself as the North West’s leading audio degree centre - preparing students to become professionals, laying the foundation for their chosen career in the world of creative media. With a network of 54 campuses in 26 countries, SAE Institute is the world’s largest creative media educator - immensely proud of its fast-track 2-year BA/BSc (Hons) degree programmes in audio, film, web, animation, games and music business, all validated by Middlesex University. Visit SAE Institute Liverpool and experience for yourself how a combination of hands-on practical training with a solid theoretical grounding has rapidly gained a reputation for creating world-class professionals and an impressive line-up of Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy award winning alumni. liverpool.sae.edu

It is a great honour to have jaguar land rover as sponsors for this year’s liverpool sound city. http://www.jaguarlandrover.com/

Jackson & Canter is an award-winning law firm based in the heart of Liverpool, providing a vast range of legal services for clients, their families, and their business. Our Commercial Team is able to offer expert legal advice concerning the complex world of Intellectual Property (IP) including copyright and trade marks. We also have experience in dealing with legal issues in the area of music and entertainment - assisting writers, musical artists and management companies across the UK. We have developed expertise in dealing with the fashion and design sectors, having provided valuable advice to clients in the rag trade and fashion industry on commercial and IP issues. Our experts can provide practical advice on all types of contracts in the creative sector, including agreements regarding diverse areas such as licensing, management, recording, agency, merchandising and sponsorship. We also advise on the protection of image rights and reputation management, both being important areas for the creative industries.

TicketWeb is the UK’s leading ticket website for independent live music, clubs & entertainment. It’s the perfect choice for anyone in the industry who wants to be in full control of their tickets thanks to its straightforward self-service platform. We’re proud to work with some of the best including Liverpool Sound City, Academy Music Group, Eat Your Own Ears, Domino Records and many more. TicketWeb is the original online ticket shop. Established in 1999, it was built by a small group of music fans who wanted to create a truly alternative ticket website. Even back then we knew that fans wanted an easy place to book tickets where the fees stayed low. We are now working directly with artists, their management and labels to create bespoke marketing campaigns that capitalise on our wealth of past booker data. More than ever it’s the fan in us which shapes everything we do.

The Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) is one of the largest and fastest growing music festivals in the UK. LIMF highlights the constantly evolving DNA of a global music city through expression, celebration and the new. The festival features world class global artists whilst showcasing the best in emerging talent and new artistic works. 2013’s line-up included The Saturdays, Damien Marley, Rebecca Ferguson, JLS, Texas, Little Mix, Soul II Soul, The Charlatans and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra to name a few. In 2014, LIMF will take it up a notch, adding a series of world first music projects and exclusive indoor events alongside the free 4 day concerts at Sefton Park.

Supplying the UK for over 30 years and now the world with the latest and greatest branded street style from the best brands around. With 1000s of JD exclusives and official stockists of top brands like adidas Originals, Nike, mckenzie, Converse, Lacoste, Carbrini, Fred Perry, Fila,The Duffer of St George, Reebok, Timberland and Gio Goi JD leads the way - always.

Marshall is an iconic British brand that has been at the forefront of guitar amplification innovation for more than half a century. Used by guitar legends such as Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Zakk Wylde, Graham Coxon and Simon Neil, to name just a few, Marshall is the sound of rock music. Not only does Marshall design and make cutting edge amps, such as the revered JVM Series, it also continues to make those genre defining amps from the ‘60s & ‘70s in the form of the acclaimed Handwired Series, which are still made from scratch, by hand, in England.

OJK - Exclusive Accountancy Partner at Liverpool Sound City 2014 Established in 1986 and operating out of offices in Central London and Manchester, OJK Ltd specialises in providing accountancy, tax and business advisory services to clients within the Music, Sports and Broadcast Media industries. The OJK Limited Manchester office allows us to have a regional presence with dedicated, experienced staff; and adopts an identical philosophy as to that of London – the provision of a comprehensive personal service, tailored to the specific needs of individuals and organisations working within the Sport and Entertainment industries.

Hobgoblin is setting off on his long summer road trip of music festivals across the country and his first stop is the legendary Liverpool Sound City. A craft brewed, full bodied ruby beer that delivers a delicious chocolate toffee malt flavour, balanced with a moderate bitterness and an overall fruity, mischievous character. Join his crusade to Bring Taste to the Nation at L iverpool Sound City 2014 or follow his antics at www.wychwood.co.uk, Facebook: Hobgoblin beer Twitter: @Hobgoblin_beer

Dawsons Music is one of the UK’s largest and best-known retailers of musical instruments and equipment. It has 12 stores across the UK, including its flagship store in Liverpool City Centre, and a thriving mail order/internet business from its www. dawsons.co.uk base. It stocks a wide range of p roducts from the biggest and best brands, including Fender, Gibson, Roland, Yamaha and Korg.

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The Commercial Music undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of the West of Scotland aim to enable those with talent, drive and ability to forge varied, lifelong music careers incorporating performance, business, composition, production, analytical and entrepreneurial elements within a wider creative and cultural industries context. The courses are structured to allow students to select modules suited to their own interests and career aspirations. Lecturers are practising music industries professionals and high-profile guest speakers regularly bring their expertise to the course, including most recently, Shirley Manson and Ricky Ross. http://www.uws.ac.uk

PPL licenses recorded music played in public or broadcast on radio, TV and the internet and then distributes the licence fees to its performer and rightholder members. Established in 1934, PPL exists to ensure that those who invest their time, talent and money to make recorded music are fairly paid for their work. PPL is also a global leader in international royalty collections and has been collecting international royalties for over 10 years. For more information visit ppluk.com and follow PPL on Twitter @ppluk

Managed by Darnall Music Factory (which opened in 1979), DMF Digital is a Yorkshire based record label and music industry development company. The organisation offers the music industry’s next generation: artist and band development, international distribution and apprenticeship opportunities. The organisation also supports the best new Yorkshire talent at UK and international events in partnership with Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership and UK Trade and Investment (Yorkshire).

The Musicians’ Union is a globally-respected organisation which represents over 30,000 m usicians working in all sectors of the music business. For musicians who perform live, the MU has specialist experienced officials to advise you on subjects such as functions & events, bookings, fees and promotion. The MU also provides advice on issues like performance royalties, pay to play and how to negotiate a fair deal, as well as information on contracts and merchandise.

Generator is the UK’s leading music development agency, catering for the wider creative industries. Based in Newcastle, Generator has a strong reputation for developing talent in the North East of England and beyond, expanding its role nationally and representing the music development sector at Government level. The Tipping Point blog and mailout unearths the UK’s best new music, with showcases at key conferences and festivals and further support through Generator’s Artist Development programme.Generator also produces robust p rogrammes in the areas of music and creative business development and Mapped Out, the agency’s live promoter development programme. www.generator.org.uk

Award winning app creators Apposing were awarded Digital Business of the year 2013 at the Digital Entrepreneur Awards with clients including BBC, Carphone Warehouse, Unilever, Land Rover, Pretty Green, Nestle, Chester Zoo, CSL, Nando’s and Channel 4. Contact: hello@apposing.co.uk / Telephone: 0151 706 0107 46A Jamaica Street / Baltic Triangle / Liverpool L1 0AF

Broken Melody Records also known as BMR was established in January 2013 by Armstrong NI, a creative industries training provider and employment specialist. BMR is made up of a strong management team who are all involved in various aspects of the industry along with a dedicated team of work placements. The driving force behind the label is great music. A label like BMR is useful to an artist / band that does the ‘being in a band stuff’ really well. The added value of supporting a release, planning and implementing a PR campaign, distributing digital and physical stock is what we offer, the things that hardworking bands just don’t have time to do

Radio City 96.7 is the number one commercial radio station for Liverpool, the North West and North Wales, broadcasting to a potential audience of 1.8 million people. Great music, some of the UK’s best presenters and cutting edge programming all help the station to enjoy record audience figures. Radio City is all about Liverpool; when the city laughs we laugh, when the city cries we cry.

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SXSW Music, SXSW Film and SXSW Interactive take place 13th22nd March, 2015 in Austin, Texas. The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conferences & Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW® is the premier destination for discovery. For more information on every aspect of SXSW please go to http://www.sxsw.com

The three year Generator N. Ireland programme delivers development support to artists, managers, record labels, and music publishers to assist in developing skills, new markets, networks and competencies. With a focus on collaboration, Generator NI aims to work with, support and build on the success of other music development initiatives to help drive the sustainable growth of the Northern Irish industry across a number of music genres. It also helps stimulate cross-sectoral linkages within the wider creative industries and nurture opportunities for music businesses to develop partnerships across the film and television sectors and other diverse digital platforms.

A special showcase presented by Zandari Festa from South Korea will be held in the Kazimier Gardens on May 3rd. Zandari Festa is the only one showcase festival in Korea. It was started since 2012. In last year, 2013, about 350 bands from over 10 countries participated in this three-day festival in Hongdae Area, Seoul. Four bands who had participated in Zandari Festa 2013 will be in Liverpool Sound City 2014. Starting with PATiENTS which claim ‘Hybrid Punk’, psychedelic dub rock trio Hellivision who embroidered their musical world brilliantly, Dead Buttons, a promising rock duo expressing their own style with diverse genres, garage rock, delta blues, country, punk, psychedelic, etc. and the last one is Asian Chairshot who play oriental melody energetically. Their gigs in Liverpool Sound City which David Pichillingi, CEO of Liverpool Sound City recommended and suggested will be a great opportunity to understand the Korean indie scene, which is recently getting attention worldwide.

Midem, the leading international business event for the music ecosystem. There’s no better place to start off the year. Attend four actionpacked days with more than 6,000 key international music professionals, cutting-edge tech companies, brands, ad agencies, and fresh artists. Grow your business, boost your network, source new music, discover the upcoming industry trends, and find innovative ways to engage with your audience. 6,150 participants.120 conferences. 75 countries.4 days of networking. It’s all at Midem. Ready for business? midem.com

Edge Hill University presents The Label Showcase please Edge Hill University’s state-of-the-art campus is based in Ormskirk, a 30-minute train journey from the centre of Liverpool. The University has over 10,000 students on a range of courses including music, dance, film, animation and creative writing. Industry-standard facilities include film and TV studios, theatres, editing suites, IT labs and screening rooms in 160 acres of green space. Edge Hill runs The Label Recordings, a unique record label, and programmes cutting-edge art, performance and industry talks throughout the year, both on its campus-based Arts Centre and at festivals and events.

Bureau Export, the pioneering non-profit organisation, was set up in 1993 with the aim of developing French-signed and published artists of all genres around the world and promoting professional exchanges between France and other territories. Together with the Institut Français, BureauExport is delighted to be continuing its partnership with Liverpool Sound City. For several years, out London office and the Liverpool Sound City team have been working together to pick the best up-and-coming acts to represent the French scene at one of the UK’s finest festivals.

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M For Montreal supported by Quebec Government Office M for Montreal is an annual music conference and festival in Montreal, Canada. Its 9th edition takes place November 19 – 22, 2014. M is an instrumental catalyst for connecting artists and music industry professionals from around the world, generating solid opportunities for their careers and businesses to grow. Its unique networking events and export-ready showcases feature the best new music from emerging local and international talent. In addition, M for Montreal launches year- round initiatives worldwide at SXSW, Liverpool Sound City, CMW, The Great Escape, NXNE, CMJ & MaMA Paris, as well as at major local events such as M ton Quartier, an outdoor event held each September.

The Music Publishers Association (MPA) exists to safeguard and promote the interests of music publishers and the writers signed to them; represent these interests to government, the music industry, the media and the public; provide publishers with a forum, a collective voice and a wide range of benefits, services and training courses; promote an understanding of the value of music and the importance of copyright; and provide information and guidance to members of the public. The MPA currently has around 260 members, representing nearly 4000 catalogues, covering every genre of music. Find out more at www.mpaonline.org.uk

UK Music is the umbrella body representing the collective interests of the UK’s commercial music industry, from songwriters and composers to artists and musicians, studio producers, music managers, music publishers, major and independent record labels, music licensing companies and the live music sector. UK Music exists to represent the UK’s commercial music sector, to drive economic growth and to promote the benefits of music to British society. The members of UK Music are: AIM, BASCA, BPI, MMF, MPA, MPG, MU, PPL and PRS for Music. Twitter: @UK_Music Website: www.ukmusic.org Find out more at www.mpaonline.org.uk

LAM Music has been trading for 3 years and has become a music hub for the Wirral. Based in West Kirby, LAM Music offers a wide variety of services. In addition to a thriving musical instrument store they offer recording facilities, dedicated onsite music school, repair and set up workshop and e quipment hire. www.lammusic.net

Zimbalam, the digital distribution service for independent artists & labels, offers any artist the ability to sell his music around the world on all major digital stores and streaming services. Powered by Believe Digital, one of the worldwide leading digital distributors and services provider, Zimbalam is one of the best value-for-money and well-connected distribution services on the market, artists pay just one small distribution fee to have a release online for as long as they want, without any extra fees, and they receive 90% of royalties. For Liverpool Sound City, Zimbalam is offering a 25% discount on the service with the promo code LSC2014. www.zimbalam.co.uk

Sounds Australia will once again be returning to Liverpool and hosting their world-renowned showcase, The Aussie BBQ, on May 3rd at Parr St Carpark. Taking place from 12:00pm to 8:00pm, the showcase features some of Australia’s most exciting emerging acts as well as a free traditional Aussie BBQ. Featuring Demi Louise, Due Rats, Hermitude, Jeremy Neale, Kid Mac, Mama Kin, Money For Rope, The Delta Riggs, The Creases and The John Steel Singers Sounds Australia is the country’s premiere music export initiative, established to provide a cohesive and strategic platform to assist the Australian music industry access international business opportunities.

Supporting economic growth through managing the European Regional Development Fund.

Israel Rocks- The Israeli International Music Showcase Festival Every year in November, a unique showcase is organized by The Cultural & Scientific division of the MFA. Dozens of professionals from the global music industry, come to Israel to experience firsthand the best of Israeli Rock, Electronic and Indie bands. www.facebook.com/CultureBuzzIsrael The Israeli Embassy is a proud supporter of Israeli bands touring the UK. embassies.gov.il/london/culture/IsraeliCulture/Pages/Support.aspx www.facebook.com/IsraelCulture

Bido Lito! is a new, monthly independent and locally produced magazine for Liverpool’s music community. The here and now...the bands, artists, DJs and creative minds that make Liverpool’s scene today stronger than its ever been.

One Fell Swoop are a boutique marketing and p ublicity agency offering a host of marketing and associated services, working primarily within the arts, entertainment and events industries. They can offer everything from a full marketing service through to filling the necessary gaps, covering everything from copywriting and social media management to marketing strategy and public relations. They work with small companies and large ones, and bring a wealth of industry experience and expertise to every project.

Middle Distance offer a comprehensive range of print/promotional distribution, and event support services with a team that boasts over 30 years of combined industry experience. They work with a broad range of organisations in a variety of sectors, and pride themselves on their comprehensive local knowledge, flexibility and tenacity. They specialise in targeted and audience-specific leaflet, brochure and magazine distribution as well as postering campaigns, from the smallest to the tallest.

TUNE IN TEL AVIV- is Israel’s premier Music Industry Showcase & Conference event. Our boutique platform brings together dozens of leading industry decision makers and festival programers from around the world. In the past we have featured speakers & talent buyers representing a robust cross-section of the music business including: Glastonbury Festival (UK), Primavera Sound (Spain), EXIT Festival (Serbia), Zebra Festival (China), Liverpool Sound City (UK), CMJ Music Marathon (USA), SXSW (USA), Coda Agency (UK), ITB Agency (UK), Mercury Records (UK), Live Nation (USA), Brooklyn Vegan (USA, Q Magazine (UK) and many more. TUNE IN TEL AVIV showcases over 85 acts in more than a dozen venues, over 3 days & nights of live music, networking, and panels. This year TUNE IN TEL AVIV will be taking place in the Autumn 2014, with the official dates to be announced this June. www.tuneintlv.com

Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people’s lives. We support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries - from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. Sound City is grateful to Arts Council England for its support for Liverpool Sound City through the Catalyst Arts Capacity Building and Match Funding Programme.

The Anfield Wrap is an independent magazine that covers football, fashion, music and culture. Its contributors are Liverpool fans that aim to give ‘the best independent views and information from the world of media’.

DIY is a free monthly print music magazine, a t ablet weekly and one of the UK’s most visited and influential music websites. Covering the wide spectrum of alternative music we understand that, in the age of the curator, tastes are broader, breaking down walls within the industry and traditional tribes amongst the fans. Rooted in the digital age, we talk to readers where they are, through social media, gigs, festivals, and our editorial titles. Believing in independence and editorial freedom of expression, we don’t preach to our readers, we engage with them. DIY is published by Sonic Media Group.

The Skinny is a magazine that began in autumn 2005 in a drafty third-floor tenement flat in Edinburgh, where a group of ten volunteers, bewitched by the process of making magazines, spent three months compiling Issue 1. From the start they wanted to give events and artists that they enjoyed a platform from which the artists could be seen, and they wanted to help people make informed decisions about what they experience culturally. The Skinny is free and will always stay that way, covering cutting edge, forward-thinking culture as a priority, and always striving to directly engage with the creative and curious spirits amongst us all.

Vidzta is a globally viewed live streaming music platform specialising in showcasing the very best emerging talent. Key features of their sessions are the unparalleled viewer-artist interactivity that they offer, HD visuals coupled with studio quality audio fidelity, and the employment of technologically pioneering features such as 3D audio. Vidzta’s live streamed sessions can be viewed on PCs, laptops, phones and tablets via their website and iOS App, bringing viewers closer to the music irrespective of where they might be.

Liverpool Sound City are proud to be working with XFM Manchester, the home of new music. www.xfm.co.uk

Housed in a brand new building with state-of-the-art facilities, BIMM Manchester opened in October 2013 and offers fully accredited courses for students committed to a career in the music industry. The BIMM Group is the UK and Ireland’s leading provider of contemporary music vocational and higher education courses, with centres in Manchester, London, Brighton, Bristol and Dublin. BIMM provides over 3,500 students with a broad range of courses, including Degrees and Diplomas across disciplines such as guitar, bass, drums, vocals, songwriting, live sound and tour management, music business, music production and event management. Successful alumni include The Kooks, Tom Odell, George Ezra and Luke Sital-Singh.

NEW BLOOD is the new bands division of Artrocker Magazine .As well as being a publisher , Artrocker’s work as a promoter has seen them host the first London gigs for bands such as The Black Keys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, Maxïmo Park, Maccabees, The Futureheads and The Cribs, amongst others. NEW BLOOD nows hosts it’s own very own festival at the prestigious Hoxton Bar & Kitchen in London involving the hottest emerging acts such as Lola Colt , Young Kato, God Damn, and Velcro Hooks Get a taste of New Blood at The Shipping Forecast @ Liverpool Sound City

City Radio is the student radio station for City of Glasgow College. Our HND Creative Industries: Radio students, as part of their final year project, are working in partnership with Liverpool Sound City to bring Sound City Radio to life for the first time. Working throughout the event, our students will be giving Liverpool Sound City an online audio presence by p resenting live shows direct from the C onference, conducting interviews with artists & delegates, reviewing gigs & seminars, and editing it all together to make it instantly available online via the Sound City Radio S oundcloud page. Keep up to date with all the latest happenings around Liverpool Sound City via www.soundcloud.com/cityradioglasgow

PRS for Music Foundation is the UK’s leading funder of new music across all genres. Since 2000 PRS for Music Foundation has given more than £19.5 million to over 4,600 new music initiatives by awarding grants and leading partnership programmes that support music sector development. Widely respected as an adventurous and proactive funding body, PRS for Music Foundation supports an exceptional range of new music activity– from composer residencies and commissions to festivals and showcases in the UK and overseas.

SESAC is a performing rights organization with headquarters in Nashville with additional offices in New York, London, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Miami. Based in London, SESAC International offers the same outstanding service and cutting-edge technology as in the US. SESAC affiliates receive monthly royalty payments – unique to the PRO business – at a faster, more accurate rate than its competitors. SESAC is the most accurate and effective PRO in maximizing international revenue and takes pride in building and maintaining relationships with new societies around the world. SESAC is proud to be associated with Liverpool Sound City and to support exciting new emerging music www.sesac.com

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy and assists overseas companies with bringing high quality investment to the UK. We also market the UK’s strengths as a world-class source of products and services, partnership and business location. Our range of expert services are tailored to the needs of individual businesses to maximise their international success. We provide companies and investors with knowledge, advice and practical support at all stages of their business decision-making. UKTI offers expertise and contacts through a network of international specialists in the UK, and in British Embassies and other diplomatic posts around the world. Our specialist staff have unparalleled knowledge of commercial, political and social issues, along with contacts and opportunities available to UK businesses and overseas investors. UKTI can help you rise to the exciting opportunities and challenges that globalisation offers.

With a history extending 168 years, Liverpool Hope has developed a strong tradition of scholarship and research in key disciplines. As the only ecumenical university foundation in Europe the University’s work has been shaped by Christian principles but embraces those of all faiths and none. The excellent academic record of Liverpool Hope’s students is supported by pastoral care and, as one of Britain’s smaller universities; Liverpool Hope values the individual - in the words of Cardinal Newman ‘knowing her children one by one’. Care, concern and support for students are always a priority. The University places great emphasis on the bringing t ogether of research excellence and top-quality teaching. This research-informed teaching enables our students to develop into rounded and employable graduates who can take their place confidently as global citizens in the 21st Century.

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WE ARE SOUND CITY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK

Joe Anderson - Mayor of Liverpool, Kevin McManus, Clive Drinkwater, Karen Holden, Wendy Simon, Gary Millar, Claire McColgan and all the team at Liverpool City Council, Alan Welby, Alice Lamb, Alison Clark-Jenkins, Chris Bye and Deb Best, Jackie Dunning, Paul, Adam, Viv and all the team at Ingenious, David at TJ Thomas Estates, Jayne Casey, Dave Haslam, John Robb, Phil Saxe, Stuart Borthwick, Max Elvis and Amelie Bowie, Rebekah, Angela and the Epstein team, Carl Hunter, Roy Bayfield, Andy Heaton, Neil Atkinson and John Gibbo, Wayne Scholes and Red Touch Media, Jack Launer, Seymour Stein, Laurence Bell, Dave Monks, Ben Fitzpatrick. A special thanks to all our wonderful sponsors, Red Bull, Jaguar Land Rover, MPayMe (ZNAP), Jackson & Canter (Quality Solicitors), OJK Accountants, Robertson Taylor W&P Longreach, Mailchimp, Wychwood Brewery (Marstons), Marshall Amps, Lost Planet, Dawsons, Adlib Audio, The Cavern (Club), LIMF, Brazilica, Ticketweb, Eastwood Guitars, Sentric Music, T3 Events, Tuborg, Imperial Tobacco, Silk Promo, Liverpool Gin, Ticketweb, Pingtune. We’d also like to thank the following, Rachael Mercer, Cathy Maddock and Melody Beard from Liverpool ONE, Alan Thomas from Artrocker, Darryn and Paul and Go Cre8, Mike Walsh, Dwayne Clarke and all of XFM, Caroline Harleaux and the guys at The Skinny, Rupert Vereker and everyone at DIY Magazine, Nathan Warren and MWL Printers, Jon Stephenson and Jo Driver from Radio City, Craig Pennington and Chris Torpey from Bido Lito!, Craig Thompson from Young, Single and Mad ferit in Grimsby blog, Gawen, Fran, Bex and the whole team at Carousel PR, Peter Guy from Get Into This, Jonathan Turton and the Halcyon mag team, Martin, Greg, Louise and everyone at See Tickets, Marg Tinsley and Skiddle, Ben Fair and the ACC and Ticket Quarter team, Jon, Libby and all the guys at Ticketweb, Liam Cook for helping with all Sound City Marketing, Tom Dani, Holly Boston, Fran Baxter, Martin Baxter, Ewan Johnson and Jess Rafferty for being the face of Sound City in our ticket kiosk, Nicola Walker, Dave Jones, Andy Dockerty, Peter Abraham, Dave Mahoney, Nuala Bell, Wendy Dixon, Jacqui Tidbury, Neil Hennessy, Jon Sims, Stu Stalker, Jon Hall, Stephen Munby, Ian Cuthbert, Ian Wiggins, Ann Marie Moran, Anita McGowan, Jim Lyons, Kenny Brew, Adrian Devers, Claire McColgan, Wendy Simon, Liverpool Biennial, Brazilica Festival, Edge Hill University, FACT, Hope University, Justice Tonight Tour, RedHuk, Screenadelica, TATE, Nick Rhodes, Iggor Cavlera, Neil Brannan, Pip McEvoy and Phil Patterson from UKTI, Millie Millgate, Glenn Dickie, Esti Zilber and Alisha Kish from Sounds Australia, Maude Laflamme, Marie Morin and William Samman from Quebec Government Office, Sebastien, Mikey, Julie and Adrien at M for Montreal, Vanessa Reed and Laura Whitticase at PRS Foundation, Barry Kushner, Sue Hantsch and Sam Jordan from Music Publishers Association Jo Dipple, Dot Levine and Lorna Finlayson from UK Music, Nick Rhodes, Lee Morrison, Nick Parry and Juliette Charlot from Believe Digital/ Zimbalam, Jane Leah, Chris Morland and Steve Donovan from Citrus Suite, Eric Van Depoorter, Geraldine Zanaska, David McKenna from French Music Bureau Export, Sally Tallant, Vanessa Boni, Paul Smith, Zoe Thirsk at Liverpool Biennial, Chris Brown and Duncan Frazer from Marketing Liverpool, Christine Vaudrey from Liverpool Vision, Jonny Tait, Steve Ryan and all of the team at Academy Schools Group, Dave Parrish, Gary McGarvey, Carly Townsend and The Tate Liverpool team, Jade Parkinson-Hill and The Studio School team, Kab Soo Kim from the Korean Cultural Centre, Youngil Park and Hyunmi Kang from KOCCA, Derek Bachman from Sask Music, Adrian Cooke and Dex Lush from Portmanteau, Vaseema Hamilton, Briggy Smale, Steve Cobain and Suzi Ireland from BIMM, Jim Mawdsley, Joe Frankland, Jo Thornton and Bob Allan from Generator, Frank Wilkes from DMF Digital, Matt Wanstall, Kelly Wood and David Webster from Musicians Union, John Sweeney and the SESAC team, Danny, Lee and the Ruby Records team, Iris Ambor, Lark Bieber and the Embassy of Israel team, Jeremy Hulsh and everyone at Oleh!, Mark Gordon, Ross Graham and Grace Loughrey from Generator NI, Dalse, Dek and the Live to Live from Seoul team, Una Johnston from SXSW, Mike Henderson from Riskbox, Roddy Campbell and the City of Glasgow College team, Rob Moran and the Vidzta team, Neus Ribas and the Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics team, Cesar Guisado, Olatz De Solaeche and the Monkey Week team, Judith Govey from AIM, Connor Fitzgerald, Paul Hammill and the Broken Melody Records team, Cristina and Maddalena from Puglia Sounds, Pete Jenkinson and the Futureworks team, Holly Tessler and the University of the West of Scotland team, Gary Cook, Ian Carten, Matt Eld and the City of Liverpool College team, Merce Estela Poch from Institut Ramon Llul, Edward Harcourt, Stuart Borthwick, Janet Martin, Simone Kruger and the team at LJMU, Carol Buckman, Sarah Atherton, Lin Holland, Tony Smith, Chloe Mullet, Jacqui Miller, Janice Egerton and the Hope University team, Steve Hartley and the team at SAE, Phil, Thom, Pam and the Glow Media team. Also a huge thanks to our speakers, Peter Hooton, Joe Frankland, Andy Day, Charlotte Krol, Sam Cookney, Peter Guy, Dave Haslam, Luke Bainbridge, Jim Mawdsley, Vanessa Bakewell, Steve Miller, Nial Fagan, Joe Porn, Alan Blair Beaton, Ann Harrison, Ian Ramage, Rupert Vereker, Jeremy Paterson, Sam Stone, Jon Morter, John Robb, Jayne Casey, Michael Spencer, Paul Quirke, Andy Votel, Spencer Hickman, Dave Hewitson, Dave Harper, Graham Jones, Dr Martin Hanneghan, Suddi Raval, Gruff Rhys, Thurston Moore, Carl Hunter, Alan McGee, Paul Hamill, Mark Jones, Stuart Borthwick, Dex Lush, Adrian Cooke, Vanessa Jorge, Natalie Baartz, Steve Zapp, Jay Taylor, Rob Swerdlow, Jeremy Pritchard, Adele Bailey, Eileen Mulligan, Matt Wanstall, Heliene Lindval, Richard Watson, Tim Hornsby, Ben Robinson, Thumpers, Nick Rhodes, Gary McGarvey, Chris Meehan, Andrea Madden, Jim Brackpool, Ian Neil, Peter Bradbury, Alex Kennedy, Vikram Gudi, Michael Sandys, Mike Walsh, Debbie Ball, Geoff Meale, Sam Hinde, Ben Robertson, Steve Levine, Jo Dipple, Bruce Finlay, Keith Harris, Arwen Hunt, Danny Drysdale, John Doran, John Cale, Dave Bowen, James Corbett, Jerome Champagne, Richard McGinnis, Ollie Hackett, William Headlam-Wells, Lee Morrison, Bryan Johnson, Paul Smith, Simon Pursehouse, Steve Smith, Michael Kiwanuka, Kevin Sampson, Rick Parry, Maggie Collins, Kelly Wood, John Hamson Jr, Bobby Evans, James Ketchell, Jayne Casey, Janice Long, Andy Mitten, Ian Daniel Nicolson, Terry Christian, Dave Brown, Ian Herbert, Neil Jones, Steve Levine, Jo Dipple, James Ketchell, Matt Smith, Tim Dellow, Tom Wiggins, Louis Brown, Henry Firth, Janice Long, Michael Spencer, Tony Evans, John Gibbons, Neil Atkinson, Mike Girling, Sean Rogers, Sound City is grateful to Arts Council England for its support for Liverpool Sound City 2014. Sound City is grateful to PRS for Music Foundation for its support for Liverpool Sound City 2014 Extra special thanks to all staff, interns and volunteers who have worked for us over the past 12 months and who are working on the delivery of Liverpool Sound City. Without you we could not do it!