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waves music conFerence 2012 The Waves Music Conference is part of the festival and offers keynotes, panels, and workshops from 4th to 5th October 2012. The specialist programme, which is meant to be the basis and inspiration for a long-term, pan-European cooperation, addresses current issues in the music industry as well as the key subject of Eastern and Western European exchange.
➜ greaTer involvemenT oF musicians National and international musicians will be increasingly involved in the conference programme. At the Waves Music Conference, the points of view and experiences of musicians will be heard and taken into consideration; input which is missing at many industry meetings.
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During the Waves Music Conference, Vienna becomes the meeting point of international disseminators of the music business such as festival and concert organisers, labels and publishing houses, as well as managers and media people. Internationalisation is a key issue for many representatives of local artists and their economic environment. The conference offers the opportunity to establish important, long-lasting contacts to all those who have not yet been present at international festivals and conferences. The following improvements will be implemented in 2012: ➜ even more programme This year, more than 35 keynotes, panels, and workshops will take place. Three rooms will simultaneously be in use at the conference hotels Stefanie and City Central for that purpose. ➜ Broad Topical scope Apart from the main focus „Cooperation between East and West“, the conference also addresses current issues such as adequate remuneration by streaming services, new ticketing models, DIY labels, or the significance of music blogs. But the long runner copyright law, too, will be on the agenda; with a focus on the hitherto rarely heard positions of independent artists and labels. Numerous information panels and workshops – partly in cooperation with wienXtra soundbase and SAE – deal with topics such as funding, visa in Eastern Europe, sync rights, digital marketing, and many more.
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In this way, the conference becomes equally relevant for international disseminators and national newcomers. And the new talents get the opportunity for an initial international exchange. ➜ FeedBacK sessions Acts selected by an expert jury for having the potential for an international career will get constructive feedback from renowned music professionals. There will also be a feedback session dedicated to the web presence of bands or labels. ➜ guesT counTries poland and France For the first time, there will be two guest countries at Waves Vienna; one from Western Europe, one from Eastern Europe – corresponding to the festival motto “East Meets West”. The two guest countries of the festival also constitute key subjects of the conference programme.
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special Pro Programme For saturday, october 6th, waves vienna has prepared a very special programme for all delegates including showcases, receptions and a football game! SAT 06.10. 11:00–12:00* Swiss Business Mixer @ Charlie P’s “Kafi & Gipfeli” – Swiss Music Export invites you to free coffee and croissants! live: The Bianca Story (CH) 12:30–13:15* Burgtheater guided tour Austrian Music Export shows you the famous theatre and concert venue. 13:45–14:30* Radio FM4 studio visit Austrian Music Export invites you to the leading alternative radio station in Austria, Radio FM4. 15:00–15:45* Austrian Music Export Showcase @ Recordbag Austrian Music Export invites you to Recordbag, one of the best recordstores in town. live: Dust Covered Carpet (AT) This showcase is open to the general public! 04
15:45–16:15 Showcase @ Recordbag live: Talking to Turtles (DE) This showcase is open to the general public! 16:00–18:00* French Reception @ Institut Français The Institut Français welcomes all delegates and artists; free wine and finger food; live: Botibol (FR) 17:30–19:00* Football Game @ Wettsteinpark Faroese musicians vs Austrian musicians; free Aquavit and dryfish buffet. Open to the general public! 19:00–20:30* SXSW Party @ Bar Shabu James Minor and Mirko Whitfield of SXSW look forward to welcoming you to their party. Waves Delegates Tour: at 10:45 a bus will pick you up at Hotel Stefanie and bring you to all of the events marked with an asterisk (*). RSVP: delegates@wavesvienna.com
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Austrian Music Export On Saturday, october 6th, Austrian Music Export is offering a very special showcase at Recordbag and a visit to austrians number one radio station fm4. Austrian Music Export is a joint initiative of the Austrian Music Information Center mica – music austria and the Austrian Music Fund in close cooperation with the organisers of the Austrian booths at international music trade fairs. Austrian Music Export’s aim is to be a service and resource centre for exporters of contemporary Austrian music in all genres and aspects (recordings, live, sync, etc.). This includes providing access to information on Austrian artists and companies, building a substantial network of industry professionals and media, providing travel support and representing Austrian music at international trade shows, conferences, and festivals. Austrian Music Export promotes international showcases of local artists and develops measures to strengthen international exploitation of Austrian repertoire by acting as a catalyst for export-oriented Austrian labels, agencies, and artists. Austrian Music Export focuses on the promotion of Austrian music, providing access to information on Austrian artists and companies regarding operational activities. Furthermore, it funds Austrian artists, labels,
agencies, and artist management companies to showcase at professional events, amongst other things. The two Austrian Music export events are taking place at two different but essential spots of the Austrian and Viennese music scene. First up is the visit to Radio FM4, Austria’s number one radio station when it comes to alternative and electronic music. FM4 is a national radio station operated by ORF, the Austrian national public service broadcaster. Afterwards the delegates tour bus will take you to Recordbag, one of the best recordstores in Vienna. Dust Covered Carpet will play an in-store gig, and will most likely captivate the audience with their lyrics, which pinpoint disillusioning feelings accompanied by folky sounds. On their LP “Witness Me Pass Out”, those folk influenced tracks are pervaded with clean synthesiser sounds and wavy bass lines. SAT 06.10., 15:00–15:45 Austrian Music Export Showcase @ Recordbag; open for everyone; Austrian Music Export invites you to one of the best recordstores in town; LIVE: Dust Covered Carpet (AT) 05
CREDIT Anita Schmid
Violetta PArisini
austrian reception #1 Together with Poland, Austria is organising a reception on Thursday. Violetta Parisini, the poster girl of Austria’s singer-songwriter scene will be performing. The Viennese Violetta Parasini celebrates spicy singer-songwriter pop with a sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter aftertaste. Thoughtfulness and lightheartedness lie close together. After the critically acclaimed debut, her second album “Open Secrets” was released in January this year. It comes across as more reduced, although at times a lot more playful. The singer has stated that she has emancipated herself from a number of things – which ultimately lead to a more melancholic sound. The eleven new tracks are the preciously bitter testimony of self-empowerment of a sensitive musician. Especially the contradiction between the allure of the melodies and the reservation in the studio regarding the use of embellishment is addictive. It is about losing control and fear, about complexity and the paradoxes of love, and the naivety with which it is often practiced in daily life. Parisini believes in the potential of change within art. Violetta spares herself the big paroles, but rather tiptoes slowly into our hearts. She resists the temptation to preach, 06
“because the world works different for everyone. But I think that if I write how it works for me, then that can inspire someone else.” Such rare authenticity brings happiness, carrying an often subversive idea – for example the vision to stand against the impertinences of today’s system and reach happiness that way. It is often those diversions that define life and they definitely shaped Violetta Parisini in a crucial way. With “Open Secrets”, she impressively shows how art and life can be congruent. Violetta Parisini might be laying the foundations for an international career, so it is definitely worth to catch the Polish and Austrian Reception at Hotel Stefanie – not just because of the country-specific food and drinks that will be served for free. THU 04.10., 15:00–16:00 Polish and Austrian Reception @ Hotel Stefanie; LIVE: Paula & Karol (PL), Violetta Parisini (AT); free drinks and finger food for delegates
CREDIT RObert STrnad
Esteban’s
austrian reception #2 On day two of the festival, a second reception with Austrian participation will take place – in cooperation with Luxembourg; Esteban’s and Sun Glitters will be performing. A big part of Waves Vienna’s line-up consists of Austrian artists – during the festival several Austrian showcases are taking place. For example, the Austrian Music Export Showcase at Recordbag with Dust Covered Carpet, the Siluh Night with Sex Jams and Mile Me Deaf, and also two fantastic showcases at Heineken Music Train (a tramway moving alongside the ring road from 21 to 3 o’clock) – hosted by the electronic labels Houztekk and Luv Shack Records. Obviously, it is not just one genre that Austrian bands are committed to and so everything from electro, house to punk and folk to slacker pop is present at the festival. With nearly 40 Austrian acts, Waves Vienna presents a full programme for all Austrian music lovers and people that are yet to become ones. 08
One of those is Christoph Jarmer aka Esteban’s, who works according to the motto: do everything yourself. Actually, he is the bassist of the Austrian band Garish, but since they had taken a break, Jarmer set out to conquer new frontiers. He sings in English – in contrast to his regular band. The musical ingrediences he uses: a teaspoon of folk pop, a pinch of danceable rhythms, sprinkled with some Spanish flair. The songs are refreshing, not overdone or overloaded and remind you of your last holiday. So the reception will be the perfect time to enjoy good music that is tinged with some summer feeling. FRI 05.10., 15:00–16:00 Luxembourgian and Austrian Reception @ Hotel Stefanie; LIVE: Sun Glitters (LU), Esteban’s (AT); free drinks and finger food for delegates
CREDIT Maxime Ballesteros
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Berlin music
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Some of the brightest lights of the city’s music scene will gather for Berlin’s Waves debut.
Deutsche Initiative Musik invites you to a very special showcase / boat tour.
Berlin Music Commission represents the interests of music businesses in Berlin and brings together local and international business partners. Its activities range from bringing together the key players in Berlin’s music scene to public relations / lobbying and to provide a focal point from which to market Berlin as a music hub. It aims to establish itself as a gateway to the local music scene. It sees itself as a driving force when it comes to strengthening Berlin’s music industry and aims to put it on the right path to eventually compete with New York or London.
Initiative Musik’s aims are the support of young talent, spreading German music abroad, and the integration of people with migration background. Its core area of activity is contemporary music: rock, pop, and jazz. Since 2008, around 450 artists and infrastructure projects have been supported. Funding is offered for recording, promotion, and touring.
Feel invited to join the get together at Berlin Music – establish new contacts, strengthen existing ones, and “Listen to Berlin!”. And the Golden Choir is the oneman project of producer and musician Tobias Siebert. On stage, a vinyl recording of himself playing all the instruments substitues a backing band. Me and My Drummer, Charlotte Brandi and Matze Pröllochs, create music that covers the genres indie and dream pop.
On Friday, delegates are invited to join Initiative Musik on a two-hour boat tour on MS Schlögen with performances by Fenster, who are blending macabre stories and surreal symbolism, Wrongkong, a GermanCanadian pop band, and the German-Greek couple Sea + Air. The most important attributes of Sea + Air’s music are the next to supernatural harmony of the vocals and the tenacious idea that German and Greek cultural assets are a good basis for pop music which is both modern and timeless. If the scenery on the MS Schlögen is not enough to make you attend this showcase, the performing bands definitely should be!
THU 04.10., 19:00–20:30 Berlin Music Showcase @ Flex Café; LIVE: Me and My Drummer (DE), And the Golden Choir (DE)
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CREDIT Kaisu Almonkari
Paula & Karol
polish reception The joint reception of Poland and Austria kicks off the Pro Programme of Waves Vienna with performances of the Austrian artist Violetta Parisini and the Polish band Paula & Karol. Waves Vienna Festival considers itself a showcase festival where new bands who have international format and deserve more attention can be discovered. The main focus is on music from Eastern Europe, because, since Glasnost, a lot of changes have happened; yet, those musical accomplishments can unfortunately hardly be witnessed in Western Europe. True to the motto “East Meets West” a large number of acts from Eastern Europe will be performing alongside Western European artists at the festival. The specialist programme of the conference, too, is dedicated to the topic “East Meets West” – a motto which represents the basis and inspiration for a long-term, pan-European exchange. A part of the conference is also dealing with the music markets and scenes of Poland and France. With regard to Poland, the conference programme includes information on the Polish music scene, and insider information on how to enter the Polish market. 10
During the joint Polish-Austrian reception held at Hotel Stefanie on Thursday, Paula & Karol and Violetta Parisini will cater for the music side of the event. Free drinks and finger food will be served to appease your hunger. Paula & Carol, the representatives of the Polish music scene – actually a Canadian-Polish duo often performing with a big group of musicians – write cheerful folk songs with even merrier folk instruments. Their songs, filled with sweeping melodies and lyrics that mainly involve affinity and love – as opposed to today’s postmodern indifference – reach all generations and nationalities. Hardly surprising that The Guardian took notice of them. THU 04.10., 15:00–16:00 Polish and Austrian Reception @ Hotel Stefanie; LIVE: Paula & Karol (PL), Violetta Parisini (AT); free drinks and finger food for delegates
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Sun Glitters
Luxembourgian Reception music:LX and Sonic Visions will hold a reception for delegates at Hotel Stefanie on Friday, October 5th, with Sun Glitters performing. With the support of the Ministry of Culture and Sacem, music:LX contributes to the export development of Luxembourgian musicians abroad. This support comes in addition to the promotional, marketing, and financial investment of both, labels and artists. Sonic Visions, the Luxembourgian showcase festival and the accompanying conference, will take place for the fifth time this year. Over two days, Sonic Visions will spoil the audience with great bands. The conference programme includes interesting panels which invite you to swap ideas on business models in the music industry, copyright issues, and much more. The preliminary festival line-up has quite some gems to offer: The XX, C2C, Elektro Guzzi, Francis International Airport, Clock Opera, Rolo Tomassi, etc. More confirmations to follow soon. At Waves Vienna, three acts from Luxembourg will be performing: Hal Flavin, Inborn, and Sun Glitters, who 12
will also be playing at the Luxembourg reception. The name Sun Glitters could well be an associative description of the music of the sound tinkerer from Luxembourg. Some might call it chillwave, but this label is too narrow. Deep and broken beats, warm and energetic bass lines, floating samples, and playful synth riffs merge into a hypnotising soundscape which makes you want to lose yourself in it. And as his alias already seems to point out, his tracks are filled with a diffused-light ambiance with all elements from the icy electric piano to the gently wobbling synth bass decomposing and resurrecting itself every few seconds. Sun Glitters is one of those buzz acts that receive cheers from all sides; blogs, music magazines, etc. are all enthusiastic in their praise. FRI 05.10., 15:00–16:00 Luxembourgian and Austrian Reception @ Hotel Stefanie; LIVE: Sun Glitters (LU), Esteban’s (AT); free drinks and finger food for delegates
Loomit
bring on the night The international sprayer star Loomit will be interpreting the Eristoff wolf in his own graffiti style at Waves Vienna. Amidst the vibrant festival with its more than 100 acts and gigs, a very special happening will take place: right in front of the Pratersauna, the German sprayer star Loomit will give the Eristoff wolf a newly interpreted face during an exciting live performance. Just in time for the re-opening of Pratersauna, the international artist will spray the face of the legendary Eristoff wolf live in front of an audience onto the front wall of the party location. Waves Vienna and Pratersauna are providing the ideal frame and location for the event, which brings Matthias Köhler alias Loomit to Vienna. He is said to be one of Germany’s most significant and talented graffiti artists. His first works as a sprayer came about in 1983 and were inspired by his strong interest in the New Yorker hip-hop scene. Back then, he sprayed illegally at abandoned houses, companies, and public buildings. In 1995, Loomit joined other artists to work on the biggest graffiti in the world in Bergedorf- Lohbrügge. In Austria, he styled Salzburg’s football and ice-hockey stadium for Red Bull. THU 04.10., FROM 11:00 Eristoff – Bring on the Night @ Pratersauna 13
conFerence deTails thu 04.10.
#01 lecTure sync-righTs 1 (11:00-11:45)
Rechtliche und theoretische Einführung in das Thema Synchronisationsrechte. Speaker: Dietmar Dokalik (musician, judge, Ministry of Justice; AT) (Deutsch) hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
#02 presenTaTion The scoop engine (11:00-11:30)
Introducing the first Pan-European music PR service capable of effectively transcending the European border, with agencies in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, and The Netherlands. Speaker: Christian Buhl (Rocking Factory; DK) (English) hotel Stefanie – library
#03 panel TicKeTing (11:30-12:30)
Different models of ticketing systems and their increasing importance within the live music scene. Speakers: Paul Debnam (PSI Music; AT), Simone MathysParnreiter (wienXtra-soundbase; AT), Hannes Tschürtz (Ink Music, ntry; AT), Markus Winterer (Agentur Winterer; AT) host: Dave Dempsey (Radio FM4; AT) (Deutsch) hotel Stefanie – library
#04 panel sync-righTs 2 (11:45-12:30)
Praxisnahe Einblicke zum Thema Synchronisationsrechte von Agenturen, Studios und Musikschaffenden. Speakers: Lisa Humann (Swimming Pool/AT), Bernd Jungmair (Cosmix; AT), Wolfgang Schlögl (Musician/I-Wolf/Sofa Surfers; AT) host: Rainer Praschak (mica – music austria; AT) (Deutsch) hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
#05 panel diy-laBel (12:30-13:15)
Pros and cons of DIY Labels compared to Indie and Major Labels. Speakers: Ilias Dahimène (Seayou Records; AT), Thomas Morr (Morr Music; DE), Nuri Nurbachsch (brand manager, Warner Music Austria; AT), Benjamin-Zsolt Zombori (musician, Bensh; AT) host: Stefan Trischler aka Trishes (Radio FM4; AT) (English) hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
#06 presenTaTion n-Try (12:30-13:15)
Ntry brings the Direct-2-Fan-term into the world of ticketing and presents a new, mobile ticketing system. Speakers: Klaus Kühnhammer (ntry; AT), Hannes Tschürtz (ntry; AT) (English) hotel Stefanie – library
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#07 panel inTroducing ausTrian laBels (13:15-14:00) Meet four of Austria’s finest labels: Houztekk, Ink Music, Monkey Music & Siluh Records. Speakers: Walter Gröbchen (Monkey Music; AT), Bernhard Kern (Siluh Records; AT), Markus Landl and Maximilian Meindl (Houztekk; AT), Hannes Tschürtz (Ink Music, ntry; AT) host: Stefan Trischler (a.k.a. Trishes/Radio FM4; AT) (English) hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
#08 worKshop social media marKeTing (13:15-14:00) Social Media richtig nutzen, um mehr Fans und Publikum zu erreichen und an Reputation zu gewinnen. Speaker: Lisa Stadler (Der Standard; AT) (Deutsch) hotel Stefanie – library
#09 TalK david gedges From The wedding presenT (14:00-15:00)
Moritz Gayard (Electronic Beats Magazine; DE) talks to David Gedges (The Wedding Present; UK) about his diverse musical career from his own indie label success to equaling Elvis Presley’s singles chart record in the UK. In collaboration with Electronic Beats (English) hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
#10 FeedBacK sessions weBsiTe (14:00-15:00)
Interessierte Labels und Musikschaffende bekommen live Feedback von Branchenprofis auf ihren Webauftritt. Speakers: Ritchie Pettauer (datenschmutz.net; AT), Wolfgang Zeglovits (datenwerk; AT) host: Lisa Stadler (DerStandard.at; AT) (Deutsch) hotel Stefanie – library
#11 worKshop digiTales marKeTing 1 (14:00-15:00)
Das Album ist da – aber wie an Mann und Frau bringen? In dem Workshop erläutert Peter Balon, was in ein digitales Promotionkonzept für eine Albumveröffentlichung gehört, worauf es ankommt und wie man weiß, ob es was bringt: Zieldefinition, Zielsetzung, Erfolgsmessung und laufende Optimierung der Kampagne werden Themen sein. In diesem Teil eins geht es um einen theoretischen Überblick und die Erarbeitung von Kriterien, nach denen man vorgehen kann. Konkrete Beispiele folgen in Teil zwei. Speaker: Peter Balon (Netzonfire; AT) In Kooperation mit wienXtra-soundbase (Deutsch) hotel City Central – Salon
Panels, workshops and networking opportunities for musicians and music professionals: Digital marketing & promotion strategies for musicians with Virginie Berger (Don’t believe the Hype) Crash course: Intellectual property & copyright for musicians Is there more than touring? – All about licensing, gaming, merchandising ... Touring: Tips and tricks from those on the road and much more
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conference Details THU 04.10.
CONFERENCE BREAK reception Poland and Austria (15:00-16:00)
Austria and Poland present themselves – showcases, drinks and finger food included. Live: Paula & Karol (PL) & Violetta Parisini (AT) Hotel Stefanie – Dining Room
#12 panel Music of Poland (16:00-16:45)
Find out more about the rich and lively Polish music scene. Speakers: Michal Hajduk (Adam Mickiewicz Institute; PL), Malgorzata Halber (Jounrnalist; PL), Jarek Szubrycht (Electronic Beats Festival; PL) Host: Martin Riedl (The Gap; AT) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
#13 Presentation Mobile Apps for Festivals (16:00-16:30)
#15 Feedback Listening Sessions Pop/Rock (16:30-18:00)
International festival and label professionals give constructive feedback on fresh acts with international potential. Acts to be reviewed: Cassious Clay (AT), Eloui (AT), FAMP (AT), Freytag (AT), Neonstream (AT), Paula & Karol (PL), Plus Guest (FR), Philipp Szalay (AT) Speakers: Martin Elbourne (Great Escape; UK), Thomas Morr (Morr Music; DE), Stefan Reichmann (Haldern Pop; DE), Stephan Thanscheidt (Southside Festival, Hurricane Festival; DE), Thomas Zsifkovits (Nova Music; AT) Host: James Minor (SXSW; US) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Library
#16 panel The Polish Music Market (16:45-17:30)
Facts and figures about one of Eastern Europe’s key music business markets. Speakers: Krzysztof Bialkowski (independent music marketing specialist; PL), Michal Brzozowski (1500 m², Roxy FM; PL), Arek Marczyński (Antena Krzyku; PL) Speakers: Martin Riedl (The Gap; AT) (Deutsch) Hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
#17 workshop Low-Budget- vs. No-Budget-Audioproduktionen (17:00-18:00)
Greencopper mobile apps for festival and venues : Learn how a mobile application can provide your audience with in-hand interactive line-up and your sponsors with innovative visibility, all at once. Speaker: Cecile Martin (Les Editions Greencopper; FR) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Library
Warum eine No-Budget-Audioproduktion unter Umständen teurer werden kann als eine Low-Budget-Produktion. Speakers: Joshua Hercher (SAE; AT) In Kooperation mit SAE (Deutsch) Hotel City Central – Salon
#14 workshop Digitales Marketing 2 (16:00-17:00)
#18 panel How to Enter the Polish Market? (17:30-18:30)
Wie schaut ein digitales Promotionkonzept in der Praxis aus? – konkrete Beispiele und Zahlen. Darüber hinaus geht es um einen umfassenderen Blick – welche Bereiche der Musikwirtschaft (z.B. Booking oder Offline-Promotion) spielen hier eine Rolle? Welche Tools, im Konkreten v.a. Online-Musikservices, können sinnvoll eingesetzt werden? Speaker: Peter Balon (Netzonfire; AT) In Kooperation mit wienXtra-soundbase (Deutsch) Hotel City Central – Salon
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Learn from the experience of others how to get access to the Polish music market. Speakers: Magdalena Jensen (European Music Fair; PL), Elke Kuhlen (2Bild; DE), Mat Schulz (Unsound; PL), Ian Smith (Frusion; UK) Host: Nick Hobbs (Charmenko; UK) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
#19 panel Digitale Distribution (18:00-18:30)
Unter dem Schlagwort „Digitale Distribution“ wird eine Vielzahl verschiedener Geschäftsmodelle der Musikwirtschaft verstanden. In dieser Diskussion werden unterschiedliche Modelle vorgestellt und die Voraussetzung für einen erfolgreichen digitalen Vertrieb von Musik erörtert. Speakers: Eva Maria Stöckler (musicologist, Donau-Universität Krems; AT), Robert Klembas (Rebeat Digital; AT) In Kooperation mit Donau Universität (English) Hotel Stefanie – Library
conference Details FRI 05.10.
#20 panel Connecting CEE & Austria (11:00-11:45)
#25 panel CEETEP (12:45-13:30)
#21 panel Urheberrecht (11:00-12:00)
#26 panel The French Music Market (13:15-14:00)
How can things improve between Austria and its Eastern neighbours, what’s happening already? Speakers: Zebo Adam (musician; AT), Tibor Holoda (Wilsonic; SK), Mateja Koren (Slovenian Music Week; SL), Hanka Vojtechova (Indies Production; CZ) Host: Tatjana Domany (OMF, AME; AT) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Conference Room Wie sehen Independent Artists und Labels diese zumeist ohne sie geführte Debatte? Wie wirkt sich die momentane Situation auf deren Leben aus? Speakers: Christof Ellinghaus (City Slang; DE), Bernhard Fleischmann (musician; AT), Bernhard Kern (Siluh Records; AT) Host: Rainer Praschak (mica – music austria; AT) (Deutsch) Hotel Stefanie – Library
#22 Panel Streaming Services – Satisfying Models for Artists and Labels? (11:45-12:30)
Different models and future developments – do they involve a fair remuneration for artists and labels? Speakers: Fadi Dorninger (musician, Dorn, Wipeout; AT), Walter Gröbchen (monkey music; AT), Dominik Schmid (LiveBeats; CH) Host: Peter Jenner (Sincere Management; UK) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
#23 panel Festivals in CEE (12:00-12:45)
Five of the best Eastern European festivals present themselves. Speakers: Tibor Holoda (Wilsonic; SK), Anna Kopaniarz (Tauron; PL), Mat Schulz (Unsound; PL), Alexey Shcherbina (Migz Festival; RUS), Jarek Szubrycht (Electronic Beats Festival; PL) Host: Mirko Whitfield (SXSW; US) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Library
#24 panel Music of France (12:30-13:15)
French music, a worldwide quality trademark, at a glance. Speaker: Emmanuel Legrand (Legrand Network; FR) Host: Daniel Winkel (bureauxexport; FR) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
First results and feedback on this programme supporting the circulation of Eastern European artists within Europe. Speaker: András Berta (Sziget Festival; HU), Ivan Milivojev (Exit; RS), Peter Smidt (Eurosonic; NL), Tomasz Szpaderski (musician, Kamp!; PL) Host: Thomas Heher (Waves Vienna; AT) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Library An insight into the characteristics of this major European market. Speakers: Aziliz Benech (MaMA Event; FR), Guillaume Benfeghoul (Daka Tour; FR), Emmanuel Legrand (Legrand Network; FR), Daniel Winkel (bureauxexport; FR) Host: Stefan Niederwieser (The Gap; AT) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
#27 Feedback Listening Session Electronic, Hip-Hop (13:30-15:00)
International festival and label professionals give constructive feedback on fresh acts with international potential. Acts to be reviewed: Bottled In England (DK), d!ese gute (AT), EsRap (AT), Konea Ra (AT), Skwerl (AT), Tombo (AT), WrongKong (DE) Speakers: Herwig Bauer (Poolbar; AT), Ralph Christoph (c/o pop; DE), Anna Kopaniarz (Tauron; PL), Adam Ryan (Mean Fiddler Promoter; UK) Host: Paul Cheetham (NMO – New Music Office, SSC Management; DE) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Library
#28 panel How to Enter the French Market (14:00-15:00)
Learn from the experience of others how to get access to the French music market. Speakers: Stef Coninx (Flanders Music Centre; BE), Christof Ellinghaus (City Slang; DE), Patrick Printz (Wallonie Bruxelles Musiques; BE), Olivier Toth (Rockhal; LU) Host: Emmanuel Legrand (Legrand Network; FR) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
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conference Details FRI 05.10.
#29 lecture Visa and Permits Needed in Eastern Europe and China (14:00-15:00)
Administrative needs, dealing with customs, tax and finance paperwork, and some specific characteristics you should know when touring Eastern Europe and China. Speakers: Philipp Grefer (Fake Music Media, M.A.D.; CN/ DE), Nick Hobbs (Charmenko; UK), Alexey Shcherbina (Migz Festival; RU) (English) Hotel City Central – Salon
CONFERENCE BREAK reception luxembourg and Austria (15:00-16:00)
Austria and Luxembourg present themselves – showcases, drinks and finger food included. Live: Sun Glitters (LU) & Esteban’s (AT) Hotel Stefanie – Dining Room
#30 talk Ebbot Lundberg from The Soundtrack of Our Lives (16:00-17:00) Our favorite Swedish rock act talks with Susi Ondrusova (Radio FM4; AT) about a special band career. In collaboration with Radio FM4 (English) Hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
#31 panel Music Blogs (16:00-17:00)
How to work best with blogs, is their significance rising or falling, and how is the situation in Eastern Europe? Speakers: Astrid Exner (Walzerkönig; AT), Laura Gaetano (The 405, Art-Star; IT/AT), Matthias Leihs (They Shoot Music – Don’t They; AT), Edo Plovanic (Musika.hr; HR) Host: Ralph Christoph (c/o pop; DE) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Library
#32 workshop Low-Budget- vs. No-Budget-Videoproduktionen (16:00-17:00)
Warum eine No-Budget-Videoproduktion unter Umständen teurer warden kann als eine Low-Budget-Produktion. Speaker: Deniz Blazeg (SAE; AT) In Kooperation mit SAE (Deutsch) Hotel City Central – Salon
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#33 workshop EU Kulturförderung: Tipps und Tricks (17:00-18:00) Tipps und Tricks für Einreichungen und ein Ausblick auf das neue EU-Programm „Kreatives Europa“ (2014–2020). Speaker: Elisabeth Pacher (Cultural Contact Point Austria Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur; AT) (Deutsch) Hotel Stefanie – Library
#34 workshop Veranstalten (17:00-18:00)
Man muss nicht darauf warten, gebucht zu werden – selbst veranstalten geht auch. Aber wie? In dem Workshop gibt Simone Mathys-Parnreiter einen Überblick über die rechtlichen Vorgaben rund um Musikevents in Wien: von AKM über Genehmigungen bis Vergnügungssteuer. Speaker: Simone Mathys-Parnreiter (wienXtra-soundbase; AT) In Kooperation mit wienXtra-soundbase (Deutsch) Hotel City Central – Salon
#35 panel Waves Vienna Festival Feedback Session (17:00-18:00)
Tell the festival director and the conference organisers what you honestly think about Waves Vienna – they really want to know. Speakers: Thomas Heher (Waves Vienna; AT), Franz Hergovich (mica – music austria; AT) (English) Hotel Stefanie – Conference Room
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zEbo aDam (Musician; AT)
pETER balon (netzonfire; AT)
hERWIg bauER (Poolbar Festival; AT)
anDRÁs bERTa (Sziget Festival; HU)
azIlIz bEnECh (MaMA Event; FR)
Zebo Adam was born in 1980. At the age of six, he started learning drums, when he turned 13 he switched to playing guitar. When he was age 15, he was the youngest student of the Vienna Prayner Conservatory. Since then, he is a professional musician. Being a guitarist, composer, and bandleader, he played more than 1,000 shows in Europe. Since 2007, he is quite busy producing various indie/ alternative bands.
Peter Balon was responsible for the digital music field at mica – music information center austria and at the Austrian Music Export Office from 2003 to 2008. He also worked as a freelancer for Tonspion and FM4 Soundpark. He was project manager for a wide range of marketing in the advertising industry. Today, he is mainly concerned with new developments in the digital music industry and explores various opportunities for using digital marketing platforms.
Herwig Bauer, born in 1973, co-founded Poolbar Festival in Feldkirch, Western Austria in 1994. Besides his marketing activities for the publishing house Monopol, he is still is Co-CEO of the festival (together with Heike Kaufmann). Poolbar’s event programmes consist of artistic performances, theatre, cinema, discussions, poetry – and lots of music by splendid DJs and famous bands (Marilyn Manson, Regina Spektor, Gogol Bordello, The Tindersticks, etc.)
András Berta has always been interested in music export enhancement and has helped to establish PANKKK, the music industry support programme of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Music Export Hungary. Since the end of 2010, András Berta has been working for Sziget Festival as International Relations Manager with the task of taking care of all foreign market activities (including promotion and sales).
After two editions at Europavox festival (ClermontFerrand/France) dealing with music industry in Europe, Aziliz Benech has been working for MaMA Event in Paris for three years. She is dealing with international relations and exchanges, seminars and B2B meetings. MaMA is a cross-sector platform for the international music industry actors to whom it offers a gateway to the French music market with conferences, workshops, talks, lunches…
guIllaumE bEnfEghoul (Daka Tour; FR)
kRzyszTof bIalkoWskI (independent music marketing specialist; PL)
DEnIz blazEg (SAE; AT)
mIChal bRzozoWskI (1500 m², Roxy FM; PL)
Deniz Blazeg is a freelance camera woman for TV productions and narrative projects. She owns the weitblickfilm production company and produces image videos, commercials, and music videos. As music videos are often realised independently, she knows how to make the best of projects on a low budget. Besides working on her own projects, she also teaches at the SAE Institute Vienna.
Michał Bshosa Brzozowski is a DJ, journalist, producer, and the host of “detroitZDRoJ”, a weekly radio programme on national station Roxy FM. He is also the artistic director of the infamous 1500 m² Centre for Creative Activities. His production skills can be heard under various monikers in film scores for director Lucas Barczyk, remixes for Polish divas Novika and Justyna Steczkowska, in various commercials, and on Berlin’s ~Scape Recs.
paul ChEETham (New Music Office, SSC Management; DE)
Guillaume Benfeghoul has been a French agent for four years. He has a master’s degree in administration and law in the music industry. He started to work as an agent for jazz artists such as Kouyaté Neerman or Kyle Eastwood, then he became an associate of Daka Tour in 2010. He also manages and develops international careers all over Europe, the USA, and Canada. He is the booker of a new festival in Paris called Winter Camp. 20
Krzysztof Bialkowski is a sociology graduate and strategy consultant, specialised in music marketing. He is an author of marketing strategies for leading advertising agencies (Saatchi & Saatchi and DDB), involved professionally with key Polish festivals (e.g. Open’er, Tauron Nowa Muzyka, Jarocin). He is currently conducting projects for Red Bull Music Academy.
Paul Cheetham has 20 years of experience in the music business as a promoter and manager, working for The Mean Fiddler Group in London and Live Nation in Scandinavia. Paul is currently MD of SSC Management and is the International Manager and Booker of Berlin Music Week. He also runs the website The New Music Office, which helps new artists and companies connect with decision makers.
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Ralph Christoph (c/o pop; DE) Ralph H. Christoph is a founding member, former programme director, and now head of strategy of the c/o pop festival and the C’n’B – Creativity & Business Convention in Cologne. One of his main projects is “Europareise”, an international network of more than 75 festivals from 30 countries. He also works globally as an author, curator, and consultant for different public and private institutions and companies.
Dietmar Dokalik (musician, judge, Ministry of Justice; AT) Dietmar Dokalik is a trained musician and lawyer. He studied at the Konservatorium Wien and the Musikhochschule München. From 1999 to 2001 he worked in rights management at Universal Music and has been a judge since 2005, including stations at the Federal Ministry of Justice where he is currently working as a legal expert in the civil law department. Since 2010, he has been deputy head of department including the field of copyright.
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Stef Coninx (Flanders Music Centre; BE)
Ilias Dahimène (Seayou Records; AT)
Paul Debnam (PSI Music; AT)
Dave Dempsey (Radio FM4; AT)
Ilias Dahimène founded Seayou Records in 2006 in order to create a new music outlet that is free of subcultural and genre boundaries and build up a modern, high quality, and international boutique label. It releases around 15 records per year at the moment and also includes a booking and a publishing division. In winter 2012, he will start a new book publishing brand called RDE with his partner Stefan Redelsteiner.
Born in London, Paul Debnam grew up in a movie town just north of London where he started promoting shows when he was 15. He works as an independent concert promoter in Vienna since the 80s under the PSI Music banner. He has established acts like Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Muse from their beginning.
Dave Dempsey is a tech addict who has found his home in old-school media. Jobs as a music journalist, musician, graphic designer, and .com worker have provided him with the foundation for a career spent writing about the cool stuff other people are doing. He now hosts the “FM4 Morning Show”, a daily column focusing on the internet and technology, and teach radio at the FH in St. Pölten.
Tatjana Domany (OMF, AME; AT)
Fadi Dorninger (musician; AT)
Martin Elbourne (The Great Escape; UK)
Christof Ellinghaus (City Slang; DE)
Tatjana Domany studied political science, communication studies, and musicology and is currently working in the music export department of the Austrian Music Fund (www.musikfonds. at) and for the Viennese label G-Stone Recordings (www.g-stoned.com).
Wolfgang Dorninger was born 1960 in Linz, Austria, and lives and works in Linz and Vienna. Sound is the focus of his artistic work as a musician (Dorn, Wipeout, ...), label-owner (base), sound-artist, and lecturer at the Art University of Linz. Two diametrically opposite worlds of sound occupy his work, oscillating effortlessly between musique concrète and digital sound production in a spectrum ranging from sound installations, multimedia performances, music for theatre, or late night techno.
Co-founder of WOMAD festival with Peter Gabriel; agent for The Smiths and New Order; 30 years as one of the main bookers / consultants to Glastonbury festival; co-founder/creative director of The Great Escape; co-founder of M for Montreal, Canada and NH7, Puna (India’s leading new music festival). Currently: working on Glastonbury, The Great Escape, NH7, and M for Montreal; and just recently has been appointed “Official Thinker in Residence” to the South Australian government.
Is a board member of VUT (German Association of Independent Music Companies) and also of Impala on an European level. After establishing his booking agency Sooma in 1987 and the indie label City Slang Records, he also worked as managing director of labels such as Labels Germany, Mute Tonträger GmbH, and Virgin Germany. He established the music publishing company Ceuso as well as Souterrain Transmissions Records and celebrated the 20th anniversary of City Slang Records in 2010.
Stef Coninx studied musicology at the University of Louvain. In 1994 he joined PolyGram as a product manager for Decca and Philips Classics and became executive in the Belgian division of the Universal Music Group as marketing manager classics and jazz. In 2000, he became MD of the newly set-up Flanders Music Centre. He is an active member in several European and international music organisations and chairman of the European Music Council.
Astrid Exner (Walzerkönig; AT) Astrid Exner is a cofounder of the Austrian music blog Walzerkönig, part of the organisational team of Club Nolabel (a concert series for bands in the early stages of their careers), and currently studying music business management with a MICA grant. While interning at the indie music agency Ink Music, she worked on a list of blogs with an interest in Austrian pop music. Since there were not that many, she started one herself with an equally music- and internet-loving friend.
Philipp Grefer (Fake Music Media; CA/DE) Freelance journalist, booker, manager, promoter, label boss, festival director, PR-man, and DJ. After living/studying in Buenos Aires, Cologne, San Diego, and Berlin, Philipp finally decided to make Beijing his centre of activities. He founded the music agency Fake Music Media in 2009 and the music label Fake Love Music in 2012. Together with his partner Kaiguan, he is currently organising Beijing’s first music and design festival aptly called M.A.D.
Bernhard Fleischmann (musician; AT)
Laura Gaetano (The 405, Art-Star; IT/AT)
Bernhard Fleischmann, born in Vienna in 1975, has been producing electronic music since 1998. His first album, “Poploops for Breakfast”, was released on Morr Music in 1999. Since then, he released a bunch of albums and EPs. Among others, there was “Angst Is not a Weltanschauung”, which won a Qwertz Electronic Music Award as “Best Electronic Album 2009”. He recently released “I’m Not Ready for the Grave Yet”.
Laura Gaetano (“Alice Tragedy”) is an artist, writer, and photographer from Italy living in Vienna. She has been a contributor for The 405 since 2010, mainly writing about the Austrian scene and reviewing shows. She has published work in various magazines and catalogues, set up last-minute concerts for desperate musicians, and is interested in everything connected to music.
Walter Gröbchen (monkey music; AT)
Michal Hajduk (Adam Mickiewicz Institute; PL)
Walter Gröbchen, born in 1962, is a publisher and journalist in Vienna. He runs the music and communications agency monkey together with partners. He currently works as an editor, programme contributor, and presenter at Ö3 and Ö1, for Die Zeit, Die Weltwoche, Financial Times, Rolling Stone, Profil, Format, Falter, Wiener, and others. He also contributes to the radio station Lounge FM as a writer and is head of music there.
Michal Hajduk started to work as alternative and jazz music curator at the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw in 2008. Michal is focused on exposing and promoting young, talented, and vibrant artists from Poland through different activities such as “Don’t Panic! We’re from Poland”, the annual “musique actuelle” showcase. Previous experience: venue manager and curator, festival booker, A&R, band manager, tour manager.
Moritz Gayard (Electronic Beats; DE) After appearing in Nine Inch Nails’s “Eraser” video in 1994, Moritz Gayard broke his spine in a tragic football accident and ascended into a new realm of being: music journalism. Though he finished his studies on political sciences first and quickly started to run the acclaimed music video Blog MSM on Spex. He curated various music video screenings across Europe and he has been the staff duty editor of electronicbeats.net for almost two years. Moritz works and lives in Berlin.
David Gedges (The Wedding Present; UK) “The boy Gedge has written some of the best love songs of the rock ’n’ roll era. You may dispute this, but I’m right and you’re wrong!” (John Peel)
Malgorzata Halber (journalist; PL)
Thomas Heher (Waves Vienna; AT)
Małgorzata Halber, born in 1979, is one of the most recognised female Polish music journalists. Having worked many years for the music television Viva Polska (later MTV Networks), she interviewed literally every Polish artist active in the industry between ’00 and ’07. She has published her articles on the pages of Machina and Hiro magazines. In 2010, she was selected by the prestigious public radio Jedynka to create her own show for the nightly broadcast.
Thomas Heher, born in 1974, active in the cultural sector since 1996, is co-founder of pop culture magazines The Gap and TBA and the literature magazine Volltext. He used to run the Viennese record label P.A.M. Records and gained lots of experience when promoting concerts, readings, and film screenings. Currently, he works as festival director of Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference.
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Joshua Hercher (SAE; AT)
Franz Hergovich (mica – music austria; AT)
Nick Hobbs (Charmenko; UK)
Tibor Holoda (Wilsonic; SK)
Lisa Humann (Swimming Pool; AT)
Joshua Hercher has worked with bands such as Bilderbuch, Christoph & Lollo, and Milk+ and has been part of large ORF productions such as “Helden von Morgen” and the “Liveball”. Josh, as his friends call him, is also known as a “ProTools” operator and editing engineer for the famous producer Swen Meyer in the production of “Keiner mag Faustmann”. The young up-and-coming sound engineer currently works for SAE Vienna and as an assistant at Alex Tormann’s studio.
He has been working as project manager and curator pop, rock, and electronic music at mica since 2008. Since 2011, he is the representative of the managing director at mica and MD of the MICA – Music Promotion Agency GmbH. Between 1996 and 2008, he was head of national distribution at Soul Seduction Distribution. Member of the IAMIC Board since 2012, member of the export advisory board of the Austrian Music Fund, Secretary of EMO (European Music Office) since 2010.
Nick Hobbs is the owner and managing director of Istanbul-based Charmenko, co-owner of Charm Music Czechia and Charm Music Poland. He is also a dormant rock singer and artist manager, and an active agent, promoter, as well as event and venue booker, specialised in Eastern Europe since the early 80s.
Tibor Holoda is a renowned DJ of the Slovakian electronic scene and currently one of the leading promoters in Central Europe thanks to his Wilsonic brand. DJ Tibor almost single-handedly kick-started the fledgling techno scene in the early 90s – when he, together with his friends, built the legendary Bratislava venue U.Club. Even after almost twenty years on the scene, Tibor remains a popular DJ and music connoisseur.
Lisa Humann began her career at ink music with an interview for her bachelor thesis and has in the meantime become an associate of the company’s sync and licensing offshoot Swimming Pool. Committed to her passion for film and music from the beginning, Lisa quickly carved out a job profile and in the meantime holds a Berklee diploma in music supervision.
Peter Jenner (Sincere MGMT; UK)
Magdalena Jensen (European Music Fair, band manager; PL/US)
Bernd Jungmair (Cosmix Media; AT)
Bernhard Kern (Siluh Records; AT)
Robert Klembas (Rebeat Digital; AT)
Bernd Jungmair, born in 1969 in Vienna, is a freelance composer and the director of Cosmix Media. The advertising music highlights of his career include: Coca Cola, AON, 3, T-Mobile, Renault, A1, DM, ÖBB, and bwin. TV/ film music highlights: “Der Aufschneider”, Willhelm Reich. Music highlights: Heinz aus Wien, Afrodelics, Mc Gregories, K&D, Waldeck, Lenny Kravitz, and Toni Polster.
Bernhard Kern is cofounder and builder of Siluh Records, an independent record label, publicity company, and concert promoter based in Vienna. In 2005, he founded Siluh Records together with the actor and twee pop aficionado Robert Stadlober. After finishing his sociology studies and quitting his job at the weekly magazine Falter, Bernhard started to pursue Siluh Records on a professional basis. Beside releasing and pushing artists, Siluh also offers PR, booking, and publishing.
Robert Klembas studied musicology at the University of Vienna, music management at the Danube University in Krems and is currently doing his PhD in cultural management at the Institute of Cultural Management at the University of Music in Vienna. He is COO of Rebeat Digital, a digital music distributor. He works in the fields of content licensing, portal acquisition, contract design, and negotiation and royalty accounting.
Peter Jenner is a legend in the music business and is one of the most sought after and respected speakers in media today. Former manager to Pink Floyd, The Clash, Ian Dury & Michael Franti amongst others, he currently manages Billy Bragg. He is at the forefront of the debates surrounding the digital use of music and is President Emeritus of the IMMF, a director of the UK MMF, and is on the advisory board of the FAC. His overriding interest is in securing artists’ rights and fair payment. 24
Magdalena, born and raised in the US but now living in Poland for five years, has been working in the Polish music industry for several years. Originally a radio journalist, she then migrated towards the business end of things and began organising events and managing bands. Magdalena now works as the international coordinator for the European Music Fair, taking place in Warsaw. she manages Paula & Karol and a handful of other rising stars of the Polish music scene.
Anna Kopaniarz (Tauron Festival; PL) Anna Kopaniarz is head of booking for Tauron New Music Festival in Katowice, Poland. Apart from her festival commitments, she has also been working as an event and a production manager in the well-established venue Hipnoza Club in Katowice for the past ten years. Tauron Nowa Muzyka is the strongest independent music festival in Poland with an estimated fan base of 20,000 and the tag of “best non-commercial music mass event in Poland and Central Europe”.
Emmanuel Legrand (Legrand Network; FR) Emmanuel Legrand is a London-based freelance journalist, blogger, and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He is the conference coordinator for the World Creators Summit, organised by CISAC, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers. The next event will take place in Washington, DC in June, 2013. Previously, he worked for Impact, Billboard, and Music & Media.
Mateja Koren (Slovenian Music Week; SI)
Elke Kuhlen (2Bild; DE)
Klaus Kühnhammer (ntry; AT)
Markus Landl (Houztekk Records; AT)
Elke Kuhlen works for the 2Bild agency where she is responsible for booking artists for the Electronic Beats festivals. From 2004 to 2009, she was programme director of the c/o pop festival in Cologne. She also publishes a small magazine and is advisor to the NRW Music Advisory Board in the field of pop culture.
Born in 1976 in Upper Austria, Klaus Kühnhammer studied computer linguistics in Vienna. He subsequently worked as a software developer for language technologies and internet audio at Philips. In 2007, he founded Bitstem software with the focus on embedded software and programme development, mainly active in the fields of analogue and digital radio, VoIP, and low-level development. Co-founder and CTO of ntry Ticketing.
In 1992 he started his own record shop called “Tolouse Records and Stuff” (Italia Records). After some years he created a radio show called “Radio Ohm” at Radio B-138, broadcasting news, trends, and as well the roots of the electronic music. At this time, his alias was Mark T. = MARK(us) T(rigger). Nowadays, Mark T. aka DJ Trigger, or simply Markus, is working with Houztekk where he is responsible for booking and controlling.
Matthias Leihs (They Shoot Music – Don’t They; AT)
Ebbot Lundberg (The Soundtrack of Our Lives; SE)
Arek Marczyński (Antena Krzyku; PL)
Cécile Martin (Les Editions Greencopper; FR)
Matthias Leihs works as freelace software developer and IT consultant for various clients in the fields of science and economics. He has a bachelor’s degree in informatics and is currently completing his master’s degree in comparative literature. He is co-founder of the music platform They Shoot Music – Don’t They and is usually responsible for audio recording, IT problems, and business communication.
Torbjörn “Ebbot” Lundberg, born in 1966, is a musician, songwriter, and music producer who lives in Gothenburg. He is the lead singer of one of Sweden’s most internationally successful rock bands, The Soundtrack of Our Lives. He has also made appearances with or collaborated with Jane Birkin, Turbonegro, The Cardigans and many others. He has appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman”, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien“, …
Mateja Koren has been working in the music business since 2001. Active at concerts and music festivals, working as a stage manager and PR assistant, afterwards directing also to production and booking. She has been involved in many music and entertainment projects as a production manager, also working as an international booker and production manager for oldest rock festival in Slovenia called Rock Otočec. Founder and general manager of Slovenian music week.
In the early 80s he started arranging shows for bands and later publishing fanzines and illegal (during commie times) cassettes. In the mid 80s, he was booking and road manage bands like Fugazi, No Means No, and The Ex, to name a few. He was publishing magazines like Bez Alternatywy?, Antena Krzyku and contributing articles to several American and western titles. Now still doing Antena Krzyku as a label. Arek also started a music distribution called Rockers Publishing.
After working in telecommunications industry for ten years, Cécile Martin joined Greencopper in 2010 where she is now in charge of European Marketing activities. Greencopper offer innovative iOS, Android, and BlackBerry mobile applications for cultural events such as Southside, Hurricane, Rock en Seine, and Vieilles Charrues and has a strong network of partnerships (SFR, Deezer, Spotify, etc.).
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Simone MathysParnreiter (wienXtra-soundbase; AT) Simone Mathys-Parnreiter runs the wienXtra-soundbase, a Viennese project supporting young people who make, promote, and love music. soundbase offers a variety of services including ticketing, workshops and brochures on issues like organising gigs and copyright, an open stage, and funds for demo-recording. Simone has been active in the cultural sector in various functions, mainly focusing on issues of education and newcomer support.
Stefan Niederwieser (The Gap; AT) Stefan Niederwieser studied musicology and philosophy in Vienna and Marseille. He is editor-inchief of The Gap, twitterer, DJ and multi-channel media consumer. As a musician, he has twice been nominated for the Amadeus award with the electronic hybrid band TNT Jackson. As an author, he attempts to see music not only as an entertainment product but also as an exciting expression of its time and the social, cultural, and technical circumstances from which it grows. 26
Maximilian Meindl (Houztekk Records; AT)
Ivan Milivojev (Exit Festival; RS)
James Minor (SXSW; US)
Thomas Morr (Morr Music; DE)
The roots of Maximilian Meindl aka M-Fx are somewhere between acid, Chicago house, and Detroit techno, but to classify his music is not easy. His first gig in front of a “real” audience was in 1995. Due to his love of music and passion for organising events, the collective Houztekk was founded. Hence, M-Fx is one of the founders of the Houztekk community, which arranged events like Elektromotor, and the Houztekk Festival as well as the new series Houztekk Headquarters.
Ivan Milivojev is the director of Exit Festival. His responsibilities include programming, production, development of stage concepts, and dealing with safety and health issues of the festival. He is also the director and founder of AAA Production (an event, booking, and promotion company from Novi Sad), which takes care of the Exit Festival programme and production.
James Minor is the general manager of SXSW Music Festival which is one of the largest music festivals in the world, with 2,286 acts performing in 104 venues last year. Minor has a diverse background, with 20 years in the industry, having been involved in artist management (Voxtrot), booking tours for bands such as Explosions in the Sky, Lift to Experience, tour managing, and talent buying and management for venues such as Emo’s in Austin, Texas and Rothko in New York City.
In 1999, Thomas Morr founded one of Berlin‘s most influential and loved imprints. Morr Music has had such an impact over the merging of electronic and indie musical disciplines that many consider the label to have invented its own genre. With more than 100 albums in its catalogue, Morr Music is a label that truly has something to offer for everyone.
Nuri Nurbachsch (brand manager, Warner Music Austria; AT)
Susi Ondrusova (Radio FM4; AT)
Elisabeth Pacher (Cultural Contact Point Austria Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur; AT)
Ritchie Pettauer (datenschmutz.net; AT)
Nuri Nurbachsch, born in 1980, currently is brand manager for the Austrian division of the Warner Music Group. He entered the recorded music industry in 1999 with BMG, switched to gotv in 2002, and joined Warner Music in 2004. Amongst his other endeavors he is a DJ, co-founder of love + hate, blogger, comic book reviewer for The Gap, management consultant for a few local bands, and considers himself a minor internaut and transhumanist.
Born 1980 in the Czech Republic, Susi Ondrusova has been living in Vienna since 1990. Going to live shows since 1998 (favourite spot: front or left side middle). In love with festivals. First writing attempts for Skug. She is currently working as music editor for Radio FM4. Susi thinks that interviews are the best format and radio is the best medium. Her most precious work tools are: pen, earplugs, and headphones. When in a record shop, Susi always checks if they have Slint’s “Spiderland” in stock.
Elisabeth Pacher studied law and romance languages in Graz and Trieste. From 1999 to 2000, she was an attachée for the arts and media at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU, Brussels. Since December 2000, she has been working for the Austrian Federal Chancellery, Vienna and is now responsible for the Austrian Cultural Contact Point.
Ritchie Pettauer studied communications at the University of Vienna and started working as a journalist (Heise Verlag, Ö1 Matrix, Berliner Zeitung, Financial Times Deutschland). He specialises in helping organisations and corporations to optimise their online strategies and to understand and implement the enormous possibilities of social media. His clients include WKO (Austrian Chamber of Commerce), ATV (Austria Television), and Pfizer. He teaches new media theory at the University of Vienna.
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Edo Plovanic (Muzika.hr; HR) Edo Plovanic founded Muzika.hr, the biggest and the most awarded music portal in the Adriatic region with more than 200,000 visitors each month. He worked in two multinational advertising agencies as a research and new media executive and helped building the digital marketing agency within Omnicom group. He is member of the IAB, and a lecturer at two colleges. His passion is running his own music club Tunel in his hometown Rijeka.
Adam Ryan (Mean Fiddler Promoter; UK) Adam Ryan currently promotes artists throughout the MAMA Group estate, including London’s Barfly, Borderline, Jazz Cafe, The Garage, and The Forum as well as Manchester Ritz, Birmingham Institute, and Edinburgh Picture House. The venues range from 150 capacity up to 2,300. MAMA Group also runs the following festivals: Lovebox, Wildnerness, The Great Escape, and Global Gathering.
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Rainer Praschak (mica – music Austria; AT)
Patrick Printz (Wallonie-Bruxelles Musiques; BE)
Rainer Praschak started DJing in the early 90s and has worked as a promoter and manager at the Viennese label Klein Records for many years. He is one of the leading representatives of Viennese electronic club music and has earned a remarkable reputation over the years, mainly as a DJ and presenter of his own club nights. At mica – music austria, he works as a project manager (EU projects, PR & Marketing) and is an expert in the digital music industry.
After studying economics and spending some years in the business of analysing companies – while at the same time being a freelance press and radio music journalist – Patrick Printz helped create the Sowarex label in 1983. In 1990, he was nominated to head Wallonie-Bruxelles Musiques (WBM), the export and international promotion board for artists, producers, and publishers across all music genres in the French-speaking part of Belgium.
Dominik Schmid (livebeats.com; CH)
Wolfgang Schlögl (musician, I-Wolf, Sofa Surfers; AT)
Dominik Schmid, qualified lawyer and MBA, has over 20 years of experience with media rights exploitation, broadcasting, online and social media, and business development. As a former member of the Executive Committee of Infront Sports & Media he was responsible for the groundbreaking television production of the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. Since 2008, he is an independent internet entrepreneur. In 2012, he joined the music streaming service livebeats.com.
He has been part of the music scene since 1986 first in the band Red Red Rosary. He later worked as a producer and DJ. In addition to his musical activities, Schlögl studied government and political science at the University of Vienna. In 1996, Wolfgang Schlögl founded the band Sofa Surfers with some friends. In 2003, he released a solo album under the alias I-Wolf. Since 2005, Schlögl has also been working on contemporary concepts in his music.
Stefan Reichmann (Haldern Pop; DE)
Martin Riedl (The Gap; AT)
Stefan Reichmann is a founding member and musical director of the Haldern Pop Festival. Haldern Pop also encompasses a label, a bar, and a “day off” hotel for artists stranded between Paris and Berlin or Amsterdam and Cologne. They organise things in a dimension which correspond to the size of the village of Haldern, not to the percentages of an investment banker. Haldern Pop represents hospitable transit between the mosaic of regionality and multifaceted internationality.
Martin Riedel is an avid observer of the Austrian music and publishing scene with a particular interest in copyright in the digital era, collecting societies and online pricing schemes for music and news. Journalism and media management student by day, he spent all his holidays to fully immerse in news publishing companies and has interned at Wiener Zeitung as well as the public service broadcaster ORF. He is currently working for Monopol publishing house and reviewing music for The Gap magazine.
Mat Schulz (Unsound; PL)
shain shapiro (Canadian Independent Music Association, Canadian Blast; CA)
Mat Schulz is the founder and artistic director of Unsound in Krakow, Poland, now going into its 10th edition, with a regular event also taking place in New York. His work with Unsound not only involves programming existing projects, but also commissioning new ones – from small scale to large. Unsound-related concerts have been staged at a diverse range of venues and places, from Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York to small experimental venues in Minsk, Belarus.
Shain Shapiro is the UK/ EU manager for CIMA, the Canadian Independent Music Association. CIMA is Canada’s largest music trade association, and helps promote the export activities of Canadian companies and bands while assisting European companies and bands importing into Canada. Shain Shapiro is also an internationally published music journalist, currently working for a dozen magazines in six countries.
Alexey Shcherbina (MIGZ Festival; RU) Alexey Shcherbina is the director of the International Festival of Modern Music and Media Art – MIGZ. He also works as a promoter, photographer, and journalist. In 1998, he started 44100.com, the first online magazine focusing on electronic music in Russia. Alexey is one of the main activists of the electronic music scene in Moscow. Since 2008, he has been the mastermind of the annual Moscow based festival MIGZ.
Tomasz Szpaderski (musician, Kamp!; PL) Tomasz Szpaderski is the lead singer of Kamp! Their album is one of the most highly anticipated albums in recent years and they are considered to be the best electronic group in Poland currently. The Portuguese label Discotexas released their most recent hit, “Cairo”, and the boys were in the spotlight again this year with a hit remix of Brodka’s single “Dancing Shoes”. Kamp! are finishing up their first fulllength album which will be released later this year.
Peter Smidt (EuroSonic Noorder slag; NL)
Ian Smith (Frusion; UK/AT)
Lisa Stadler (DerStandard.at; AT)
Eva Maria Stöckler (Donau Universität Krems; AT)
Peter Smidt worked as a promoter for more than 20 years for Grand Theatre Groningen, Bevrijdings Pop Haarlem and Oosterpoort, Groningen. He is the founder and creative director of EuroSonic Noorderslag. Smidt is also responsible for the export policy and the European policy at Buma Cultuur. In the framework of the European Music Office he was the initiator of the European Tour Support Plan (ETS) and European Talent Exchange Program (ETEP).
CEO of Frusion Music International, a multigenre agency working in booking, media, and artist management. He has also been working as a musician, producer, promoter and arts consultant for many years– originally in the UK, now in multiple territories. He created Frusion in the year 2000, and is now working with over 150 artists worldwidewith a main office in the UK and a secondary one in Vienna. Smith also created Frusion matrix in 2011, generating a new way of co-operation internationally.
Lisa Stadler (28) has been part of the Austrian all-girl DJ/VJ collective Etepetete for five years now. Together with the girls she played at many clubs and festivals, personal highlights being a tour in Switzerland, gigs in Moscow, Barcelona, at Frequency Festival, and at Urban Art Forms Festival. When she is not travelling with Etepetete, Lisa works as a social media manager for Austria’s biggest online newspaper DerStandard.at.
Jarek Szubrycht (Electronic Beats Festival, Trzecie Ucho; PL)
Stephan Thanscheid (Southside Festival, Hurricane Festival; DE)
Olivier Toth (Rockhal, Sonic Visions; LU)
Stefan Trischler aka Trishes (Radio FM4; AT)
Jarek Szubrycht is editorin-chief of T-Mobile Music internet portal and owner of Trzecie Ucho, a company focused on the intersection of music, marketing, and digital media. His clients include Electronic Beats Festival (Poland) and Off Festival. Jarek can look back on nearly 20 years of experience in the music/media business, including editorial and marketing positions at the two biggest Polish portals Onet.pl and Interia.pl, as well a job as a content manager at MySpace
He is the head of festival booking at FKP Scorpio in Hamburg, Germany. He is responsible for the programme of 15 major open air-festivals across Europe, such as Hurricane/ Southside, Greenfield, and Highfield/Area4. Stephan also runs the local department of FKP Scorpio and promotes a few hundred concerts from club level to arena and stadium shows in the northern part of Germany. He started in the early 90s with his own punk rock band and took it from there.
Having a professional background as a lawyer Oliver Toth is an enthusiastic musician and music aficionado since his youth. He became GM of the Rockhal when it opened in 2005. As head of booking, he succeeded in implementing the venue on the roadmaps of most major touring productions and developed Sonic Visions, Luxembourg’s international showcase festival and music conference. Olivier is also founding board member of Luxembourg’s music export office.
A passionate music lover who wanted nothing more than to work with and around rhythmically and/ or melodically structured sound waves. His dream came true when he joined Austria’s Radio FM4 right after graduating from high school. Since then, Stefan has been involved in many aspects of the music industry – as a radio personality, writer, producer, label-owner, DJ, club promoter, rapper and head of Soundpark, FM4’s web platform for fresh Austrian music.
Eva Maria Stöckler is the head of the department of Art and Visual Sciences and the head of the Centre of Contemporary Music at the Danube University Krems. She studied musicology, German philology, and Slavonic studies/Russian (teaching studies) at the University of Salzburg. Since she works at the Centre of Contemporary Music and is member of the university’s Senate and deputy chair of the Curricula Commission.
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Hannes Tschürtz (ink music, ntry; AT)
Hanka Vojtechova (Indies Production; CZ)
Mirko Whitfield (SXSW; US)
Daniel Winkel (bureauexport; FR)
Hannes Tschürtz is an academically certified PR consultant. He has previously worked for, among others, the Wiesen festivals, Die Presse, and monkey. Since 2003, he is running the music company ink music (label, publisher, booking, public relations). In 2010 the foundation of the sync and licencing agency Swimming Pool followed. Hannes is a lecturer at the FH Kufstein, as well as lecturer and guest lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, mica, the Austrian Music Council and wienXtra.
Hanka Vojtechova has been working as a band manager for various bands for about ten years. Indies Production agency, which she has been working for, was established in 2009 as part of the independent label Indies Scope and provides full service for some of its artists. The agency is focused on management and booking Czech artists not only in the Czech Republic but all around the world. The represented artists illustrate the wide range of styles and the high quality of the Czech music scene.
Mirko Whitfield is the European and International Development representative for SXSW which is held every March in Austin, Texas. From 1994 to 2001, Mirko worked for the Reed MIDEM Organization (RMO), and was based in Paris, New York, and Hong Kong. He was responsible for co-organising RMO’s portfolio of international music, television, and interactive trade events held in Cannes, Hong Kong, Miami, Singapore, and Vancouver (MIDEM, MIP, MIPCOM, etc).
In 1997/98: diploma “Transnational German-French Studies” at Saarland University in Germany and Diplôme d‘Etudes approfondies “Nations, régions, frontières” at University of Metz in France. Freelance work for Saarländische Rundfunk (TV), Asko Europe Foundation, and Fenestra / Onyx / Vivendi. Since 1999, Daniel Winkel is press officer and consultant at the German branch office of bureauexport and deputy head since 2002; since 2008, he is Artistic Director of bureauexport in Berlin.
Markus Winterer (Agentur Winterer; AT)
Wolfgang Zeglovits (datenwerk; AT)
Thomas Zsifkovits (Nova Music; AT)
With ten years of experience in entertainment marketing, Markus Winterer is an expert in ticketing as a tool for customer loyalty programmes. His references in ticketing are projects such as Club Bank Austria, Bank Austria Ticketing, and A1 SMS Ticket. Markus is a graduate from IMC Krems, Extra University Course for Tourism Management and Leisure Time Economics.
Wolfgang Zeglovits is managing director of datenwerk innovationsagentur GmbH, a web and social media agency in Vienna. Additionally, he lectures at the universities of Vienna and Frankfurt. Wolfgang is very much interested in the topic of user-generated innovation and is an expert in usability and social software. He has a degree in psychology of the University of Vienna and a master’s degree in new media, information, and society from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Benjamin-Zsolt Zombori (musician, Bensh; AT)
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Benjamin “Bensh” Zombori studied composition and popular music in the UK. Long stints in Osaka, Reykjavik and Berlin followed. In 2011, Bensh self-released his debut “Clues” on his newly founded DIY bedroom-label Odd One in Records. The Singles “Doubt”, “How Come Nao”, and “Sweet Repeater” received massive airplay. Festival performances in the USA and Canada followed. Bensh is currently recording and producing the band’s second album in Vienna.
He has been a concert promoter for 18 years. Initially working as an independent promoter, he booked club shows and started his own festival. Mind Over Matter showcased all styles of heavy guitar music. 2001 to 2004 he worked as a booker at Wiesen Festivals. By then, the Wiesen bookers joined forces with Frequency promoter Harry Jenner to form Nova Music Entertainment. Zsifkovits was among the co-founders and is one of the co-owners. The company’s signature event is Nova Rock Festival.
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