On Thursday 8th of April Born to Be Wide presented Wide Days, an informative music industry networking event.
The first seminar ‘How to get on a Festival Bill’ moderated by Vic Galloway, seen speakers including Rob Hicks (Rockness, Belladrum), Stuart Nisbet (Hogmanay Edinburgh), Dave Corbett (The Edge, T In The Park), Helen Chalmers (Wickerman) and P.C Rae (Slottsfjell, Norway) advise on the best way for bands to break into the festival circuit.
‘I am the Law’ seen a panel of lawyers including Murray Buchanan and Steven Fisher (The Sex Pistols, Bryan Ferry) taking artists through the grey area of legalities within the music industry.
A seminar titled ‘What Next?’ seen Scott Cohen (The Orchard), Ruth Daniel (Un-Convention), Andrew Dubber (Birmingham University), Will Page (Chief Economist, PRS) advise artists on how to make the most of technology and explain current trends.
‘Speak to The Management’ allowed legendary music managers such as Keith Harris (Stevie Wonder), Rab Andrew (Texas, Primal Scream) and Bruce Findlay (Aberfeldy, Simple Minds) share their knowledge acquired by years in the business.
The keynote Q&A featured Gavin Bain, whose book California Schemin’ describes how he and fellow Dundonian Billy Boyd ‘mislead’ the entire music industry into believing they were American rappers for over two years.
“To get to see such an amazing line up of speakers would normally involve paying hundreds of pounds to attend a conference, or at the very least taking a three hour train journey to Inverness for Go North,” says Wide Days co-organiser Olaf Furniss.
The next Born to Be Wide event ‘All you Need to Know About Music PR’ will take place at Electric Circus, Edinburgh on Thursday 6th May. Click here to buy tickets http://www.eventzi.com/borntobewide
