SPOT+ seminars

We’re proud to present this 5th edition of our “Let’s Talk Sync”-session.

This year the session is organized and moderated by one of the sync industry’s most powerful networkers, Ms. Tess Taylor, president of NARIP – National Association of Record Industry Professionals.

NARIP produces a string of high-end sessions focusing on all aspects of the sync business – from Los Angeles to Berlin -  so we’re very happy to welcome Tess to Aarhus for this year’s SPOT+ & Let’s Talk Sync-session.

09:55- 10:00: Opening Remarks, Tess Taylor, president/NARIP: What To Expect

10:00 - 10:45: Panel #1: Meet The Music Supervisors I: AV Squad’s Angel Mendoza, Trailer Park’s Bobby Gumm, Mob Scene’s Toddrick Spalding

Major motion picture and television studios hire trailer houses to create the most captivating and exciting and edgy promos possible to sell their multi-million dollar films, series and global franchises like Star Wars, A Wrinkle In Time, Marvel’s Defenders and others.  Trailer houses can never get enough music, but in this highly competitive field timing, production value, relationships make all the difference. Come meet three of Hollywood’s top trailer music supervisors at this special session and hear what's required to get in the door.

10:45 - 11:15: Lecture: How To Pitch & Place Music in Hollywood Films, TV & Trailers with NARIP’s Tess Taylor.

Song placement remains one of the best ways for music to receive exposure and cut through clutter and the competition is fierce just to get noticed.  Back by popular demand following Part 1 of her lecture at SPOT 2017, NARIP president Tess Taylor shares strategies and information sources to research current projects, identify the correct buyers or music supervisors, make contact and follow up. She will identify best practices for reaching out to busy people that dramatically improve chances of success. She will also detail how to form professional relationships that benefit all parties and result in better business for everyone. Most importantly, she will discuss how to make and close these deals in ways that keep music buyers coming back for more.

YOU WILL LEARN:

• What music buyers really look for
• How to increase the impact and marketability of music
• Before the pitch: research, info sources
• Make the pitch: how and when to make the best pitch, what to avoid
• After the pitch: how, if and when to follow-up.
• Make the placement: budgets, fee ranges, types of uses, what to expect
• After the placement: after-care, repeat business, do it again!

Don’t miss this insider’s peek at the music placement realities of the fastest-changing business in the world. Most importantly, lecture gives you practical information you can apply immediately to make better pitches and land placements NOW.

11:15 - 11:25: Break

11:25 - 12:10: Panel #2: Meet The Ad Music Supervisors II: J. Walter Thompson Ad Agency’s Dan Burt, Hated Industries’ Todd Porter, Droga5’s Mike Ladman, Music Stylist’s Jesper Gadeberg.

Music is a key element to capture attention and no one knows this better than music supervisors responsible for advertising campaigns for global brands such Rolex, Campari, Chase, Cover Girl and Under Armour.  Hear from this A-list of the ad world what elements they seek in music that make it more suitable for licensing in their projects.

12:30 – 13:15  Panel #3: Meet The Film & TV Music Supervisors: Joe Rudge, State of Sound’s Amine Ramer, Copenhagen Film Music’s Nis Bøgvad, Cookies For All’s Uli Kleppi and Thag’s Agent’s Markus Linde

Film and television are in a class of their own as a platform for music placement, with diverse uses in blockbuster films, hit television shows, documentaries and more.  Learn which types of projects have a greatest need for custom cues, cover, chart hits and pre-recorded original songs from this international panel of experts who have music supervised an Oscar-winning film, award-winning series and critical favorites.

Presented by NARIP in cooperation with Promus & SPOT+

Danish Language Seminar

With almost 90% market share, streaming has become the most important way of reaching your audience. But what are the upsides and the downsides of artist development, international work and live shows. We have invited a group of Denmark's key-players to discuss the different perspectives to these issues.

Meet: Stefan Cristopher Petersen (Phlake Mansion), Jakob Sørensen (The Bank), Lydmor (artist) & Esben Marcher (Dansk Live)

Moderator: Jesper Bay (MusicMatters & DKK)

Presented by Promus & SPOT+

Find out how deals between streaming services and record companies, music publishers and collection societies really work, and how royalties flow from each streaming platform through to artists and songwriters.

This briefing session is based on the ‘Dissecting The Digital Dollar’ reports produced by CMU Insights for the Music Managers Forum in the UK – findings which have recently been compiled and updated in a new book available from Amazon.

This session at SPOT+ will also include insights on how digital licensing specifically works in the Nordic markets, and how it differs from the UK and the US.

Hosted by Chris Cooke, MD and Business Editor of CMU and author of the above report.

Danish language seminar.

Recent years have seen an increasing interest in Nordic music with artists such as MØ, Sigrid and Tove Lo. In order to capitalize on that attention and success, the role of the manager has become more and more important when it comes down to the international career development of Nordic artists.

To discuss this, we have gathered a panel of four young managers from Denmark, Norway and Sweden – all working actively for their artists internationally – to give their insights on their daily work and all the areas you have to work with in the modern-day music industry.

Meet: Rasmus Damsholt (ATC Management), Stefan Cristopher Petersen (Phlake Mansion), Karen Norbakk (Mandelbaum Mng.) (NO), Kristian Riffo (Nivy) (SE)

Moderator: Christian Taagehøj (Camp Raven Management)

Presented by Promus & SPOT+

The digital music industry is increasingly data-centered and it is often assumed that developments in big data are at the heart of the future of the music business. But how do differences in quality and access to data affect the industry dynamics? What are the implications of the emergence of algorithmic curation and recommendation of music for the future of musical development and taste? And how is data changing the ability to make money from music in the digital age?

This keynote reports from an ongoing research project at Roskilde University. It explores the multitudes of different data that are currently being used in the music industries and discusses the potential impact of data on business models, taste and power relations across the music industry sectors.

Rasmus Rex Pedersen is Assistant Professor, PhD at Roskilde University.

Presented by Promus & SPOT+

Danish Laguage Seminar

With regards to music usage in film, advertising and games, we keep coming across the same deficiencies in terms of communication, knowledge, information, efficiency, and creativity.

This open panel will identify these deficiencies and discuss possibilities how they can be constructively addressed. 

• How important is knowledge about music rights, how do we educate?
• How do we open the way for the independent players towards an optimized and pro-active minded synch-business? 
• How do we strengthen the link between rights-owners and the clients across borders?
• Do we face the same challenges throughout Europe?
• How important Is it to understand our cultural differences?
• How do we benefit from a stronger European music community?
• The need of a common European platform to generate and curate processes of networking, connections, education, communication, creative and legal consulting, brokering and exploitation. 

The panel presents a wide range of individual professional tie-ins into the synch-business.

Meet: Daryl Bamonte (Publisher, Schubert Music, and Artist Manager, UK), Markus Linde (Thag’s Agent, Music Agent, Germany) Nis Bøgvad (Copenhagen Film Music, Music Supervisor, Denmark), Nuno Saraiva (Lusitanian Music / Altafonte Music Publishing) & Ralph H. Christoph (Head of Program c/o pop Convention & Head of Program INTERACTIVE COLOGNE, Germany)

 Moderator:  Nuno Saraiva

Presented by Europe In Sync in cooperation with Promus & SPOT+

Danish language seminar

Danish language seminar

Danish language seminar