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BBC Radio 1, Universal, Relentless, Mika's manager, live promoters and a venture capitalist group were all represented on the panel which poured over the state of the host country.
At times we might have been forgiven for thinking that it was a running advert for each panelists' business concerns, with their own wares being brought up as particularly forward-thinking and excellent. In some cases you couldn't argue with the logic, but other times if felt like trumpet-blowing, something you get used to if you attend a lot of music business conferences.
Nonetheless, some insight was abound. Brian Rose, Commercial Director of Universal Music UK & Ireland stressed the importance of merchandise in the Christmas retail market (as indeed he might, what with Universal acquiring merchandise company Bravado).
Stuart Galbraith of Kilimanjaro Live warned of the knock-on of economic hard times on the live sector with a tougher time for what he called “mid-range” artists and less US artists visiting the UK.
Brian Rose told the audience that digital albums aren't as much of a challenge as everyone thinks – while digital tracks are up 30% in the past year, digital album sales are up 70%.
Ian Watt of Machine Management announced that new thinking of the reintroduction of artists to the market after the end of a previous campaign was needed. Punters can now look forward to a 6 month lead-up before Mika's next album is released next year. He also saw learning lessons from the rest of the enertainment industry as key to his company's success.
Shabs from Relentless even argued that artists “just can't afford to go away anymore”, citing his company's approach to singles-based deals and asked for more multi-faceted relationships between labels and artists, such as the one he has with folk artist Seth Lakeman. It's anything goes – as Shabs put it himself “It really is the Wild West out there”.
George Ergatoudis from Radio 1 saw the reintroduction of artists and the long lifespan of artists as the biggest challenge to engage listeners.
Each panellist was asked to pick out one act at the end of the panel who they thought could succeed next year, here are the experts' picks:
George Ergatoudis, Radio 1 picked Dan Black
Brian Rose from Universal picked I Blame Coco
Shabs Jopanputra from Relentless picked out the genres of dance and urban
Iain Watt from Machine Management picked Magistrates and the track Walking In The Distance by Empire of The Sun
Stuart Galbraith from Kilimanjaro Live picked The Chaplin Family and Laura Izibor
David Glick from The Edge Group picked Sneaky Sound System
At times we might have been forgiven for thinking that it was a running advert for each panelists' business concerns, with their own wares being brought up as particularly forward-thinking and excellent. In some cases you couldn't argue with the logic, but other times if felt like trumpet-blowing, something you get used to if you attend a lot of music business conferences.
Nonetheless, some insight was abound. Brian Rose, Commercial Director of Universal Music UK & Ireland stressed the importance of merchandise in the Christmas retail market (as indeed he might, what with Universal acquiring merchandise company Bravado).
Stuart Galbraith of Kilimanjaro Live warned of the knock-on of economic hard times on the live sector with a tougher time for what he called “mid-range” artists and less US artists visiting the UK.
Brian Rose told the audience that digital albums aren't as much of a challenge as everyone thinks – while digital tracks are up 30% in the past year, digital album sales are up 70%.
Ian Watt of Machine Management announced that new thinking of the reintroduction of artists to the market after the end of a previous campaign was needed. Punters can now look forward to a 6 month lead-up before Mika's next album is released next year. He also saw learning lessons from the rest of the enertainment industry as key to his company's success.
Shabs from Relentless even argued that artists “just can't afford to go away anymore”, citing his company's approach to singles-based deals and asked for more multi-faceted relationships between labels and artists, such as the one he has with folk artist Seth Lakeman. It's anything goes – as Shabs put it himself “It really is the Wild West out there”.
George Ergatoudis from Radio 1 saw the reintroduction of artists and the long lifespan of artists as the biggest challenge to engage listeners.
Each panellist was asked to pick out one act at the end of the panel who they thought could succeed next year, here are the experts' picks:
George Ergatoudis, Radio 1 picked Dan Black
Brian Rose from Universal picked I Blame Coco
Shabs Jopanputra from Relentless picked out the genres of dance and urban
Iain Watt from Machine Management picked Magistrates and the track Walking In The Distance by Empire of The Sun
Stuart Galbraith from Kilimanjaro Live picked The Chaplin Family and Laura Izibor
David Glick from The Edge Group picked Sneaky Sound System
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