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Breaking Borders: Understanding European Markets

SASKATOON
TUESDAY, September 15
Round Table Meetings 10am-12pm - FULL
Workshop Panel 1:30pm
The Albert Community Centre, Saskatoon
610 Clarence Ave South

Preparing for international touring can be an intimidating process. After your hard work building a concrete audience at home, taking the plunge into the unknowns of international markets can be challenging on a number of levels. However, countless opportunities are often waiting beyond our borders: new markets, performance opportunities, networking prospects, and growing your brand with the possibility of one day performing on the global stage.

SaskMusic is thrilled to partner with our export consultant, Sound Diplomacy, to bring several international export leaders to our province, offering exclusive access to these sought-after delegates who will then be travelling to participate in panels at the 2015 BreakOut West Conference hosted in Victoria BC, September 17- 20, 2015.

Whether you’re an emerging artist with the intention of working towards international markets, or an established act looking for some tips and tricks to improve your international tour results, this event will answer questions and offer insight on how to make the most of your international tours. Our panelists will be available for round table sessions during the morning portion of this workshop. These sessions require pre-registration and pre-qualification, and will allow attendees the opportunity to meet with each of these export professionals in an intimate setting. This part of the workshop will be of particular interest to artists who have already exported their sound overseas, or who are prepared for export and ready to make it happen. (SaskMusic staff can help you prepare topics you may wish to discuss during your roundtable meetings.) The afternoon panel will cover a variety of international export points including tools and techniques for getting you to an export ready status, and developing a solid export strategy to get your music into the international marketplace.

• FULL! To register for the full day (round table meetings plus afternoon panel), you must be a current member of SaskMusic. The entire day will be free and lunch will be provided. Visit the registration form to provide us with information about your export-ready status, which will be provided to the international panelists in advance. Not all applicants may be accepted depending on capacity and applicant’s export-ready status.
• To register for the afternoon session only, please contact info@saskmusic.org or call 1-800-347-0676. The session is free for current SaskMusic members, or $30 for non-members (payment accepted via cheque, cash or credit card in advance, or by cheque or cash at the door).

We thank Creative Saskatchewan for their support of this event.

About the Panelists:

James Barker, Mystic Sons, London UK James is the director and founder of Mystic Sons, a Music PR company with online magazine based in London. Mystic Sons strives to discover and source new and fresh musical talent from all over the world and has a notable track record for providing artists of all sizes with effective promotional campaigns in the UK & International markets. Prior to founding Mystic Sons, James was the Head of Press and Booking Assistant at London events company The Playground. Working as an assistant to the Director of the company after being hired originally as a booking assistant and then progressing into other areas of the business, James' background is in teaching and lecturing at the University of Sunderland, with a complete Master of Arts Degree in Music Business.

Marion Noelle, EverMusic Group, Berne Switzerland Marion’s numerous experiences in the arts, contemporary music and culture areas have gained her a broad scope of knowledge. She is a director/agent/promoter with EverMusic, where she searches for new international talent (mainly for the Swiss club and festival market), handles contract negotiations, and manages live events. She also works as a director with Carré d'Choc, selling shows and concerts in Switzerland and abroad, handling event logistics, and searching for new talent.

Jacco van Lanen, Double Vee Concerts, Rotterdam Netherlands In 2001 Jacco van Lanen started Mana Music. With this small and flexible music-driven management and booking agency he developed several artists in The Netherlands and other territories. In 2007, Mana Music merged with The Alternative to form a strong management and booking company, then in late 2009 Jacco teamed up with promoter Willem Venema and started Double Vee Concerts. A company specializing in concerts, promotion, management and club tours, it is Jacco’s goal to pick up new artists and to develop them into professional and well-known artists. He’s always career-driven. Jacco co-promotes artists like The Lumineers, Chet Faker, The Sheepdogs, Lucius, Tobias Jesso Jr, Curtis Harding and many others for their shows in The Netherlands. As manager, he's guiding the career of Dutch singer Eefje de Visser (eefjedevisser.com). Besides his agency and management day job, Jacco is the Vice Chair and International Rep. of the Dutch Music Manager’s Forum (MMFnl).

For more information, please contact SaskMusic (306) 347-0676 or email kaelen@saskmusic.org.