Share A great infographic detailing concert goers activities at festivals and how technology has changed the way we interact and use new technology to enhance our festival experience. Click on the image to see the full infographic…
Share 2012 was the 23rd year for the Byron Bay Blues and Roots Festival and I was lucky enough to be in attendance for the first time in 15 years. The festival has grown from a simple two-day festival to a massive five-day juggernaut with over 83 artists playing across five stages. It has been [...]
Share In Part 1 of a two-part interview, TMV’s Laura Thorne had a sit-down in London with Cameron Farrelly of Pd3, to discuss a typical day, his approach to music and brand partnerships, the ultimate gig experience, and why Katy Perry is his BFF. Watch the video which is contained within the body of the [...]
Share TMV’s London correspondent Laura G Thorne attended last week’s Live Music Landscape conference and reports back on the industry’s recent hills and valleys. 2Pears (facilitators of peer2peer networking and collaboration specialising in creative and startup companies) presented the latest in their ongoing series of Music 4.5 events last week in London to discuss the [...]
Share The choice last week was either to go to the UK MMF Awards in London or to be specially invited to see a man I’ve respected (and always wanted to work with) since I can first remember, that man being Harvey Goldsmith CBE. Now, it’s been a habit of brands to get celebrities [...]
Share Dave Fortune, TMV’s live industry expert caught up with Ian Hogarth CEO of personalised concert alerts service Songkick to discuss the evolution of the music business marketplace… 1. Artists and investors might define Songkick as a ticket broker, data provider, content aggregator, or social network. How would you define the company? Wow, that’s a [...]
Share Let’s get this straight. This year’s Coachella sold out six days after going on sale in mid-January. To put it in perspective, while shopping for a reasonable flight and trying to line up accommodations somewhere in the Desert Cities, you easily could have come back to round out your advance purchases only to find [...]
Share There are two things everyone in the music industry needs to embrace: a concert is all about the fans, and the fans the artist can see and hear set the tone for their performance. Accept this dictum and all is fine. Producing a concert is all about managing the complexities of fan-to-artist relations before, [...]
Laura Carroll, from Next Big Sound, drills down on the numbers, and it’s pretty clear, unless you already have a buzz, SXSW is a not going to be your ‘big break’…
Share Imagine you’re on a conference call, and the senior exec on the other end is extolling the importance of cost cutting on all concert operation and production elements, especially for those shows losing money. You are told “feed them fucking Cornflakes for breakfast”. The directive is to cut costs wherever possible and refers to [...]
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