Output conference and showcase has moved to November under the Sound Of Belfast and Belfast International Arts Festival arts programmes.
The excellent one-day conference and showcase in Belfast city takes place on Tuesday November 12th this year, and Output have announced the speakers, panels, workshops and topics for this year, at the MAC and Oh Yeah Music Centre in the daytime.
Showcase events will happen that evening in venues around the city and are to be revealed but the hosts are also revealed below.
Here’s a list of all the conference programme:
This year’s opening keynote speakers will be:
Mark Davyd – Chief Executive of The Music Venues Trust
Jo Twist – Chief Executive of the BPI
Joe Frankland – Chief Executive PRS Foundation
Women’s Work presents: Building a Team as an Independent Artist
Moderator: Charlotte Dryden (Chief Executive Oh Yeah Music Centre)
Speakers:
Kim Hawes (Tour Manager Motorhead / Lemmy)
Sarah O’Sullivan (Artist Manager – SOS Artists / Publicist – MCD)
Jayne Trimble (Music Publisher)
Beverley Whitrick (Music Venues Trust)
Amplifying Black Music, Creative, and Business Talent in Ireland
Moderator:
Bekah Molony (D07 Artists)
Panelists:
James Ayo (Hotbox Entertainment)
Kwame Kwaten (MD Ferocious Talent – Rumer, Amrit Kaur, Vivienne Chi)
Siobhan Brown (Soultrane Festival / Artist)
Jo Ricketts (NXGEN / Manager – Winnie Ama, Jordan Adetunji, Leo Miyagee)
Breaking the Ice with Social Media Marketing
Host: Matt Bacon (Dropout Media / Bacon Bits)
CMU present – Creative music pathways – Evolving Record Deals
Chris Cooke (CMU)
Willie Ryan (Lawyer for Hozier, Johnny McDaid, The Coronas)
Liam Craig (Manager; Roe)
Aine Cronin-McCartney (A&R Faction Music & Label Manager for Bloom Records)
Exploring the World of Music Publishing with MPAI
Moderator:
Nigel Elderton (Peer Music)
Panelists:
Sarah Liversedge Platz (Bucks BDI Music)
Dina Coughlan (Planet of Sound/Music Supervisor)
Johnny Lappin (Publisher – Aslan, Sharon Shannon, Rob Burke, Rodrigo Y Gabriela)
Screen Composers Guild of Ireland presents: Composing Production Music for Television
Moderator:
Aaron Casey (RAAP)
Panelists:
Nicky Bignell (Head of Music Licensing BBC)
Rebekah Fitch (Composer and Co-writer -The Traitors BBC Trailer, BBC Olympics Trailer)
Mat Andasun (production music composer and library music thought leader),
Dean Fagan (Composer and Music Royalties Manager)
Northern Irish Funding for Musical Artists and Businesses – What’s out there to Support You?
Ciaran Scullion (Head of Music Arts Council NI)
Nikki MacRae (Music Officer Belfast City Council)
Chris Tams (BPI)
John Hendrickse (PRS Foundation)
David Culbert (Help Musicians)
Meet The Author: 1999: The Year the Record Industry Lost Control
Eamonn Forde (author)
Siobhán McAndrew (BBC/ Producer)
The Beatles & Black Music – A Reading and Q&A with Dr Richard Mills
Moderator: Siobhan Brown (Soultrane)
Speaker: Dr Richard Mills (author)
The Art of Creating Compelling Music for Short Form Content on Social Media
Moderator:
Dylan Murphy (Mabfield)
Panelists:
ROISINO (Director / music and brands – clients include BBC, Netflix, Adidas)
Alison Lamb (Project Allies – Music Marketing & Campaign Management)
CMU Presents – Pathways Into Music: The Knowledge and Information Young Music-Makers Need & The Role of Educators In Providing It
Chris Cooke (CMU)
Phil Nelson (Pathways into Music / Manager – Duke Special, Aqualung)
Ivors Academy Presents – Trailer Talk – Placing and Composing Music for Film Trailers
Moderator: Mark Gordon (Score Draw)
Speakers:
Tally Myners (Ignition Creative),
Ciaran Birch (Trailer Composer – ‘Ghostbusters – Frozen Empire’, ‘Avengers: Endgame’, ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’)’)
Jonathan Tester (Bucks Music)
Beyond Skin Presents: Beyond Borders – Global Music Collaboration in Northern Ireland
Moderator: Darren Ferguson
Speakers: Zarifa Asghari (Songwriter)
Eva Kearney (Aqua Tofana)
Glenn Millar (Musician, Author of ‘Made to Parade’)
Amita Ravikiran (Artist)
Live Through This – How New Artists can Thrive in the Live Music Sector
Moderator:
Rachel Lloyd (AEG Live)
Speakers:
Matt Hanner (Runway Artists – Chubby Cat, Baby Bird, The Wytches)
Joe Dougan (Belsonic)
Derick Mackinnon (New Found Sound Promoters)
Cheylene Murphy (Beauty Sleep)
Music & AI: We are KLEM. We steal your music. What are you going to do about it?
Moderator:
Mark Graham (Music Industry Podcaster, Music Lecturer & PhD Candidate)
Speakers:
Anthony O’Dwyer (Lecturer at SETU)
Helen Mullane (Little Storm Productions)
Leo Pearson (Composer and Producer)
Lee Grace
Artist and Producer Management 101 – The View from Both Sides
Moderator:
Paul Bonham(MMF)
Speakers:
Rowan Brand (Tribe MGMT – Manager – Bears Den, Ciaran Lavery)
Trina Smith (CEO Electric Pineapple Media Group – Mutya (Sugababes) , Andrew ‘Ace’ Kingslow)
Jill Hollywood (Echo Beach Management – Jackknife Lee, Dave Bascombe)
Will Reeves (Karma Artists – Mixing Engineer: Stormzy, Bree Runway, Khalid)
Sync or Swim – Obtaining and Placing New Music in Sports and Advertising
Moderator: Mark Gordon (Score Draw)
Speakers:
Sophie Urquhart (Tin Drum Music – Recent placements include Google, Diesel, Diet Coke)
Sascha Darroch-Davies (DLMDD – Recent placements include Amazon and MINI)
Mark Woodward (Former Creative Lead, BBC Football)
AVA & Output present: Worldbuilding: Defining your Visual Identity as an Artist with Sloucho & Tony Nwachukwu (CDR).
Moderator: Tony Nwachukwu (CDR – Maya Jane Coles, SBTRKT)
Speakers: Sloucho (Artist – EMBY, Curtisy)
The Business of Thin Lizzy
Moderator:
Whitney Ribbins (Wild 1 Media – Pink Floyd, Glen Matlock, BMG)
Speakers:
Ian Randell (Marketing Consultant for Decca / Universal)
Andrew Roland (DarkWaves Music, Decca, BMG)
Richard Whittaker (Starboard Music Group – The Who, The Rolling Stones, Mary Black)
Lyndsy Coates (lyndsy.digital, Decca Records, Universal Music Group)
The Music PR Toolkit – How to Effectively Promote Your Work
Moderator:Tom Brumpton (Polymath PR – Confess, Jesse Leach, Morgan Heritage)
Speakers:
Jess Murray (Hot Press – The Prodigy, The Pretty Reckless, UB40)
Sheena Madden (Amplify Agency – Gemma Hayes, Maria Kelly, Mary Coughlan)
Eve-Christine Adolph (Hey Eve)
AIM Ireland presents: From Streaming to Physical, the Challenges facing Indie Labels in 2024
Moderator:
Speakers:
Gill Dooley (AIM Ireland)
Jack Clothier (Alcopop Records)
Brian Scally (Paragon Records)
Timmy Stewart (DJ / The Night Institute)
Irish Festivals – Shaping the Future: Innovation, Challenges, and Opportunities in Ireland’s Music Festival Scene
Moderator:
Danny Carroll (IMRO)
Speakers:
Sarah McBriar (AVA Festival / UP! Productions)
Adam O’Brien (Event Consultant)
Constance Keane (ATC Management)
Shauna Watson (The Orchard)
Shane Dunne (MCD)
Music Support: Championing the Wellbeing of the Industry
Moderator: TBA
Speakers: Eoghan O’Hagan (Mira Counselling)
BBC Introducing Presents: How Radio is Helping Independent Artists in 2024
Moderator:
TBA
Speakers:
Emily Pilbeam (BBC Radio 6 Music / BBC Introducing)
Dexter Batson (Little Wonder PR, Spotify, BBC)
Oli Dutton (Obscene Strategies)
Gemma Bradley (Artist, BBC Introducing)
PRS for Music presents: How To Create & Monetise Your Own Sample Library (introduced by Stuart Fleming)
Moderator: Maeve Mulholland
Speakers: George Strezov (Composer, Conductor and Orchestrator – ‘The Tree of Life’, ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’, ‘The Witcher’)
Panel: Lyndon Stephens Closing Keynote
Moderator: TBA
Speakers: TBA
Confirmed Hosts Include [A-Z]
- A Bakers Dozen
- BBC Introducing ATL
- Butter Wouldn’t Melt
- Chordblossom
- D07 Artists
- Faction Music
- Hotbox Entertainment
- IMRO
- New Champion Management
- NKP
- Off Axis
- PRS For Music
- PRS Foundation
- Runaway Artists
- Scratch My Progress
- Soultrane
- The Dead Rabbit
- The Thin Air
- UnConvetion
- X Collective
- Yeo Magazine
- Your Roots Are Showing
