Musicians: Making The Rights Decision
Most of his career was spent at Virgin where he started in 1981 and progressed through various posts before being appointed Managing Director in 1988. He was a member of the BPI Council from 1985 to 1992. In 1983 he was instrumental in devising the Now! hat's What I Call Music brand. In 1992 he set up his own company, and worked with Virgin acts (Genesis, Peter Gabriel, UB40, Mike and the Mechanics) and others. In the same year he founded the prestigious Mercury Music Prize. In 2005 he was appointed Director, Independent Member Services at the BPI, the UK record industry trade body.
http://www.bpi.co.uk
Simon Goffe - Managing Director, Heavyweight Management
Heavyweight Music Ltd is a company comprised of three divisions - artist management, publishing and music consultancy - and was initially formed in 1990 by Managing Director Simon Goffe, a DJ, music journalist and promoter. During the 1990's, Heavyweight Management specialised in running artists independent labels, creating a Bristol connection with Smith & Mighty, which then broadened to include Roni Size who won the UK Mercury Music Prize with Reprazent in 1997. Heavyweight Music Ltd now manages UK rapper Sway, amongst other artists, and have recently set up a record label as a joint venture with Gilles Peterson called Brownstone Recordings (www.brownstonerecordings.com).
http://www.heavyweightman.com
Laurence Gilmore - Partner, Hamlins Law Firm
Laurence is a partner in the Media & IP Department at Hamlins law firm. He specialises, in particular, in music litigation where he acts for one of the main UK collecting societies, as well as being involved in all types of litigation in the music industry. Laurence acted for Aston 'Family Man' Barrett in the high-profile case against the estate of Bob Marley. He also acts for three collecting societies, represents Bruce Springstein as well as other artists, and represents a number of large and small record companies including Sony/BMG.page << 1 2 3 >>
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