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Rockcomm Announces Rock Artists To Speak At This Years Event Including Danny Bowes (THUNDER) Toby Jepson (LITTLE ANGELS) , Arthur Brown & More

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 2, 2015
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Rockcomm is pleased to announce the participation of a number of globally renouned rock artists who will be chairing and participating on some of its panels at Richmix in Shoreditch on June 8th & 9th. Panelists include Toby Jepson singer of Little Angels & Gun , Danny Bowes singer and frontman of Thunder, Arya Goggin drummer of Skindred , Dan Weller Guitarist with Sikth (Also a globally renowned producer )and Arthur Brown singer with The Crazy World of Arthur Brown . 
Rockcomm Founder Seven Webster  said “As a large amount of attendees are young artists it made sense for us to make sure we  get an artists perspective on the business and have rock artists both asking panelists the questions as well as being involved in some of the panels too. This for me was an integral part of what we are trying to achieve as without the artists there is no business.”
Rockcomms opening  panel will see Danny Bowes (Thunder) & Arya Goggin (Skindred) hosting a special in depth look at rock PR with a number of leading rock music PR companies including  Scream Promotions , US rock music PR company SKH Media (US) , Duff Press  , Work Hard PR & Noise Cartel.
Rockcomm London  is also  pleased to announce that as part of its live music coverage it will be hosting a special Festival Focus and Q&A on one of the  biggest Metal and Rock Festivals in Europe Wacken Open Air Festival.Rockcomm will be asking its co founder and co-owner  Thomas Jensen from ICS  in a special Q&A as to how he has managed to grow and maintain one of the biggest and most successful rock & Metal festivals in Europe while also looking at its history from its conception to its current Sold Out  status of over 80,000 attendees annually.
Panelists  speaking at Rockcomm include:
Dan Weller – Producer  /Artist (Sikth) ,Arthur Brown -Singer/Artist ( Crazy World of Arthur Brown), Arya Goggin (Artist -Skindred)  , Danny Bowes – Singer (Thunder ) & Manager ,Solid Music Management  , Thomas Jensen – ICS – Founder & Co-owner Wacken Open Air Festival -Lee Morrison –  General Manager UK – Believe Digital Distribution , Alex Herron – Head  of Programming Scuzz TV / Chart Show , Paul Barton – General Manager Pledge Music Distribution UK , Ian Camfield – XFM Radio (Rock  Show) , Sophie K –DJ TeamRock Radio New bands show , Mandy Aubry – Fintage House (Music Publishing ) Don Jenkins – Raw Power Management  , Moose – Team Rock Radio , Roland Hyams – Owner – Work Hard PR , Nathan  Barley Philips – (Owner) Basick Records , Adam Sagir – (Managing Director )Noise Cartel PR , Alex Branson Managing director of Ingrooves distribution , Gideon Mountford – (Head of Video) Believe Digital Distribution , Anton Lockwood – Promotions director – DHP Family (Hit the Deck Festival) , Billy Andrson (CEO TeamRock), Scott Rowley (Editorial Director TeamRock/Classic Rock/Metal Hammer/Prog Magazine), Horace Trubridge (Assistant General Musicians Union), Mike Weatherley MP (Advisor to the Prime Minister & Founder of Rock the House), Dan Tobin (A&R Director Earache Records), Thomas Caser (Vice President Napalm Records), Dante Bonutto (Label/A&R Manager Spinefarm Records), Mark Palmer (Managing Director UK Nuclear Blast Records), Rob Ferguson (Owner Transcend Records), Arthur Brown (Singer/Artist), John Davis (Owner Chic Festivals, Hammerfest, Hard Rock Hell), Ian Richards (Promoter Academy Music Group), Kai Harris (Director Advance Promotions/Takedown Festival), Paul Ryan (Vice President The Agency Group), Adam Saunders (Senior Booking Agent X Ray Touring), Jim Morewood – Owner – Eccentric Gent Organisation Booking agency (HIM / Meshuggah), Sharon Richardson (Owner Factory Music Management booking agency), Ben Hylands (Owner IAA Booking Agency), Dan Devita – Booking Agent TKO (Skid Row / Ugly Kid Joe), Duff Battye – Owner Duff Press PR Company (Slash / Def Leppard), Keith Hagan – Co-owner SKH Music – US PR company (Volbeat, Bad Company), Andy Farrow – MD Northern Music (Management/Booking Agency/Merchandise), Tom Carson (Jagermeister Brand Manager), Andrew Sharland – Partner – Clintons – Music Lawyer, Ian Johnson Mythophonic Management (Worldwide manager of Enter Shikari), Mark Meharry – (CEO Music Glue), , Simon Winters – Prager and Fenton LLP accountants (Music Business accountants), Eugene Butcher (Owner/Publisher Big Cheese Magazine & Vive Le RockMagazine). Kylie Olsson – TV & Radio Presenter (Sky Arts / BBC TV / TeamRock radio) & Many more.
Rockcomm takes place at  Richmix Cultural Foundation, 35/47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London, E1 6LA. Rich Mix is located in the heart of Shoreditch and Bethnal Green Road, close to the City with excellent transport links, on the doorstep of Shoreditch High Street station. ROCKCOMM LONDON will work to unite artists and companies from all sub genres, brands and sectors of the rock music community including Labels, Publishers, Managers, Distributors, Digital aggregators, Booking agents, Festival promoters, Media, Merchandisers, Equipment manufacturers and Suppliers, PR companies, Pluggers, Radio stations and all other aspects of the rock music community.
For more details and to register go to www.rockcomm.co.uk

Rockcomm London Announces Headline Sponsor And More Speakers For Inaugural Event

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 18, 2015
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Since its initial announcement  Rockcomm London has gathered momentum with the event now extending itself across two full days on both June 8th & 9th in what the music industry now regards as Rock Week. The events organiser Seven Webster from 7pm Management said “With so many great rock music based companies from across the World wanting to be involved in our inaugural event it has made sense for us to extend the event into two full days and give everyone in attendance an even more rewarding overall experience as well as offering more opportunities and time to network which is the conferences primary objective.”

In addition to the original lineup of panelists and speakers Rockcomm is delighted to announce that Digital music Distribution company Believe Digital will be its  headline sponsor for its inaugural event . Oleg Bounetsky Label Manager at Believe Digital said ‘We are thrilled to be supporting the first ever Rockcomm in the UK. At Believe we have a growing roster of great rock labels and artists that we work with on a global level, and Rockcomm is a fantastic opportunity for us to build relationships in this area and further support the genre”.

Rockcomm is also pleased to announce the addition of more panelists from the global world of rock and is pleased to announce the addition of a special PR focused Panel on its launch day Monday June 8th which will look at different ways to build and break rock acts via the media which will include Panelists from a number of Rock musics best and most respected PR companies. 

Panelist additions to Rockcomm include the following:

Lee Morrison –  General Manager UK – Believe Digital Distribution , Alex Herron – Head  of Programming Scuzz TV / Chart Show , Paul Barton – General Manager Pledge Music Distribution UK , Ian Camfield – XFM Radio (Rock  Show) , Sophie K –DJ TeamRock Radio New bands show , Mandy Aubry – Fintage House (Music Publishing ) Don Jenkins – Raw Power Management  , Moose – Team Rock Radio , Danny Bowes – Singer (Thunder ) & Manager Solid Music Management  , Roland Hyams – Owner – Work Hard PR , Nathan  Barley Philips – (Owner) Basick Records , Adam Sagir – (Managing Director )Noise Cartel PR , Alex Branson Managing director of Ingrooves distribution , Gideon Mountford – (Head of Video) Believe Digital Distribution , Anton Lockwood – Promotions director – DHP Family (Hit the Deck Festival) .

They in turn join a cross section of expert panelists that already include Billy Anderson (CEO TeamRock), Scott Rowley (Editorial Director TeamRock/Classic Rock/Metal Hammer/Prog Magazine), Horace Trubridge (Assistant General Musicians Union), Mike Weatherley MP (Advisor to the Prime Minister & Founder of Rock the House), Dan Tobin (A&R Director Earache Records), Thomas Caser (Vice President Napalm Records), Dante Bonutto (Label/A&R Manager Spinefarm Records), Mark Palmer (Managing Director UK Nuclear Blast Records), Rob Ferguson (Owner Transcend Records), Arthur Brown (Singer/Artist), John Davis (Owner Chic Festivals, Hammerfest, Hard Rock Hell), Ian Richards (Promoter Academy Music Group), Kai Harris (Director Advance Promotions/Takedown Festival), Paul Ryan (Vice President The Agency Group), Adam Saunders (Senior Booking Agent X Ray Touring), Jim Morewood – Owner – Eccentric Gent Organisation Booking agency (HIM / Meshuggah), Sharon Richardson (Owner Factory Music Management booking agency), Ben Hylands (Owner IAA Booking Agency), Dan Devita – Booking Agent TKO (Skid Row / Ugly Kid Joe), Duff Battye – Owner Duff Press PR Company (Slash / Def Leppard), Keith Hagan – Co-owner SKH Music – US PR company (Volbeat, Bad Company), Andy Farrow – MD Northern Music (Management/Booking Agency/Merchandise), Tom Carson (Jagermeister Brand Manager), Andrew Sharland – Partner – Clintons – Music Lawyer, Ian Johnson Mythophonic Management (Worldwide manager of Enter Shikari), Mark Meharry – (CEO Music Glue), Arya Goggin (Artist -Skindred), Simon Winters – Prager and Fenton LLP accountants (Music Business accountants), Eugene Butcher (Owner/Publisher Big Cheese Magazine & Vive Le RockMagazine). Kylie Olsson – TV & Radio Presenter (Sky Arts / BBC TV / TeamRock radio).

The conference will be held at the Richmix Cultural Foundation, 35/47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London, E1 6LA. Rich Mix is located in the heart of Shoreditch and Bethnal Green Road, close to the City with excellent transport links, on the doorstep of Shoreditch High Street station. ROCKCOMM LONDON will work to unite artists and companies from all sub genres, brands and sectors of the rock music community including Labels, Publishers, Managers, Distributors, Digital aggregators, Booking agents, Festival promoters, Media, Merchandisers, Equipment manufacturers and Suppliers, PR companies, Pluggers, Radio stations and all other aspects of the rock music community.

For more details and to register go to www.rockcomm.co.uk