Kirklees Year of Music 2023 is pleased to announce its next industry event, a free seminar for anyone releasing and exploiting music or planning to in the future.
The event will be held at Small Seeds, in Huddersfield on Thursday 20th October 2022.
Hosted by KYOM23 Music Industry Co-Ordinator Sarah Hutton, she will be joined by Dan Jones from the PRS for Music and Matt Wanstall from the Musicians’ Union. This is a free event and is open to musicians, artists, bands, songwriters, producers and artists managers releasing on behalf of their artists, as well as anyone interested in finding out more about releasing music, copyright and royalty collection for a release.
The event will run as follows:
- Registration – 5.30pm
- Event starts (MU) – 6.00pm
- Break – 7.00pm for 15 mins
- Event resumes (PRSfM) – 7.15pm
- Seminar/talk ends – 8.15pm
- Networking/social from 8.15pm – 9.30pm
The Musicians’ Union will explain how record labels and music publishers make their money and how independent artists can do the same. Topics covered will include copyright law and protecting your work and the difference between Master Rights and Publishing Rights. PRS for Music will take you through an overview of PRS, MCPS and PPL and the practicalities of self-service using the PRSfM website.
Now more than ever before, musicians and artists are taking a DIY approach to creating, releasing and exploiting their music. Some are self-releasing now with hopes of securing a future record deal, but others see it as a long-term strategy for their careers.
Either way, if you are planning to release your own music then it’s vital you understand some fundamentals about the way the music industry works and how your music can generate revenue.
Sarah Hutton, Music Industry Coordinator at Kirklees Year of Music said: “I had the pleasure of joining Matt and Dan on the webinar version of How to be Release Ready they ran last year so I know first-hand how important and relevant this session is for those wanting to release their music. This seminar will give you a chance to talk to, ask questions and get advice from two very experienced industry-leading professionals”.
Tickets for the seminar are available via Eventbrite.
A recording of the seminar will also be available via the MUSiK in Kirklees YouTube page following the event.
