Making Money From Recorded Music - Sheffield

With sales of physical product (CDs and records) starting to dry up, record labels and publishers are looking at new ways to derive income from the music they own. I-tunes and the other content providers are partly replacing the lost income from physical sales, but this revenue appears only to be making-up for a fraction of lost earnings. Labels and publishers are now relying more and more, on income derived from music synchronization – music licensed for use in film, TV, advertising and computer games. Our speakers will look at an array of revenue streams, which can be derived from recorded music.

Our two guest speakers run three separate music companies, between them, and work together in area of music synchronization.

David Cooper

David Cooper runs the music PR company In House Press and independent label Melodic Records, from his Manchester office. He set-up his businesses in 1999, having previously spent 5 years working for a regional PR company called Pomona. In House Press has done PR for a number of artists including: The Go Team, Animal Collective and Rocky Erickson.

Melodic Records has released music by The Longcut, Nine Black Alps and The Earlies, to name but a few. In 2007 David set up a label management arm to represent and promote labels from The U.S. and Europe. He is now pushing forward with plans to set-up a music publishing company.

In House Press
Melodic Records

Rachel Wood

Rachel Wood – Woodwork Music - specializes in selecting and placing music for use in films, commercials, TV and computer games.

Rachel Wood has worked in synchronization for over 10 years. Her career began at Manchester based hip hop label Grand Central before establishing her own synch / licensing agency Woodwork Music 6 years ago. Her company aims to promote and protect the interests of quality independent music owners to a broad array of clients including artists such as Violent Femmes, Rilo Kiley, White Denim and Caribou.

Rachel has placed music in campaigns with numerous brands including: Tropicana, Fosters, T-Mobile, Volvo, Cherry Cola and Volkswagen. Woodwork Music has also recently placed music in US TV shows including: Grey's Anatomy and CSI as well as film trailers and various feature films around the world.

Woodwork Music

The event is free to Plugged In Yorkshire members, but spaces are limited. To book your place contact:
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Tel: 0191 231 4016