Music industry professionals to host Evolution Emerging conference next month

Generator has confirmed that over 25 of the nation’s most celebrated industry music professionals will descend on Tyneside next month to take part in the Evolution Emerging Conference.

Taking place at Sage Gateshead on June 6, guests will include some of the UK’s leading band managers, festival promoters, record label executives, streaming pioneers, DIY artists, funders, tour managers and ground breaking artist marketeers.

Headline guests include the likes of BT Sport’s Music Supervisor, Pete Kelly, Joe Frankland of the PRS for Music Foundation, David Manders, manager of the London-based BBC 6Music favourites, Public Service Broadcasting, Ian Evans, organiser of the celebrated Y Not & Truck Festival, Lucy Scott of the Manchester-based creative music charity, Brighter Sound and Hector Barley, manager of Brighton’s indie-pop outfit, Fickle Friends.

Commenting on today’s announcement, Generator’s talent development manager, Charlie Dancer, said: “Designed to enlighten and inform the region’s musical alumni, musicians and businesses by attracting some of the biggest industry names to the North East, this free to attend conference is set to attract over 200 guests who are hungry for all of latest cutting-edge music industry inside info.

“We’re thrilled to be able to bring industry experts like this to the region to pass on their knowledge to the amazing level of talent we already have up here.

“The music industry is a vital part of both the region’s and the nation’s fabric and we’re proud to be able to stage an event like this.”

Taking place at Sage Gateshead, the Evolution Emerging Conference will feature six key panels and will cover Artist Identity: Breaking the Mould; Synchronisation: Music On The Big Screen; A New Wave of Management; The State of Labels in 2018; Mental Health in the Music Industry & Women In Music.

In addition to the panels there will be short insight presentations from leading music industry experts and an opportunity for delegates to talk to key music industry organisations including key national partners: The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), Musicians Union, PRS for Music, PPL, plus music publishers, Sentric and Help Musicians, in a series of small, intimate roundtable discussions.

The Evolution Emerging Conference will be first of its kind since Generator’s last Music Futures appearance in 2015 and has been billed as a must-attend event for musicians and producers, record labels, forward-thinking publishers, and industry trade organisations from across the region.