#MEX17: Topics and speakers for 2017 Music Exchange

Topics the speakers will cover:

• BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc., the world’s largest collecting and rights management company) what can it do for me as a writer and artist? Meet Brandon Bakshi BMI’s Executive Director of Writer/Publisher Relations for Europe & Asia. He has signed Daft Punk, ZAYN, Ed Sheeran, Sade, Kygo, Popcaan, Laura Marling and Ellie Goulding amongst others
• Access 5 international hit songwriters - take your songs to next level
• Publishing and looking after composer rights – how does it work?
• How to make money from Syncs?
• How does crowd funding work for an artist? - Pledge music
• Working in Reggaeton music?
• Learn more about radio submissions in South Africa and how to access play listing what is PBS /commercial /community radio
• What can Radio Monitor do for you?
• Turn up Music and JOOX how do we get on those platforms
• How to access Radio in Europe? Find out about working in The Netherlands, With Menno Visser
• Abbey Road Studios can we access it from SA?
• Sponsorship and proposals the do’s and don’t
• Compelling press kits and media releases
• How to access the festival circuit in South Africa and touring.
• Do you understand your personal worth and brand equity (learn how to DIY as an artist)
• Personal brand management on social media
• Fashion image branding and brands 
• What do artist mangers do?

Meet some of the Songwriters:

• Jann Klose, from New York, is a Grammy® nominated pop singer/songwriter who has released five albums and two extended plays.
• Christian Wright, from Abbey Road Studios, has worked on albums by some of the biggest names in pop and rock including Ed Sheeran, Keane, Franz Ferdinand, Blur, and Gabrielle Aplin. He is also in demand as an engineer for film soundtracks and worked on box office-topping films including Gravity (no.1 in both the US and the UK), Prince of Persia, two Harry Potter films and The Master - composed by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood.
• Alicia Madison, based in New York, is a successful singer/songwriter for Armada Records and Lifted Sony.
• Marcela Arciniegas - from Columbia, a music producer and songwriter working in different projects between Colombia and the UK.

Other guest speakers include: 

• Anton Groenewald – Director of Amgro Services, Cellar In The City, Cape Town Pass
• Thabiet Allie – COO of Turn Up Music
• Jarrod Aston - Managing Director - Fluid Media & Entertainment
• Christopher de Vries – Out the Box Productions
• Lonwabo “Lobz” Marele– Digital entrepreneur and multimedia Reporter

Full speaker list:

International speakers

• Alicia Madison USA
• Brandon Bakshi UK
• Christian Wright UK
• Jann Klose USA
• Karla Chee-a-tow USA
• Marcela Arciniegas CO
• Menno Visser NL
• Tony Grund USA

South African speakers 

• James Stewart
• Colin Sher
• Jarrod Aston 
• John Fishlock
• Ebrahim Mallum
• Tony Sanderson 
• Anton Groenewald
• Thabeit Allie
• Gabi Le Roux 
• Christopher de Vries
• Lesley Wells
• Sophia Foster 
• Jon Savage
• Roeshdien Jaz
• Warren Kirkland
• Siphokazi Jonas
• Adrian Rogowski 
• Lonwabo Marele
• Shaun Johannes
• Brian Mawdsley
• Maya Spector 
• Lukas De Beer

For more information, go to: www.musicexchange.co.za. Book tickets via www.webtickets.co.za. R250 per day or R400 for both.