34 Music Week 28.06.13 PEOPLE PERSONNEL VIDLER TO LEAVE PARLOPHONE LABEL GROUP
PARLOPHONE LABEL GROUP ANDRIA VIDLER will leave PLG upon the completion of its sale to Warner Music Group.
She will continue in her role as UK CEO of PLG until it is officially handed over to Warner, which company CEO David Kassler says is on course for “around the middle of the year”. “I know that all of you will
want to join me in thanking Andria for all that she has achieved in her time with the company and for the commitment and enthusiasm she has shown in her work,” Kassler said in a statement to staff. “The PLG family, artists and managers will greatly miss her, but I am sure I speak for us all when I say we wish her all the very best as she moves into the next stage of her career.”
Kassler’s own exit from PLG upon the completion of the Warner handover was announced in May. Warner’s acquisition of Parlophone Label Group was confirmed in February and approved in Europe in May.
KILIMANJARO LIVE The company has brought in a comedy specialist, ANDY TOWNSEND, formerly GM of PIAS Comedy UK to work alongside their promoting team in the development of its diverse range of entertainment offerings. Townsend will focus on
offering a fresh and independent alternative for UK and international comedy talent and build on the comedy portfolio already in existence and also develop a literary and spoken word portfolio. Additionally, STEVE TILLEY - who has been with Kilimanjaro since 2008 - has become a director and minority share-
NEED TO KNOW
Emma Banks started in the agency business in 1990 joining Wasted Talent as a booker. Working alongside Ian Flooks, she was involved in U2’s Achtung Baby tour, the B-52’s and Kraftwerk’s touring in the early nineties as well as signing artists such as Silverchair and Jeff Buckley. The company’s name changed to Fair Warning Wasted Talent with the purchase of Wasted Talent by ICM in 1994 until it was renamed Helter Skelter in the late nineties after the departure of ICM. Banks became managing director of Helter Skelter, helping to grow it to one of the strongest music agencies in the UK. She finally left the company in 2006 when she and her long-time colleague Mike Greek opened the London office for Creative Artist’s Agency. They started with a staff of five people, which has now grown to over 50.
holder in the company. He has been instrumental in the success of Kilimanjaro through the development of new acts such as Ed Sheeran, Band Of Skulls, Example and also as the booker of Wakestock and Belladrum Festivals as well as diversifying into comedy with David Sedaris.
YOUR ARMY ALEX BURGESS has joined as national radio plugger to expand the radio team who are currently working on campaigns for the likes of Wretch 32, Disclosure, London Grammar, Major Lazer, T.Williams, Joe Goddard and Jagwar Ma. He previously worked for
two and a half years in the Columbia Records radio department as well as a year- long stint at Hungry & Woods. He has assisted on big
campaigns including Daft Punk and Calvin Harris as well as his own successful specialist radio
campaigns for artists such as Odd Future and Tyler, The Creator.
SONY MUSIC Sony Music & Ireland has promoted RICHARD CONNELL to the
position of MD, Associated Labels with immediate effect – moving over from his role in Sony Music UK’s central marketing divsion. In his new role, reporting to domestic chairman and CEO Nick Gatfield, Connell will oversee the company’s suite of Associate Labels that include Epic UK, Phonogenic, Relentless, Search & Destroy, Ultra, and Xenomania.
ISLAND RECORDS UK ALEX WALDRON has returned to the UK after seven years in
Germany – as label manager for the !K7 Label Group in Berlin - to become head of marketing for Island Records. He previously worked at Island between 2000-2005, spearheading campaigns for the likes of Keane on their debut multi-platinum breakthrough album, Blink 182, DJ Shadow, and Mos Def amongst others.
IFPI RICHARD GOOCH will return to the IFPI in the newly-created role of chief technology officer, having worked at the global trade body in the late nineties and early noughties. The CTO position has been
added to the IFPI structure as the organisation steps up its effort to support its members’ expanding revenue streams.
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MY BIG BREAK How UK executives arrived in the music industry... EMILY IONA STEWART, E/SE England Officer, Musicians’ Union
“After completing an MA in Egyptology and working as a site supervisor in Egypt, a revolution meant a fast re-think of my career! An agency got me started as a temp at the MU in Wales, and it didn’t take long to decide this was something I could be really passionate about. A background in performing meant I understood the basics, but the last three years have been a whirlwind of on-the-job learning. “Just over a year ago I was rewarded with a
Banks now represents a
varied client list including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars and Florence + The Machine amongst many others. She was honoured with the
Nordoff Robbins Woman of the Year Award in 2007 and is also privileged to have been recognised on more than one occasion as the Second Least Offensive Agent at the Arthur Awards at the ILMC. She is also a member of the Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards Committee.
significant promotion. I’m now responsible for over 6000 musicians; sorting contract and monetary disputes, and giving careers advice on everything from live work, to releasing your own product.
“I’m also the outreach arm of our region,
with events management, venue visits and panel appearances to juggle. “I can’t imagine working in another industry
TOP TIP Unpaid internships are exploitative and most people
now, particularly with the amount of knowledge I’ve acquired at the MU. It’s a great feeling to go to work each day, knowing we support some of the people in the industry who need it most.”
can’t afford to do them. Starting from entry level can still mean you are in the right place. If you can prove yourself and your enthusiasm and learning, eventually, someone will pick up on what you are doing.
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