6 MusicWeek 15.11.13 NEWS PUBLISHER SEALS PARTNERSHIP WITH PARLOPHONE ARTIST
Kobalt inks Becky Hill admin deal
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obalt has signed a worldwide publishing
administration agreement with UK singer/songwriter Becky Hill. She is currently riding
high in the UK charts having co-written the three- week Top 10 single, Afterglow by Wilkinson and also co-wrote, and is a featured vocalist on, the Rudimental track Powerless which is included on the act’s platinum-selling debut album, Home. Hill recently signed to
Parlophone Records and is currently working on her own debut album with a variety of top UK talent including MNEK, Bondax, Fraser T
Pictured at the signing are (L to R): Miller Williams, Kobalt SVP A&R; Becky Hill; Alex Martin, Crown Management; attorney Ed Weidman of Michael Simkins LLP; Sam Winwood, Kobalt SVP A&R; and Sian Walter, Kobalt creative manager
Smith and Eg White, who is also a Kobalt client. Hill recently appeared on
BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge with Wilkinson - performing a cover of One Republics Counting Stars. “We are delighted
signing to Kobalt and excited to be working with the team worldwide. Becky is a phenomenal talent and
is at an incredibly exciting point in her career as an recording artist and writer,” said Hill's manager Alex Martin at Crown Management. “We are glad to have such a strong team around her to develop her career to its full potential.” Miller Williams, senior
VP creative, Kobalt Music Group added: "We're
excited and very pleased Becky has chosen Kobalt to represent her songs. “In addtion to being a
fantastic artist, Becky has already established herself as a great new UK songwriter. We’re looking forward working with her on her debut album, as well as collaborations for other projects.”
Google, IBM and Gkf to debate Analytics With Attitude at Henley
Some of the biggest brands in modern media will explore the use of analytics to drive marketing campaigns later this month in front of an audience of creative industry executives. Henley Business School’s Analytics With Attitude will see input and speeches from IBM partner Andrew Grill, as well as Annah Morrogh from Google’s Entertainment & Media team, as well as Colin Strong, MD of Gfk, Media & Entertainment. The debate will form part
of Henley’s Creative Dynamics series, which has been inspired by its own MBA for Music & Creative
What rewards are possible? Henley MBA programme
Industries programme. Designed for middle and
senior executives within the music and creative industries, the Analytics With Attitude event will explore questions such as: What can you reasonably expect to gain by delving into data? What Should you measure and when? What tools do you need and why?
director Helen Gammons (pictured) explained: “Ten years of decline in the music and creative industries as a whole have given us a rude wake-up call. If we’re to begin to grow again – and the signs are encouraging – then old habits and outdated thinking must be changed. “There was a lot more
money around [in the music industry] before; people took a lot more risk, and one in ten projects might have worked. The industry is too small now to cope with that rate of failure, but to have a bigger hit rate and to be more focussed, you have to
have better strategies, an applied understanding of analytics, informing marketing strategies and a different relationship between artists and labels. In addition, you need the skills and knowledge for bringing a product to market, and dealing with and engaging with customers in innovative ways. Analytics With Attitude
will take place on November 22 at Henley Business School between 10am and 5pm. Places are strictly limited; to reserve yours, or for more details about the event, visit:
http://store.rdg.ac/HBS- MarketingWithByte
Demon snaps up Simply Red licence
Demon Music Group has signed a licence deal with Simply Red to represent three albums and two DVDs for the band in Europe. The LPs include
Home (2003), which was initially released on frontman Mick Hucknall’s own record
label,
SimplyRed.com, and certified double- platinum in the UK. Home spawned singles including Sunrise, Fake and You Make Me Feel Brand New. The copyrights to the other two albums - 2005’s Simplified and 2007’s Stay - are also owned by Simply Red. The two live DVDs covered by the deal are
Cuba! (2005) and Home Live In Sicily (2003). In total, the releases have sold in excess of 1.5 million copies. “There are significant promotion opportunities
with this catalogue in the coming year,” said Demon commercial director Adrian Sear (pictured). “We are very excited about the strength and quality of repertoire that this catalogue will bring to Demon which will gain us valuable leverage in our dealings with future repertoire owners.” Simply Red manager Ian Grenfell of Quietus
Management told Music Week: “They did a fantastic job on the recent Suede reissues and so Quietus are very happy to be working with the Demon team again on the
simplyred.com catalogue.”
HENLEY BUSINESS SCHOOL
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EXPANDS INTO SOUTH AFRICA Henley Business School will launch an MBA tailored for the music and creative industries in South Africa in March 2014. Jon Foster-Pedley, dean of Henley Business
School in Africa, said: “Established by Henley UK in 2012, this is the first MBA of its kind in the world. It is aimed at strengthening the music and creative industries’ management and leadership capabilities and to create better opportunity for all in these sectors.” Author of The Art of Music Publishing: An
Entrepreneurs Guide, Helen Gammons is the brains behind the programme. “It wasn’t just about launching a programme, but also about changing the culture of an entire industry, and that was going to be a much bigger task,” she said. “It would mean showing them that business can be a welcomed partner to creativity if done well. Foster-Pedley adds: "The creative and music
industries are critical to the growth of our economies as we seek to build and manage new forms of value and competitiveness. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with Henley. Other short programmes will be developed based on the local need.”
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