Valleyarm is panelist at Music Matters conferenceMay 6, 2010
Gary Mackenzie, Business Development and Strategy Director of Valleyarm, joins the ranks of a guest speaker with the incredibly distinguished line-up of speakers representing all sectors of the music industry from Asia Pacific and across the globe for the Music Matters conference held in May 2010.
Gary is a panelist in the panel topic “EXPORTING ASIA “WHEN NOT IF?”. In this panel they will discuss that most predict that economies of the East will continue to boom and dominate in the years to come. As China and other Asian markets continue to increase their global influence, we will discuss the reality of Asian artists following the same path to success in Western markets. It’s not IF Asian artists will ever become popular in the West, it’s WHEN. The panel is moderated by Steve McClure, Executive Editor, McClure’s Asia Music News.
Gary will a panelist along with Terry McBride (CEO, Nettwork Music Group), Atul Churamani (Vice President, Saregama India Limited), Bernie Cho (President, DFSB Kollective), Daniel DiCicco (President, Sony Music Entertainment Asia), Gao Xiaosong (Songwriter & Producer) and Seymour Stein (CEO & Co-Founder, Sire Records / VP, Warner Bros Records).
Music Matters 2010 includes sessions with some of Asia’s and the world’s most innovative and successful companies and individuals, the Music Matters programme examines the full music entertainment ecosystem in Asia. With focused panels and hard-hitting keynotes, Music Matters addresses the most important issues, challenges and opportunities that face the industry today, and promises to deliver the controversy and dynamism we do every year.
About Gary Mackenzie
Gary has had a diverse background in Telecommunications, Digital Music as well as Sales and Marketing and is a Music Industry veteran of over 25 years. Previous roles included CEO of AmpHead Music, once Australasian partner of the Orchard and producer of DEF Records.
Valleyarm has developed a unique solution emphasising an Asia Out model to provide digital music content , sub publishing and touring services to monetise Asian content and music services outside of Asia, as well as an Asian gateway for Western content owners to monetise content within Asia.
About Music Matters
Held annually in Hong Kong, Music Matters is Asia’s first and only regional music business conference and was created to encourage positivity, innovation, collaboration and transparency within the music industry. In five years it has evolved into an indispensable platform for accelerating the success and profitability of music in the Asia Pacific region.
Previous attendees include some of the world’s most respected artists and industry leaders such as U2 manager Paul McGuinness, Harvey Goldsmith, Seymour Stein, Edgar Bronfman jnr, Nile Rogers, Nettwerk’s Terry McBride, Jamie Cullum, Rock Record’s Sam Duann, UMG Japan’s Kei Ishizaka, Linkin Park’s Rob McDermott, UMG’s Max Hole and some major league stars from the Asian world of musicians, promoters, managers, agents, telco
and tech.
All have used it as a platform to promote and push artists, shows, business models and new ideas. All give it rave reviews and most return each year. In 2009 Music Matters expanded it’s horizons, producing a localised version in Mumbai, India (Nokia Music Connects) and the Music Matters Advertising Forum in Singapore.
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