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Tony Wadsworth latest keynote at Great Escape
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 8 April 2011
Tony Wadsworth, the former CEO of EMI Music UK & Ireland and current Chairman of record industry trade body the BPI, was confirmed as the latest keynote speaker for this year’s Great Escape convention yesterday.
Taking place in Brighton on 13 May, in his keynote address, presented by MusicTank, Wadsworth will consider what the future holds for the British record business, and will share some of the special insights he unearthed during a series of conversations he recently put together with many senior players across the UK music industry, both within and outside of record companies. After the keynote, the former EMI boss will join Cooking Vinyl Group Chairman Martin Goldschmidt, BMG Chrysalis A&R Director Alan Pell and artist manager Catherine Haridy to discuss what the music company of the future might look like.
Confirming his keynote, Wadsworth told CMU: “The debate about what the future might hold for the record industry has been raging for over a decade now, ever since the opportunities and threats of the internet first became apparent. But now, as new business patterns start to emerge, I believe we are able to make more considered and constructive observations about where our industry is heading, and about what record companies are doing to secure their long term survival”.
Meanwhile CMU Publisher and TGE Convention Programmer Chris Cooke added: “Our convention programme this year is full of industry leaders and innovators explaining the new approaches they are employing to develop and monetise new artists. But how can we use what they have learned to build sustainable music companies able to invest in new talent? To have someone like Tony, with so much experience at the very top of the business, and now in a position to look across the wider industry, to help us tackle that challenge is simply brilliant”.
As much previously reported, The Great Escape convention takes place at the Brighton Dome from 12-14 May. The early bird delegate ticket deadline is next Tuesday. Buy before then and you get access to three days of panels and sessions, featuring over one hundred industry leaders and innovators, a bunch of networking events and parties, plus the TGE festival featuring over 300 bands this year, for just £125. Tickets can be bought from escapegreat.com.
