Annie Mac Presents AMP London Conference Days

Britain’s premier music tastemaker Annie Mac announces details of the AMP LONDON Conference Days, held from 12 noon to 5pm at Moth Club in Hackney on Friday 29th March for ‘The Industry’ day and Saturday 30th March for ‘The Next Generation’ day.

Encompassing debate and discussion around the future and evolution of today’s music artists and industry, the AMP LONDON Conference Days aim to provide a welcoming hub for all those engaged and interested in music, inspire conversations about how the landscape of the business is changing, and highlight what’s going on behind the scenes that will shape the future.

Annie Mac says: “The AMP Conference Days are a really exciting development within our AMP brand. After spending the last 15 years curating music both recorded and live, to be able to curate discussions has been so fascinating. I wanted to create discussions that I really wanted to hear, involving voices that I really want to hear from. The themes are all subjects I was personally keen to explore, and we have meticulously chosen people in the industry who we think will bring a unique perspective to those discussions. I love that the conference will take place at Moth Club, which is essentially an old working man’s club, with big booths and a bar. It makes for a more informal, fun atmosphere.”

FIRST SPEAKERS FOR THE AMP LONDON CONFERENCE DAYS ANNOUNCED:

Alex Boateng – President of Urban Division, Island Records
Ben Homewood – Senior Staff Writer, Music Week
Charlotte Gunn – Editor, NME
DJ Target
Ed Blow & Jack Caldwell – General Manager & Head of Digital, Dirty Hit
Glynn Fussell & Amy Zing – Founders, Sink The Pink
Jasmine Srih – Music Programmer, Boiler Room
Laura Snapes – Deputy Music Editor, The Guardian
Mark Strippel – Head of Content Commissioning & Talent, BBC 1Xtra & Asian Network
Olivia Nunn – Co-managing Director, Island Records
Parris Oh – Senior Urban Artist Manager, RCA Records
Posty – Founder, GRM Daily

The first conference day on Friday 29th March will be dedicated to current discussions within ‘The Industry’, in partnership with Music Week, the leading weekly magazine for the UK music industry. Each conversation will be introduced by Annie, who will explain why she feels it’s important to highlight. The topics addressed by panellists on the day will include:

‘Where Are All The Female Bosses?’ (in association with Smirnoff Equalising Music)
‘Where Are We Now? How Black British Artists Reclaimed The Charts’ (in association with GRM Daily)
Cancelling Artists: Should the Music Industry Play Judge & Jury?’

The second conference day on Saturday 30th March will focus on inspiring ‘The Next Generation’. All panels will be moderated and led by Annie herself. The topics addressed by panellists on the day will include:

‘Bossing the Algorithm: Harnessing Social Media For Your Career with Dirty Hit’
‘Managing Your Future: The Managers that Changed the Game’
‘How will the Female Voice Impact Rap Music in 2019?’
‘Self-Made Story: In Conversation with Annie Mac and Sink The Pink’

Accompanying the two daytime conferences are four days of unmissable live shows carefully curated by Annie Mac herself.From 27th March to 30th March, AMP LONDON will take over the UK's capital with an unprecedented line-up of over forty live music acts playing across fourteen different venues.

Showcasing a broad range of the hottest upcoming and established artists and bands, across multiple genres (from Dancehall to Punk), AMP LONDON will encompass a series of underplay shows with acts playing in venues far smaller than their usual tour stops.  Artists featuring on these shows include: Sam Fender, Mahalia, Theophilus London, Amyl & The Sniffers, Rina Sawayama, Chip and Puma Blue alongside Jimothy Lacoste, Koffee, Kojey Radical and Annie Mac herself. AMP LONDON also boasts the (already sold out) Printworks rave, in addition to a surprise take-over at Oval Space and a closing party at The Hackney Empire (proceeds from which will be donated to London based charity, Art Against Knives).

AMP LONDON will prove a vital music event for 2019. Tickets for the AMP LONDON live shows are available here: http://gigst.rs/AMPLondon. Entry to AMP LONDON Conference, will be via free signs, so arrive early to avoid disappointment. To sign up for ‘The Industry’ Conference Day on Friday 29th March and the ‘Next Generation’ Conference Day on Saturday 30th March go to http://gigst.rs/AMPLondon.

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