New York, NY (Top40 Charts) BBC
Music has announced a brand new three-day music discovery festival - BBC
Music Introducing LIVE 18. Taking place on 8-10 November 2018, the event will welcome 15,000 budding musicians and industry talent at London's iconic Tobacco Dock. Since its launch in 2007, BBC
Music Introducing has been dedicated to discovering and supporting new music.
Supported by BBC
Music and the breadth of the UK
Music Industry, this year's event will build on the success of 2017's BBC
Music Introducing Amplify with a programme of inspiring performances, talks and masterclasses. BBC
Radio will broadcast live from the heart of the event at Tobacco Dock throughout the three days, ahead of live concerts each evening featuring high profile BBC
Music Introducing alumni and guests.
Over 100 inspiring masterclasses and interactive sessions, practical workshops and Q&As will take place, featuring over 250 speakers from all quarters of the music industry.
Music industry experts from the recorded, live, broadcast and digital sectors will share their insider knowledge alongside all the key UK music industry bodies, providing invaluable support for emerging home-grown talent as they take the next steps in their careers.
Featured zones will include an A&R Listening Feedback Centre, providing one-to-one guidance on music played to the music decision makers, through to the
Journey Theatre, where high profile artists will give advice on how to progress in the industry. Attendees will also have the opportunity to experience a recreation of the iconic BBC Maida Vale Studio Sessions, with practical advice in live recording from leading BBC sound engineers.
The event will host a wide range of activations and exhibitor spaces for music manufacturers and other relevant brands.
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Music Introducing LIVE 18 will be produced by Get On Vision, a joint venture between Vision Nine and Get On
Music Media.
Ticket on sale details and programme activity will be announced in June. Find out more at bbc.co.uk/introducing
James Stirling, Head of Content, BBC
Music says: "BBC
Music Introducing LIVE will be a unique event, drawing on the passion and experience of the entire UK music industry and providing unrivalled access for those aspiring to make their way in to the business."
Jason Carter, Director, Get On Vision says: "I was incredibly fortunate to have worked on the creation and launch of BBC
Music Introducing back in 2007, and to steer its path for a decade, so it's a privilege to lead the production of BBC
Music Introducing LIVE at Tobacco Dock - the next exciting chapter in the journey of a critical platform for emerging talent in the UK."
David Joseph, Chairman and CEO Universal
Music UK, says: "Last year's Amplify event captured the essence of BBC
Music Introducing, which has done so much for undiscovered and unsigned musicians over the past 10 years. We were proud to support several masterclasses for the next generation of artists and executives at Amplify and look forward to doing so again at November's expanded event."
Vanessa Reed, CEO, PRS Foundation, says: "BBC
Music Introducing LIVE is a great idea that we're proud to endorse. We look forward to providing expertise to the event's programme of panels and masterclasses, and to taking part, with other industry bodies and artists, in this important platform for anyone interested in music discovery and collaboration."
Michael Dugher, UK
Music CEO, says: "We're proud to support this brilliant new event from BBC Music, which helps promote a diverse range of exciting new artists in such a vibrant venue. BBC
Music is great champions of the live sector, which contributes £1 billion a year to our economy, and BBC Introducing has an incredible track record for producing great new talent. It's fantastic to see the BBC launching a new event, building on the success of last year's BBC
Music Introducing Amplify."
Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive BPI & Brit Awards, says: "The support of BBC
Music is incredibly important as labels seek to discover, nurture and invest in fresh UK talent. BBC
Music Introducing plays a pivotal role in this ecosystem by giving unsigned and emerging talent the opportunity to build profile and awareness that can take them to the next level. It's great to see this exciting new live event announced as an extension of the BBC Introducing brand, and we welcome BBC Music's unwavering commitment to new music discovery."
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Music Introducing With over 500,000 tracks uploaded to the BBC
Music Introducing website and 198,000 artists registered, BBC
Music Introducing provides a network dedicated to supporting the best emerging talent from across the UK and a platform to propel them onto the national stage through
Radio 1, 1Xtra,
Radio 2,
Radio 3, 6
Music and the Asian Network.
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Music Introducing also gives up-and-coming artists broadcast opportunities on BBC radio, television and online alongside the chance to perform at major festivals and showcases. Big name artists including Florence + the Machine, Slaves, Catfish and the Bottlemen,
James Bay, Tom Grennan, Nao,
George Ezra, Izzy Bizu, Rae Morris, and Jack Garratt all received BBC
Music Introducing support at the start of their careers.
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Music Introducing has brought thousands of acts to hundreds of different stages over the past 10 years, including Glastonbury, Big Weekend, Latitude, Creamfields, Reading and Leeds, as well as international showcases like SXSW, ADE, Reeperbahn and Winter Jazz Festival.
