Industry Insights

The Glossary: Dean Bryce | A&R

May 14, 2025

Dean Bryce is a renowned music executive, DJ, and A&R specialist whose career has helped shape the sound and direction of UK independent music. Raised in South London, his early exposure to the legendary Saxon Sound system in the 1980s sparked a deep appreciation for music as a cultural force. This formative influence laid the groundwork for a career built on discovering and championing groundbreaking talent. Dean began his professional...

The Glossary: Rudi Minto de Wijs | Head of Curation

May 09, 2025

What is your role in music and what does your day to day look like? I’m the curator of Jumbi, a venue in Peckham that platforms voices from the African and Caribbean diaspora. My day-to-day involves programming events, booking DJs, and working closely with artists, collectives, and brands to create thoughtful and meaningful experiences. A key part of my role is ensuring the space stays rooted in community, that means prioritising...

The Glossary: Laura Hughes | Director of Communications

May 02, 2025

What is your role and what does your day-to-day look like? My role is Director of Communications at Untitled Group, which is Australia’s largest independent music and events company, behind festivals like Beyond The Valley and Pitch Music & Arts. My department covers Corporate Communications, PR, Customer Communications & Engagement and Social Impact. PR on a campaign level involves promoting our festivals and events through...

The Glossary: Alma Ernst | Booking Agent

Apr 24, 2025

With over 30 years of experience in the electronic music industry, Alma Ernst has cemented her reputation as a pioneer in artist booking, management, and public relations with the electronic music industry. As the founder of Backroom Entertainment in 1994, Alma managed a team of 15 and represented over 60 artists, including Âme, KiNK, Metro Area, and Todd Terje. Under her leadership, Backroom Entertainment became renowned for its innovative...

The Glossary: Ned Beckett | Booking Agent

Apr 18, 2025

With over 25 years helping to shape the global electronic music scene, Ned Beckett has established himself as a leader in artist representation and music promotion. As the founder of LittleBig Music Agency – the roster of which includes artists such as aya, Dopplereffekt, Holly Herndon and Amnesia Scanner – Ned utilises his deep knowledge of the music industry to manage and develop the live careers of seminal artists such as Aphex Twin, Jon...

The Glossary: Remi Lauw | Live Show Music Producer

Mar 17, 2025

Next up in our series of Glossary features covering music tech roles, we caught up with live show music producer Remi Lauw. This special Glossary series features the insights of workshop leaders and speakers from our recently announced programme – Doors Open UNLOCKED: Empowering the future of music tech with Ableton, which you can read more about and apply for a place on here. Remi Lauw is a producer and guitarist for the R&B/Soul...

The Glossary: Mentrix | Composer

Mar 11, 2025

Next up in our series of Glossary features covering music tech roles, we spoke to composer Mentrix. This special Glossary series features the insights of workshop leaders and speakers from our recently announced programme – Doors Open UNLOCKED: Empowering the future of music tech with Ableton, which you can read more about and apply for a place on here. Samar Rad, aka Mentrix wrote her first song in 2013, in which year she also...

The Glossary: Conor Dalton | Mastering Engineer

Mar 10, 2025

For the first in our series of Glossary features covering music tech roles, we caught up with Conor Dalton, mastering engineer. This special Glossary series features the insights of workshop leaders and speakers from our recently announced programme – Doors Open UNLOCKED: Empowering the future of music tech with Ableton, which you can read more about here. Conor Dalton has 15 years of audio mastering experience with his company Glowcast...

The Glossary: Alice Vyvyan-Jones | Station Manager at Foundation FM

Dec 17, 2024

What does a station manager do? A station manager is responsible for the general running of the station. This involves overseeing all the programming, managing all Assistant Producers and Volunteers, organising events externally and internally within the station, as well as being across general admin and technicalities of radio. Alongside this, you are required to conceptualise the bigger picture of the station as an identity and ensure all...

The Glossary: Genevieve Taylor | PR Manager at Glisten

Dec 17, 2024

What does a PR do? Music PRs work with artists, labels and their teams to develop their profile, gain exposure and tell their story. We get the artist and the music to the right places at the right time, making sure we are always reaching the right audiences. We write press releases, create media kits, commission biographies and advise on press shots for use, and around releases we pitch the music or event news to all the relevant...

The Glossary: Sophia Kearney | Promoter at HE.SHE.THEY

Dec 17, 2024

What does a promoter do? A promoter is the key component in putting on events / throwing parties. They will liaise with the venue on all on the operations, security, bars. They will control the tickets, make the artist offers to agents, hire in the kit. They are the reason the show happens. What makes a great promoter? Attention to detail and hospitality, they have to care about the audience and the artist to such a level to ensure...

The Glossary: Nicky Böhm | Senior Project Manager at Refuge Worldwide

Dec 16, 2024

What does a senior project manager do? On the most fundamental level it’s about overseeing the complete lifecycle of a project to ensure that it gets delivered on time, within budget and meets its objectives. On a more granular level it’s about juggling, monitoring and evaluating various balls and trying not to drop any. It generally involves working with various internal and external departments and it can also include leading a team....

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