Have you just started a new music business?

Are you in your first year of trading?

Do you want to know how to make a success of your new enterprise?

Although major labels have been slow to react to digital innovations, this has opened up opportunities for new music businesses and entrepreneurs to seize the initiative. This ‘survival guide’ is designed to assist the region’s new music businesses take advantage of these new opportunities and examine emerging business models. Here we will identify the pitfalls you need to be wary of and improve your chances of achieving success.

It is relevant to new businesses in any sector of the regional music industry and we will be looking at:

• Setting and achieving short-term goals
• Developing a ‘real world’ business plan
• How the industry is changing and where you can make money
• Important new revenue streams – brand partnerships, sponsorship, fan funded models

Compact: Music Business Survival Guide is free to attend but spaces are very limited so please register interest as soon as possible by completing this form.