A very quick thank you to all involved with this year’s Un-convention Salford – hopefully you enjoyed it as much as we did, and learnt a little along the way. We’ll be posting pictures, podcasts and videos in due course (there’s already a few videos up here). Keep in touch, and hope to see many of you again at Un-convention Swansea (if not before)!
Also, a very special thank you to Central Salford for their invaluable help with this years event.
The Sacred Trinity Church is located here: Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5DW
Click here for a map
Registration will take place at The Sacred Trinity Church on:
Thursday 4th June – from 5pm – midnight
Friday 5th June – from 11am – midnight
Saturday 6th June – from 11am – 5pm
Tickets for the closing party at Blueprint Studios, can be collected at Blueprint from 7pm on Saturday 6th June.
Artists for this years Un-convention have now been announced.
Click here for details.
Also, check out Tom Robinson’s Un-convention Podcast here (1st June episode).
Hello! Keep reading to find out what Un-convention is all about, but while you’re here we want to invite you to join the debate in the run up to this year’s event, so please feel free to comment on any of this years panels, just following the link to the relevant page.
There’s also an invitation to discuss ‘Music as Culture’, both leading up to, and at, this year’s Salford event. And don’t forget to check out the video of last years event, and there’s also some footage of Denis Jones performing at Un-convention 2008.
“This is an attempt at doing something at a level which is not so far beyond your reach. You know how things in the music industry often seem so far away from your real experience and your real live. This is talking about what you can do, now, rather than what you might if you meet a bloke who knows a girl who works for Orange…this is very real, and I’m very glad to be a part of it”
Howard Monk, The Local
“There is no high school careers advisor who would recommend that anybody does what any of us do.”
Andrew Dubber, New Music Strategies
Welcome to Un-convention 2009, a music conference for the grass roots of the industry.
Plans are taking shape for the next Un-convention. This year’s event will be held on the 4th, 5th and 6th June. They’ll be panels, networking, and of course some great music, but most importantly a chance to get together, and share ideas. Once again, we would like as much input from you to shape the event, and to determine what we discuss. Feel free to add comments on the blog on issues that are affecting you, or anything you would like to see at this years Un-convention.
Since last year, a lot has been happening, we’ve put together a board to help us develop the conference, and steer it in the right direction, and we’ve been developing links with all sorts of partners to try and make the event even bigger and better than last time. We’ve also inspired another event ‘Unconvention Belfast‘, which is really exciting.
To those who made it along last year, we hope you can make it again, you truly made it an exceptional event. For those new to Un-convention, read on to find out what it’s all about. There is also an archive of the 2008 event, so you can get an idea of what we’ll be doing, oh, and we made a video too.
Hope to see you all in June.
“The buzz in the foyer of Sacred Trinity was electric as label startups, digital services and indie musicians bounced ideas and exchanged details – the most thrilling discovery was just how many bands, labels and artists were in a similar situation – there was an immense sense of camaraderie, founded on the simple realization that everyone was pushing in the same direction.
Companies like SoundofMonkey, iThinkMusic, Bearded Magazine and innumerable merchandise, publishing and graphic artist discovered each other and began discussing the problems and solutions in their daily businesses. There simply is not substitute to getting a group of people with ideas in a room and watching those ideas get refined, drawn out and expanded upon for the benefit of all involved.”
Nick Fitzsimons, Penny Distribution
A music conference aimed specifically at the grass roots of the industry, the goal of Un-convention is to bring together like minded individuals to discuss the future of Independent music.
From DIY labels, and self releasing bands, to promoters and agents, entrepreneurs and innovators, Un-convention is looking to the future of music, and how it will develop and flourish in the technological age.
There’s more information about the whos, wheres and whys of Un-convention throughout this site.
A major part of Un-convention is that it is an inclusive and interactive debate. To that end please feel free to leave comments on any of the panel or discussion pages. This is central to the ethos of Un-convention. The music industry is changing dramatically, there are new problems, and new opportunities every day. We have to think differently about what we do, and why we do it. The solutions aren’t going to come from those in ivory towers, they will come from you.
“It’s really an interesting place to be, because there is so much going on, so many new opportunities…what’s going on at Un-convention is people are trying to build a new industry”
Andrew Dubber, New Music Strategies
So get involved. Start the debate. And join us at Un-convention.
Un-convention is taking place in Salford from the 4th until the 6th of June. To buy tickets click on the Register button below (we’ve kept it as cheap as possible!).
To find out more go to the About Un-convention section.
Look forward to seeing you there.
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