Last Thursday, the first BPI Independent/International committee meeting of 2010 took place at the BPI office in Westminster. These are normally held once a month (although January is often missed because of MIDEM), and they are generally open to any BPI independent member who wishes to attend. Cons... [More]

My MIDEM this year didn’t start until Sunday evening, as other commitments made an earlier arrival not possible. However, Easyjet Flight # 3103 from Stansted duly deposited me at Nice airport mid afternoon and - courtesy of the Nice/Cannes express bus - I had my delegate registration ID round my neck, and was on the British Music @ MIDEM stand within a couple of hours. Although the ‘exhibition day’ was nearly over, there was still plenty of activity and bustling evidence of the increased number of UK delegates that we had at this year’s MIDEM. [More]