MAGIC NUMBERS: HOW MUCH CAN DATA & ANALYTICS REALLY HELP?

BPI & ERA members wishing to reserve a place to this event, along with music industry partners and associates wishing to add their names to a standby list (subject to availability) are asked to book here.

MAGIC NUMBERS: HOW MUCH CAN DATA & ANALYTICS REALLY HELP?

BPI & ERA members wishing to reserve a place to this event, along with music industry partners and associates wishing to add their names to a standby list (subject to availability) are asked to book here.

Record labels association, the BPI, and the Entertainment Retailers Association, ERA, today announce their latest joint BPI/ERA Insight Session, which will be held at the BPI’s County Hall offices on Monday 9th July – in association with Music Ally.

Data and analytics have long been hailed as being an essential tool in the armoury of the modern-day music organisation – whether a record label or distributor, music retailer or streaming service. But has the hype really lived up to the reality?

This joint BPI and ERA member event curated and chaired by Music Ally CEO and founder Paul Brindley, will consider the ways in which data and analytics tools can be used by modern day music organisations to help across different aspects of their business.

Key elements include:

  • The latest insights on industry data and analytics
  • What role does gut instinct play as opposed to data when it comes to signing artists?
  • It's all well and good having access to so much data but just how much data is actionable?
  • How can organisations most effectively interpret the available data?
  • How have organisations been impacted by data and analytics, and which functions are likely to be further impacted in the future?
  • What should organisations be doing to make sure their metadata is optimised?

Schedule

- 4.00pm:  Registration

- 4.20pm:  Magic numbers: how data and analytics can help organisations

  Presentation by Eamonn Forde on the conclusions from a special Music Ally Report to accompany the event

- 4.30pm:  Keynote presentation - Lucy Blair, Artist & Label Services, Spotify UK

- 4.50pm:  Data/Analytics company presentations

  Quick-fire presentations from some of today’s most relevant start-ups, followed by Q&A

  • Chaz Jenkins, Adviser & Partner, chartmetric.io
  • Jesper Skibsby, Founder, WARM (World Airplay Radio Monitor)
  • Conrad Withey, CEO, Instrumental
  • Niclas Molinder, CEO & Founder, Auddly / Music Rights Awareness Foundation

- 5.20pm:  Panel discussion. Speakers include:

  • Holly Manners, A&R, Warner Bros. Records
  • Kevin Bacon, CEO, BLOCKPOOL
  • Justin Barker, Group Director of Streaming Strategy, [PIAS]
  • Phil Bird, Head of Sales (Rights & Royalties), Vistex
  • Martin Talbot, Chief Executive, Official Charts Company

This will be the seventh Insight Session held by the BPI, including three staged jointly with ERA.  The Insight Sessions typically explore the relationship between music and technology and how developments in tech are shaping trends in music consumption. Previous sessions have covered In Car Entertainment, Blockchain, Virtual & Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Generation Z, and Smart Speakers.