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Blinding Talent is a specialist music marketing agency set up by industry executive and former Channel 4 Director of Music Mark Adams. Taking a fresh and straight talking approach to help demystify Digital Marketing for Independent Artists, Managers and Labels, Blinding Talent services include Social Media Advertising, Artist Consultancy, DSP Playlisting Strategy and Influencer Marketing.

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Music Venue Trust is a UK registered charity which acts to protect, secure and improve Grassroots Music Venues. Founded in January 2014, we aim to secure the long-term future of UK Grassroots Music Venues by highlighting their crucial role in the development of British music, nurturing local talent and providing a platform for artists. We work to gain recognition of the essential role these venues fulfil, not only for artist development but also for the cultural and music industries, the economy and local communities. We aim to preserve and improve venues, making them more efficient and improving the experience for performers and audiences. We are the nominated representative of a 950-strong network of venues, the Music Venues Alliance, and advocate on their behalf both within the live music industry and in the wider political and social landscape.

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PPL licenses recorded music in the UK when it is played in public or broadcast and ensures that revenue flows back to our members. These include independent and major record companies, together with performers ranging from emerging musicians to globally renowned artists. In 2020 we collected £225.7 million while also distributing money to over 135,000 performers and recording rightsholders.

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Radiomonitor is the industry standard music airplay monitoring service used by all major record labels and radio stations worldwide.

Drinks Reception Sponsor

Wise Music Group maintains a global network of standalone offices including Berlin, London, New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris and Tokyo. The group’s publishing houses and imprints include some of the most famous names in the history of music including Chester Music, G. Schirmer, Associated Music Publishers, Novello & Co, Éditions Alphonse Leduc, Première Music, Le Chant du Monde, Edition Wilhelm Hansen, Unión Musical Ediciones, Bosworth Music GmbH, and Campbell Connelly.

The Group owns or controls nearly half a million copyrights – including the world’s largest independent holding of historic and contemporary classical music – as well as a huge range of popular songs spanning evergreen, jazz, reggae, blues, pop and rock. It also represents more than 100 of today’s most successful living composers and songwriters working in classical music, opera, ballet, pop, film, television and advertising.

This year Wise Music Group is celebrating its 50th anniversary.