“Stay Independent: Mastering the Shift from DIY to Partnered Success” will address the advantages and challenges of the fully DIY approach across various facets of the music industry. This session will highlight how forming partnerships with more hands-on distribution companies, music publishers, and production entities can boost an artist’s career and provide new growth opportunities. It will outline the crucial benefits of such partnerships, including access to broader platforms, strategic marketing, and industry insights while maintaining an artist’s creative freedom. Essential steps facilitating a successful transition to partnered success will also be discussed, including ways to enhance an artist’s profile and attract potential partners. <\/p>
Presented by The Orchard<\/p>
“Stay Independent: Mastering the Shift from DIY to Partnered Success” will address the advantages and challenges of the fully DIY approach across various facets of the music industry. This session will highlight how forming partnerships with more hands-on distribution companies, music publishers, and production entities can boost an artist’s career and provide new growth opportunities. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"event-cat":[103],"nationality":[],"music-genre":[],"destination":[],"topic":[],"language":[79],"class_list":["post-21874","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","event-cat-panels-el-2","language-english-el"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"","ams_acf":[{"key":"performers","label":"Performers","value":[{"ID":20831,"post_author":"1566","post_date":"2024-04-15 13:04:14","post_date_gmt":"2024-04-15 10:04:14","post_content":"\n Anca Lupes is one of the most experienced professionals in the Romanian music business. One of her most important advantages is that during her career she works in almost all the areas of this industry: mass media (press, radio, TV), concert organising, record companies, music publishing, management and booking agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to her extensive experience, in 2006 she starts teaching music business in Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2009 she becomes the first Romanian music business professional to graduate the Master in Music Business program from Berkelee College of Music (Boston, USA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2016 she founds the first international music business conference in Romania \u2013 Mastering The Music Business conference & showcase festival \u2013 which quickly becomes a relevant professional event in the CSEE area. She is the pioneer of music business education in Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Currently she is President of RAW Music (the main organiser Mastering the Music Business and Romania\u00b4s official music export office) and Executive Director of INDIERO (the Romanian indie labels & music publishers association, affiliated to IMPALA and WIN).<\/p>\n","post_title":"Anca Lupes (RO)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"anca-lupes-ro","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-01 15:17:55","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-01 12:17:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=20831","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17972,"post_author":"1898","post_date":"2023-05-10 18:33:51","post_date_gmt":"2023-05-10 15:33:51","post_content":"\n Andreas Periklis Metaxas holds a BA in Political Science from the National University of Athens and an MA in Media Studies from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. Kees van Weijen has been working in the Entertainment Industry in the Netherlands, Belgium and Great Britain since 1974. Bonart Ajvazi is the 29-year-old founder and CEO of Three60 Music, one of the fastest-growing record labels in Kosovo, and 360 Media, a digital content distribution company. He entered the music business in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic by becoming the manager of Yll Limani, who is now one of the biggest pop artists in Albania & Kosovo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1994 to 1999, PR and Intl. A&R for BMG Music Spain. Then K Digital, a Barcelona indie. In 2005 joined The Orchard as Regional Manager for Spain and Portugal, adding Greece and Italy in 2009, Mexico in 2015 and Latam in 2022. From 2020 to 2023 he has been recognized by Billboard as Latin Power Player and in 2021 as Intl. Power Player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moderator<\/strong>: Anca Lupes (RO)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
He is currently a Senior Marketing Manager at Stay Independent, one of the leading record companies in Greece with over 300 signed artists and 8 music labels.
Additionally, he is the Co-Founder of Legal Pizza, an Athens-based media\/entertainment company focused on talk shows and podcasts dedicated to youth culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Links<\/strong>:
Linkedin: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andreasperiklis\/<\/a>
Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/andreasperikles\/<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Andreas Periklis Metaxas\u00a0(GR)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"andreas-periklis-metaxas-gr","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-10 18:08:21","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-10 15:08:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=17972","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":16878,"post_author":"1566","post_date":"2023-04-23 13:58:01","post_date_gmt":"2023-04-23 10:58:01","post_content":"\n
He acquired experience in the worldwide music entertainment industry. Kees has built up a substantial international network. Enjoys working with people where the artists are number 1.
During the span of his career Kees has worked for Universal Music as Executive Vice President, MD of Mercury, MCA and Polydor, Rough Trade Distribution. With artists such as INXS, The Cure, Kiss, Elton John, Dire Straits, LIVE, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Metallica, No Doubt, U2, Lionel Ritchie, Caro Emerald,\u00a0 Tiesto, Jimmy Lidel, Armin van Buuren, The Editors and many others.
He is currently running HIT4US.com as MD and executive board member of IMPALA.
Dutch IFPI awarded him with the \u201cZilveren Fonograaf\u201c for outstanding contribution in the Dutch music industry. He is President of STOMP, Stichting Onafhankelijke Muziek Producenten in The Netherlands. For 8 years he was Chairman and President of IMPALA.\u00a0The latter awarded him in June 2022 with the Outstanding Contribution Award by Impala in\u00a0recognition for his outstanding contribution to the European Independent Music Sector.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Kees van Weijen (NL)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"kees-van-weijen-be","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-08 13:10:13","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-08 10:10:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=16878","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":22612,"post_author":"1566","post_date":"2024-05-07 11:48:46","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-07 08:48:46","post_content":"\n
Links<\/strong>:
Linkedin: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bonart-ajvazi-870791152\/<\/a>
Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bonartajvazi?igsh=MWpyMnA4aWltM25ybA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Bonart Ajvazi (XK)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bonart-ajvazi-xk","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 11:51:37","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 08:51:37","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=22612","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":22987,"post_author":"1566","post_date":"2024-05-09 12:24:19","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-09 09:24:19","post_content":"\n