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Published 31/10/2024
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Blackstage Forensics
Blackstage are experts on digital risk profiling and online investigations. Their small team work globally with many clients, assisting with enhancing their privacy, digital security and investigation of threats made against them or their organisation. Within risk profiling’ they focus on exposure of clients’ personal details, such as home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, passwords, life patterns and other personal identifying information. They then support them in dealing with this, helping with ongoing privacy and security strategies around keeping their private lives private.
Believe is one of the world’s leading digital music companies. Believe’s mission is to develop independent artists and labels in the digital world by providing them the solutions they need to grow their audience at each stage of their career and development. Believe’s passionate team of digital music experts around the world leverages the Group’s global technology platform to advise artists and labels, distribute and promote their music. Its 1,919 employees in more than 50 countries aim to support independent artists and labels with a unique digital expertise, respect, fairness and transparency. Believe offers its various solutions through a portfolio of brands including Believe, TuneCore, Nuclear Blast, Naïve, Groove Attack, AllPoints, Ishtar and Byond.
Established in 1934, PPL exists to help ensure that those who invest their time, talent and money to make recorded music are fairly paid for their work.
As the UK’s music licensing company for more than 140,000 performers and recording rightsholders, we license recorded music when it is played in public or broadcast on the radio or TV in the UK and then distribute the fees to the performers and recording rightsholders we represent. Through a network of international agreements with collective management organisations (CMOs) in other countries, PPL is also able to collect royalties for performers and recording rightsholders when their recorded music is played around the world.
Tour Bus experts
Founded in 2000, MM Band Services has a strong reputation in the industry, and an excellent track record in successfully supporting some of the world’s leading artists with luxury transport for UK and European tours, festivals and events of all sizes. With offices in London and Yorkshire and excellent links to Scandinavia and mainland Europe, we offer a friendly, knowledgeable and professional service, with reliable, value for money packages.
Unrivalled Experience
MM Band Services has extensive experience working with some of the world’s leading touring artists and bands, including Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mumford & Sons, Shakira and Wiz Khalifa, Massive Attack, Charlie XCX, James, Pendulum to name just a handful. We understand exactly what it is musicians, management and crew require from a touring partner, and specialise in supporting those embarking on their first UK or European tour.
Our commitment
MM Band Services is a privately-owned company headquartered in East Yorkshire that supplies premium sleeper tour buses across the UK and Europe. The majority of our clients work in the music industry; however, we can support a variety of other industries and have provided buses to several different organisations, from high-street brands to charities. Our Sleeper buses are one of the most eco-friendly ways for artists to tour. MM Band Services is committed to supporting the wellbeing of our employees and the environment we live in. We ensure our employees are competent to work on site, with all employees, contractors and visitors having a responsibility to maintain a safe working environment, looking after themselves and others to minimise any risk of harm or injury.
We now offer an HVO fuel alternative to diesel Reducing emissions by 90% and coupled with our removal of single use plastics and robust recycling schemes, we continue on our carbon neutral journey. Please speak to the sales team for more detail and pricing.
Service and Support
We’re here to make sure your next tour runs as smoothly as possible. Going out of our way to make things easy, we take control of the logistics and transport, so you can concentrate on the 1001 other jobs associated with running a successful tour.
All-inclusive Pricing
With clear, fully transparent pricing, you’ll benefit from our fully costed, personalised quotations. Everything is included in the price we quote, and you’ll never be surprised with added extras – so you can get a full handle on the figures before you commit and manage your tour budget accordingly.
We don’t compete on price – we provide a luxury touring service, and real value for money.
For additional information about any aspect of MM Band Services and our band tour buses, contact our team today.
ICONAC will get you back in control of your business and finances. Get a pain-free accounting and tax solution specifically created for the music and entertainment industry. Our purpose is to provide a business platform so you can make the world a better place. We’ll help you run your business so that you can continue to innovate, create, inspire and connect.
Our determination to be the best is unparalleled in the industry. With years of experience in accounting and tax, our team stays updated with the latest developments across technology and commercial strategies, ensuring you stay ahead. We are ambitious, tech-savvy, and with offices in London, New York and Los Angeles, we have a global perspective on business affairs.
We’ll take care of business so you can leave your mark.
Unison is a pioneering European private, for-profit music copyright management company, and one of the few private music rights management companies in the world accepted as a Client RME by CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers).
Unison collects music copyrights from various users, including digital platforms, broadcasters, and live events, and distributes them to its clients based on principles of efficiency and transparency through technology.
It currently represents over 800 clients, comprising rights holders such as authors, music publishers, other management entities, and Collective Management Organizations (CMOs), from more than 30 countries. Working collectively for tens of thousands of right holders, Unison manages copyrights for over 2.5 million musical works. It supports rights holders in receiving more royalties, faster and more transparently.
Cooper Parry Wealth work closely with DJs, producers, singers, songwriters, bands, solo artists and their management teams, providing financial planning advice that focuses on you, your career, and what you want to achieve in life.
They’ll help you map out your ideal life, both now and in the future, setting realistic financial goals and building healthy financial habits to turn that into a reality.
That includes creating a budget based on your variable income streams, tax planning to take advantage of all the available tax breaks, and planning for life after music. They’ll also help you to manage risk and navigate the industry’s unique implications, structure your investments effectively and create a long-lasting financial legacy.
Plus, if you have a major career event on the horizon, like a new album release, the sale of a back catalogue, signing to a new label or starting a business outside of music, they have extensive experience in supporting you and your musicians through those too.
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YM&U Business Management
YM&U Business Management is an accountancy and business management company supporting creatives from the world of music and beyond in their journeys through writing, releasing and touring.
Our services range from both business and personal accounts and taxation, to more specific budgeting, touring and royalty services. We’re there to work alongside your team to look after all your financial needs as you progress through your career.
We give you the peace of mind to enjoy what you do best; make music.
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Tysers
Tysers (formerly Integro Entertainment and Sport) is a specialty insurance brokerage offering unparalleled service levels. We bring together some of the world’s most passionate, knowledgeable and skilled risk and specialty insurance professionals to manage the many issues facing our clients today.
Our Entertainment teams work with many of the biggest names in the music and events, film and television & theatre and are extremely experienced in helping clients with immediate response and support, wherever they are in the world; we understand the nature of risk and have unique and innovative solutions to our clients’ exposures.
Our Music & Events team is made up of industry experts who cover all areas of the sector and provide specialist insurance covering a variety of events across the entertainment world; clients include independents, boutiques as well as many of the biggest promoters, artistes, recording labels, festivals and live music events.
Established 200 years ago, Tysers, who are headquartered in London has offices and associates around the world with access to a broad range of insurers within the market. We also offer our own exclusive delegated authority scheme, underwritten by one of the world’s largest insurance companies.
Some of the policies we offer include:
• Cancellation and Non-Appearance, including extensions for Terrorism, Communicable Diseases, National Mourning
• Own and Hired-in Event Equipment
• Employers and Public Liability
• Professional Indemnity
For more information please visit our website https://www.tysers.com/solution/entertainment-sport/music-events/ or contact Tim Thornhill on tim.thornhill@tysers.com t: 0203 915 0385
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
We’re a mid-tier firm of chartered accountants, business management specialists and corporate and private client advisors. From premium restaurants and prime property, to established names in music and entertainment, we have an inspiringly diverse client base. A highly personalised service puts clients at the centre; people and relationships come first.
Simpatico are one of the UK’s leading music and brand partnership agencies. Set up by Gary Cohen- former brand partnership director at ATC Management- they work with a host of major brands including Sky, Three, Jameson, o2, Burberry, Amazon and NFL. ATC are partners in the business.
Simpatico launched in June 2021 with a very clear and unique offering- they only plan, manage and execute campaigns directly with artist management. They believe this offers brands something that feels more like a relationship than a transaction and it gives managers access to and knowledge of multiple potential opportunities across the brand world.
They have worked with a broad range of artists including Mark Ronson, AJ Tracey, Raye, Aitch, Lily Allen, Fontaines DC, Self Esteem, Anne-Marie, Olly Murs and Johnny Marr.
To get in touch with Simpatico, contact Gary Cohen – gary@simpaticomusic.co.uk
Simkins LLP is a leading media and commercial law firm, offering a full range of legal services to corporate and individual clients operating in a broad range of industries.
We are best known for our market-leading practice in media and entertainment, but we also have strong followings in areas such as property, retail, professional services and finance.
Whether you’re a singer-songwriter, composer or publisher, when working with SESAC Performing Rights you benefit from the deepest expertise in the collection and distribution of performance royalties and a team that always puts creators first.
SESAC currently licenses the public performance of more than 1 million songs on behalf of its 30,000+ affiliated songwriters, composers, and music publishers, which include such familiar names as Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, RUSH, Adele, Jack Harlow, Ariana Grande, Disclosure, Zac Brown, Rosanne Cash, Hillary Scott of Lady A, Lee Brice, Margo Price, Nicky Jam, Blanco Brown, and many more.
SESAC has long represented the music on some of TV’s biggest shows including Grey’s Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, A Million Little Things, Dateline NBC, Dr. Phil, Seinfeld, and Modern Family, and is the PRO of choice among many of Hollywood’s most sought-after film and television composers including Christophe Beck, Danny Lux, The Newton Brothers, John Ehrlich, Dennis C. Brown, Emile Mosseri, and many more.
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Rothschild & Co Wealth Management
Rothschild & Co Wealth Management work with some of the world’s most successful individuals, preserving and growing their wealth for the long-term, and acting as a sounding board across their financial affairs. Their advisers look after their clients’ wealth as if it were their own, investing and advising them towards achieving their long-term goals. Whether that’s careful wealth planning, building portfolios that beat inflation, or bespoke lending services, they tailor their approach to help each client optimise their wealth.
An independent and family-controlled business, Rothschild & Co have the freedom to make impartial decisions, focused on generating the best returns for their clients. They invest in a way that is sustainable, sensible, focused and patient, holding assets that increase in value over time, beat inflation, while avoiding large losses along the way.
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Prager Metis
Music Insurance Brokers is a trading division of Media Insurance Brokers Ltd who were established in 1990.
Our team have been involved in the music sector for a long time; playing in bands, tour managing, band management as well as providing insurance for the industry.
We have seen the industry change, from one centred around recorded albums and single sales, into a much more diverse place thanks to the freedom and accessibility that the internet and digital format has provided.
The current touring, gigging and music festival sector is buoyant, exciting and demanding. We have developed and adapted our insurance solutions to meet the needs of the changing music industry.
Whether you are a new artist or band or you have been touring and gigging forever it is equally important to insure your equipment properly and protect yourself and the public from risk.
We provide insurance for music events, festivals, studios, equipment suppliers and technicians from individual freelancers to large companies. In short – whatever you do in the music industry, talk to Music Insurance Brokers about your insurance needs.
The music team at Miller Insurance value relationships with up-and-coming artists to global music icons equally – working with artists, managers, agents, promoters at all levels of the music industry to provide cover for all aspects of their business.
That demands an in-depth understanding of the specialist music insurance market, a client’s risk profile, their objectives and aspirations. The expert Miller music team – led by Martin Goebbels, and including Hannah Logan, Pamela Choat, Rose Burgess and Holly Leary – each with many years’ experience, are amongst the most knowledgeable and connected broking teams in the business.
Miller, founded in 1902, have grown to become a leading specialist insurance broking partnership. Headquartered in London, our network has increased to more than 900 colleagues across our UK and international operations.
Lee & Thompson is one of the UK’s leading law firms for individuals and businesses in the media, entertainment and creative industries.
We’ve achieved this by prioritising two things: building a firm that understands the interdependence of the creative industries and by being relentless when it comes to meeting the needs of all our clients, whether they’re professional or personal, creative or commercial.
Our clients
We represent many of the world’s most successful musicians, producers, directors and creative talent in addition to television and sports personalities. We also count rights owners, production companies, record labels and media entrepreneurs as clients. And we provide them all with a full range of legal services.
But as well as being specialists adept at responding to the unique requirements of individuals and businesses in these fields, our expertise is highly sought after beyond these sectors. Our successful Family Group bears witness to this, and the team’s skilful, intelligent approach and detailed knowledge of the law is highly valued by a vast array of clients from all walks of life.
Our approach
It’s not just the high quality or breadth of our legal advice that sets us apart. It’s our lawyers’ ability to merge this expertise with both a rigorous understanding of the industries our clients operate in and the ability to attend to the distinct personal, professional, commercial and financial interests of every individual.
From our beginnings in 1983, to today, we’ve adhered to this approach. And as a result, our lawyers are exemplary: exceptionally knowledgeable and attuned to the realities of our clients’ lives and businesses – an attribute that make them highly valued and trusted advisors. It also means our clients benefit from both first class legal and business affairs advice and from our wealth of real-life insight into their work, challenges and requirements.
Established in 1990, Key Production offers end-to-end manufacturing solutions in vinyl, CD, DVD, Blu-ray, cassettes, print and bespoke packaging, working with major and independent record labels as well as individual artists in music, media and corporate sectors. With our knowledge and passion, we create unforgettable physical and audio experiences, striving to do so as sustainably as possible.
Our exceptional knowledge, experience and project management skills combine to achieve unrivalled results. Consistently successful projects inspire lasting professional relationships with major labels and independent artists alike.
Founded by Karen Emanuel, Key Production is fiercely independent, we answer to our clients only – a standpoint nurtured and cherished since our founding and considered a core asset of our company.
Over three decades the relationships Key Production’s experienced staff has developed with trusted suppliers, both in the UK and worldwide, have allowed us to negotiate, establish, monitor and maintain the best available quality, value and service for our clients.
With offices in London, Sheffield and Brighton, Key Production over time has been expanding and enriching its expertise and influence by setting up in-house departments for our clients and with several acquisitions including Think Tank Creative, Breed Media and MODO Design. The companies together form the Key Production Group.
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Howden Insurance Brokers
Howden Entertainment is a team of experts from around the world, with the sole focus of delivering bespoke risk and insurance solutions to the music and entertainment sector. Our clients are drawn from a wide range of industry groups and reflect the diverse experience and knowledge that exists within our team including live events promoters, musicians and entertainers, venues, agents and event organisers. From global events and tours through to emerging talent at the beginning of their music career, we have developed a deep understanding of the risks faced by all those operating in this unpredictable and challenging entertainment environment.
The increasingly globalised nature of live entertainment means that clients are exposed to a rapidly evolving series of emerging and established risks such as terrorism, adverse weather and artist-non-appearance. Our team are able to provide a wide range of solutions to meet the individual risk profile of clients, including, artist personal accident, errors and omissions, non-appearance, death and disgrace, event cancellation and abandonment, property and contents, hired in and owned equipment, event liability and transmission and broadcast failure.
Our experience and understanding combined with our technical expertise, commitment to client and insurer relationships and industry leading claims service, means we are able to deliver on all aspects of our clients’ insurance and risk management needs. For more information, please contact Emmanuel Inglessis at Emmanuel.Inglessis@howdengroup.com or phone +447561856373
We might be professionally qualified number crunchers but we also have a wealth of knowledge about your industry and know how to help you make the most from being a creative individual or business.
We work with artists, entrepreneurs and boutique companies as well as larger companies and organisations, all of whom we have a strong personal relationship with.
We have built our business by providing a high quality, efficient and very personable service resulting in a reputation for hard work, integrity and professionalism. With a good dose of humour and fun thrown in.
You’ll find us based in the heart of London but we are part of an international network bringing together like minded professionals who also understand music and entertainment and support clients in their territories.
Harbottle & Lewis provides pro-active legal advice to dynamic and creative clients.
We are particularly skilled at advising those in the business of creating and exploiting valuable rights and intellectual property, and those maintaining and generating active capital.
Our clients range from early stage companies to major corporations and include multinational brands and rights owners, early stage venture capital funds, investment companies and hedge funds. We also act for entrepreneurs and leading individuals.
We endeavour to take a personal approach to our relationship with our clients and the advice we give you will be commercial and tailored towards finding pragmatic solutions to your specific needs.
Areas of Work
We provide innovative and effective advice on corporate, commercial, employment, family, finance, intellectual property, litigation, private wealth, property and tax law. We also advise on regulatory matters and the legal issues faced by organisations and individuals in the media spotlight, such as defamation, information protection, privacy and image rights.
We pride ourselves on giving specialist commercial advice to clients in all areas of the communications and creative industries including advertising, broadcasting, charity, digital media, fashion, film, interactive entertainment, music, publishing, sponsorship, sport, television and theatre. As we have been at the centre of many of these industries’ largest and most high profile transactions and cases, we have a strong reputation for our work in these areas.
Carrington Wealth Management is a boutique financial planning and wealth management firm committed to delivering bespoke, high quality and independent advice. We are based in London’s West End.
We work with artists, industry professionals and business owners to ensure that the future you are building today, supports you tomorrow. Throughout the experience, we work alongside you, guiding and advising your financial decisions. Whether you are looking to build your wealth, sell your business or safeguard your future, we will work with you to help you achieve your goals.
Our passion is in building long-term, collaborative relationships with our clients and our focus is on providing the highest possible level of service. We pride ourselves on being a forward-thinking company that is adaptable and always striving to improve.
BSI Merch has over 30 years’ music merchandise experience, founded by music industry veteran Andy Allen in 1991 who served on the MMF committee for 10 years.
They have offices and warehouses in the UK & Germany and provide the following services:
– E-Commerce and distribution of apparel, memorabilia, vinyl & CD’s.
– UK Chart registered across UK and European territories.
– Global tour, supply and support.
– Inhouse Creative & Design team
Their clients include Only The Poets, Amyl & The Sniffers, Andrea Bocelli, Idris Elba, Placebo, Underworld, Franz Ferdinand, Mother Mother, Palace, Peach Pit, Sega, Sony, Football Manager, Live Nation, & Universal.
BMI was founded in 1939 by forward-thinkers who wanted to represent songwriters in emerging genres, like jazz, blues and country, and protect the public performances of their music. Operating on a non-profit-making basis, BMI is now the largest music rights organization in the U.S. and is still nurturing new talent and new music.
BMI is the bridge between songwriters and the businesses and organizations that want to play their music publicly. As a global leader in music rights management, BMI serves as an advocate for the value of music, representing more than 8.5 million musical works created and owned by more than 650,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers.
beatBread offers a new way for independent/unsigned artists to fund their career development, while retaining ownership of their masters. They provide advances on streaming income for both catalog and unreleased music and give artists complete choice of their distribution, marketing and promotion partners.
beatBread is not a label, distributor or artist services company. We are thrilled to welcome them as an MMF Associate and announce a Virtual Manager Meetup!
If approved, the artist gets:
– Advances of up to 5x current annual revenues
– Artist royalties in the 50% to 90% range
– Complete choice of marketing partners
– Retention of masters during the term, and 100% of streaming income after the term
– The option to flow through some of their existing streaming income during the term
– Recoupment comes ONLY from streaming income (not publishing, merch, touring, synch or even physical product).
We are the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), a membership association of more than 540,000 US composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, we also represent hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. We are the only US performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected by and from our membership.
We protect the rights of ASCAP members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. Our licensees encompass all who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. We make giving and obtaining permission to perform music simple for both creators and music users.
AMRA is the first of its kind — a global digital music collection society that takes a direct approach to digital licensing, collection and administration. AMRA is designed to maximize value for songwriters and publishers in today’s digital age, while providing the highest level of transparency and efficiency. Global and direct, AMRA is able to provide its publisher and writer clients with the most transparent and accurate reporting in the industry.
AMRA has offices in New York and London. AMRA is owned by Kobalt Music Group. AMRA licenses Kobalt’s K-Tech, the world’s most advanced rights and content management platform, to directly and efficiently collect, process and account for the billions of micro-transactions in today’s complex digital landscape. AMRA operates independently and is entirely business separated from Kobalt’s publishing operations.
Global Motion has specialised in worldwide logistics and freight forwarding since 2003, servicing the logistics needs of the fast-paced entertainment sector, working across music, film, and theatre productions with air, sea, road and charter freight, ATA carnets and more.
A lot has changed in two decades, but the company’s dedication to delivering on-time, customised event transport solutions to valued clients remains steadfast.
With excellent customer service at the heart of the business, Global Motion works with customers at every stage of their careers and projects to advise on the most budget-efficient, secure and time-sensitive solutions possible. The company’s dedicated team of specialists offers around the clock support, 365 days a year, no matter the time zone.
Global Motion’s HQ is perfectly located for easy access to London’s Heathrow Airport and the UK road network via the M25, the M4, and the M40. Its head office has meeting rooms, extensive backline and production storage with prep bays and 3-phase power, vehicle loading areas and 24-hour access when required.
For more information on how Global Motion can assist, please contact directly.
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