Biographies
These biographies tell you the story of our experts' careers: the artists they've worked with, the jobs they've held, the companies they've worked for, records they've made, awards they've won - in fact all the reasons why they are experts in the music business!
Bob Angus, MD Metropolis Music
Live Music/Promotions/press
www.metropolismusic.comEdith Bowman
Artist/producer/management
Edith Eleanor Bowman is a television presenter and a radio D.J. She currently presents the Colin and Edith Show, with Colin Murray on BBC Radio 1. She has presented extensively on television and radio.
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/colinandedith/Paul Fletcher, EMI Records
Marketing/Recording
Paul Fletcher is the Marketing Manager for EMI Records, and has worked at several labels previously. During his career Paul has been fortunate to work with many fabulous artists and bands including Robbie Williams, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, The Fall, The Vines, Space, Sarah Cracknell, Faith Evans and more.
www.emimusic.co.ukColin Lester, Wildlife Entertainment
Artist/producer/management
Colin Lester, part owner of Wildstar Records and Wildlife Entertainment together with Ian McAndrew, works both as an A&R and a manager. The label's signings include Craig David and Dum Dums and management signings, amongst others, Travis and Brand New Heavies.
www.ukmmf.netSarah Levine, Vice President of Legal Affairs, Universal Publishing
Legal/publishing/contractual
Universal Music Group (UMG) leads the music industry in global sales with an estimated worldwide market share in 2005 of 25.6%. Its global operations include the development, marketing, sales and distribution of recorded music through a network of subsidiaries, joint ventures and licensees in 75 countries, and music publishing.
www.umusic.co.ukRobin Millar
Producer/studio manager
The man behind Sade, Robin is one of the UK's most successful ever Record and Music Producers and three times elected Chairman of Re-Pro - the worldwide Record Producers and Engineers Guild. Currently - Honorary Patron, The Music Producers Guild, Patron of UNICEF, Patron of UNHCR Delegate to the Music business Forum , Delegate to the PPL Performers Forum , Member of Human Genetics Council , Trustee of Playing Alive Foundation. From 1980 Robin has initiated, developed and sold businesses in luxury car hire, recording studios, music and magazine publishing, restaurants and personal management. Robin has a 20 year history in training audio engineers under apprentice schemes at his studio operations and believes in mixing academic learning with industrial training. Four of his entry level trainees have gone on to produce Grammy Award recordings and many more have achieved significant status in the industry.Productions have sold 48 million copies worldwide, including 44 number 1 hits and have earned £300 million in foreign income. Productions have won ASCAP, Brit, American Black Music, BASF and Victoires De La Musique awards. Awarded over 150 Gold, Silver and Platinum discs; in 1995 the 3M Visionary Award for Outstanding Commercial and Artistic Achievement in Music and in June 2000 the Windrush 2000 Arts and Community Award for services to visible ethnic minorities
Aubrey Nunn, Faithless
Artist/producer/management
Aubrey's professional experience began as a member of the international number one selling band Stiltskin having recently split from Heavy Stereo with Oasis' Gem Archer. He subsequently became a founder member of the triple platinum selling band Faithless, and over the last ten years he has played bass guitar for hundreds of sessions including both No Angel and Life for Rent for Dido, and for artists such as Gabrielle, Neil Finn, Carlos Santana, R. Kelly, and most recently Corinne Bailey-Rae. His production and writing credits include co-writing and co-producing Dido's recent album Life For Rent. For the last ten years he has spearheaded Faithless' management company while continuing to work with developing artists as a writer, producer and manager. Faithless Forever was the ninth best selling UK album of 2005.
www.faithlessuk.co.ukLohan Presencer, MD Ministry of Sound
Recording/independent/multi platform
Ministry of Sound was one of the key locations in the development of house music in Britain in the early 1990s and more recently has expanded with franchise clubs being opened in Asia, and club tours taking place worldwide. Ministry of Sound was founded by, and is still largely owned and controlled by, Jamie Palumbo.
www.ministryofsound.comAndy Saunders
Artist/producer/management
Andy Saunders has over 19 years experience of working in the UK music industry including stints at Pacific Records, Conifer Records, Roadrunner Records and from 1992-2000 at the legendary Creation Records where he was Head of Press and Communications. He founded public relations company Velocity Communications in 2000 and has handled PR for a number of leading music companies, artists and entrepreneurs including, Ministry of Sound, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Craig David, Mis-Teeq, The Telstar Music Group, Sanctuary Records, Anthony Wilson, Alan McGee, Earls Court and Olympia Group, The Notting Hill Music Group, Clear Channel, Poptones, EMI Records, V2 Records, pre.vu, Vitaminic, Malcolm McClaren, Outside Line, In The City, Redemption TV, Fierce Panda, Barry Adamson, The O2 Music Wireless Festival, The Vines, Kraftwerk, John Cale, Carnaby Films, Guy Chambers, Don Black and many others. Andy is also Director of Communications for The International Music Managers Forum and The European Live Music Forum.
www.velocitypr.co.uk