First Music Contact presents
Seminars at Dean Arts Studios
We have expanded our professional development series to ‘in-real-life’ activity in our current home at The Dean Arts Studio with free, once-a-month professional development workshops.
The Seminars at Dean Arts Studio series are professional development workshops for musicians and those working with artists to help develop their careers. We also use Seminars at Dean Arts Studio to offer a platform to other organisations in the Irish music community.
This free-to-attend series of panels has included hosts such as AIM Ireland, Minding Creative Minds, SelfMade, TikTok and MPAI - all initiatives, panel discussions and network opportunities we are proud to support and amplify, centring around panel discussions and network opportunities. FMC looks forward to facilitating these conversations.
For the next in the series, First Music Contact are delighted to partner with our neighbours Slight Motif for a panel discussion on how artists and their teams can build multi-stream income.
So many independent artists and collectives rely on generating funds across a variety of streams in order to sustain their music careers. As part of this series of professional development seminars for musicians and their teams, Slight Motif presents a panel discussion diving right into this topic from multiple perspectives.
Bounce, the P.R.O. (Slight Motif) will be joined by a panel of artists including Alicia Raye, Celaviedmai and Salamay to share their experiences and insights on the topic.
Join us on Wednesday 24th of April at 6.30pm in The Dean Arts Studio. Register now at the link below.
Pre-registration for these events is essential, as capacity is limited.
Seating is also provided on a first-come, first-served basis, so please arrive early.
Doors are at 6.30pm sharp with the panel starting at 7pm.
All music industry professionals and artists are welcome at these events.
Other seminars in the series have included:
"Stagecraft: Getting Gig-Ready" panel discussion with Karla Chubb (Sprints), Laurence Kapinga (Negro Impacto), Pam Connolly (Pillow Queens) & Uly, in partnership with SelfMade
"Getting Export-Ready!" panel discussion with Angela Dorgan (CEO, FMC), Ciarán Walsh (Associate Director, Culture Ireland), Conor Cusack (Manager, ie:music) & Eleanor McGuinness (Agent)
An information and networking event in partnership with AIM Ireland and TikTok
”Working in the Studio” panel discussion with Adam Shanahan (My Fault Music), Julie McLarnon (Analogue Catalogue Studios), Lizzie Fitzpatrick (coolgirl, formerly Bitch Falcon) & Simba Bianchi (Jungle Beam Studios), in partnership with SelfMade
“Music Publishing” panel discussion with Dina Coughlan (Tremolo Music Publishing), Ian Hennessy (Crashed Music), Jessica Treacy (IMRO), Stephen Curran (Evolving Music Company) & Steve Lindsey (Elevate Music), in partnership with MPAI
A masterclass in “Personal Branding & Authenticity on Social Media” with Corrina Kavanagh, in partnership with Minding Creative Minds
“Dispelling the myths of the Artist/Producer Agreement” panel discussion with Elaine Mai (Producer & Songwriter), Gill Dooley (AIM Ireland), Jonny Petch (Bray & Krais Solicitors) & Pip Newby (Friends Vs Music), in partnership with AIM Ireland
'Let's grab a coffee' panel discussion and networking event with Bekah Molony (D07 Artists), Conor Cusack (Manager, Morgana), Dylan Murphy (District Magazine) and Joy Nwagiriga (Plantain Sound), in partnership with D07 Artists.
‘Building your digital presence’ panel discussion with Ciarán D’Arcy (Warner Music Ireland), Dylan Murphy (District Magazine) and Kate Brayden (South Wind Blows / Other Voices)