Unlocking Music Rights & Growth on YouTube: Strategies for Success on YouTube

Speakers: James Frostick (Head of Online Licensing, BumaStemra), Henri Lessing (Managing Partner, Age Media), RIMON (Artist), Eric Skuncke (YouTube), Daniel Turcotte (Senior Director Commercial, Monstercat)

Host:
Vincent Reinders & Lara Lessing

A bustling talkshow brought to you by YouTube, Age Media and BumaStemra.

This high energy talkshow, brought to you by BumaStemra and Age Media, brings together music industry experts to discuss how they use YouTube in their music strategies and how it drives growth and revenue. Be a fly on the wall as independent artists, music labels, experts on YouTube and royalties will discuss all of their successes and insights. Be in the room as they talk about what works and where the challenges lie! Join artists, labels and composers as they inspire you on how to grow, increase engagement and generate more income through YouTube. The experts will provide examples of how best to package your content on YouTube to promote growth and revenue.

We will dive into success stories as well as the pitfalls in the music industry regarding YouTube strategies.

The talkshow consists of: 
- Rimon, an independent artist, who will share her strategy on independency, YouTube and how it has driven her growth.
-Eric Skuncke: Music Lead YouTube, who will talk about YouTube Music and strategies for growth on the platform. 
- Henri Lessing from AGE Media, who helps labels, rights holders, and artists grow and increase income, and will also discuss what the music industry can improve on YouTube. 
- Jurjan Rietveld from BumaStemra, focusing on managing worldwide music rights on YouTube

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Felix Meritis (outside)
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Tuesday October 15: 16:00 to 20:00
Wednesday
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October 18: 08:30 to 19:00
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