Independently Minded, Globally Ambitious: Learning from Latin America’s Music Scene
with Bruno Duque
July 27th at 12pm ET / 1pm Brasilia / 5pm BST
What does it mean to be independent today? Our next guest is Bruno Duque, Head of TuneCore Brazil & Latin America, who arrives with a great deal of global music ecosystem insight. Particularly when it comes to working with independent artists…
Everyone attending this session will benefit greatly from Bruno’s deep industry knowledge and his drive to create opportunities for local artists. Bruno will discuss his holistic approach to bridging the gap between independent music and the entertainment industry in Brazil and Latin America. What can Bruno’s approach to the music industry teach us and what are the tools in his toolbox that he picked up from his years navigating the industry? How does this differ geographically in other markets? Have your notebook ready.
Partnering with Byta.com on this month’s event is Small World Music who present Global Toronto, a platform for re-imagining and building a sustainable, equitable, and accessible music sector. We’re also very proud to partner with PUC: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro’s business incubator, Instituto Genesis da PUC-Rio and Música & Negócios. PUC is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in Brazil.
This is a new monthly online event that will be presented in two parts:
- A Workshop: Tips & insights for tomorrow’s artists & music industry leaders with Byta founder, Marc Brown
- An In-depth interview about bridging the gap between independent musicians and the music industry, with TuneCore’s Bruno Duque.
About the Event
This series is designed to deliver the knowledge to enable tomorrow’s artists and industry leaders to better manoeuvre their way through the music ecosystem. Providing fun and insightful Q&A along the way!
#HowWeListen Live: In Conversation will be hosted by Byta’s founder, Marc Brown, whose deep music business background and digital audio knowledge have helped him deliver unique insights to audiences from Tallinn to Toronto. Marc is a former label owner, A&R, manager and radio plugger.
Key takeaways:
- Connect the dots of the music industry, working with the smarts and energy of an independent artist but with deep industry comprehension.
- What you can do to make an impact & develop a long-term music career
- Insights into digital content distribution
- Tips and advice on a holistic approach to the music industry.
- Lessons to learn from Brazil & Latin America’s dynamic and domestically-championed music industry
Event Format
#HowWeListen Live (part 1):
The workshop will introduce industry insights that Marc has picked up from his work in A&R departments, running his own radio promotion company, plus years of experience managing artists and significant large scale projects. Some of the topics he will touch on include artists’ teams, timelines and connecting the web of the music industry. Plus, most importantly, tips on what you can do yourself to better increase the chances of your success.
#HowWeListen In Conversation (part 2):
Each event will feature an in-depth one-to-one conversation. This time the conversation will look into how best to cross-pollinate artistic independence with the music industry with Marc’s guest, the head of TuneCore Brazil, Bruno Duque. This will be interesting. Marc has always been a strong advocate for the DIY (Do it Yourself) ethic when it comes to the music industry. A perfect follow up to the workshop in part 1. This will be an engaging conversation, with numerous approaches offered on how best to manoeuvre one’s way through the music ecosystem. Bruno remains driven to create opportunities for local artists with a unique approach which creates a bridge between independent music and the entertainment industry. Bring a notebook and pen.
About Byta
Byta (“Bee-tah”: the Swedish word for exchange) is unrivaled in taking advantage of the unique properties found in audio files – reading and writing file metadata, converting file formats and delivering fast yet secure streaming. Enabling everyone to send & receive digital audio in a clean, simple and secure way. Byta has also launched #HowWeListen, their not-for-profit, dedicated to providing musicians and their teams with the knowledge required to move their careers forward.
About Bruno Duque
Bruno is above all a passionate individual and entrepreneur who began his career within the realms of law studies but found that his true passion lay in the music industry. Though not easy, this dramatic switch has led to a wide variety of opportunities and new discoveries, and not just in the music industry. Bruno is an early adopter when it comes to technology. Most recently Bruno was Marketing Manager at iMusica, the leading digital content distributor in Latin America, focusing on licensing and label relations.
Today Bruno brings not only a love of music but a wealth of experience to his new role as Head of TuneCore Brazil, which is already expanding throughout Latin America. He has become an advocate for independent artists in Brazil and continues to work closely with artists while forging new relationships with key partners and growing brand awareness for TuneCore Brazil.
He began his music career at Sony Music in Los Angeles in the Latin Music Division, and then segued into other areas of the industry. TuneCore Brazil benefits greatly from Bruno’s deep industry ties and his drive to create opportunities for local artists.
About Marc Brown
Marc is the founder of Byta / byta.com. Run as a distributed team across 3 continents, Byta enables sending and receiving of digital audio in a clean, simple and secure way. Built for everyone working with music today.
He has an extensive music business background and considerable digital audio knowledge which have helped him deliver unique insights to audiences from Tallinn to Toronto.
Marc got his start at murderecords, Canada’s premier artist owned label during the mid 90s. After working in A&R at the legendary London indie Creation Records, then at Alan McGee’s Poptones, Marc started his own boutique UK radio promotion company off the back of his success with The Hives. For over 10 years Marc worked with an impressive list of indie rock luminaries including Wilco, Bloc Party, Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes, Spoon and Refused as well as legends such as Tom Waits, Yoko Ono, Booker T and Mavis Staples.
Marc currently lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.