Byta Presents: #HowWeListen Live: In Conversation Simon Pursehouse (Global Director of Music Services – Sentric Music Group)
‘Putting Artists First: Music Publishing for Independent Creators‘
Tuesday, November 28th, 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm GMT (UK) – Live online via Zoom
Our next guest is Simon Pursehouse, Global Director of Music Services at Sentric Music.
Simon Pursehouse has been an integral part of Sentric Music Group since the company’s infancy overseeing the signing of Sentric’s first artist in 2006 to its now-established community of over 400,000 songwriters. Simon has been featured in Music Weeks’ ‘30 Under 30’ list and regularly speaks at various industry conferences worldwide such as Reeperbahn, The Great Escape, BBC Introducing Live and AIM’s Sync Day amongst many others. He is a regular guest lecturer at LIPA and BIMM amongst other educational bodies. Simon is also the author of Sentric’s Blog which offers advice to emerging artists and has received millions of hits. Simon used to head up the sync division at Sentric Music, and under his supervision was nominated as Best Indie Publisher at the Music Week Sync awards for six years running. Over the years he has developed relationships with global media organisations, broadcasters and advertising agencies which has resulted in Sentric’s catalogue being placed globally in adverts, films, games and TV shows.
Sentric Music was formed in 2006 as the new-age-independent-music-publisher. Sentric disrupted traditional publishing by offering the fairest deal in the industry. They empower artists and songwriters to collect the royalties they’re owed.
#HowWeListen Live: In Conversation is a monthly online event that will be presented in two parts:
- An introduction: Tips & insights for tomorrow’s artists & music industry leaders with Byta founder Marc Brown.
- An in-depth conversation with Simon Pursehouse about publishing and synch strategies for independent artists.
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 is 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:
- Publishing strategies for indie artists?
- How does an unknown artist get their foot in the publishing door?
- The importance of Synchs
- The importance of publishing in a digital/streaming world.
- How important are collaborations to moving a career forward?
- Who will work with me / Where do I find collaborators?
- Timelines, what should artists work on first?
- The importance of LIVE to publishing
- What if I never want to go live but write wicked songs?
Event Format
#HowWeListen Live (part 1):
The introduction 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. Plus, Byta updates and tips on what you can do yourself to better increase the chances of your success.
#HowWeListen In Conversation (part 2):
Each event features an in-depth one-to-one conversation. This time around Marc will be chatting with Simon Pursehous, Global Director of Music Services at Sentric Music
About Byta
Byta (“Bee-tah”: the Swedish word for exchange) is unrivalled in taking advantage of the unique properties found in audio files. By simplifying the reading and writing of file metadata, conversion of file formats and delivery of fast yet secure streaming, the platform enables everyone to send and receive digital audio in a clean, simple and secure way. Byta has also launched #HowWeListen, a not-for-profit organisation that complements the company’s ultimate goal: providing artists and their teams with the tools and knowledge needed to move their careers forward.
More about Simon Pursehouse:
Simon Pursehouse has been an integral part of Sentric Music Group since the company’s infancy overseeing the signing of Sentric’s first artist in 2006 to its now-established community of over 400,000 songwriters.
Simon works within the Business Development and Creative Departments at Sentric and is the point person for their roster of signed songwriters.
Previously at Sentric, Simon headed up the sync division, which under his supervision was nominated as Best Indie Publisher at the Music Week Sync awards for six years running. Here he has developed relationships with global media organisations, broadcasters and advertising agencies which has resulted in Sentric’s catalogue being placed in adverts, films, games, TV shows worldwide.
Simon has been featured in Music Weeks’ ‘30 Under 30’ list and regularly speaks at various industry conferences worldwide such as Reeperbahn, The Great Escape, BBC Introducing Live and AIM’s Sync Day amongst many others. He has been invited to discuss Sentric on BBC 6Music on multiple occasions and has consulted on judging panels for awards/grants for BAFTA, PRS, BRITs, Music Week and more. He is a regular guest lecturer at LIPA and BIMM amongst other educational bodies.
Simon has been a core part of Sentric’s online identity; he is the author of Sentric’s Blog which offers advice to emerging artists and has received millions of hits.
About Marc Brown
Marc is the founder of Byta / byta.com. Run as a distributed team across three continents, Byta enables the sending and receiving of digital audio in a clean, simple and secure way. Built for everyone working with music today.
His extensive music business background and considerable digital audio knowledge 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, and 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 ten 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.