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Although it might be a bit early, we are more than happy to reveal a glimpse of the upcoming conference program.Key speakers: Tom Tom Club (US)Being named after the dancehall in the Bahamas the Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1980 by Talking Heads alumni Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz. They enjoyed early success in the dance club culture of the early 1980s with the hits "Genius of Love" and "Wordy Rappinghood," taken from their self-titled first album released on Sire in the US and Island Records elsewhere in 1981.Keynote by: Miles Leonard (GB)'How He Saved Kylie's Career And How He's Going To Do The Same For Parlophone (and by extension the very idea of major labels)'. As well as discovering the likes of the Verve and Coldplay, Miles Leonard is generally credited as being the person who masterminded the revival of Kylie's career via the club scene (and a pair of hotpants). Nowadays the MD of EMI's jewel in the crown label Parlophone, Miles will be both chatting about cracking America with Coldplay and revealing the truth about Kylie's hotpants'.Happy AccidentsRecording studios are complicated places and sometimes people push the wrong button....and that can turn out to be the best mistake they ever made! Top producers come clean about the times an error produced a killer bass line or a classic chord sequence as well as offering recording and writing tips, time-saving short-cuts and their views on the very best new technology on offer!Finding The TribesYouth has always tended to collect together in tribal groups but the way this is happening in 2010 is vastly different to the mass movements associated with Hippies, Punks and the Acid generation. Instead of one or two movements we are faced with hundreds, with modern tribes defined by a much more varied and complex set of interests and values then any that have happened previously. One thing that they all share is an openness to different kinds of music, mainly because music is merely one of many cultural aspects of their tribal identity. Who are the biggest tribes these days? What defines them and what music do they like? How do you connect with them and what are their ground rules for social interaction?Stay tuned for more updates!
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