Martin Elbourne

Nigel Templeman

Another Young Creative Entrepreneur Club (YCE Club) networking event took place on 10th of February, 2011 at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.

 

Martin Elbourne, one of the main bookers for Glastonbury Festival, creative director and co founder of the Great Escape in Brighton and Nigel Templeman, manager at Supervision Management that roster includes amongst others, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, White Lies, We Have Band, As Tall As Lions, e.t.c were invited to share their experiences and expertise related to music industry conferences and showcase events with Latvia’s music industry representatives and musicians.

M. Elbourne explained the structure and essence of the music industry conferences and showcase festivals while N. Tempeman examined those from the manager’s point of view and shared the knowledge what tools are necessary  for the successful participation and how to make most of it.

“Of course Great Britain is known as the hub of the music industry in Europe and worldwide as many excellent music talents and bands come from there. But moreover it is also a country, where music and entertainment industries contribute significantly to the overall economic growth. In our opinion Latvia also has a large growth potential in the music industry, but it is highly important that experts and entrepreneurs of this sector focus not only on creativity, but also develop skills like risk taking, facing new challenges and have a broader, international outlook. Young Creative Entrepreneurs Programme provides entrepreneurs with essential skills and offers networking opportunities both within Latvia and with the United Kingdom as well as internationally,” concludes Maija Ūdre, British Council Latvia Young Creative Entrepreneurs Programme manager.

 



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If you are lucky enough to understand Latvian, here is a video link where you can find Martin Elbourne and Nigel Templeman talking about the issue but voiced over in Latvian.

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