NASHVILLE,
TN (IMW) - Indie
Music Week has announced that Marghie Evans, a
Nashville based media consultant and expert in international music
rights and clearances, will be participating as an Indie
Music Week
panelist. IMW, taking place in Nashville March 11-12, will feature
three industry panels of Major and Independent A&R, promoters,
label executives, producers, journalists, and entertainment attorneys,
and will wrap up with a
Music Industry Summit.
From 1988 to 1998,
Marghie was Repertoire Manager for PolyGram in London, England, before
becoming the Head of Rights and Clearances at Universal Home
Entertainment, where she stayed until 2001. She has been involved in
dozens of video productions from "The Cream of Eric Clapton" to "The
Who: 20 Years Maximum R'n'B" as well as produced the Dire Straits
Greatest Hits Video and DVD "The Sultans of Swing". Marghie has also
acted as a consultant on behalf of Universal to the MCPS (Mechanical
Rights Protection Society) and BPI (British Phonographic Industry) on
rights clearance for new media.
Marghie currently resides in
Nashville, acting as Rights Administrator for several independent
publishers as well as clearing music for a number of video producers.
In addition, she is a partner of well-known video company, Warner Park
Media, whose latest release is "The Players" featuring Peter Frampton,
Travis Tritt and others.
"With so many artists facing the very
real necessity of exercising more control over their careers,
understanding complex issues like publishing, royalty collection,
licensing, and song rights becomes very important and essential to
their income. We're so glad a real industry veteran like Marghie is
willing to step up to help our attendees," says Indie Music Week
President Jonell Polansky.
Other confirmed panelists include
Nashville Star and Sony Music's Tracy Gershon, Danny Kee from Warner
Bros. Records, Performing Songwriter magazine's Abby White, Amy Stevens
of Vivaton Records, Lyric Street Records' Kirk Boyer, Larry Shell of
Broken Bow Records, Bradley Collins of BMI, EQ Magazine's Mitch
Gallagher, and the Nashville Association of Professional Recording
Services (NAPRS). In addition to the industry panels, Indie Music Week
will also feature two Artist Showcases to be held at Nashville's famous
Douglas Corner Caf�.
To attend Indie Music Week 2005, please
visit IndieMusicWeek.org for registration information. The registration
fee for Indie Music Week is $99, with 50% fee discounts for music
industry students or artists that showcase.
