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22/06/2014 The Sunday Times-Eire: Artists hit out at lack of pay...... 3 19/06/2014 Meath Topic: Building a career in country music?...... 4 19/06/2014 Westmeath Topic: Building a career in country music?...... 5 01/06/2014 TechPro: Irish Music Rights Organisation...... 6 21/06/2014 Westmeath Independent: Learn how to be a country music star at local seminar!...... 7
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06/22/2014 00:00 | The Sunday Times-Eire
Media Source: Press Page: 7 Author: Siobhán Maguire
Artists hit out at lack of pay
Online article -4- Meath Topic* Circulation: 9000 Thursday, 19 June 2014 Area of Clip: 4400mm² Page: 14 Page 1 of 1
Buildinga career in countrymusic? Mullingar's place in the centre This seminar is geared towards of the country music universe songwriters, artists, producers, has been further validated by musicians and anyone interested music rights organisation IMRO in entering these fields. Among choosing the town as the location the seminar topics will be how for a national seminar on to get your music career in gear, 'Building a Career in County as well as advice on generating Music1. promotion, radio play and publicity. The event takes place on Tuesday, 22 July at the Mullingar The event will feature exclusive Park Hotel and panellists include live performances from the panellists Charlie McGettigan, songwriter and a special IMRO Award Ralph Murphy and country presentation to Derek Ryan. singers Derek Ryan and Marc To reserve a place at this free Roberts. The host is RTE2 FM's event email [email protected] Paddy McKenna. -5- Westmeath Topic* Circulation: 9000 Thursday, 19 June 2014 Area of Clip: 4400mm² Page: 14 Page 1 of 1
Buildinga career in country music? Mullingar's place in the centre This seminar is geared towards of the country music universe songwriters, artists, producers, has been further validated by musicians and anyone interestec music rights organisation IMRO in entering these fields. Among choosing the town as the location the seminar topics will be how for a national seminar on to get your music career in gear; 'Building a Career in County as well as advice on generating Music'. promotion, radio play and publicity. The event takes place on Tuesday, 22 July at the Mullingar The event will feature exclusive Park Hotel and panellists include live performances from the pan Charlie McGettigan,- songwriter ellists and a special IMRO Aware Ralph Murphy and country presentation to Derek Ryan. singers Derek Ryan and Marc To reserve a place at this free Roberts. The host is RTE2 FM's event email events6imro.ie Paddy McKenna. -6- TechPro* Circulation: 8000 Sunday, 1 June 2014 Area of Clip: 11100mm² Page: 10 Page 1 of 1
IMRO assessed purchasing new IrishMusic Rights servers but found that moving to the cloud would give them greater Organisation flexibility as well as reduce capital Azure supported Big Data expenditure year on year. After solution from Microsoft and looking at a variety of models, a Spanish Point Technologies subscription model was chosen as it enabled the economy of scale to The Irish Music Rights Organisation provide a secure, flexible platform. (IMRO) has built an automated Microsoft’s Cloud OS uses Microsoft system to track copyrighted works SQL Server to manage the growing and deliver royalty payments using number of databases and Windows Microsoft Cloud Operating System Azure to securely develop, manage platform. and store critical information. This Due to massive growth of data enabled IMRO the capability to being generated to process and adapt to new sources of revenue capture information, as well as the without having to re-engineer their challenge of the rapid influx of new existing software systems. devices and ways consumers were The solution was designed by Spanish Point accessing music, IMRO needed to Technologies. implement a secure IT solution that “The platform-asa-service was easy to use and which managed solution the ever increasing amount of data delivered by Spanish and data sources. Point Technologies "Data volume is exploding," said gives members a Victor Finn, CEO, IMRO. “We needed secure, easy to use to keep pace with the ever sign-on capability increasing evolution of online data. enabling them to We are continuing to see increases quickly upload their in new forms of data from a large work so that they get host of suppliers, including online paid for their use of music streams such as Spotify. We without any delays,” are experiencing a vast number of said Finn. ways in which music is being accessed via a proliferation of new devices such as smartphones and tablets.” -7- Westmeath Independent* Circulation: 7726 Saturday, 21 June 2014 Area of Clip: 37300mm² Page: 46 Page 1 of 1
Learn how to be a country music star at local seminar! major seminar on how to to win the 1994 Eurovision Song he produced during that time were song writing ability as was seen build a career in country Contest with ‘Rock n Roll Kids’ legendary Canadian Rockers, April in his debut single ‘God’s Plan’ music is being organised Also among the panellists at the Wine, for whom he produced two receiving enormous airplay and a for Westmeath later this event is Marc Roberts who came to platinum albums. deafening call from fans to get on Asummer. international prominence in 1997 He had a country hit in 1972 by the road to play his hits live. The event, on Tuesday, July 22, when he represented Ireland in the Jeanie C. Riley, ‘Good Enough To From that moment Derek rarely in the Mullingar Park Hotel will Eurovision Song Contest and came Be Your Wife’. has a day off, travelling across see four of the industry’s top a credible second with ‘Mysterious At 17,Derek Ryan’s career in Ireland playing in crowded Irish songwriters and professionals Woman’. music became fulltime, signing dance halls and most recently discuss their end of the business Marc has recently released his fifth to Warner Music London as he performing at sell out concerts in and how it can help and affect you. studio album, ‘Now & Then’ on became lead singer of Irish pop England and Scotland. This seminar is geared towards which he has returned to his first band D-side, with achievements Now with four critically acclaimed songwriters, artists, producers, love, American country music. including several Meteor Awards albums on release including his musicians and anyone interested Songwriting has always been a huge nominations, a multi-platinum most recent, ‘Country Soul’, a five in entering these fields. Among the part of Marc’s career. selling single ‘Real World’ in piece band and thousands of fans, seminar topics will be: how to get All of his albums to date have Ireland, adding to his three top 10 Derek is well ahead of his dream. your music career in gear, as well included his own material. hits in the UK. With no limit to his potential, songs as advice on generating promotion, Hall of Fame Canadian songwriter Having spent a couple of years such as TOONumbers’, ‘Welcome radio play and publicity. Ralph Murphy has achieved studying as an accountant he also Home (The Gathering)’ and ‘It’s The event will feature exclusive live near-legendary status in Nashville started writing his first songs. Friday’ are just a small sample of performances from the panellists through his career as a performer, Following many competition the talent he is harbouring. Charlie McGettigan, Derek Ryan, producer, songwriter, publisher, victories including ‘ASong for Those interested in attending Marc Roberts and Ralph Murphy, and most recently, Vice President, Carlow’ and the ‘International the seminar are asked to reserve and a special IMROAward International and Domestic Song of Peace’ and album cuts a place at this event by sending presentation to Derek Ryan. Membership, ASCAP. for various artists in Ireland and an email to [email protected] an The event will be hosted by Paddy He had his first UK Number One in abroad, he was offered a publishing by including ‘Building a Career McKenna of RTE 2FM. 1965 with ‘Call My Name,’ recorded deal with the well regarded DWB in Country Music’ in the subject There is no admission charge but by James Royal. Other hits followed music in Surrey, UK. matter line of the email. booking is essential. with acts like Vanity Fair and The He collaborated with writers in Charlie McGettigan’s career in Brotherhood of Man. Britain and in the home of country The event takes place from 6pm music started in the 1960s and In 1969 Ralph moved to New York, music, Nashville, Tennessee. to 9pm on Tuesday, July 22, in the has seen him join forces with Paul where he started two successful Derek’s love and passion for Mullingar Park Hotel. Dublin Road, Harrington and Brendan Graham record labels. Among the many acts country are best measured in his Mullingar.
Musician Derek Ryan will attend the event.