Access All Areas "How To Get Into The Music Industry?"

ACCESS ALL AREAS is an up-close and personal music seminar, industry networking event and new artist showcase that aims to be your “Triple-A Pass To The Music Industry”. This unique music seminar is back live from Sony Music UK 's HQ, 2 Canal Reach, London N1C 4DB, on Mon, May 20th, from 6-9pm!

ACCESS ALL AREAS kicks off its first-ever national tour this spring in London! "How To Get Into The Music Industry", including six top panellists and three emerging artist performances! Your new Triple-A resident moderator, Raffaella Coleman from BBC London, will moderate this special event. She will speak to our experienced panel of industry creatives and execs covering A&R, marketing, music publishing, distribution, live music, DJ’ing, radio, record labels, HR and being an artist!

They will participate in a conversation on "How To Get Into The Music Industry?" The panel will be discussing how they first got into the industry, mentoring, internships, networking, music education courses, how to get your CV right, navigating social media, entrepreneurship, performing live and finally, the current state of the music industry and its future in the world of AI.

Our formidable panel of creatives and execs we have assembled covers the full spectrum of the UK Music Industry, with four senior executives from our hosts, Sony Music UK, including the Managing Director of Ministry of Sound Negla Abdela, Senior Director of Label Management @ The Orchard, Jasmine Bodkin, Co-Head of A&R @ Robots & Humans Preye Crooks and Head of Publicity for Columbia Records, Bee Thomas. Also on the panel alongside these talented Sony execs are the award-winning HR guru Janeace Thompson, PRS for Music's Director of Talent, Culture and Inclusion, plus artist and radio presenter Heartless Crew's own MC Bushkin(BBC 1Xtra).

And that's not all; we bring you a photo exhibition from top music photographer and AAA's own Bampson! Bampson is Sean Paul's in-house photographer, and he will showcase some of his favourite images from his three decades in the music industry from around the world in an exclusive installation at this event!

But that's not all your resident DJ will host the networking sections of the event, Pharaoh G, with our AAA new artist showcase featuring exclusive live performances from three unsigned UK artists, including Aya Bleu, Alexandre The Great & DJ Illatek and friends!

So on Monday May 20th, come and hear from some of the biggest names in the game at ACCESS ALL AREAS; so whether you’re an artist, producer, songwriter, DJ, musician, manager, engineer or budding music exec trying to find out more about this topic, or maybe you just want to connect with more of your industry peers this is a music seminar for the next generation of the music business. This event will guarantee to be a sell-out, so make sure you pick up your tickets on sale now.

• DATE/TIME: MON MAY 20TH 6-9PM
• VENUE: SONY MUSIC UK, 2 Canal Reach, London N1C 4DB

• Running Order:
6pm-640pm: Networking Session & live DJ set hosted by PHARAOH G
640-655pm: Live performance from ALEXANDRE THE GREAT
655pm-7pm: Networking Session & live DJ set hosted by PHARAOH G
7-8pm: "How To Get Into The Music Industry?" Panel moderated by RAFFAELLA COLEMAN (BBC LONDON)
8-815pm: Audience Q&A
815-825pm: Networking Session & Live DJ set by PHARAOH G
825-840pm: Live performance from DJ ILLATEK & FRIENDS
840-845pm: Networking Session & Live DJ set by PHARAOH G
845-9pm: Live performance from AYA BLEU

• Moderator: Raffaella Coleman (BBC London)

• Panellists:
JANEACE THOMPSON - DIRECTOR OF TALENT, CULTURE & INCLUSION @ PRS FOR MUSIC
NEGLA ABDELA - MANAGING DIRECTOR @ MINISTRY OF SOUND / SONY MUSIC UK
PREYE CROOKS – CO-HEAD OF A&R @ ROBOTS & HUMANS / SONY MUSIC UK
JASMINE BODKIN – SENIOR DIRECTOR LABEL MANAGEMENT @ THE ORCHARD/SONY MUSIC UK
BEE THOMAS - HEAD OF PUBLICITY @ COLUMBIA RECORDS/SONY MUSIC UK

BUSHKIN - ARTIST & RADIO PRESENTER @ HEARTLESS CREW & BBC 1XTRA

• Live Performances:
DJ ILLATEK
AYA BLEU
ALEXANDRE THE GREAT

• Resident DJ & Host: Pharaoh G (BBC 1Xtra)

• Tickets: £10 General Admission (STILL AVAILABLE & SELLING FAST) / £5 Early Bird Tickets (SOLD OUT!)

OVER 18'S ONLY

The Access All Areas Spring 2024 Tour is made possible with our partners: Arts Council England, Small Green Shoots, Black Lives in Music and The Glass Hive.

The AAA tour is sponsored by our friends at PRS for Music and is made HOT by our regional partners at Sony Music UK & Punch!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd., 2 Canal Reach, London, United Kingdom