How do you develop a fanbase and make money from your music-making? If you are aged 13-25 join our industry insiders to find out how.

In this intro session we’ll look at what artists need to do to build momentum, tools and programmes that offer support, and what the music industry is looking for from new artists. We’ll help you find the right platforms and collaborators, produce great marketing content on a super tight budget, and respond to your fans.

Phil Nelson is an artist manager and music business educator. His current clients include Grammy-winning Matt Hales (aka Aqualung), platinum-selling Duke Special and Mercury-nominated Sweet Billy Pilgrim.

Chris Cooke is co-Founder and MD of CMU, a company that helps people navigate and understand the music business. He also programmes conference strands at The Great Escape festival each May and wrote the acclaimed book ‘Dissecting The Digital Dollar’.