5. What is SeeMe?
A Great platform to grow and get better!
SeeMe is where music professionals from across the industry meet face to face
to do business, analyze trends and build partnerships.
SeeMe brings together music leaders looking for concrete solutions and insights.
SeeMe means business: make deals with partners and identify new business
opportunities
Networking: network with potential business partners and dedicated events.
Engage with key music industry players throughout the year using the SeeMe
online database
Visibility: boost the company’s international profile with international media
coverage, targeted advertising opportunities and customized events
Knowledge: learn from the industry’s most talked-about executives and
experts at series of conferences and high-level meetings.
Fun: enjoy all kind of styles and artists.
7. Why SeeMe matters?
Because music, brands & technologies interact together in new ways
People today love music more than ever, and they engage with it in new ways.
- Six of the top ten Twitter accounts are musicians
- A third of all YouTube videos are music-related
- 74% of music fans and 67% of labels agree that more fans will buy directly from the
artists (Music Support Here, 2011)
- Over 2.9M artists now meet, engage & transact over online communities*
- 97% of people think that music can strengthen their brand (Sounds Like Branding,
2010)
- 91% of consumers accept or are positive about brand involvement in music
entertainment and culture (Frukt, 2011)
8.
9. What is SeeMe?
The place: Traditionally, Sofia, the South East European Music Capital!
Background: SeeMe gathered together more than 2000 specialists who visited
the conference, festival, awards and other SeeMe events. More than 150 world re-
nowned speakers in more than 120 sessions and panel discussions shared their
expertise, know-how and vision on the future of music business, music promotion,
music production, music sales, music rights, and many other hot topics related to
the music world.
The music world: The music industry is a very complicated world to new artists.
The SEE market is something even more undiscovered, puzzling and a tat scary..
This statement has never been more wrong:
SeeMe is the open, readable, straight
talking guide to the music industry!
11. Some of the topics
A&R - listening sessions Music and brands
Music Publishing Songwriting master class
Legal digital services and licensing Music production masterclass
Legal Digital alternatives for music industry Music and social causes
– Spotify and more Mobile entertainment
Festivals Repertoire exchange in Balkan region
The role of music collecting societies How to get your music out there
Artists management Music Academy - guitar master class
Digital marketing The Power of Music Media
13. SeeMe in Numbers
Number of professionals attended and spoken at SeeMe:
200 Number of publications national:
more than 1000
Number of publications international:
Number of professionals, visited the conference:
more than 600
2000
Number of fans attended the festival:
15 000
15. SeeMe past speakers
MOMCHIL GEORGIEV, BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO GUY OSBORNE, DJ DOWNLOAD
PROF. IVO KEREMIDCHIEV, MARK BONA, SZIGET FEST
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC PANCHO VLADIGEROV, SOFIA CYRILLE BONIN, NUITS SONORES FESTIVAL
STEPHAN OORBEEK, MUZIKOLOGY PATRICE BARDOT, TSUGI MAGAZINE
MOS TV, RADIO, CLUBS JULIEN GAGNEBIEN, LABEL INFINÉ
PETER VAN HAL, MUSIC ILLUSTRATED NIKOLAI YANCHOVICHIN/ NOVA RADIO
POPKOMM RADOSLAV KAVADJIEV, MAD TV BULGARIA
NICK HALKES/ INCENTIVE RECORDS VASILIS KESALIDIS/ FREEZE MAGAZINE, GREECE
DARRYL VON DANIKEN/ TILLLATE.COM STEPHEN O’CONOR/ MOS RADIO
KIM DE JONG/ KRAFTY BV RISTO MELOVSKI/ ANTENNA 5, MACEDONIA
MAURIZIO CLEMENTE/ SUPERNOVA ITALY FLORIN UNGURAS/ RED BULL
JOHN TAYLOR/ PUNX SOUNCHECK RALPH CHRISTOPH/ CO-POP MUSIC
ED REAL/ TRACKITDOWN MANFRED TARI
BORIS BONCHEV/ TOXITY RECORDS CHRISTOF BUKOWSKI/ WOMEX
SAMUEL LOPEZ/ DEFERENCE MUSIC STEPHAN MOSSMANN/ BEATPORT
WESSEL VAN EEDEN/ DANCE4LIFE ATANAS PETKOV/ DMC
BARBARA TUCKER/ BSTAR GROUP, USA ALEX C ‘DJ A.M.C’/ KAM UK
PATRICK STOLPMANN/ SWEET’N LOW, GERMANY DAN TAIT/ PIONEER
JESSE VOORN/ DJ, NL PAUL WOLFORD/ DJ, UK
LESLEY WRIGHT/ DJ MAG UK DAVE JENKINS/ IDJ
17. SeeMe past speakers
FEIDHLIM BYRNE, NIELSEN MUSIC CONTROL SCOTT COHEN, FOUNDER, THE ORCHARD
BEN KING, RADIUS MUSIC MANAGEMENT LTD STEVE BROWN /UK/, FINDING NEW TALENTS
BARBARA TUCKER, BSTAR GROUP, USA STEPHEN BUDD
PATRICK STOLPMANN, SWEET’N LOW, GERMANY SHAIN SHAPIRO, CANADIAN INDEPENDENT MUSIC ASSOCIATION
KIRIL ZDRAVKOV, KVZ MUSIC RENE BEEKMAN /HOLLAND/, MUSIC AND VIDEO WORKSHOP
KARL NIELSON, DNB ARENA WWF
ALEX CALVERT IVAN NESTOROV, SME
WESSEL VAN EEDEN, DANCE4LIFE MUSICAUTHOR BULGARIA
STEFAN POPESCU, RED BULL MARIA ILIEVA AND KEITH THOMPSON
STANISLAVA ARMUTLIEVA, EUROPEAN MUSIC EXPORT /BRUSSELS/
VIRGINIA RECORDS AND ANIMATO MUSIC MARK BERRY
NIKKI WRIGHT, PR PETER SMIDT
MUSICAUTOR SONY MUSIC UK
PROPHON SONY MUSIC GREECE
COUNCIL OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION IFPI
MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA UNIVERSAL MUSIC
IVAN VALKOV, DC MUSIC ALEX X /LA, USA/
SVETOSLAV SEDLOEV, TICKETPRO.BG VALI BARBULESCU
ANDRIY HOSHVA, DJ MAG UKRAINE RISTO MELOVSKI, ANTENNA 5
DAVE JENKINS, IDJ ALEXANDRU CONSTANTINESCU
BOBBY IVANCHEV, VITALITY MUSIC NICK HOBBS, CHARMENKO
18.
19. Sponsorship benefits
PR – visibility and brand mentionings
Advertising and communication materials – brand visibility
Media campaign /radio, TV, print, internet incl. social media/ - brand visibility
Conference
Visibility /incl. hall branding/
Speakers opportunity
Give aways to guests
SeeMe Awards
Visibility
Award presenting
20. Sponsorship benefits
Web
Sponsor’s info at Seeme web site
Banner of the sponsor
Logo on partners page
News about the sponsor in the regular newsletter to 14000 music database
Others
Joint promo activities – FB application; live billboard of musicians and more….
Sponsors employee benefits – tickets for parties etc.
Sustainable dance floor /additional fee/
21. Sponsorship fees
Premium sponsor 10 000 EUR
Regular sponsor 5 000 EUR
Supporting sponsor 2 500 EUR
Exclusive sponsor 20 000 EUR
Sponsorship packages for each position to be provided under request.
