2013 Music Matters : Metadata - Knowledge Is Power (and Money)

Having correct and clean metadata is increasingly vital for artists, publishers, producers, and labels to receive their correct royalties. In the digital age, the money trail dies when your metadata is incorrect. How do content owners take full advantage of their various revenue streams?

Simon Wheeler, Director of Digital, Beggars Group
Prashant Bahadur, Vice President, Strategy, The Orchard
Bill Wilson, Vice President, Digital Strategy & Business Development, NARM
Bernie Cho, President, DFSB Kollective
Raoul Chatterjee, Senior Vice President Music, 7digital

Moderator: Stephen White, CEO, Gracenote



MUSIC MATTERS (May 21-24, 2013) : SINGAPORE

Established in 2006 and dubbed as "TED meets SXSW" by Jason Mraz, Music Matters has hosted some of the biggest names in the entertainment business.  The event is the pioneer music industry event in the Asia Pacific region and it is the yearly gathering of the most influential figures in the global music business.

In the last eight years, Music Matters has hosted some of the biggest names in the entertainment business including Justin Timberlake’s Manager, Johnny Wright; Lady Gaga's Manager, Troy Carter; Legendary Music and Entertainment Producer, Bob Ezrin; leading rock band U2's Manager, Paul McGuinness; Producer, Steve Lillywhite; President of Sony Network Entertainment's Tim Schaff; Spotify CEO and visionary Daniel Ek and music A-listers and Grammy Award winning artists such as Jason Mraz, Imogen Heap and Jamie Cullum. 

Music Matters is part of our week long flagship event in May that has housed an extraordinary showcase of Branded produced events covering all that matters in music, social media and online video including Music Matters Live festival and Music Matters Academy, Digital Matters and the YouTube FanFest. 

Driven by Branded’s cornerstone event Music Matters over the last eight years, the week has become Asia's entertainment industry’s yearly gathering for showcasing innovation, sharing success stories and collaborating with partners for new business models. This year, after much demand, the week that matters is expanding to include Social Media Matters , one of the most renowned advertising events in Asia which is a JV between Branded and global leading advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather.

Featured Panelist : Bernie Cho (DFSB Kollective)