First Music Contact presents
Dean Arts Seminars
During our residency at The Dean Arts Studio, we expanded our professional development series to ‘in-real-life’ activity with free, once-a-month professional development workshops.
The Dean Arts Seminars are professional development workshops for musicians and those working with artists to help develop their careers. We also use Dean Arts Seminars to offer a platform to other organisations in the Irish music community.
This free-to-attend series of panels has included hosts such as AIM Ireland, Minding Creative Minds, SelfMade, TikTok and MPAI - all initiatives, panel discussions and network opportunities we are proud to support and amplify, centring around panel discussions and network opportunities. FMC looks forward to facilitating these conversations.
First Music Contact has now moved out of The Dean Arts Studio. We want to extend our thanks again to the studio for giving FMC, Ireland Music Week and Music From Ireland a home for two years. In particular, we would like to acknowledge all the continued hard work of Kate Farnon, Studio Director at The Dean Arts Studio.
Having launched the Dean Art series of professional development seminars for musicians as a result of our residency, we will honour this opportunity by continuing the Dean Art Seminars in The Workman’s Club, Dublin. The first of the series in its new location will take place on Monday 29th of July, so save the date and stay tuned for more details.
Other seminars in the series have included:
"Stagecraft: Getting Gig-Ready" panel discussion with Karla Chubb (Sprints), Laurence Kapinga (Negro Impacto), Pam Connolly (Pillow Queens) & Uly, in partnership with SelfMade
"Getting Export-Ready!" panel discussion with Angela Dorgan (CEO, FMC), Ciarán Walsh (Associate Director, Culture Ireland), Conor Cusack (Manager, ie:music) & Eleanor McGuinness (Agent)
An information and networking event in partnership with AIM Ireland and TikTok
”Working in the Studio” panel discussion with Adam Shanahan (My Fault Music), Julie McLarnon (Analogue Catalogue Studios), Lizzie Fitzpatrick (coolgirl, formerly Bitch Falcon) & Simba Bianchi (Jungle Beam Studios), in partnership with SelfMade
“Music Publishing” panel discussion with Dina Coughlan (Tremolo Music Publishing), Ian Hennessy (Crashed Music), Jessica Treacy (IMRO), Stephen Curran (Evolving Music Company) & Steve Lindsey (Elevate Music), in partnership with MPAI
A masterclass in “Personal Branding & Authenticity on Social Media” with Corrina Kavanagh, in partnership with Minding Creative Minds
“Dispelling the myths of the Artist/Producer Agreement” panel discussion with Elaine Mai (Producer & Songwriter), Gill Dooley (AIM Ireland), Jonny Petch (Bray & Krais Solicitors) & Pip Newby (Friends Vs Music), in partnership with AIM Ireland
'Let's grab a coffee' panel discussion and networking event with Bekah Molony (D07 Artists), Conor Cusack (Manager, Morgana), Dylan Murphy (District Magazine) and Joy Nwagiriga (Plantain Sound), in partnership with D07 Artists
‘Building your digital presence’ panel discussion with Ciarán D’Arcy (Warner Music Ireland), Dylan Murphy (District Magazine) and Kate Brayden (South Wind Blows / Other Voices)
‘Building multi-stream income’ panel discussion with Bounce, the P.R.O. (Slight Motif), Alicia Raye, Celaviedmai and Salamay, in partnership with Slight Motif
First Music Contact is funded by The Arts Council
Pre-registration for these events is essential, as capacity is limited.
Seating is also provided on a first-come, first-served basis, so please arrive early.
Doors are at 6.30pm sharp with the panel starting at 7pm.
All music industry professionals and artists are welcome at these events.