German · Interviews

“Think outside the box!” – Interview mit Music2Deal Ambassador Corinna Poeszus

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Corinna, erzähle uns doch bitte etwas über dich! Was genau machst du eigentlich?

Ich arbeitete in verschiedenen Führungs-Positionen der Film-, TV- und Musikbranche in den Bereichen Productionmanagement, Vertrieb, Promotion, Producing und Marketing.

 Von 2008 bis April 2014 war ich als General Manager bei der Universal Publishing Production Music GmbH a unit of UNIVERSAL Music Publishing Group tätig und leitete dort die Teams für Sales-Marketing, A&R ;Musik-Produktion und die Online-Suchmaschine sowie unser Database-Management-System. Im Mai 2014 gründe ich die Mediaconsulting4u. Ich bin außerdem Dozentin / Referentin an Akademien, Hochschulen und IHK-anhängigen Privatschulen mit den Themenschwerpunkten Musikwirtschaft und Urheberrechte. Anfang April habe ich einen Lehrauftrag an der hdpk – Hochschule für populäre Künste, Berlin erhalten, was mich sehr freut. Ferner arbeite ich seit 1999 als freie Journalistin und engagiere mich als Beirat beim Erich Pommer Institut, Potsdam. 2010 erfolgte mein Abschluss zum Diplom-Musikbetriebswirt ICPM, International College of Popmusic, London

Du machst Dich jetzt als Medienberater selbständig. Was hat Dich inspiriert?

Der Medienmarkt verändert sich rasend schnell und wir alle müssen da mithalten. Wer hätte vor 8-10 Jahren gedacht, dass Business-Modelle wie SPOTIFY funktionieren und es sich damit sogar Geld verdienen lässt?

Da ich das Glück hatte, in den vergangenen 29 Jahren in fast allen Bereichen der Medienbranche (TV, Kino, IP TV, Musik, Konzerttourneen, Promotion, Filmmusik, Werbung, Hintergrundmusik u.v.a.m.) tätig gewesen zu sein, komme ich nicht in die “alt-bekannte” Kritik “Job-Jumper” sondern bin in der Lage, alle Bereiche zu abstrahieren => genau das haben wir heute: das 360 GRAD Geschäft. ;-)

Du bist neuerdings auch als Ambassador bei Music2Deal tätig. Was genau sind deine Aufgaben?

Ich definiere Ambassador als: Botschafter und Repräsentant

Da ich kurz nach der Geburtsstunde bereits bei Music2Deal dabei war, unterstütze ich diesen Pionier-Geist und wünsche mir, dass auch Music2Deeal diesen weiter trägt und sich nicht im Einerlei des Internets verliert. Daher möchte ich Music2Deal auch weiterhin unterstützen, innovativ, kreativ und “out of the box” immer seiner Zeit voraus zu sein und den “Kunden” die Dienstleistung zu bieten, die sie brauchen. Sei es die Künstler als auch die Musiknutzer – nur so kann eine gemeinsame “Win-Win” Situation daraus erwachsen und sich weiter entwickeln. ;-)

Inwiefern hilft dir deine langjährige Erfahrung im Media-Business- dabei?

Ich zehre von meinen Erfolgen (Territory of the year) und Misserfolgen (Falsche Teammitglieder zusammengestellt) und wäge deutlich intensiver ab als früher. Schlecht wäre es, wenn ich dadurch mein Baugefühl und meine Spontanität außer Acht lassen würde – die BALANCE ist das Wichtigste.

Hast Du ein Vorbild / Idol oder eine Person, die Dich inspiriert?

Ja – Prof. Dr. phil. Gertrud Höhler. 

Gertrud Höhler hat es geschafft mit überzeugender charmanter Weiblichkeit sich in Arbeitsbereiche zu trauen, die vorrangig von Männern “beherrscht” werden ohne jemals “die Frau in sich” zu verlieren. Ihre Publikationen – u.a. “Wölfin unter Wölfen” (warum Männer ohne Frauen Fehler machen) und “Die Sinn-Macher” (wer siegen will, muss führen) haben mich sehr beeindruckt.

Welche allgemeinen Schwächen siehst du auf dem Deutschen Musikmarkt? Wo gibt es Verbesserungsbedarf?

Der Musikmarkt muss sich auf die Zukunft konzentrieren und nicht alten – wenn auch gut bewährten – Systematiken hinterher trauern.

Ferner besteht der “alte” Musikmarkt aus relativ wenigen Mitarbeitern, wie eine “kleine” Familie. Teilweise bilden sich dadurch Seilschaften, die dem Geschäft nicht gut tuen.

Die Mischung aus erfahren, versierten und innovaten Mitarbeitern mit jungen “Start-up-Denkern” halte ich für die bessere Lösung. Warum soll nicht ein an Ideen brennender 28jähriger einem CEO Ideen liefern, was am Markt heute so läuft? ;-) THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!!!!

Hier gilt für mich immer noch der Inhalt eines sehr informativen Buches dazu von LEE IACOCCA: Where have all the leaders gone?

Wie wichtig ist es eigentlich, im Media-Business Kontakte zu haben?

NETZWERKE sind das SALZ in der Suppe – aber gerade diese musst Du Dir aufbauen – das dauert und kein 22-Jähriger hat gefestigte Netzwerke! siehe auch mein Interview zu diesem Thema HIER.

Können ambitionierte Talente es deiner Meinung nach auch ohne Hilfe von ganz oben schaffen?

Ja ;-) absolut – gerade heute ist das schneller möglich als früher. Wie ? => RUFT mich an ;-)

Gibt es bestimmte Weisheiten und Erfahrungen aus deinem Berufsleben, die dir auch privat weiterhelfen konnten?

JA – Prioritäten setzen und auch mal “NEIN” sagen können

Lernt man zum Beispiel, mit Stress und Zeitdruck gelassener umzugehen? 

Ja – siehe mein Interview oben.

Vielen Dank, liebe Corinna! Wir wünschen Dir weiterhin viel Erfolg und heißen Dich noch einmal herzlich als Music2Deal Ambassador willkommen!

by Sara Shirazi

English · Interviews

Interview with Music2Deal member Hellmut Wolf

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Please tell us something about yourself, Hellmut.

“The Wolfman” is an extraordinary artist whose career spans over four decades and four continents. He started as flute player and then quickly picked up the Saxophone as second instrument back in his hometown Koblenz in Germany. He played with a variety of bands over the years and everything from small pubs to major stadium arenas. “The Wolfman” released a several of albums and singles, all self-produced. His style is omnipotent ranging all the way from new Age to Rock to Funk, to Urban, to Reggae and Trance/ Dance. Currently “The Wolfman” is working with many musicians from around the world, and he was recently on stage with grand master George Clinton.

Next to being an accomplished musician and producer, Hellmut Wolf aka “The Wolfman” is the director of Wolf Entertainment, a multilevel music production, promotion and distribution company based in Sydney Australia www.wolfentertainment.com.au as well of Wolf Digital, which is a subscription digital distribution platform www.wolfdigital.com.au

Why have you decided to become a member of Music2Deal?

I was part of Music2Deal very early like 4-5 years ago, and back then I worked very closely with Mario (CEO of Music2Deal).

Can you tell us how you get in touch with Chalam?

Chalam found me on the Music2Deal website, and he contacted me to ask if I wanted to produce some music with him since he is a song writer. I really like Chalam a lot, he is a wonderful guy.

Can you give us a few information about the cooperation between you and Chalam?

Well, Chalam sent me the lyrics of the song for Tendulkar we did together. It took me about a year to find the time to get it produced. A friend of mine KNOX from Fiji was interested to sing it, and we recorded it in my studio, with co-production by Cale Storer, an awesome musician in Sydney.  We did several mixes until we felt we got it right and there it is.

Do you plan to release the song/s for sale in the future?

Yes we like to, however we are doing our best to get in touch with Mr. Tendulkar, who is like a God in the Cricket world and especially in India. We would like to get an OK from him before we release the song officially.

What are your other projects you are involved to?

Oh My God, too many to mention I guess. Of course Wolf Entertainment and Wolf Digital, but I am also producing three albums right now, and a bunch of other projects I am involved in. Chasing the hit record as everyone else is :-)

by Sara Shirazi

English · Interviews

Interview with Mario Christiani, CEO of Music2Deal

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Mario talks with Peter Fosso about Music2Deal’s upcoming plans and ‘the big update’…

PF: So the big update of Music2Deal is coming soon. Looks like it’s time to tell the members all about it. Quite exciting really…

MC: Yes! 1st of all I am very pleased that we now have nearly 10,000 music industry professionals on Music2Deal. The concept to combine a community with a marketplace has come to fruition. We could see it from an average of 10,000 visits in a month and so many deals being made via Music2Deal. As an example, each member knows from their pinboard if a business friend has a new music offer or if they’re looking for music. This is interesting, as it helps to make deals more efficiently – saving lots of time – as opposed to using LinkedIn or Facebook. Although the design already suits the needs of professionals, we’ve had some new ideas to improve the system. The new update will include a special new matching system for deals and networking for business. The update should be launched in mid-January 2014.

Yes, the new matching system. Tell us more about that.

At the moment you have to invest time for searching the contacts or the music that are relevant for you. You are waiting for someone who explores your music or finds your music requests. There could be a great song which someone is looking for in the same network but both parties don’t know about it. With the new update, we will offer the world’s first matching system in the music industry. Music2Deal members will see which of our music professionals match their needs and who is offering exactly what they’re looking for – whether it be a type of song for a project or signing their next business deal.

To make the matching process happen we improved the system of posting music offers and music wants in each of our 5 sections. Our 5 sections include the community, as one section, which is called “Members” and the other four sections of the marketplace to deal with artists, songs, music for licensing and vocalists. Additionally, we’ve added a shortcut in each section to post requests as a ‘wanted’. The system detects which ‘wanted’ matches an offer in each section and then informs both parties about it.

So what are some examples for how this matching system can be used?

Let´s say I am a publisher in Germany and post in the member section a wanted that I’m looking for a publishing partner in Italy for a publishing deal. The system shows me all suitable publishers in Italy and, in turn, my profile will be shown to them as a match that I’m interested in their business. If I offer a song with certain criteria for example an up-tempo house song in English and someone already posted a wanted that they’re looking for a song with those criteria, both members will see a match. If I post a wanted that I’m looking for a female vocalist of a certain age from Sweden for a studio project, all vocalists who match those criteria will be displayed as a match and vice versa so they know what I am looking for. So the system will provide more opportunities for business.

Let’s talk about other features of this update. What else can members expect to see?

Our Premium Members will benefit from several special services. This includes a higher ranking in the result listings, better statistics, additional search filters, and even videos in their music offers. We will give them many features that simplify the networking and “dealing” with music.

So that’s great for the Premium Members. What about the benefits for the Basic Members?

So far Basic members could use almost the complete system but it was not possible to offer music on Music2Deal, which is of course, what it’s all about – at least for many of the members. So the new update will give our Basic Members the ability to upload a music offer so they can find the right deal.

That’s great! What else is part of the new update?

Music2Deal members will be able to post and search for job opportunities in the member section. We’ve added the topics “live” and “recording” to the artists and vocalist sections so that our members will be able to post and search for live events and recording projects.

What do you expect from the update, Mario?

We hope that our users appreciate the new features very well and get the important contacts that they are searching for. If somebody signs a recording contract or has to announce another success story, please tell us!

Yes, exactly. What are your plans for Music2Deal in 2014?

With this update we’ll start many promotion campaigns to raise our popularity worldwide. So which, by the way, is a good time for current members to make sure their profiles are up-to-date, as we’ll be seeing even more traffic and many new members. And we’re really pleased to now be working together with such important partners like Berklee Online, SAE, NARIP, Billboard Events, and IMMF, just to name a few. As the music business is a personal business it is important for us to also act locally in order to make the international deals happen. You know, each registration is checked by a local person who knows the music people in their country. Therefore, we will extend our current network of international representatives. So far we are based in more than 30 countries and I’m sure we’ll be adding some interesting new countries to Music2Deal in 2014.

Peter Fosso is the Founder/President of the non-profit, Global Music Project (http://globalmusicproject.org) and is also the U.S. representative for Music2Deal.