Music Ireland hosts Schools Day

Dozens of schools countrywide are already booked to attend the Music Ireland Schools Day on Friday October 5. The day is intended to give a great insight into media, PR, business and career paths in the music industry – and, of course, how to make it as a rock star! Students can also take advantage of the seminars and workshops, and avail of career-guide consultations and professional advice from industry experts.

Check out the bill below:

11am – We Are The Record Label: Here’s Where Your Money Goes When You Buy An Album
EMI’s Financial Director Nick Younger and PPI’s Clive Leacy on where the money goes in rock’n’roll!
RED ROOM

11am – DJ Workshop – with Bodytonic Crew
Incorporating all areas of DJ performance including tutorials on mixing, whether vinyl, CD or scratch DJ skills
GREEN ROOM

11.30am – LIVE STAGE: Sons Of Jacobian

12pm – Do You Have What It Takes To Be The Face For Irish TV, Or The Voice of Irish Radio?
Aidan Power (RTÉ’s TTV) and Phantom FM’s Simon Maher fill you in on the paths they took to become two of Ireland’s biggest radio/TV personalities
RED ROOM

12pm – Music Production workshop – with Bodytonic Crew
Displays all the skills required to raise your home productions to professional standard
GREEN ROOM

12.30pm – LIVE STAGE: Leanne Harte

1pm – Music In Your Soul. Business On Your Mind
Roger Quail, who is label manager for Rubyworks Records, and Pete Holidai (The Radiators & Ballyfermot CFE) discuss how to marry business and art. A must for any budding record label exec!
RED ROOM

1pm – Workshop and Q&A with Meteor Award winner LUAN PARLE
Wicklow-based folk singer Luan released her debut album Free in late 2006. It caused such a stir that she subsequently won the 2007 Meteor award for Best Irish Female. She has worked and written in the US, UK and Ireland with such legends as Bill Bottrell, Stephen Lironi and Chris Kinsey.
GREEN ROOM

1.30pm – LIVE STAGE: The Kinetiks
One of the most promising young acts in Ireland, these ex-UCD lads have drawn comparisons to The Strokes and, yes, The Beatles.

2pm – PR and Promotions – How To Make A Living Out Of Spinning A Yarn
Entertainment Architect’s Aileen Galvin and Warner’s Darren Reinhardt spill the beans on how they manage to get stories printed and create rock’n’roll myths!
RED ROOM

2pm – Spectrums Of Sound
Pulse Studio’s Tony Perrey and The Kinetiks frontman Gary Harding discuss the role of a sound engineer in the studio
GREEN ROOM

3pm – Writers Block... By Block
HOTPRESS assistant editor Stuart Clark and The Star’s Tanya Sweeney guide you through the ins-and-outs of becoming a music and entertainment journalist
RED ROOM

3pm – It’s Not All About Being A Superstar
You may not be familiar with their names or faces but Steve Lynch has created the music behind many of the ads you see on TV and Cion O’Callaghan has drummed with Paddy Casey and Mundy. Find out how you can have a successful career as a musician without perils of the stardom!
GREEN ROOM

3.30pm – LIVE STAGE: Dirty Epics
Fronted by the driven, charismatic and impressively confident Sarah Jane Wai O’Flynn, the Epics carry echoes of the Pixies and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Not to be missed.

4pm –We Are The Road Crew
What happens On Tour stays On Tour... Find out what’s involved in live music, touring, production, event management from Paddy Mc Poland (Oxegen, Sinéad O’Connor) and Anthony Byrne (Rufus Wainwright, Bell X1) and hear a few tall tales from the road!,br>RED ROOM

4.30pm – LIVE STAGE – RoySeven
Expect plenty of anthemic, soaring choruses from this brilliant live outfit