International Music Rights Expert to Speak at Indie Music Week

Nashville, Tennessee - Indie Music Week has announced that Marghie Evans, a Nashville based media consultant and expert in international music rights and clearances, will be participating as an Indie Music Week panelist. IMW, taking place in Nashville March 11-12, will feature three industry panels of Major and Independent A&R, promoters, label executives, producers, journalists, and entertainment attorneys, and will wrap up with a Music Industry Summit.

From 1988 to 1998, Marghie was Repertoire Manager for PolyGram in London, England, before becoming the Head of Rights and Clearances at Universal Home Entertainment, where she stayed until 2001. She has been involved in dozens of video productions from “The Cream of Eric Clapton” to “The Who: 20 Years Maximum R’n’B” as well as produced the Dire Straits Greatest Hits Video and DVD “The Sultans of Swing”. Marghie has also acted as a consultant on behalf of Universal to the MCPS (Mechanical Rights Protection Society) and BPI (British Phonographic Industry) on rights clearance for new media.

Marghie currently resides in Nashville, acting as Rights Administrator for several independent publishers as well as clearing music for a number of video producers. In addition, she is a partner of well-known video company,

“With so many artists facing the very real necessity of exercising more control over their careers, understanding complex issues like publishing, royalty collection, licensing, and song rights becomes very important and essential to their income. We’re so glad a real industry veteran like Marghie is willing to step up to help our attendees,” says Indie Music Week President Jonell Polansky.

Other confirmed panelists include Nashville Star and Sony Music’s Tracy Gershon, Danny Kee from Warner Bros. Records, Performing Songwriter magazine’s Abby White, Amy Stevens of Vivaton Records, Lyric Street Records’ Kirk Boyer, Larry Shell of Broken Bow Records, Bradley Collins of BMI, EQ Magazine’s Mitch Gallagher, and the Nashville Association of Professional Recording Services (NAPRS). In addition to the industry panels, Indie Music Week will also feature two Artist Showcases to be held at Nashville’s famous Douglas Corner Café.

To attend Indie Music Week 2005, please visit IndieMusicWeek.org for registration information. The registration fee for Indie Music Week is $99, with 50% fee discounts for music industry students or artists that showcase. To be an Indie Music Week sponsor, please visit IndieMusicWeek.org or call 615-292-1337.