Pippa Ryan-Kidd

Working both internationally and locally in artist management, music distribution, retail and publicity. Having worked in the corporate field in Product Buying, Sales & Management, Project Planning, Negotiation, Contracts and Employee Management. Chair of Independent Music New Zealand.

Pippa can mentor on Management, Touring, Branding, Record Labels, Strategy, Merchandise, Publicity, Publishing, A&R, Production, Radio, Digital

Oliver Kraemer

Oliver Kraemer was born and raised in Germany, where he completed a BA in Music Business at the University of Popular Music and Music Business, Mannheim and an MA in Art and Media Management at HfMT Hamburg. He took his first steps in the music industry at MTV Germany, working in the Talent and Music department, before managing weekly live events and assisting with the management of German powerhouse Beatsteaks in Berlin.

Oliver immigrated to Aotearoa in 2009 and began working with local artists, supporting Solomon Crook with his early releases and helping Alien Weaponry develop their international touring career. He later co-founded Tenfold Records, where he manages and releases music from a diverse range of Aotearoa-based artists, including WHO SHOT SCOTT, PONZ, REPAIR, Wet Bandits, Joe Cole and many more.

Oliver can mentor on Management, Touring, Branding, Record Labels, Strategy, Merchandise, and A&R

Lucie Watson

Lucie spent a decade building Platoon as Head of Music, working with Billie Eilish, Jorja Smith, Yebba, Victoria Monèt and many more artists in the early stages of their careers. Now, Lucie runs her own label, mgmt & consultancy goodtwin, specialising in artist development, releasing music, audience growth and helping artists navigate to the next step of their careers. With a belief that there's no one playbook for artists - you will not get stock-standard advice in a session with Lucie. goodtwin also write a regular substack tailored to emerging artists, offering free education and advice on the music industry.

Lucie can mentor on Record Labels, Strategy, Publicity, Digital, Artist Development, Release Marketing, Distribution, Audience Growth, Fan Building, and London

Joost Langeveld

Joost is co-director of Bigpop - a resourceful ‘umbrella’ company assisting creatives realise their artistic dreams and aspirations, and providing viable pathways to enable artists to share their art with the world. Bigpop’s activities include A&R, music publishing, label services, music production and operating music/sound recording studio facilities.

Artists affiliated with the Bigpop extended whānau include CHAII, Isla Noon, TîMMY the First, Neil Macleod, Jujulipps, Abraham Kunin, Carawei Gao and Kings amongst others.

Joost’s history is varied and encompasses most facets of the music industry. Whether as a musician, composer, producer, A&R, collaborator and/or music industry entrepreneur he has been (and still is) a partner to a wide range of local and global facing projects.

Nicky Harrop

Nicky’s career has spanned multiple facets of Aotearoa’s music community, and seen her work closely with a wide range of artists, labels, live events, industry bodies and culture change initiatives.

She is a Director and Owner of physical music distributor Collective Distribution, Co-founder and Trustee of SoundCheck Aotearoa, and currently holds the Independent Director position on the board of Recorded Music New Zealand.

Nicky’s background in music labels has seen her hold senior roles in marketing, label management, artist development and publicity.  She developed the music industry major for Massey University’s Bachelor Of Commercial Music, and has consulted as a researcher and developer for a number of local music-based screen projects.

Nicky can mentor on: Record Labels, Distribution, Release Strategy, Artist Development, Marketing  and Publicity.