Music Conference and Festival
Matt Harvey is one of the founders of artist and producer management company Paperhouse Music that represents Smoke Fairies, Broken Hands, Tom Dalgety (producer/mixer), Kristofer Harris (producer/mixer).
Sophie Harris is senior associate digital content editor and contributing music editor at Time Out New York.
Sophie has over ten years of experience writing for international magazines and broadsheets (The Times, MOJO Magazine, Rolling Stone, Time Out London, Time Out New York, Men’s Health, Foam), broadcasting and hosting for the BBC World Service and WNYC, and sub-editing (The Guardian, The Big Issue). In 2009, Sophie moved to New York to be Associate Music editor at Time Out New York, then Senior Associate Digital Content Editor and Contributing Music Editor. Having lived and worked in Los Angeles and Sydney, Sophie is currently based in London.
Will Gould is the lead singer of the Southampton band Creeper.
Read about Creeper’s guest talk at Solent here.
Dannii Evans is a promoter, producer and artist manager. She has been producing events and live experiences for the past 8 years under the guise of OneTaste. Started in 2004 by herself and acclaimed musical talent, Jamie Woon, Dannii and Jamie desired to create a night and community in London that bridged the gap between underground and mainstream cultures. Specialising in music and spoken word, she has created one of the most important events in the London and UK arts scene in recent years.
In 2010 Dannii was nominated for the emerging category of most influential people in media by The Independent newspaper in the UK and won fellowships to the International Society of Performing Arts Congress 2011 & 2012 in New York City and Toronto. In March 2012, she was also included in Q Magazine feature, the 18 most influential new voices in music.