Surfin USA was an interesting insight into the absurdities of visa processes (you have to basically make up a year long itinerary, when the industry rarely even books that far ahead) and how crucial it is to pick your battles when it comes to choosing your moment to play a festival.
What fans want is access to artists, basically, and even self professed "super fans" rarely pay for music. (Depressing right?!?)
Publishing is a critical part of your team (as if you had any doubt :) ) but it's not always a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket. If you've got a great label, that are ok publishers, let them be a great label and find a great publisher instead.
Last session of the day for me was the Indie labels panel. My heart already belongs to indie labels anyway but it was a great reminder that they're the ones able to take greater risks and will allow the artists they work with to "drive the car".
Everywhere you looked people were talking about creating a buzz and having a story as an artist. I'd love some panels next year that discuss how to actually do these sorts of things.
Maybe by next year I'll have figured it out myself and you guys will be the first to know :p
As for Bigsound Live, it was a busy night so I'm going to sum it up in pictures.
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