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13/11/2013 Irish Independent Tabloid-Special Supplement:€1,000 ar fail don amhran ur is fearr............................................................................................ 3

03/11/2013 Sunday Independent-Business supplement:Booming Spotify on sound footing with ad offering.......................................................................4

09/11/2013 Irish Farmers Journal Country Living:Danny Carthy flying the country flag.............................................................................................7

14/11/2013 Evening Echo-Downtown supplement:Dingle jangles with sound of post rockers.....................................................................................8

04/12/2013 Hot Press:FIRST OTHER VOICES ACTS UNVEILED..........................................................................................9

15/11/2013 Irish Times-The Ticket:Hearing Other Voices.................................................................................................................. 10

01/01/2014 Irish Music Annual:IMRO ROYALTY DEADLINE IS NOW ON-LINE ONLY..................................................................... 11

20/11/2013 Kerryman North:in December Other Voices returns to Dingle for twelfth time...................................................... 12

25/11/2013 Western People:It's Dingle, all the way, for more top music acts......................................................................... 13

27/11/2013 Waterford Today:IYMAS 2014................................................................................................................................ 14

30/10/2013 Donegal Post:Ocean FM wins Europe's biggest award...................................................................................... 15

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Irish Independent Tabloid-Seachtain SupplementWednesday, 13 November 2013Page: 4

Circulation: 131161Area of Clip: 12200mm²Page 1 of 1

€1,000 ar fail don amhran ur is fearr

Daithf 0 Se le hAine Durkin

agus Seoirse 0 Dochartaigh, buaiteoirf Chomortais 2013

Le Robert McMillen

Ar mhaith leat €1,000 a bhuachan as an amhran nuachumtha Gaeilge sin ata scriofo agat? No an bhfuil amhran i do chloigeann gan e a bheith breactha sios agat go foill?

Bhuel, ta comortas naisiunta fogartha chun amhran nua as

Gaeilge a roghnu le dul san iomaiocht ar son na hEireann sa Chomortas Idirnaisiunta Pan Cheilteach 2014 — agus b'fheidir gur amhran seo agat a bheidh ann.

Is ga do na focail agus don gceol a bheith nuachumtha agus glacfar le hamhran traidisiunta,

pop-amhran, amhran tire, amhran rac Ceilteach agus eile.

Ni folair na hiarratais a bheith ar dhluthdhiosca agus a sheoladh chuig Glor Cheatharlach roimh an 31 Eanair 2014.

Gearrliosta Deanfar gearrliosta de na

hiarratais is fearr agus beidh na hamhrain a roghnofar le canadh beo os comhair lucht feachana ag an gComortas Naisiunta in Ostan Seven Oaks, Ceatharlach, ar an Satharn, 8 Marta 2014.

Is e IMRO a bheidh mar phriomh-urra ar an gcomortas i gcomhar le Gael Linn. Chomh maith leis an airgead, beidh trofai mar dhuais don bhuaiteoir.

I mbliana, beidh rannog speisialta ann d'iomaitheoiri faoi 17 mbliana d'aois, mar sin, cuirfear failte roimh amhrain nuachumtha o amhranaithe aonair agus o ghrupai oga ceoil agus €200 chomh maith le trofai mar dhuais.

Rachaidh amhran na hEireann ar aghaidh le bheith in iomaiocht leis na hamhrain eile o Albain, an Bhreatain Bheag, Oilean Mhanann, Corn na Breataine agus on mBriotain chun Corn Pan Cheilteach 2014 agus duais mhor airgid a bhuachan.

Ta rialacha uile agus foirmeacha iarratais an chomortais naisiunta ar fail ar www.panceltic.ie.

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Sunday Independent-Business supplementSunday, 3 November 2013Page: 7


Booming Spotify on sound footing with ad

Downloading is dead: long live 'streaming'. That's the message that global online

music service Spotify has been saying for over three years. As the Netflix of the music industry, the Swedish company

is booming worldwide. But is it fair to artists? And

can it persuade 'traditional' downloaders using iPhones and iTunes to ignore their stored-up digital collections and go with streaming?

"We firmly believe that what people really want is access over ownership," said Adam Williams, Spotify managing director for the UK and Ireland.

"But I don't think that downloading will disappear altogether. Don't forget, you still have people collecting vinyl. In fact, I think it's gone up 13 per cent in the last year."

Back-handed compliments to rival platforms aside, Mr Williams is on a mission to ramp up Spotify's business in Ireland. To this end, the company

has launched several new commercial programs for Irish firms who wish to advertise

on Spotify in Ireland. The pitch is as scary as it is

impressive.

"We know your age, your sex, the type of music you like and other things about you," he said, speaking to the Sunday Independent at Dublin's Web Summit.

"That's a very powerful proposition for certain types of advertisers who want to reach you. We're offering audio ads that target users who use the free PC streaming service, but not the premium mobile service."

One group which sometimes gives out about the

move to streaming is artists. Although Spotify does not

divulge exactly how much it pays per song to bands and music labels, one recent estimate calculated that it required 200,000 plays per month to earn a single person's

minimum wage. "To be honest, that really

depends on a lot of things," said Mr Williams. "It can vary according to which country it's in, the size of the market, the mix of free versus premium

plays and so on. But we very definitely offer a fair deal to artists.

"We give 70 per cent of what we take in back to rights holders

— and we will have paid over $lbn (€741,000) to music rights holders by the end of

MD of music streaming firm in UK and Ireland tells Technology Editor Adrian Weckler about firm's commercial plans

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this year. Don't forget that we're obliged to pay the licence holders, which is often a different

thing to paying bands or artists directly."

Not everyone is convinced though. Radiohead's lead singer, Thom Yorke, recently went on a rant about streaming

services, describing Spotify as "f**kers" who simply

want to "get in a way" of bands and their audiences.

"It's the last desperate fart

of a dying corpse," he said. "Spotify is suddenly trying

to become the gatekeepers to

the whole process." According to most industry

estimates, Mr Williams

and Spotify are pushing an open door. Although the company

does not give regional

breakdowns in terms of its user base, the service is booming

in Ireland. The advent of

4G mobile services with higher monthly data caps will

increase the appeal of Spotify and its streaming rivals.

"We're pretty confident that people are using us as a great way to get music they would normally not have the opportunity

of getting," said Mr Williams. "It's about access, not ownership."

Spotify is an internet music service that plays (or 'streams') music on demand to your

computer, phone or tablet. Most popular music is there: the company says that it has over 20 million songs.

It's free (with some ads) to use on a computer, while it costs €10 per month to use it (ad-free) on a smartphone.

Unlike rivals such as iTunes, the service does not 'download'

songs. Instead, it plays (or 'streams') them, in the same way that YouTube 'streams' videos.

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TECH LUMINARIES GATHER FOR 'ONE HELL OF A PARTY'

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CYBER CELEBS: Some of Silicon Valley's elite technology entrepreneurs were wined and dined by an A-list cast of Irish music and movie celebrities on the last night of Dublin's Web Summit last week. Bono and wife AM Hewson (above left) joined director Neil Jordan, John Rocha, 'Game Of Thrones' actor Jack Gleeson and Lisa Hannigan on a pub crawl with some of the most powerful digital industrialists on the planet, in town for the summit. Tech luminaries attending the elite soiree included techno-industrialist Elon Musk, Spotify's Adam Williams (top left), Evernote CEO Phil Libin (above right) and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong. A special dinner in Christchurch Cathedral was hosted by Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom, with food by Domini Kemp. Tesla Motors' founder Elon Musk, who is often compared to the movie superhero character Iron Man, was asked at the Dublin Web Summit why he had chosen to come to Dublin last week. "Because I heard there was going to be one hell of a party," he said. Photos: VIP/Declan Masterson/Colin Keegan bl

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Irish Farmers Journal Country LivingSaturday, 9 November 2013Page: 36


Danny Carthy flying the country flag t is time to salute Danny Carthy of the folk group Fiddlers Green. For more years than I care to remember, Danny has been flying

the flag for more coverage of Irish music on Irish

national radio. While many have despaired at the lack of vision and respect by RTE for the many thousands of licence payers who love these genres of music, Danny

has fought the good fight down through the years.

Next Saturday, 9 November, Danny will speak at the

International Congress of Irish Studies between 2pm and 4.30pm at the Donnybrook

Room, Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

"I will address the subject of how a minimum percentage airplay for Irish music could help to increase

awareness and help to create marketing, sales and employment for Irish songwriters, composers, singers and musicians.

"It could also increase the percentage of Irish royalties being retained by IMRO. It would at the same time play a major role in the support of Irish folk culture.

"I have made presentations to the joint Oireachtas

Culture Committee, Arts Minister Jimmy Deenihan, a number of Government TDs, the Department of Communications and the European Commission, and I have been given great support

by a number of very

high-profile people in the Irish music industry.

"Change is now necessary for the development of

a proper Irish music industry for all," says Danny, who

is highly regarded by many good friends in the Irish country music scene.

Danny Carthy brings common sense to his contributions and always speaks from the heart. He is truly one of the great troubadours

of the Irish music

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Evening Echo-Downtown supplementThursday, 14 November 2013Page: 11


Dingle jangles with sound of post rockers FOR it's 12th season, Other Voices will once again weave its magic spell in Dingle.

Voices and spirits will be raised in St James's Church and right around the alluring town on December 6, 7 and 8.

Aidan Gillen will return to present the series.

Other Voices is a continually evolving with musical exchange happening between a new generation

of Irish and internationally acclaimed musicians, singers and artists. The experience for artists and audience alike is uplifting and inspirational.

The first three acts to be revealed are multi-million selling artist David Gray, Scottish post-rock band Mogwai and Irish newcomer, with a truly original voice, Lisa O'Neill.

Each year, Other Voices provides a TV and online platform for new and emerging acts in the IMRO Other Room.

Applications for a performance slot in the IMRO Other Room reach beyond the 1,000 mark each year.

"Other Voices has a long tradition of presenting the very best in

musical talent from these shores and further afield and IMRO is delighted

to once again play a part in bringng this iconic show to our screens.

"The IMRO Other Room opens a door each year to some fantastic emerging songwriters and performers

and we hope again to shine a light on this wonderful talent," said Victor Finn, IMRO Chief Executive.

From last Monday, RTE and Other Voices are inviting artists of all genres to submit a YouTube link to one video — it can be a video or a still image with audio — or link to audio only recording for consideration.

These links should be submitted through the application process on www.othervoices.ie. Artists will have until Wednesday, November 20, to submit their link.

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Hot PressWednesday, 4 December 2013Page: 18


FIRST OTHERVOICES ACTS UNVEILED

David Cray, Mogwai and Lisa O'Neill are

the first batch of artists to be confirmed for

OtherVoices2013, which returns to Dingle

from December6-8andwillonce again be

presented by actor and Bathory fan Aidan

Gillen.

Acts are also being invited to apply for

a spot on the accompanying MusicTrail,

which includes the chance to play the IMRO

Other Room on the final night.

www.othervoices.ie/content/open-call

has all the details.

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Irish Times-The TicketFriday, 15 November 2013Page: 2


HEWS By Lauren Murphy

Hearing Other Voices David Gray, folk singer Lisa O'Neill and Scottish postrockers

Mogwai are the first acts to be announced for the forthcoming 12th installment of Other Voices, with more names to come.

Actor Aidan Gillen (right) will return as host, while there is an open slot for an band or artist to play the IMRO Other Room stage. Interested acts must upload a YouTube or audio link to their music via othervoices.ie

by next Wednesday, after which the public will vote on the most deserving act to join the big names in Dingle. The series will be broadcast on RTE next year. othervoices.com

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Irish Music AnnualWednesday, 1 January 2014Page: 10


IMRO ROYALTY DEADLINE IS NOW ON-LINE ONLY www.imro.ie

Royalties for Tours & Residencies taking place between October

and December 2013 will be paid in by IMRO in their D141

April 2014 distribution. In order for eligible performances to

be included in the D141 payment, IMRO members must submit

all October to December 2013 live performances via the members

area of the IMRO website by Friday 14th February, 2014. All

submissions must now be made online. An IMRO spokesperson

said "Please note that we can no longer accept paper or email

submissions for Tours & Residencies. We encourage you to

regularly submit your live performance details and set lists

online.Once a set list has been submitted online, it can be

used against any number of gigs. You can also track when your

submissions have been processed online."

If you require any assistance with your submissions, please don't

hesitate to contact a member of staff at IMRO on Tel: 01 661 4844

or email: [email protected]

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Kerryman NorthWednesday, 20 November 2013Page: 26


Other Voices returns to Dingle for twelfth in December time

PREPARATIONS ARE currently under way in Dingle with the announcement that Other Voices - the world renowned music series that has been recorded in St James Church on Main Street over the past several years - will return to West Kerry on December 6, 7 and 8 for its 12th outing.

Other Voices, which has also hosted special editions of the series in New York, Derry and London, has seen some of the world's biggest names on the music scene perform in Dingle including the late, great Amy Winehouse, Jarvis Cocker, Elbow, The Frames, Josh Ritter and Ellie Goulding.

The news that multi-million selling singer/songwriter David Gray is set to return is causing great excitement, as is the confirmation

of Scottish rockers Mogwai and Ireland's Lisa O'Neill, pictured, for this year's Other Voices, at which actor Aidan Gillen will be the host. And on Monday, American

Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter

Patty Griffin was also confirmed for the lineup,

along with Wicklow born blues singer Hozier.

According to Other Voices founder Philip King, it's great to be back for another year of musical excellence in Dingle.

"We have photographed, recorded and archived the soundtrack of one of the country's

most turbulent decades with some of Ireland's and the

world's greatest artists," he said.

Other Voices also provides a TV and online

platform for new and emerging acts in the IMRO Other Room and artists around the county and country

can apply to take part at OtherVoices.ie

until midnight tonight (November 20). Other Voices 2013 will

also feature the Other Voices Music Trail which will see a

great line-up of acts perform in informal venues around Dingle during the weekend.

All Other Voices Music Trail events are free and will take place before and after the Church recordings.

Familiar names will perform alongside emerging Irish artists with a few special guests thrown in for good measure and for those who don't make it into the church, live action from St James will be streamed in bars around the town and online.

Tickets for the Other Voices performances in St James Church are free and can only be won through various online and media competitions

and The Kerryman hope to announce details of how to win in the next edition.

In the meantime, more information on Other Voices 2013 may be accessed at OtherVoices.ie.

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Western PeopleMonday, 25 November 2013Page: 70


It's Dingle, all the way, for more top music acts In the ten years since the TV show was first

broadcast in 2003, 'Other Voices' has attracted a who's who of international acts, writes David

Dwane. Amy Winehouse, Elbow, Snow Patrol, Donovan,

James Morrison, and Florence and The Machine are among that illustrious list.

The RTE series is chiefly filmed in St. James' Church, Dingle and around the attractive tourist town. The next season starts filming on 6th, 7th and 8th December, with Aidan Gillen as presenter.

'Other Voices' is continually evolving, with musical exchange happening between a new generation of Irish and internationally acclaimed musicians, singers and artists.

The first three acts to be revealed are multimillion selling artist David Gray, Scottish post-rock

band Mogwai and Irish newcomer, with a truly original voice, Lisa O' Neill.

Each year, 'Other Voices' provides a TV and online platform for new and emerging acts in the IMRO Other Room. Applications for a performance slot in the IMRO Other Room reach beyond the 1,000 mark each year and this year was no exception.

But it's not just a TV show. The event has become a festival in its own right in Dingle and will once again feature the hugely popular Other Voices Music Trail, with a stellar line-up of musical offerings in a multitude of venues across the weekend. All Other Voices Music Trail events are free and will take place before and after the Church recordings. Familiar names will perform alongside emerging Irish artists and there's promise of a few very special guests along the way!

And for those who don't make it into the church, the live action will be streamed to bars around the town as well as online.

Tickets are free and can be won through various online and media competitions, so keep an eye on the brand new website www.othervoices.ie.

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Waterford TodayWednesday, 27 November 2013Page: 23


IYMAS 2014 IT'S that time of year again. We are looking for some local young acts to join our IYMAS 2014 team for a chance to represent

Waterford and ultimately win a professionally

recorded album for you and your local team produced by some of the Irish industries leading players. The Irish Youth Music Awards is an educational programme for young people aged aimed at creating teamwork and friendship at local level, while providing first contact work experience in a variety of subjects associated with the music business. The initiative

brings together some of Ireland's top music industry personnel

directly into contact with young musicians. This initiative has proved hugely successful and has been given a thumbs up from Hot Press Magazine, IRMA and IMRO, all of whom have been directly involved. The Irish Youth Music Awards is a community based youth music project

for teen bands and musicians aged 12-19 year, across the whole island of Ireland. It is a music led music based project which honours the most effective music projects run by groups of young people each year. The principal aim of IYMA is to give young musicians access to industry professional to benefit from their advice and knowledge. Judging is based on the entire

project from the band, to the crew, to the promotion

and approach to the competition. The overall champion region receives recording time in a studio, and they produce

an album of their own. Because the programme

is entirely youth-led, the young people involved gain entrepreneurial and leadership skills while doing something they are passionate about. Last year over 15,000 young people engaged in the initiative and it is still growing. Interested? Are you aged 12-19 years and are a solo artist, band member, rapper or musician and have two songs, including one original then you are what we are looking for. not into music but want to get involved? Don't worry it is not all just music. The Programme

also focuses on jobs from the music industry so if your into photography, sound or lighting engineering or poster making or even if you are not but would like to get involved there is a job for you. If you are interested please contact Mary and fill in a registration form, located in the Edmund Rice Youth and Community Multiplex on Manor Street, or you can text or call mary on 0866018961 or email on [email protected] also don't forget to like

the "IYMAS Waterford" page on facebook. We will be setting up our first meeting in early December so sign up asap to make sure you're involved.

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Donegal PostWednesday, 30 October 2013Page: 6


Ocean FM wins Europe's biggest award

Donal O'Kelly (centre in red jacket) with members of the cast Sorcha Fox, Darina Gallagher and Jaime Carswell), Michael O'Keeffe CEO of the BAI and

Ocean staff at the recent launch of Francisco at the Glens Centre, Leitrim.

cean FM won the Prix Europa in the Radio Drama category

for its three "Francisco", at the

The awards are the most prestigious in Europe and the announcement in Berlin marked a major breakthrough for small Independent broadcasters.

The entry fought off competition from Europe's largest

state owned broadcasters, including the BBC, to take first in the drama category. Francisco was written and Directed

by Donal O'Kelly and was recorded at The Glens Centre in Manorhamilton in Co.Leitrim. The drama series was a co-production between Ocean FM and Benbo Productions

in Co Leitrim.

o part play, weekend.

Francisco is based on the extraordinary writings of Captain

Don Francisco De Cuellar, shipwrecked here from the 'Invincible

Armada' of ships sent by Phillip II of Spain to invade Queen Elizabeth's England in 1588. Undertaking an incredible

journey across the North West of Ireland in an effort to return to Spain, De Ceullar gave a unique insight into Irish society at this time.

"Telling this story on radio has been an obsession of our team here at Ocean for a number of years and was a logical next step on from a series of documentaries we produced on the Armada", said Tim Collins, CEO of Ocean FM.

"This success reflects the wealth of artistic talent

based in the North West

and the value of the creative partnerships developed

by Ocean", he said. "Donal O'Kelly brought his unique genius and energy to the project along with talented actors Jaime Carswell, Darina Gallagher and Sorcha Fox", he said. "The musical score by Kila performed by Dee Armstrong, Colm and Rossa O'Snodaigh and Seanan Brennan

was exquisite and the sound production by Ray Duffy another vital ingredient".

"I would like to thank Producer Aisling Heraughty and

Assistant Producer, Peter Collins who worked tirelessly on

the project". "It is also important to acknowledge

the support of Ciaran Kissane and his team at

The Broadcasting Authority

of Ireland's Sound and Vision Fund for having the foresight

to support this unusual project", he said.

This is the second major drama award won by Ocean FM in the past month having

taken the Gold Award for Drama at the PPI Radio Awards in Kilkenny.

"We have had an extraordinary run of success in the past

18 months having won the IMRO Award for Commitment to Irish music two years in a row, seven PPI Awards including

five Golds and now another first for "Francisco" in Europe's most sought after radio and television awards, The Prix Europa",

said Tim Collins. For more information and/

or to listen to Francisco visit www.francisco.ie or call Tim Collins on 086 8121555.

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