Everyone got their press releases this morning and we were no different.

2009′s International Music Summit will be held in Ibiza again over 3 days on May 27 to the 29th. As per last year there will be the usual seminars, gigs, parties. You can get more information here.

Last years photo’s and reviews of each day:

1st Day review, photos including the famous clubs panel

2nd Day IMS photos
2nd Day Review

IMS final day photos
IMS Final Day review

After FIVE months the IMS have finally put up videos of most of the panels at the international music summit in Ibiza back in May. After 4 months of saying that you’d have to pay for them and 4 months of us whinging to them about that and when are they going to go up, surprisingly theyve actually put them up for free.

Unfortunately they havent used current techniques to make them available for easy download – ie using bit torrent – so you would normally have to sit there while 100mb to 240mb flv files stream to your pc or mac but with a little knowledge you can download them to your mac or pc so you can watch them when you want to.

Strangley though, arguably the most attended, lively and interesting panel footage is not available – namely the clubs panel where all the main clubs and a representative of the government met for the first time in public… wonder why ?

right click and “save as” or “save target as” on the following links to save them to your hard drive. You can get a free FLV player here.

IMS:08 Key Note: Andrew Keen
HOW TO SAVE THE MUSIC BUSINESS BY AUTHOR OF CULT OF THE AMATEUR – 112MB
http://internationalmusicsummit.com/html/ppv/cultoftheamateur/CultOfTheAmateur.flv

IMS:08 Key Note: Francois Kevorkian
HOW TO STAY ON THE CUTTING EDGE AFTER 25 YEARS IN DANCE MUSIC – 166MB
http://internationalmusicsummit.com/html/ppv/25years/25Years.flv

IMS:08 Q&A: David Glick, Edge
INNOVATIONS IN INVESTMENT – 189.5MB
(Interviewed by Pete Tong)
http://internationalmusicsummit.com/html/ppv/edge/Edge.flv

IMS:08 Q&A: Jonas Tempel, Beatport
DIGITAL LIFELINE – 134.5MB
http://internationalmusicsummit.com/html/ppv/beatport/BeatPort.flv

IMS:08 Key Note: Sarah Tinsley, Natasha Kizzie & Dan O’Neill. Bacardi / KLP / Groove Armada.
HOW GROOVE ARMADA AND BACARDI CHANGED THE MUSIC PARTNERSHIP LAMDSCAPE – 184.8MB
http://internationalmusicsummit.com/html/ppv/groovearmada/GrooveArmada.flv

DIGITAL: DIGITAL DARWINISM? – 231.2MB
http://internationalmusicsummit.com/html/ppv/digitaldarwinism/DigitalDarwinism.flv

SYNCH: SYNCH OR SWIM? HOW TO REVOLUTIONISE YOUR BUSINESS VIA SYNCHRONISATION – 242.MB
http://internationalmusicsummit.com/html/ppv/sinkorswim/SinkOrSwim.flv

DJ MAG TOP 100: BELIEVE THE HYPE? – 199.7MB
http://internationalmusicsummit.com/html/ppv/top100/Top100.flv

TOM MIDDLETION CREATES THE IMS:08 ANTHEM – 193.4MB
http://internationalmusicsummit.com/html/ppv/antham/Antham.flv
(yes that is how they’ve spelt anthem… ps they may rename it)

SOUL AVENGERZ TO REMIX THE IMS:08 ANTHEM – 89.6MB
http://internationalmusicsummit.com/html/ppv/remix/Remix.flv

We found this on youtube – rather ironic since 3 days after the IMS we put up a 30 second audio clip of the club panel, we were asked to take it down.

(we have nothing to do with this video)

After harrasing the IMS all summer, according to an email from one of the IMS organisers received this morning, they will finally release video and podcasts:

“We will release audio and video of the event imminently.”

That’ll be at least four months after the event actually took place then…

This has been on the IMS website since around July:

“Watch all of the IMS:08 panels. You can pay-per-view at 2,00euros per movie (lasting approximately 45 mins) or alternatively pay 10,00euros to view them all.”

the videos you can pay to download when it becomes available. No sign of audio links yet though.

We did offer to do podcasts of the panels for free back in May and have them on the net the next day… We can only assume they have had some solid commercial reason for the 4 month delay… but at least people will finally be able to hear the historic occasion when the clubs and government met for the first time in public, albiet for a fee.

Our blog coverage of the 3 day ims is here

Our 21st June Blog courtesy of lovehouse.fm:

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Our 23rd June Blog courtesy of lovehouse.fm:

Today (28/09/08) is 4 months after the historic public meeting at the International Music Summit in Ibiza of the main clubs and the government.

We’ve been once again assured that the IMS will put up the panels so that everyone who wasn’t there can hear what happened.

all of our blogs about the ims are here

Our good friend Lorna interviewed Andy of Ibiza Rocks after the “clubs” panel had finished:

Hopefully the IMS will have the podcast up of the panel soon as it was fascinating, funny and controversial.

Our lovely friend Lorna interviewed Danny Whittle on the first day and has put the first video interview up (we held the camera so blame us for the camera work!)

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Given the sucess of this years International Music Summit it’s no surprise then that they’ve already pencilled in the date for next year.

Pete Tong stated: “What happened in Ibiza last week will impact our future and the way the music industry moves forward. The response is overwhelming, people have walked away with ideas for the future, with new relationships forged from different aspects of electronica.”

IMS 2009 will take place on Wednesday May 27 to Friday May 29 inclusive.

Ben Turner said: “IMS feels like dance music’s Web 2.0, and keeping the intimacy and the quality of delegate’s to the dealmakers is our ultimate goal.”

The final day featured further seminars on “Joining the dots”, “Believe the hype?” and the “IMS Think Tank”, which summed up the events of the conference, but it concluded with a touching interview with Pete Tong, the founder and flagship of this new event.

Pete took us on a personal tour of his own unique and charmed journey through the history of dance music, then plotted a future of eternal change which is, after all, the lifeblood of artistic creativity.
To that end he explained his own switch from the mighty Pacha to distant Eden. The Pacha that has risen from roots as a small club in a finca in a field outside Ibiza town to become a nightclub brand represented globally. Eden, on the ther hand, one of the less well known and respected clubs of San Antonio…

Pete’s up for a challenge: what he has in mind is changing the global perception of Ibiza from the 300euro minimum table charge in the dominant VIP area at Pacha to the more affordable delights of San Antonio – as epitomized by the new Ibiza Rocks Hotel with it’s focus on providing valid entertainment for the younger generation of potential tourists. After all they form the nucleus of the island’s tourist future.

Ibiza Rocks has done it by introducing a new genre of music previously unrelated to Ibiza. Pete’s challenge is to persuade the kids to listen to the electronic music that their parents still like…

An interesting challenge that you wouldn’t describe as the easy option. However, looking back over the last few days at the Closing party in the grounds at Pike’s Hotel where delegates were unanimously agreed that the infrastructure, planning, content and organization of the summit were to the highest international standard, you’d have to put your money on Pete and his team, in alliance with the other up and coming forces in San Antonio, returning this little seaside town to its heyday as the first tourist resort on Ibiza, and one of the few in the Mediterranean frequented by the superstars of the time.

Indeed San Antonio’s time may well have come again…

Some shameless promotion: Click on the images for larger versions

An article in The Sun online about the International Music Summit

This months Pacha Magazine (June)

Although there is still tonights party at Pikes Hotel, Ibiza Rocks Hotel opening party tomorrow, Pacha and Space its been hugely interesting 3 days at the International Music Summit. Today saw the heavyweights of the majors at the “IMS Think Tank”. The 6 panelists had spent the previous 4 days “locked” in a room and discussing the future.

What came out of it was, we think, that essentially artists, managers, labels and publishers have to think “brand”. On one side of the panel was Ralf Luelsdorf from T-Mobile, Ross McGregor, Sony Computer Ents Europe and Roger Wade, Brands Inc – on the other side representing the “established/traditional” music industry were Kim De Ruiter, Mercury Records, Marcel Eingh, Sony BMG Int and Cleo Willraf, Universal Publishing and moderated by Bobby Simms of Popshop Entertainment and Universal Music. The overriding factor was that both sides need to develop partnerships and not go for the one off deals.

Pete Tong was then interviewed by Ben Turner and basically gave a mini life history and told some interesting stories about his time at London Records and the subsequent sale to Warners, life at Radio 1 and how he started in dj’ing.

We really hope the IMS make all the panel discussions available on podcasts as they will give a really good insight into the music industry and not just the dance music side.

Overall we think it ended up being more about the music business as it is now rather than specifically about dance music… We’re very glad we could attend – thanks to Jasmine, Kate and everyone at the IMS.

Some pictures from today: (click on images for larger versions)

IMS Think Tank	Pete being interviewed by Ben Turner

The closing comments	The lovely Daisy Heartbreaker founder of the Rock Nights that will take place at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel – more info at www.myspace.com/rocknightsclub