Call for registrations: Free Byta webinar with Obinna Agwu

This series, hosted by Byta founder Marc Brown, is designed to deliver knowledge to enable tomorrow’s artists and industry leaders to better manoeuvre their way through the music ecosystem.

This month’s programme comprises a workshop and an in-depth interview session with Horus Music Nigeria A&R executive Obinna Agwu. It will run under the theme, Signing, Developing & Releasing Music From Africa to the World.

Obinna is experienced in working closely with a variety of industry partners and managing internal/external relationships. He also hosts a music industry podcast known as The Listening Sessions Podcast.

Prior to joining Horus Music, Obinna worked at Boomplay as artist relations manager, executing over 20 major releases and securing top talents like ILLBliss, Laycon, Hotyce and Ugochee for Boomplay’s hip hop initiative, Pass The Mic. Obinna also oversaw planning and rollout for El Dee The Don’s Undeniable album while working at Trybe Records, and while at the Chocolate City record label, generally regarded as one of the most successful indigenous urban record labels in Africa, he oversaw albums like the Plantashun Boiz’s Plan B, The Bass is Queen by Lindsey Abudei, MI Abaga’s debut album Talk About It, and many other projects.

Key topics:

• How does A&R work today?
• What does an artist need to have in place to be signed
• What are the exciting areas to watch in African music today?
• How does an artist go from local to global?
• How do collaborations help build a musician’s career
• How have Boomplay and DSPs affected the African music ecosystem?
• What are the key music markets in Africa and why?
• How did Afrobeats get so big?

Interested participants can register for free here.

View the original call here.