Charlene Hegarty

Charlene’s music industry career began in gusto at the age of 17; she performed roles in publicity and tour management, working campaigns for Tom Waits (Anti), Presidents of the United States of America (Columbia), Frank Turner (Interscope), Fighting With Wire (Atlantic) and Devotchka (Anti). In 2011, Charlene set up Smalltown America Music (STAM)…

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Angela Dorgan

Angela Dorgan is the CEO of First Music Contact (FMC), the Arts Council funded national resource organization for musicians which run the Irish Music Export Office, the online music portal www.breakingtunes.com and the annual music industry showcase, Ireland Music Week. FMC have recently established an association of Independent music, AIM Ireland. Angela is Vice President of EMEE…

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Lea Heart

Lea who started out in her bedroom two years ago, dreaming of performing on big stages and people hearing her music, now has amassed over 11 million global streams and has had an amazing run in the last year, gracing some of the country’s biggest stages, from a packed out tent at Electric Picnic 2022, opening for both Sigrid and Lewis Capaldi at their headline 3Arena Shows, and her own sold out headline show at 3Olympia in April 2023…

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Gill Dooley

A proven senior leader in music, Gill Dooley is an independent artist manager, music consultant, mentor and the CEO of AIM Ireland, Ireland's national association for independent music. Bringing more than 20 years experience with her, Gill's solution driven approach has seen AIM Ireland grow into a leading advocacy organisation since she took the helm in 2021. Gill began her career with EMI…

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