CISAC GA in Seoul

Culture Crossing Boarders panel for CISAC GA with CISAC VPs Ángeles Gonzalez-Sinde and Arturo Márquez, APRA’s Jenny Morris, DGK’s Yoo Ji-Tae, and musician and member of the Korean National Assembly Kim Jae Won.

I’ve just returned from Seoul (Korea) after an extraordinary week of events for the ‘day job’ (which I don’t normally post about on here but bear with me…) and wanted to share some of the stories and success here photographically.

I feel very blessed to be able to stand up for creators worldwide while also working with some of the most talented minds in the business.

This week included: lobbying, a visit to the National Assembly to speak on behalf of Korean Directors and Screenwriters to persuade them to pass legislation to help support remuneration (yes that’s right, the Director of ‘Squid Games’ got nothing…), a meeting with Japanese Directors to work out a way of achieving this in Japan, a performance on stage for KOMCA where I treated the Korean music industry, in fact the global music, audiovisual and visual arts industry to a rendition of ‘Paper Cut’ and the above panel with actor Ji Tae Yoo, Jenny Morris, Arturo Márquez, Kim Jae Win aka Lia & Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde who joined me to discuss culture and the creative industries. In between this, we were treated to some spectacular performances, dinners and company.

Those of you who watch my social channels will know that this panel followed on from our first Creators Conversations Episode at CISAC on K Pop with James Reynolds, Max Graham and Matt Thomspon (aka Arcades). which is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAHzQcypgPI

The whole week was a fascinating insight into the workings of K Pop and K Culture as a whole.
Thank you KOMCA for hosting us. I’m now back in the UK, working on my new album, and dreaming of sunsets over the city skyline.