Carney Nir [pictured right] is New Media Manager at Secret Service Artist Management and Dew Process Recordings. She is appearing at One Movement For Music Perth as a panelist; click here to download the MUSEXPO Asia Pacific conference program.

Carney, what’s your favourite song this week?

‘Little Lion Man’ by Mumford & Sons. [embedded below]

What do you hope to gain from the One Movement festival and conference?

I’m just hoping to attend as many panels as I can, and meet as many people as possible. There’s some really interesting panelists from Asia and India that I’m looking forward to seeing. And the Dew Process shindig should be a blast!

Which artists’ showcase sets are you most looking forward to watching?

Sarah Blasko and Whitley, as well as Canvas Kites, Dappled Cities, the Philly Jays…there’s so many. I’m also looking forward to seeing some of the locals, like Harlequin League.

One Movement’s tagline is “Artist, Industry, Fan United”. What do you think needs to change in order to unite the music industry with its artists and fans?

I work in digital, and there is obviously a huge amount of change happening all the time. However, one thing that really stands out for me is the battle between generating revenue from new sources like streaming audio and videos vs making the music accessible to fans. When an artist is starting out, fans are encouraged to share artist videos, download free mp3s, post music on blogs etc. Then, once the fan has done the work spreading the word about that artist and the artist gets to a certain level of success, these rights, like video embedding and streaming audio can be taken away by the label.

I’m not sure what the perfect solution for this is, but I definitely understand the frustration this causes fans and some artists!