After a successful fifth edition in 2017, New Skool Rules is back! In 2018 there will be even more opportunities for you to take their music career to the next level. Held on May 18th-20th in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, New Skool Rules is the largest urban music conference and festival internationally. Emerging talent and seasoned professionals are brought together for three days of intense music, learning, networking, and business opportunities. The initial schedule is already packed – check it out now for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Last year, the conference welcomed more than 1,000 delegates from over 20 countries for panels, workshops, demo-listening sessions, and masterclasses. This year, New Skool Rules continues its tradition of bringing you key players from the music industry to share their years of experience and lessons learned with delegates by featuring speakers across the industry like Grammy-nominated songwriter and SVP of A&R Director of Creative Sterling Simms (Universal Publishing), Grammy Award-winning producer/songwriters Chris Henderson and Troy Taylor (Trey Songz), and General Manager of Warner/Chappell (CA) Vivian Barclay. Delegates will attend high quality events from panels like “How to Play the Streaming Game” and “Music Placement: TV, Films, Games, and Commercials” to masterclasses on production by Needlz (Grammy Award-winning producer, US) to workshops on legal basics with top entertainment lawyer Bob Celestin (RAC Law Firm).

In 2017, more than 4,000 festival visitors enjoyed showcase performances and jam sessions across the city. Performers range from seasoned professionals including DJ Trauma (US) and  Joe Flizzow (MY) to fresh showcase acts like Lady Sanity (UK), Jamie Joseph (UK), and EtheMadAssassin (US). This year the New Skool Rules Festival expands to include more venues to highlight an even larger crew of international artists and performers.

Check out the growing list of performers and speakers on the New Skool Rules website.

Are you looking to explore the vibrant international New Skool scene while meeting and connecting with performers, professionals, and other industry influencers, all in an environment geared towards fresh sounds and solid connections? Find conference and festival tickets, schedule updates and news at http://www.newskoolrules.com. For VVIP passes, contact info@newskoolrules.com.

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New Skool Rules 2018: Real people meeting in Real life making Real connections.

On Feb.12^th New Skool Rules and Epitome Entertainment go back on the road. Producers, writers, artists, managers and other people that are, or want to be, in the music industry  get to meet up with one of our New Skool Rules panelmembers. This time we take Grammy award winning (vocal) producer Troy Taylor once again on the Road with us.

Troy Taylor who won his Grammy for Boyz II Men, has been an extremely important force in R&B music in the last 3 decades. Not only did he discover and develop Trey Songz, he created hits for B2K, K.Michelle, Dru Hill and more recently for Kevin Ross and Elijah Blake.

Troy Taylor, loves sharing his knowledge and he will do exactly that, during his tour. Feb.12^th Abbey Road institute Paris will be the first stop on this tour. Troy will do an invite open masterclass for the Abbey Road Institute students, as well as an Open Masterclass for interested people in Paris. The tour continues in Rotterdam on Feb.13^th as Troy meets up with Dutch Talent who will be crafting the New Skool Rules 2018 anthem in conjunction with Troy and Prynce tha Writer.

The writingcamp for the anthem continues on Wednesday Feb.14^th, while Troy also teaches a masterclass at Codarts (Conservatory of Rotterdam) in the morning and a masterclass at Conservatory of Haarlem in the late afternoon.

Thursday May 15^th New Skool Rules and Troy will travel to Valencia (Spain) to share their knowledge with the students of Berklee College. Last but not least, as Troy rounds off the writing camp on May 17^th, he will also be the guest speaker at Epitome Entertainment’s Industry Night. Troy will be addressing how to combine creativity with business skills.

New Skool Rules celebrates this fifth edition after a succesful 4th edition in 2015, where over a 1000 people attended the music conference part of New Skool Rules and more than 4000 visitors enjoyed the New Skool Rules Festival. New Skool Rules aims to create a platform for SHARING AND GAINING KNOWLEDGE, NETWORKING, DOING BUSINESS AND HAVING FUN!!! New Skool Rules has been very succesfull in bringing out the Music Industry’s Movers & Shakers as speakers for the different panels, workshops and masterclasses.

In 2017 New Skool Rules will have some of the biggest names and influential people in the Urban Music Industry as panelmembers, sharing their knowledge and experiences with the delegates. This anniversary edition New Skool Rules will feature SVP of A&R Omar Grant (Roc Nation), Director of A&R Yaasiel ‘ Success’ Davis (Atlantic Records), SVP of A&R Sterling Simms (Universal Publishing), Head of Urban Global Ryan Press (Warner Chappell/ Warner Music), Grammy Award winning producer/songwriter Chris Henderson and Troy Taylor (Trey Songz), SVP of A&R Ashley Calhoun (Pulse Music Group) and SVP of A&R Shani Gonzales (BMG Publishing) and renowned lawyer Bob Celestin. All the Americans will be occompanied by Promotor/ Manager Magdalena Jensen (Poland), Promotor/ Manager Ekatarina Bazhanova (Russia) and the most important person in Urban Media from the UK Charlie Sloth.

New Skool Rules always makes sure that the top performers in the different markets showcase their talent from legends like MC Shan and Fredro Starr (Onyx) to LMFAO and Bishop Lamont but also extremely known artists from Asia like Joe Flizzow, SonaOne & Mizz Nina graced the New Skool Rules stages. The festival part also features tomorrow’s superstars before they blow up like R. City (Locked Away feat. Adam Levine), Nico & Vinz (Am I wrong) and Fais (Hey feat. Afrojack).

This years showcases are from all over the world. The first artists announced include t.v. Personality and The Voice live show contestant and Topnotch Recording Artist Nicole Bus, actor/singer Jamie Joseph (UK), Exchange Idrise (US), Indie artist Ill Vibe and Abstract Artform, returning Exchange winner and formerly signed to Yeezy B.A.M.A. (US) .

In 2017 New Skool Rules is celebrating their anniversary. This means more showcases, exclusive events and even more Industry Heavy Weights. New Skool Rules will feature an outside stage again and will have the festival in more different venues than ever. The audience will get a taste of GREAT international music from all over the world (27 countries).

Besides the outside stage you can find New Skool Rules events in the Hilton Hotel, Jazzpodium Bird, de Unie and many other interesting locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.Come celebrate this fifth edition with New Skool Rules, as a delegate, performer or audience member. There are many interactive events where up and coming talent can show their talents and impress all the interesting Movers & Shakers as well.

New Skool Rules will take place from May 19th till May 21st in Rotterdam. Conference tickets are on sale now! For prices and updated schedules for the conference and the festival check the website. www.newskoolrules.com for VVVIP packages contact the office through info@newskoolrules.com.