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When top music business agent Rod MacSween is awarded an honorary doctorate at Exeter University, Exeter, England, UK, Europe, the ceremony is attended by Robert Plant. It is revealed that over forty years earlier, MacSween neglected to pay Plant £8 for a performance with his group Band Of Joy at Exeter. During the graduation, MacSween gives Plant a £10 note in settlement of the debt.
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Rod MacSween : As a student, the idea of returning years later to take my place on this platform in the Great Hall would never have entered my mind.
My work as an international music agent has brought me in contact with celebrated musicians and legendary bands, many of who I was in contact with early in my career. Nourished by fierce loyalty and mutual trust these relationships have endured through the decades and I am deeply proud to represent some of the greatest musicians and artists in the world.
I am lucky. My work remains my passion and continues to energise and enthuse me. It is my driving force. I love the music and I love working with the artists I represent, they have become like family.
(Source : statement during graduation ceremony, 2019)
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My work as an international music agent has brought me in contact with celebrated musicians and legendary bands, many of who I was in contact with early in my career. Nourished by fierce loyalty and mutual trust these relationships have endured through the decades and I am deeply proud to represent some of the greatest musicians and artists in the world.
I am lucky. My work remains my passion and continues to energise and enthuse me. It is my driving force. I love the music and I love working with the artists I represent, they have become like family.
(Source : statement during graduation ceremony, 2019)