WOMEX 12 Conference Peers and special guests from all sectors of the music industry are sharing their know-how to help you advance your ambitions – from basics to backgrounds, from live to recorded, and from roots to visions. A huge thank you goes to our brilliant Samurai, Nadia El-Imam (Sweden) and Lemez Lovas (UK), who curated the compelling Conference programme.
The Conference will include the following sessions:
- Session 1
WOMEX Orientation for New Delegates: The WOMEX-user’s guide With Anna Pötzsch (Germany), WOMEX Director of Media & Communications;
Daniela Teuber (Germany), WOMEX Director of Production;
Oliver Belopeta (FYR Macedonia), WOMEX 12 Jury Member/Skopje Jazz Festival
See also: Make the Most of WOMEX
- Session 2
Promotion of Local Repertoires Through Digital Media: "Will you still sing for me tomorrow?" – Digital challenges Speaker change! Theodore Asprogerakas-Grivas (Greece), AEPI, will replace Peter Xanthopoulos (Greece), AEPI;
with Stefanos Loukakos (Greece), Google Greece;
Antonis Plessas (Greece), Composer/Producer
See also: Southeastern European Networking Meeting
- Session 3
In Times of Crisis, Think “Indie”: Why the DIY business model works, regardless of music genre Chaired by Tori Sparks (USA/Spain), Glass Mountain Records with Rob Ellen (UK), Medicine Music;
with Mark Mulholland (UK/Haiti), Musician/Label Manager
- Session 4
Historical Middle-Eastern Music Rediscovered: Post-Byzantine musical manuscripts as source for the Oriental secular music Chaired by Dr. PD Martin Greve (Germany/Turkey), Orient-Institut Istanbul;
with Dr. Kyriakos Kalaitzidis (Greece), Musicologist/Musician, En Chordais;
Kiya Tabassian (Iran/Canada), Musician, Constantinople
See also: Southeastern European Networking Meeting
- Session 5
Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, But Where I’m Going! A conversation on diaspora, technology and music consumption Chaired by Nadia EL-Imam (Sweden), Edgeryders;
with Tom Frouge (USA), Avokado Artists/¡Globalquerque!;
Randy Raine-Reusch (Canada), ZaDiscs/HMR3 Productions;
Oliver Carruthers (UK), Rich Mix
- Session 6
Make the Most of virtualWOMEX: Identify relevant contacts – stay in touch – spread the word A workshop by Julien Clavel (Switzerland/Germany), piranha womex
See also: Make the Most of WOMEX
- Session 7
Do You Really Need a Manager? Artist, manager, self-managed artist: about blurring roles in managing music Speaker change! Rebecca Caughey (New Zealand), Funktion Music, will replace Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt (UK), IMMF Chaired by Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt (UK), IMMF;
with Graham Stairs (Canada), Popguru Management;
Julien “Soupa Ju” Queysanne (France), Watcha Clan/ Vai La Bott Recordings
- Session 8
A Night in Tunisia or Jazz as World Music: Oriental music influences on jazz origins and development Presented by Francesco Martinelli (Italy), Jazz History Lecturer/Researcher
See also: World & Jazz
- Session 9
What’s Your Story: A live demonstration of how to craft your press angles Chaired by Dmitri Vietze (USA), Rock Paper Scissors
- Session 10
Appily Ever After: Apps and world music – a no-nonsense overview Chaired by Yaniv Fridel (Israel/UK), Lemez and Fridel;
with Speaker cancellation! Dave Haynes (UK), SoundCloud
- Session 11
World Music Festivals in Eastern Europe & the Balkans: How they encourage – or not – cultural exchange in the region Chaired by Nick Hobbs (UK/Turkey), Charmenko;
with Dejan Vujinovic (Serbia), Etnofest - World Culture Festival;
Csaba Lokös (Hungary), Sziget Festival
See also: Southeastern European Networking Meeting
- Session 12
World Music, Global Bass, and the Future of Hybrid Music: Perspectives from a new generation Chaired by Benjamin Lebrave (France/Ghana), Akwaaba Music;
with Boima Tucker aka Chief Boima (Sierra Leone/USA), DJ/Producer;
Speaker cancellation! Jean-Christophe Servant (France), Le Monde Diplomatique;
Jay Rutledge (USA/Germany), Outhere Records
See also: Global Bass Networking Meeting
- Session 13
Alternative Sources of Funding: Crowd-financing Chaired by Soong Moon Kang (USA/UK), University College London;
with Clay Ross (USA), Matuto
- Session 14
Syncing Fast! A guide to getting your tracks played on television Chaired by Tim Rabjohns (UK), Dotmogo;
with Brooke Wentz (USA), Seven Seas Music;
Bettina Schasse de Araujo (Germany), piranha womex
- Session 15
Occupy World Music: Activism and social responsibility Chaired by Marguerite Horberg (USA), portoluz;
Speaker change! with Manny Ansar (Mali), Festival au Desert Essakane, will replace Banning Eyre (USA), Afropop Worldwide.
- Session 16
New World Order? The rise of the niche market and a discussion on changing times for world music Chaired by Quinton Scott (UK), Strut Records;
with Clementine Bunel (France/UK), 2 For The Road Productions;
Hugo Mendez (UK/France), Sofrito;
Ilka Schlockermann (Germany/UK), Ilkamedia;
Francis Gooding (UK), Freelance Writer
- Session 17
Copyright: A Global Perspective: Opportunities and problems Chaired by Lemez Lovas (UK), Lemez and Fridel;
with Dafydd M Roberts (UK), Sain Records;
Erica Smith (Barbados), Copyright Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers;
Speaker cancellation! Derrick N. Ashong (Ghana/USA), Ashong Ventures
- Session 18
Let’s All Get Along: Government + Music + Funding - How moving public money in music matters Chaired by Shain Shapiro (Canada/UK), Canadian Independent Music Association;
with Aline Moraes (Brazil), Iracema Music Prod./Secretaria de Estado da Cultura de SP;
Lisa Matthews (UK), Cerdd Cymru : Music Wales
- Session 19
Digital Culture: What can the world music industry learn from museums? Chaired by Miranda Hinkley (UK), Nightjar;
with Elena Lagoudi (Greece), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Session 20
Touring Canada: The Great White North is green in summer Presented by Derek Andrews (Canada), Global Cafe
- Session 21
Discovery Room: What’s bubbling in the community?
ArtistMundi: Artists of the world: different worlds, different arts
Presented by Nathanaël Veyrat (France/La Réunion), ArtistMundi
Anthology of Hungarian Folk Music: New method of presenting context and relationship of ethnomusicologic results
Presented by Andras Lelkes (Hungary), Hangveto
Mobile Roadie: How any artist/label/festival can build their own mobile app
Presented by Tony Pardo (US/Spain), Mobile Roadie
- Session 22
Meet the Winner of the WOMEX 12 Professional Excellence Award Alexander "Sasha" Cheparukhin (Russia), Winner of the WOMEX 12 Professional Excellence Award
Interviewed by Lemez Lovas (UK), Lemez and Fridel
See also: WOMEX 12 Professional Excellence Award
- WOMEX Wrap-Up
WOMEX 12 – Review and Preview With Ben Mandelson (UK), WOMEX Founding Director;
Anna Pötzsch (Germany), WOMEX Director of Media & Communications;
Yiannis Boutaris (Greece), Mayor of Thessaloniki;
Ioannis C. Papaconstantinou (Greece), Helexpo General Manager;
Giorgos Markakis (Greece), Gaialive;
Eluned Hâf (UK), Cerdd Cymru : Music Wales
- Session 23
Meet the Winner of the WOMEX 12 Artist Award Värttinä (Finland) Winner of the WOMEX 12 Artist Award
Interviewed by Fiona Talkington (UK), BBC Radio Presenter, Curator
See also: WOMEX 12 Artist Award
View the Networking Meetings & Presentations
About the Conference
"THE place to connect with the world music market's movers and shakers."
Tom Chauncey (USA), Partisan Arts
Seminars, mentoring, matchmaking, speed-dating - keep up with changes, trends and innovations. Colleagues and special guests offer can't-miss sessions that help delegates navigate the uncharted waters of the music industry.
"WOMEX is the best way I know to meet, year after year, people from all over the World, with whom I share the love of music and the desire to exchange, with passion, our experiences and our projects."
Ourida Yaker (France), Director, Tour'n'Sol Prod. | |
