Newsletter 15/2009

WOMEX NEWSLETTER #15/2009

THIRD WOMEX 09 SHOWCASE ANNOUNCEMENT

BIG SOUND - MUSIC INDUSTRY SUMMIT IN AUSTRALIA (ADVERTISEMENT)

YOUR WORLD MUSIC ANNIVERSARIES

RAP REACTS TO POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS IN GUINEA BISSAU

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Dear WOMEXicans,

As WOMEX 09, 28 October - 1 November, Copenhagen/Denmark, draws nearer our newsletters are becoming longer...

THIRD WOMEX 09 SHOWCASE ANNOUNCEMENT

Here is the third part of the WOMEX 09 Showcase announcement . One or two latecomers will still be added within the next weeks. We also haven't published the offWOMEX Showcase programme, the Opening etc. yet - so stay tuned and check back regularly to www.womex.com.

- Addis Acoustic Project (Ethiopia)
- Ale Möller Band (Sweden/Greece/Senegal/Mexico/Canada)
- Chet Nuneta (France)
- Chocquibtown (Colombia)
- Hanggai (China)
- Kenge Kenge (Kenya)
- Les Yeux Noirs (France)
- Orchestra Popolare Italiana (Italy)
- Socalled (Canada)
- Yilila (Australia)
- Yves Lambert et le Bébert Orchestra (Canada)

DJ: Analog Africa Soundsystem (Germany)

www.womex.com/realwomex/showcases

WOMEX 09 PHOTOGRAPHERS

It's time to present to you the four selected photographers who will be covering WOMEX 09 in Copenhagen. Their work will be posted daily on their websites and anyone needing photos can contact them directly to discuss terms. Check out the portfolios of their current and past work.

They are:

Jacob Crawfurd (Denmark)
www.crawfurd.com
jacob@crawfurd.com
Mobile: +45 407 370 79

Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones (Kenya/UK)
www.jljphotography.co.uk
jljones@dircon.co.uk
Mobile: +44 783 145 87 93

Eric van Nieuwland (The Netherlands)
www.thedigitalphotoexperience.nl
eric@thedigitalphotoexperience.nl
Mobile: +31 610 934 495

Heather Weimer (USA)
www.heatherlweimer.com
heather@heatherlweimer.com
Mobile: +1 804 306 39 20

Check our website for full bios and details.
www.womex.com/realwomex/photographers

TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF WOMEX

To make the best possible use of your WOMEX 09 attendance, be sure to present your company/activities/mission through all available communication channels.

Book a stand where your partners and customers can easily find you: www.womex.com/realwomex/tradefair

Print your logo on the WOMEX Lanyard decorating every delegate's neck for the full 5 days of WOMEX and/or on the WOMEX Wristband accompanying everybody 24/5 ...and the festival visitors, too.

Place your ad in the WOMEX Guide, the must-have resource book for the international world music community consulted all year round.

The safest way for your CD, magazine, USB stick... to reach the hands of all WOMEX attendees is to book an insert in the WOMEX Bag.

And finally, spot your banner on http://www.womex.com, visited regularly by all WOMEX delegates preparing their attendance.

www.womex.com/realwomex/advertise

PORTO MUSICAL 2009 - A REVIEW

The fourth edition of Porto Musical held in Recife, Brazil from 17 - 20 June 2009 was a huge success: 440 delegates from 8 countries, 15 showcases and 27 conference sessions around three key areas: Go Brazil!, Go International! and Go Digital! featuring Nelson Motta, Seymour Stein, Jonas Woost and André Midani (to name just a few). It turned Recife into the Brazilian capital of music for a few days...

www.womex.com/realwomex/porto-musical

BIG SOUND - MUSIC INDUSTRY SUMMIT IN AUSTRALIA (ADVERTISEMENT)

BIG SOUND programme and even more speakers unveiled;
Bob Evans among next wave of showcase artists announced.

The most important issues facing artists and the music industry today will be under the spotlight this September with Brisbane's BIG SOUND Music Industry Summit unveiling a packed conference programme. Covering everything from 'Sync: The New Pot of Gold?' to 'Blogging, Twittering & Online Publishing: Time Wasting or Tastemaking?' the 2009 BIG SOUND programme is the most diverse yet and reflects an industry undergoing unprecedented change.

Read more: www.bigsound.org.au

YOUR WORLD MUSIC ANNIVERSARIES

Do you know of - or celebrate your own - world music anniversary in 2010? Let us know, media@womex.com, before Monday, 27 July. We'd like to publish it in the WOMEX Guide and on our website.

Have a look at the world music anniversaries 2009.

RAP REACTS TO POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS IN GUINEA BISSAU

Just after the inception of a rap/hip-hop movement named "BIG UP GB" in Guinea Bissau, the country faced a round of political assassinations and then three months later, another.

BIG UP GB took it upon itself to promote peace and stability in a broken land. The project yielded the first live hip-hop festival in the country as well as a mixtape, entitled "NUNDE KA NO NA BAI?" (WHERE ARE WE GOING?) - which was a direct response to the last round of political assassinations.

Presently Guinea Bissau is entering a second round of presidential elections (to replace the president that was shot dead in the first round of political assassinations in March). As there is such an abundance of media attention on the country right now, this is an opportunity to bring another face of Guinea Bissau forward, one of hope!

Click here for more details.

Stay tuned and keep in touch -
Best regards from your WOMEX team in Berlin

If you want to get in contact:
womex@womex.com
www.womex.com
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WOMEX 09 Copenhagen / 28 October - 1 November
Do Business, Catch Up, and Get Ahead!

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