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WOMEX NEWSLETTER #16/2009



FIRST WOMEX CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

ONE MORE SHOWCASE ADDED

HELP US EVALUATE virtualWOMEX

AFRICAN SYNERGY FOR INTRA-AFRICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE



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Dear WOMEXicans,

During our last site visit in Copenhagen we noticed that you can actually see the WOMEX nighttime venue - Copenhagen Concert Hall - from the WOMEX daytime venue. It's really close - just two metro stations away!

Anyway, here is some vital information for you on this year's WOMEX Conference:

top FIRST WOMEX CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT


The WOMEX Conference has taken a new and dynamic twist addressing exciting, informative and provocative topics. For the first time there will be 3 themed days:

+++ Digital Myths, Markets and Mayhem / Thursday, 29 October
+++ The Economy of Music / Friday, 30 October
+++ Advocating for Change / Saturday, 31 October

Digital Myths, Markets and Mayhem on Thursday covers such topics as the can't-miss session called "A Sting in the Long Tail", how to convert the Internet's dazzling promotional possibilities into actual income, amazing new software that actually purports to make what one would have thought to be subjective judgements about music, and about how the Internet can be better used to support cultural diversity:

Keynote
A Sting in the Long Tail
Eric Garland, BigChampagne (USA) and Will Page, PRS for Music (UK)

Master Class
How to Market Music from Developing Countries Online
Martin Labbé, UN/WTO (France) and Carole Croella, WIPO (Greece/France)

Where is the Money?
How to convert the Internet’s promo value into revenue
Moderator Peter Jenner, IMMF/MMF UK/FAC (UK)
with Bendik Hofseth, CIAM/Norcode (Norway);
Nicholas Motsatse, SAMRO/CISAC (South Africa);
Pia Raug, Koda/ECA (Denmark); Ed Averdieck, Real World (UK);
Eric Garland, BigChampagne (USA) and Will Page, PRS for Music (UK)

GlobalMusic2one
New generation of hybrid music analysis and search engines
Holger Grossmann, Fraunhofer Institute (Germany)
and Bettina Schasse de Araujo, Piranha Musik (Germany)

www.womex.com/realwomex/conference

More Conference Sessions to be announced within the next weeks.


top ONE MORE WOMEX SHOWCASE ADDED


WOMEX 09 Showcase Hasna el Becharia (Algeria/France/Italy) is now confirmed.

Find all Showcases who have already been announced with photos and links at

www.womex.com/realwomex/showcases


top HELP US EVALUATE virtualWOMEX


We would like to ask you to participate in our survey* on virtualWOMEX (if you haven't already done so) - even if you are not a registered user. We had already sent out an email to all virtualWOMEX users some time ago but did not receive enough feedback to obtain valid results.

Here is the link to the survey.

Your valuable feedback will help us provide better functions and services to you in the future. Please fill out the survey before Wednesday, 12 August.

* The survey is part of a research project conducted within the Department of Economics at the Freie Universitaet Berlin by Gabriele Hemmersbach. She evaluates user feedback on online platforms such as virtualWOMEX.

Thank you very much for your participation.


top AFRICAN SYNERGY FOR INTRA-AFRICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE


AFRICAN SYNERGY is a regional arts' NGO based out of Johannesburg focused on music and arts collaboration across Africa to see a decisive break with 'cultural isolation' within Africa.

AFRICAN SYNERGY works through a network of festivals, venues and cultural operators, comprising 77 partners in 17 countries (across all regions) and growing fast. Their AFRICAN TOUR CIRCUIT program has, since inception mid-2006, organised 52 tours across Africa, involving 250-plus artists (with many emerging artists) from 19 countries touring to 14 countries, including ground-breaking collaborations between musicians from different regions.

The latest project is the "Acoustic Africa" 2009 debut tour in Southern Africa (to South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Namibia) featuring Habib Koite (Mali) and Vusi Mahlasela (South Africa) with Dobet Gnahore (Cote D'Ivoire) under African Tour Circuit by African Synergy and partners.

AFRICAN SYNERGY is linked to Harare's famed BOOK CAFE, which alone stages 650 performances annually, 70% music.

www.africansynergy.net



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


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WOMEX 09 Copenhagen / 28 October - 1 November
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