WOMEX NEWSLETTER #17/2009
WOMEX 09 AWARD FOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE TO CHRISTIAN MOUSSET
SECOND CONFERENCE DAY ANNOUNCED
Dear WOMEXicans,
And the second WOMEX 09 Award goes to...
WOMEX 09 AWARD FOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE TO CHRISTIAN MOUSSET
WOMEX is proud to announce the winner of this year's WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence: Christian Mousset (France).
As Yorrick Benoist of Run Productions notes, "For almost 35 years Christian Mousset and his Musiques Métisses Festival has kicked off the careers of greats such as Cesaria Évora, Salif Keita, the Mahotella Queens, the Super Rail Band, Danyel Waro, Johnny Clegg, and many others. His was arguably the first festival dedicated primarily to African music, starting a trend that many followed and few could match." Add to that his work first for Label Bleu and now for his own Marabi label, and this is a popular choice indeed.
Read on at http://www.womex.com/realwomex/awards#mousset
SECOND CONFERENCE DAY ANNOUNCED
For the first time there will be 3 themed Conference days at WOMEX.
Today we will be throwing light on the second Conference day, Friday.
(We presented Thursday's Conference topic in our previous NEWSletter.)
+++ Digital Myths, Markets and Mayhem / Thursday, 29 October
+++ The Economy of Music / Friday, 30 October
+++ Advocating for Change / Saturday, 31 October
The Economy of Music on Friday covers more immediate concerns about strengthening business and re-connecting artists and other rights holders with income in such sessions as "New Label Architecture", collecting money, holding onto it, and new markets in the Middle East and in East Africa.
The New Label Architecture Emerges
New models for record labels
Erik Gilbert, Independent Online Distribution Alliance (USA) with Ivan Duran, Stonetree Records (Belize); Thomas Rome, lawyer/music publisher/producer (US/Senegal); Hanna Gorjaczkowska, Crammed Discs (Poland/Belgium) and Dmitri Vietze, Rock Paper Scissors (USA)
Master Class
How to Avoid Withholding Taxes on Performances and Royalties
Harald Grams, Grams & Partner (Germany) with Dick Molenaar, All Arts (The Netherlands)
Music Markets in the Middle East
Insights into an underestimated market
Maxime Duda, LEOPArts (France/Lebanon) with Jad Souaid, Basement (Lebanon) and Michelle Paulikevitch, LEOPArts (Lebanon)
The Money is Where The Music Is
Collecting millions from your performance royalties as an artist or label
John Simson, SoundExchange (USA) with Jose Luis Sevillano, AIE (Spain); Nicholas Motsatse, SAMRO/CISAC (South Africa); Dominic McGonigal, PPL (UK) and Bruno Boutleux, ADAMI (France)
Music, Money and Growth in East Africa
Loulou Cherinet, Selam (Sweden/Ethiopia) with James Isabirye, Selam (Uganda); Dudu Sarr, Selam (Senegal/UK); Johan Wallin, Selam (Sweden/Tanzania) and Girum Mezmur, Selam (Ethiopia)
New Methods for Breaking Artists
Collective action is the way forward
Lemez Lovas, artist/producer/writer (UK) with Bernard Batzen, Azimuth (France); Pim Betist, SellaBand (The Netherlands) and Peter Smidt, Buma Cultuur (The Netherlands)
www.womex.com/realwomex/conference
More Conference Sessions to be announced within the next weeks.
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Upcoming WOMEX deadlines:
+++ Friday, 28 August for Guide Ad bookings
+++ Friday, 4 September for Guide Rate registrations
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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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