User's Guide virtualWOMEX 2.0 - YourSpace for The Business of World Music

VirtualWOMEX 2.0 is here! The new generation of online networking, marketing and uploading for the world music community. VirtualWOMEX 2.0 is your perpetual WOMEX open all day, everyday for all your world music business needs.

This is your space to post your own information and read everyone else's... Here you'll find...

...the latest information and contact details on WOMEX people and companies
...the latest world music news
...the latest news on artists
...the latest news on new releases
...the latest world music events like concerts, signings and festivals
...the latest details on upcoming tours and open dates for tour agents and venues
...free ads on world music-related offers...

And everything, everywhere on virtualWOMEX is searchable through simple or advanced criteria. All this and so much more on virtualWOMEX 2.0!

Who gets access? The whole wide world can browse virtualWOMEX 2.0 (save a few member-only areas like Tour Planning).

Who can post? Members only, and everyone attending WOMEX Sevilla 07 is automatically enrolled for an entire year. Anyone else is welcome to join. Check the website for details.


MyWOMEX - your home at WOMEX

Start at MyWOMEX and post all company and personal data. Everything you add is now centralised in a fresh & easy way... And, changes are a snap!







Companies: The World Music Business Directory

All your basic MyWOMEX info will automatically appear in the Company section. Now you can post anything and everything. Who are you? What do you do? How does the community reach you?







Delegates: The World Music Professionals Directory

Present yourself with your full bio, add a portrait and maintain contact with the whole wide world of the world music community.







And, with an easy search, you can find anybody and everybody on virtualWOMEX 2.0...







News: What's New in World Music?

The latest world music news is just a mouse click away... New projects, new companies, new signings, commercial opportunities, links to articles, awards, gossip, just post it and we'll read all about it...







Free Ads: Your Place to Advertise

Who's selling what? Post and read - free of charge.







Artists: Who's Who and Who's Doing What?

Here's the place for artist bios, links to websites and music, discographies and anything you care to communicate about the creators of world music. Plus you can post and access MP3s, photos and videos. And remember, anyone can access this information, not only virtualWOMEX members.







Recordings: What's New? What's Available?

Recordings old and new in a searchable database. Here too you post and access MP3s, photos, and videos.







Events: What's Happening Where?

Concert, festival, whatever, wherever... you can find it here. Travelling? Check to see who's performing at your destination city.







Tour Planner: For Agents and Bookers

One of the most valuable tools of virtualWOMEX 2.0, available for members only. Tour agents: Post your upcoming tours, list your confirmed and open dates and watch those offers roll in.
Bookers: Find out who is coming and what dates are free.







VirtualWOMEX 2.0 - Post it, Search it, Access it daily.

And nothing can be easier. Our intuitive templates are self-teaching and self-evident. You won't need a programming degree to use it.



virtualWOMEX 2.0 is everything you ever wanted to know about the world music community all in an easily searchable database.

The past is analog. The future is virtualWOMEX 2.0

• article submitted by: Alexander Vipach, piranha womex AG (expo)