Berlin, Germany - The names and topics of the conferences that will be helt
at WOMEX 2004 have been announced. WOMEX is the largest annual world music
conference. It will take place August 27 - 31 of 2004 in Essen, Germany.
Berlin, Germany - The names and topics of the conferences that will be helt
at WOMEX 2004 have been announced. WOMEX is the largest annual world music
conference. It will take place August 27 - 31 of 2004 in Essen, Germany.
This year's speakers & topics:
- Adlington, Jenny (UK): Professional Development for Artists - A session
aimed at artists and delegates interested in developing their acts in Europe -
Workshop. w/ Gillett, Jody (UK)
- Blenkinsop, Christopher (Germany): Micro Labels for Dummies - How to start (and keep) your own micro label
- Carthy, Eliza (UK): Folk Music as World Music - Why folk music has a rightful place in world music events. w/ Rigby, Ros (UK)
- Chanderia, Sarah (Norway): We are the World - Promoting & protecting your music internationally - Workshop
- Courbis, Alain (Reunion-France): Presentation of IOFA (Indian Ocean Festival Association) - How to exchange knowledge and help artists' circulation from South to South and South to North. w/ Chiorboli, Dan (Italy/South Africa) and Mahmoud, Yusuf (UK/Zanzibar)
- FREEMUSE / Seligman, Gerald (USA): September 12th - America restricts Freedom of Musical Expression. Presentation of Freemuse report on the post-9/11 chill on music and musicians both domestic and international
- FREEMUSE / Yurdatapan, Sanar (Turkey): Meet the Banned! Music censorship in Turkey. w/ Tunç, Ferhat (Turkey)
- Gibson, Sandra (USA): Making your Way in the U.S.A. - How to tour successfully in the U.S. market
- Glélé, Emile (Benin/France): Pushing back Piracy in Developing Countries - Enforcement of copyright for market opportunities
- Herson, Ben (USA): African Underground - Exploring African/Global hiphop culture
- Hillestad, Erik (Norway): Lullabies from the Axis of Evil - The making of musical bridges across enemy lines
- Imai, Atsushi (Japan): Promoting an Event or Artist via Broadband Media -Sony presents World Event Village to provide a solution
- Jenner, Peter (UK): World Musicians need Paying too - Get collection societies working for the developing world!
- Kühling, Jochen (Germany): Establishing Turkish (Oriental) music
repertoire in Europe
- Moonsammy, Roshnie V. (South Africa): 10 Years of South African Democracy
- The Cultural Challenge - International projects within the performing arts
- Morales, Martin (UK): Adventures in Clubland - The internationalization of world music club culture
- Myazina, Nataliya (Russia): Siberian Culture across Borders - Multimedia presentation. Illustrated by a live presentation of Alash (Russia/Tuva)
- Powell, Brad (USA): World Music Downloads - Reaching a global market and competing with piracy
- Roemert, René (Germany): Stubnitz 1001+1 - European art-space ship goes Orient
- Sobrado, Patricio (Chile/Sweden): NOMAD - Entrance to No Man's Land - World music from the Nordic countries
- Spiess, Andreas (Germany): Publishing in World Music - New form of colonialism?
- Tidemann, Pete H. (USA/Zanzibar): Technological Production Tokenism
- Event production and music meaning in East Africa. w/ Baretto, Custodes (Tanzania)
- van der Meulen, Henk (Netherlands): New Models of Music/Film Distribution
- DVD: a future common product of record labels and TV broadcasters?
- Zollitsch, Robert (Germany/China): Culture, Kitsch and Pirate Copy -
An introduction to the music scene and market in China
BBC RADIO 3 AWARDS FOR WORLD MUSIC 2005
WOMEX exclusive voting for the fourth BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music is
to begin on Wed 1 Sep. Registered delegates of WOMEX and virtualWOMEX can cast
their votes for nominees until midnight on Fri 22 Oct. For the first
time all voting will be electronic only through
http://www.womex.com. For categories and past awards see
http://www.womex.com/special/realwomex/framwom20.html.
World Music Central
http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/2004081314292049