Midem and Nyege Nyege to shine a ‘Spotlight on East Africa’
One of the best steps forward for the Midem industry conference in recent years has been its expanded focus on Africa: not just booking a few speakers, but running events there and programming day-long strands at its flagship Cannes event.
Now Midem is building on that with a partnership with Ugandan music festival Nyege Nyege. It includes a two-day ‘Spotlight on East Africa’ event with sessions to be made available through Midem’s digital platform.
Midem says that speakers from telcos, collecting societies, labels, publishers, artists and managers, journalists and industry bodies will be taking part, although the programme has yet to be announced.
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Music Tectonics conference goes virtual in October
Last year’s Music Tectonics conference in Los Angeles was a welcome addition to the industry calendar, and it’s returning for its second year on 28-28 October.
As with other conferences, the event will be online, with the promise of “highly interactive small-group and one-on-one networking” and exhibitor/demo rooms, along with panels and keynotes.
Among the confirmed speakers so far: WMG’s Scott Cohen, Water & Music’s Cherie Hu, Roblox’s Jon Vlassopulos, Panache Ventures’ David Dufresne, and Feed·fm’s Lauren Pufpaf.
Tickets will cost $59, with a ‘VIP’ option for $300, and AdRev, Linkfire and Super Hi-Fi are signed up as sponsors. Find out more at the Music Tectonics website.
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Defected Records and Heineken get ready for a football party
The Covid-elongated European football season isn’t over just yet: the next three weeks will see the Champions League and Europa League tournaments play out their remaining rounds.
Now one of football body UEFA’s key sponsorship partners Heineken has teamed up with dance label Defected Records to soundtrack the rejigged tournaments.
They’ll be holding an eight-hour livestream called ‘The Kick Off’ this Sunday (9 August) featuring eight DJs broadcasting from their homes or special locations. Bob Sinclar (one of our go-to cheer-up livestreamers during the early weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown) is one of the DJs, alongside Idris Elba, Purple Disco Machine, Low Steppa, Melvo Baptise, Aline Rocha, Ferreck Dawn and DJ Monki.
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Amazon Music goes deep on catalogue: starts with Bob Marley
Amazon Music has announced a new initiative called [Re]Discover, which it says will focus on digging into artists’ back catalogues.
It’s kicking off with Bob Marley this month: there’s a [Re]Discover branded playlist drawn from his entire career, but also the launch of an ‘Official Bob Marley Store’ on Amazon’s main shopping service, bringing together music streams, downloads and physical editions, as well as merchandise.
However, there’s more to [Re]Discover than just Bob Marley: Amazon Music says that the first Tuesday of every month will see it pick a new ‘artist of the month’ for the initiative, as well as launching new playlists for others.
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SoundGym launches ‘a gym for the ears’ of musicians
A startup called SoundGym has launched a service called ToneGym, which it describes as “a new ear-training web application that uses deep gamification and deliberate practice methods to help musicians train, learn, improve skills, and unleash their full potential”.
Or, if you want the soundbite: “A gym for the ears”.
The web-based service will offer daily exercises, lessons on music theory, social features to connect with other musicians, and analytics to help track their progress.
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