Open House: New Music Markets and Artist Development Across Language barriers
- Music Norway
- Starts at 13.00
- Price: Free of charge!
Music Norway and Oslo World collaborate on an open house event, where experienced speakers will share their knowledge about trends and developments in rapidly growing new music markeds. Learn about new international opportunities that exist for artists based in Norway, get an overview of the freshest developments, both in streaming and the live market. The event is suitable for people working in the music industry and artists who want to see beyond the traditional music market. After the talks there will be time for mingling and snacks with Norwegian and International delegates.
Overview of SWANA Music Sector and Regional Export Opportunities
The South West Asia/North Africa region is bubbling with new musical geographies awaiting to be discovered. The next generation of regional artists are creating fresh music in vivid resonance with their times, from popular shaabi and electro tarab to Arabic hip hop and gnawa big beats. In parallel, the scenes and sounds have been developing with music festivals, venues and international collaborations increasing in recent years. It is this range of artistic expression and sense of possibilities that Nabil Canaan will share during this talk. It will provide an overview of the sub-regions – Maghreb, Levant, Gulf – to give an idea of the main characteristics, cultural actors, touring opportunities, political context and impact of regional tensions on the arts scene.
Presenter: Nabil Canaan - director Station Beirut, producer Shuruq Music, program lead Masar Music
Breaking Artists in an International Market without language barriers
Devin Landau is a founding partner of the Los Angeles based TBA Agency. The agency specializes in building long-term careers, bringing artists that might be considered niche to a global audience and boasts a remarkably diverse roster of artists, counting artists such as Ana Tijoux, Big Thief, Sleaford Mods and Todd Terje. He will share his experiences from years of artist development across language barriers.
Presenter: Devin Landau - founding partner and agent at TBA Agency
Sub-Saharan African markets and Beyond
Sevi Spanoudi is the founder and CEO of South African artist management and music production company Black Major. Black Major is unique in the South African music landscape – an accomplished, thoroughly professional music agency, rooted in African context, and nurturing and developing the careers of a wide range of local artists, but with a focused global outlook. Black Major is positioned left of centre, with a young and extremely vibrant team who like to get their hands dirty. They’re growing rapidly and want to see African music continue to step out of the shadows and take its rightful place at the forefront of the global music scene. Sevi Spanaudi shares her experiences from breaking artists into the Sub-Saharan African Markets and beyond.
Presenter: Sevi Spanoudi - founder & CEO, Black Major
At the end of the talks there will be time for mingling and snacks with Norwegian and International delegates.
