[FA Worldmusic] Friday world music sessions at APAP

[Dmitri Vietze]

The only official World Music Coalition events happening at Arts Presenters in
NYC is this Friday. No registration or badge required. Just show up. See below
for full details.

And to whet your appetite for the panelist-less session I am running ("Digital
Explosion and Live Performance: Strategies for Linking World Music Tours,
Records, and Fans in the New Economy "), people with expertise on the
following will be in the house:

performing arts centers/venues using MySpace, blogs, YouTube, etc.
MP3s for concert promotion
world music ring tones
linking world music community with club scene using remixes, etc.
Internet radio
MP3 sales sites
brick and mortar retail
using the Internet to level the playing field
the upcoming FCC radio license window
world music media outlets using podcasting
media outlets teaming up on showcases
and more

So be there if you can!

===> D!

World Music Panels at APAP
Friday January 19, 2007

9:00am - 12:30pm & 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Sutton Parlour Center/Hilton Hotel



A series of thematic exchanges intended to spark interactive dialogue on some
of the current issues facing the world music community and performing arts
presenters. Sponsored by the North American World Music Coalition (NAWMC) with
the Summer Festival Presenters Group (afternoon session only).



Context and Connection: Much More than the Music


9:00am - 9:30am

(Brown bag breakfast reception - bring your own coffee and roll)



Welcome

Ian Menzies/Board President, North American World Music Coalition


Introductory remarks

Presenting World Music in the Global Village: On Stage, On Air, and Beyond

Sean Barlow/Afropop Worldwide



9:30am - 10:55am



        Building Community: From Local to Global



How are presenters doing more than presenting performances? How are NGO's and
community-based organizations using arts presenting as a tool for building
social cohesion?  We'll look at some interesting models and creative
approaches to using music as a platform for social change and community
development on the local, regional, national, and global levels. While
attendees are encouraged to share their own approaches to community-building,
we will start the dialogue by hearing examples from the following:



Ismael Ahmed/Executive Director, Arab Community Center for Education & Social
Services (ACCESS): Dearborn, MI

Nico Daswani/Program Director, Sacred Music Festival: Los Angeles, CA

Susan Koscis/Director of Communications, Search for Common Ground: Washington,
DC

Zeyba Rahman/Producer, Jungli Billi Productions: New York, NY

Sabrina Sadeghi/author, World Music Festivals: Instrumentalizing the Arts for
Peacebuilding and Diplomacy: Brooklyn, NY

Kyoko Yoshida/Director, US-Japan Cultural Trade Network (CTN) of Arts Midwest:
San Francisco, CA



Facilitated by Marco Werman/Producer and Journalist, Public Radio
International's The World





10:55am - 11:05am Break



11:05am - 12:30pm



Digital Explosion and Live Performance: Strategies for Linking World Music
Tours, Records, and Fans in the New Economy



When the popularity of illegal downloads emerged a few years ago, there were
articles about the end of the music industry. Yet music has not only survived,
it has thrived with the emergence of download sharing, free blogs, and social
networking sites, though the financial model is still not clear. Many asked
"What will the new model be?" The answer is there is no single model. We must
all pursue several paths simultaneously to reach increasingly dispersed niche
audiences. This open discussion brings together world music presenters,
agents, artists, and record labels about how they are using new technologies
to reach their audiences and fans in new ways.



Facilitated by Dmitri Vietze/rock paper scissors publicity: Bloomington, IN



12:30pm - 4:00pm Other conference activity



4:00pm - 5:30pm



Setting Cultural Context: Maximizing Opportunities for Community Awareness
(with the Summer Festival Presenters)



Does providing cultural context make a difference? This session for
presenters, agents, managers, artists, scholars and others will explore the
issues involved in setting cultural context. What are the resources available
to your community, how do you identify them, are there models out there that
might serve as guidelines and stimulate new activity in this arena? Join us as
we brainstorm ways to think out of the box in setting cultural context.
Together we can explore ways to further enrich the lives of our communities,
audiences and our selves.



Sarah Morelli/Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology, Lamont School of
Music/University of Denver: Denver, CO

Andy Palacio/Garifuna Musician: Belize

Baraka Sele/Assistant Vice-President for Programming, New Jersey Performing
Arts Center (NJPAC): Newark, NJ

Michael Stone/Executive Director, Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton
University: Princeton, NJ



Facilitated by Rachel Cooper/Director, Cultural Programs and Performing, Asia
Society: New York, NY