WOMEX 11 Guide

The WOMEX RoadshowMixedWorldMusic.com• Up-to-date concerts & festival guide• News, features & interviews• Lots of cd reviews• Cd of the week: audio on home page• Extensive newsletter each Thursdayto thousands of subscribersMixed Media LoungeWe provide a complete concept with• Live interviews by MWM-reporters• Acoustic performances in intimate settingMixed Specials• Collaboration with Radio 6 world channelInterested in our effective online campaigns? Please contact us.www.MixedWorldMusic.cominfo@mixedworldmusic.com+31 (0)20 6755308Elda Dorren (editor in chief)Erk Willemsen (publisher, sales)Ronald Willemsen (sales)It’s been another busy year for WOMEX projects andexisting collaborations, both big and small. In total,the WOMEX Roadshow has included over 30 eventsin more than 20 countries since the last WOMEXedition. Here’s a selective report:No ‘dolce far niente’ for us in Italy, we travelled to MEIin Faenza to offer our insight on how to make the mostof WOMEX. At the Australasian World Music Expo inMelbourne, Australia, we contributed our know-howto a panel on touring and marketing in Europe. Thenat Feira Música Brasil in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, wepresented our own event in a panel on internationalmusic markets. We were invited to discuss the currentchallenges of the music industry, with a particularfocus on the relationship between the East Africanand Western markets, at Kenya Music Week in Nairobi.In Guadeloupe, we participated in an encounterbetween local artists/professionals and internationalexperts, hosted by the REPRIZ Centre of TraditionalMusic and Dance to shed light on how to break theEuropean market. For the fifth year, we helped withthe international programming and marketing forPorto Musical, the music and technology conferenceand festival in Recife, Brazil. Our most southerndestination, Sounds Aotearoa in New Plymouth, NewZealand, had us talking about the specifications of theEuropean live market. For the third time, SXSW inAustin, USA, asked us to curate a world music night,which attracted a large party crowd to the venue.During the first Indian Ocean Music Market, takingplace on Reunion Island within the framework of theACP Music Festivals Network project, we shared ourexperiences with artists and professionals from theregion on how to best prepare for a professional musicmarket, and also chipped in our knowledge aboutthe Internet as a free promotional tool for the musicbusiness. At a panel on international music markets,held during Circulart2011 in Medellín, Colombia,we explained how music professionals can benefitfrom WOMEX. Plus, throughout the whole year, weexplored potential future WOMEX host cities – andtheir local habits.Pasifika Festival, AucklandCentre REPRIZ, GuadeloupeKenya Music Week, NairobiIndian Ocean Music Market, La RéunionExploring Dublinp r o j e c t s WomeX Roadshow79