Hey Music Mag - Issue 5 - April 2019

Andreea and Ben
INCUBATING
INCLUSIVITY
This year’s International Music Summit in Ibiza will be cocurated
by the leading female empowerment organisation in
the music industry, shesaid.so.
The partnership is designed to help break down gender
stereotypes whilst promoting the profile of women making an
impact in the industry. IMS and shesaid.so will work together
towards gender parity at IMS Ibiza, which takes place 22 –
24 May, at the island’s Hard Rock Hotel.
“We can’t hide that IMS was created originally by six white
males, but we can change everything else around us to
promote the best in the industry from across professions,”
said IMS co-founder Ben Turner. “I hope we can encourage
more women to speak, attend, perform and help shape the
industry they love.”
This is the third year IMS has partnered with shesaid.so but
it’s the first time the organisation has been invited to co-host
the programme.
Founder of shesaid.so, Andreea Magdalina said: “This
gives us a greater opportunity to create more visibility for
women and other marginalized communities in electronic
music and beyond at one of the most forward-thinking music
conferences in the business.”
There’s a 50% discount for all shesaid.so members
attending the summit for the first time. Delegates can
experience inspiring keynote speeches and workshops, plus
powerful networking sessions.
Nicole Moudaber, Anna Tur, Charlotte de Witte, Ida
Engberg and Sophie are amongst the female DJs playing at
the summit finale, at Dalt Villa, in Ibiza Old Town, on 24 May.
(Read Ben Turner’s journey through music on page 52.)
HEADING
UPSTREAM
Almost $10 billion of music
revenue in the US comes
from streaming. That’s the
findings of the Recording
Industry Association of
America’s Year-End Music
Industry Revenue Report
2018, which claims that
streaming makes up 75% of
music revenue in the US. The
figure is a 12% increase on
the previous year.
It means subscriptions to
paid services like Spotify,
Apple Music and Tidal are all
up, but so too are vinyl sales,
which now account for one
third of all physical sales.
VOCAL OUTING
The king of Sandidisco,
Prins Thomas is
back in April with new
record Ambitions. It’s the
Norwegian producer’s sixth
album and features a track
called Feel The Love, with
his own vocals on for the
first time ever. “It gathers
up loose ideas sketched
down on my computer or
hummed into my handheld
recorder in the last two
years,” said Thomas.
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