Berlin Music Week – second issue

Next issue of Berlin Music Week (BMW) will take place 7-11. September 2011. Again, according it’s latest press release, it will cluster various events and partners like the Berlin Music Commission, all2gethernow (DIY conference), Berlin Club Commission, Popkomm and the Berlin Festival (open air at Tempelhof airfield). First proof of a common momentum is the…

Some latest news on all2gethernow (a2n)

that’ll take place between September 6th to 11th as part of the Berlin Music Week. a2n offers around 120 sessions, +200 speakers, on 6 days, in 7 thematic tracks on new strategies in music business and music culture. Organizers of a2n target of being seen the ‘renowned meeting point for the international music scene’ as…

Berlin Music Week poll proves conference beats them all

Few weeks before Berlin Music Week, German b2b music magazine Musikwoche published a poll on what attracts business professionals to the event, note as it’s a German media, it only reflects a as is known very critical opinion of the national industry towards Popkomm / Berlin Music Week. Surprisingly the conference/barcamp all2gethernow a2n and the…

Popkomm conference past to present

I’m a little frustrated… I was researching if and which evolution leading topics of Popkomm conferences did take. 
But I couldn’t find many programs of previous Popkomm conferences online. Unfortunately they do not offer an archive on the Popkomm website. If anyone still has the pdfs of the older conferences from 2004-2007, I’d be glad…

curating the cluster, Berlin Music Week – kick off press conference

The top two fashioned words of the season, at least when it comes to marketing events for the creative industries, are ‘to curate’ and ‘cluster’. Berlin Music Week held their initial press conference today. The illustrious panel was completed by Harald Wolf, Senator for economics/technology, Moritz van Dülmen / managing director Kulturprojekte Berlin (the public…

a2n – first speakers and topics

I was at a meeting with the organizers of a2n yesterday when they reported about their trip to SxSW, their engagement with the Berlin Music Week and headlines of the 2010 edition were revealed. At SxSW a2n was busy in both acquiring speakers, defining head topics as well as getting a foot in the door…