RSJ (ROCK STREET JOURNAL) IN ASSOCIATION WITH RIKSKONSERTENE - CONCERTS NORWAY & ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY PRESENTS IMW FOCUS GROUP SESSIONS AS PART OF “INDIA MUSIC WEEK’ BETWEEN 12TH TO 20TH DECEMBER, 2014
New Delhi, December 9, 2014: RSJ presents, a series of mini conferences called IMW Focus Group Sessions that aims to create a dialogue with musicians & other aspirants in music business today. Explaining the idea, Anirban Chakraborty aka BaNN, Director, RSJ said, “We felt it was time to reach out directly to individuals that need real support. We want to create an informal vibe where people can feel free to talk, learn and collaborate thus help affect change at an individual level as well as corporate. ”
These sessions are open to musicians and aspirants in music business from content creators to photographers/filmmakers, designers, painters, production start-ups, managers, booking agents and anyone who wants to connect with the music scene!
Concert Norway spokesperson said, “In the past years, the field of music in India and in the world has changed immensely. It seems more important than ever to create meeting places where musicians, branch aspirants and audiences get exposed to each other’s experiences, ideas and expressions. IMW Focus Group Sessions will aim at preparing ground for a new kind of business & creating nearness and understand among people”.
A panel of experts are also joining these sessions in different cities:Miti Adhikari, a reknowned music producer and recording engineer who joined BBC in 1978 has recorded everyone from Nirvana, Madonna, Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Coldplay, Sting & Pink Floyd.Samantha Adhikariwho has also worked in BBC for 30 years as a Concert Producer working with artists such as Coldplay, Oasis, Damon Albarn and Radiohead. Sameer Pitalwala, CEO, Culture Machine, will present a master-class on youtube and explain various ways of harnessing the best on internet.Sneha Khanwalkar, a reknowned Composer& Music Director in Bollywoodwill be joining in to talk about relevance of creativity and sound in mainstream business, the mutli-facetedAnkur Tewari(Screen Writer, Composer, Lyricist), Arjun S. Ravi, Co-Founder NH7, Dhruv Jagasia(Manager, Indian Ocean/Midival Punditz),Tarsame Mittal(Talent Management), Gaurav Vaz(Manager, Raghu Dixit Project)and many others will also be joining in.
The sessions will be held in the day between 11:00 to 16:00 hrs followed by a showcase performances in the evening from 21:00 hrs at the respective venues. Anyone can participate by registering online at register.indiamusicweek.com
Shillong: 12th December, TALENTS CLUB12PM ONWARDS
Kolkata: 14th December, THE ASTOR3PM ONWARDS
Delhi: 18th December antiSOCIAL, HAUZ KHAS VILLAGE11AM ONWARDS
Bangalore: 20th December CHURCH STREET SOCIAL2PM ONWARDS
Panel of Experts
SAMEER PITALWALA: Culture Machine (For Shillong, Kolkata, Delhi & Bangalore)
SNEHA KHANWALKAR: Composer, Music Director (Bangalore)
MALVIKA NANDA: Big Beat (Bangalore)
TARASME MITTAL: Manager,Arijit Singh, Agnee (Bangalore)
SAHIL MAKHIJA,: Guitar Player/Producer Demonic Resurrection (Shillong)
ANKUR TEWARI: Composer, Screen Writer (For New Delhi)
DHRUV JAGASIA: Manager INDIAN OCEAN & MIDIVAL PUNDITZ(For DELHI)
GAURAV VAZ: Manager RAGHU DIXIT PROJECT(For DELHI)
MITI ADHIKARI:, Recording Engineer and Music Producer(Ex-BBC)ForKOLKATA & SHILLONG
SAMANTHA ADHIKARI: Concert Producer(Ex-BBC) ForKOLKATA & SHILLONG
NEEL ADHIKARI: Composer, Producer/Neel & The LightBulbs
ARTISTS PERFROMING AT IMW FOCUS GROUP SESSIONS 2014
DOSSER'S URGE: SHILLONG, TALENTS CLUB
SUPERFUZZ, SANDIP SAMADDAR & GULAM FAKIR: KOLKATA, THE ASTOR
NUCLEYA : NEW DELHI, antiSOCIAL, HAUZ KHAS VILLAGE
BIG DEAL, SMOKEY, BIJJU AKA Lil B, DJ PANIC aka PRASHANTH: BANGALORE, CHURCH STREET SOCIAL
The IMW Focus Group Sessions are the preliminary discussions that are held as a precursor to the India Music Week Main Conference, aimed toward bringing together all personnel from the Indian independent music community and other aspirants in music business in an effort to encourage a valuable collaboration of minds.The first two editions of the Focus Group Sessions were conducted in Delhi, inviting artists, managers, photographers, writers, event organisers, venue owners and many more from the music scene to experience open interaction and idea sharing; including names such as musician/artist manager Subir Malik, ex-Them Clones guitarist Gucci Singh, musician/gig organiser Rohan Kulshreshtha, and more.
The Focus Group’s primary objective is to bring together any and all aspirants in music business to a common and friendly platform, in effect creating a strong sense of community with an inclusive intent to instigate productive dialogue!
For further details, please contact:
Anuj Kumar Boruah/ Ayonava Bagchi
Young Monk Communications
+91 99583 72662 / 9818774606
Warm Regards,
Anuj Kumar Boruah
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