Call to Artists for Showcases & Songs for Salam Music Expo

Samex has been appointed by Bureau Export de la Musique Africaine (BEMA) as the Southern African curator of tracks for the African Music Compilation for Salam Music Expo.

Submissions are now open. Download the information (English PDF) … HERE

DEADLINE FOR CD COMPILATION SUBMISSIONS IS 15 MARCH 2012 

About the Compilation:

• 2000 CD’s to be produced & distributed by BEMA
• Made available to Media (Africa & Europe), International Music Expos (eg. Womex) as well as Festival Promoters.

About the Showcases:

Showcase submissions for the Salam Music Expo are also open now. Download the information (English PDF) … HERE

DEADLINE FOR SHOWCASE SUBMISSIONS IS 15 MARCH 2012 

International music exchange program for artists from 30 countries

One Beat is seeking adventurous musicians from an incredible diversity of traditions to seek common ground, creating new musical combinations, pushing the boundaries of music technology, and finding ways to involve all members of society in the process of musical creativity.
OneBeat is an international music exchange that celebrates musical collaboration and social engagement through innovative people-to-people diplomacy. In September 2012, 30 musicians from around the world will come together in the U.S. for four weeks to collaboratively write, produce, and perform original music, and develop ways that music can make a positive impact on our local and global communities.

All costs covered.

One BeatSM is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, administered by Bang on a Can’s Found Sound Nation. OneBeat builds on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s vision of “smart power” diplomacy. It embraces the use of a full range of diplomatic tools, including music, to bring people, especially youth, together for greater understanding.

Details and application here: http://1beat.org/

Artists from these countries can apply:

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Egypt, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam

Salam Music Expo 2012.

Crossroads of African music, Dakar will host the 3 to 5 May 2012 the Salam Music Expo, the show of African music. For 2 days, the exhibition will bring together hundreds of professional musicians from Senegal, West Africa and Europe. Program twenty concerts, professional meetings and workshops, stalls and exhibitions, award ceremonies. Salam The Music Expo will be accompanied by a promotional compilation that brings together a dozen unreleased tracks by artists from the continent.

Artists, managers, producers, publishers, broadcasters, media, music professionals, the Salam Music Expo is for you.

Download now the call for applications for showcases IN FRENCH HERE. We will post an English version up soon. The deadline for receipt of applications is March 15, 2012.

African Export Music Office
BP22161 Dakar Senegal
Villa No. 137 – Impôts et Domaines City – Patte D’oie Builders
Tel: 221 33 855 44 50
Cell: 221 77 708 58 54
salam@circulabema.com
www.circulabema.com