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SkyRoomLive offers Breathe Sunshine Engage live streaming
SkyRoomLive has announced that it will be live streaming the Breathe Sunshine Engage (BSE) Music Conference globally. Viewers will have access to the panel discussions and keynote addresses.
BSE takes place on Friday, 3 October, at The Market Theatre, Newtown. It’s a one-day event aimed at anyone wanting to learn more about the music industry and features some of SA’s best local acts alongside international heavyweights. You can either attend in person for R195, or you can log on to www.skyroomlive.com and watch it online.
Terry Weerasinghe, VP of Music Services at Beatport, will be flying in to chat about the boom in dance music worldwide and how Africa can tap into it. He’ll also cover how labels, artists and others can participate in building a global community that makes music available to a broader audience and deepens the relationship between artists and their fans.
Other interesting topics include “The management vacuum in the SA music industry” and “Taking SA house music global”.
Programme:
9am to 5.30pm running order:
- Keynote address – Gareth Cliff
- ‘On the Couch’ – Coda Music Agency (UK) and Australian electronic duo The Presets
- ‘On the Couch’ – HHP and Kahn Morbee (Parlotones)
- Panel discussion - Management vacuum in the SA music industry: Graeme Gilfillan, Nisa Global Entertainment; Zakes Bantwini, head of A&R Sony; Greg Walsh, MD of G&G Productions; Refiloe Ramogase, Dreamteam Management; Franie Kotze, Clear Entertainment; Raphael Benza, AKA Management; Amaru Da Costa, Soulistic
- Keynote address – Terry Weerasinghe
- Panel discussion - Taking SA house music global, presented by Soul Candi: DJ Zinhle (Kalawa Jazzmee) & Black Coffee, Soulistic; Nomndeni Mdakhi, Edits Communications; Allan Nicoll, Soul Candi; DJ Clock, AM-PM Productions; Kavir Magan, Pulse Radio; Jullian Gomes, Euphonik
View the full programme at www.breathesunshineconference.com.
Andre Le Roux, the MD of the SAMRO Foundation will open the conference and the MC is Mandla Maseko, owner of Black Eagle Records.
Tickets are available at www.breathesunshineconference.com/engage-tickets.
R195.00 - full-day ticket
R595.00 - combination ticket for Breathe Sunshine Engage and Vodacom In The City
