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Author: musicdish

Music Matters – A Window Into The Asian Music Market

Posted by | Aug 5, 2009 | |

I’ve been a regular to several of the major worldwide music conferences over the years, from MIDEM (Cannes) and Popkomm (Berlin) to Canadian Music Week (Toronto). These have not only been a great opportunity to meet and do business with companies in major Western markets, but to also gain a true perspective on the challenges and opportunities specific to those markets. So, it was with quite some excitement that I made my way to Hong Kong for my first trip to Asia, and the 4th edition of Music Matters at the Grand Hyatt from June 2-4.

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Industry Spotlight: Christine Wang

Posted by | Aug 5, 2009 | |

During my recent trip to China for the Music Matters conference in Hong Kong, I met up with Christine Wang in Beijing. Ms. Wang started in the music business as a MusicDish intern in 2007 and went on to rise up the music ranks to Supervisor of International Marketing Department at Sony Music Entertainment China. Her insights and experiences gained working Sony’s international roster in China should be of interest to anyone considering breaking into its music market. (see also Music Matters – A Window Into The Asian Music Market)

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Neon Trees Article

Posted by | Jul 30, 2009 | |

I had never heard of the Neon Trees up until about a month ago. Judging a battle of the bands, the panel gets to know one another and of course the subject of music is vital in an atmosphere of this nature. After giving this judge a hard time about his horrible taste in music, he challenged me to check out Neon Trees at Cinespace in Hollywood, California. I accepted his challenge. I’ve heard some of their newly recorded songs and was impressed, but was not sure if they could pull off the performance portion of the job.

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