A whole new way of experiencing the world through sound has been created since the introduction of Thomas Edison’s phonograph in 1877. Ever since the music industry has been developing on a fast paste from sheet to recorded music and from live performances to online streams. In the early 2000s, the music industry underwent a drastic shift with the advent of the Internet and the widely spread digital consumption and distribution of recorded music.
Music Moving Youth is a training course aimed at young people, artists and music lovers who wish to start their careers in the music industry. The training will give an overview of the state of the art, and provide an understanding of how copyrights, intellectual property and recorded music are distributed and how artists are marketed.
Participants in the training course will raise skills and competences to become cultural entrepreneurs and to be able to manage, promote and kick-start their musical endeavours.
The specific objectives of the training course are:
- To get acquainted with how the music industry functions in the digital era and what is the state of the art of the terms of production, consumption and distribution
- To learn of ways to promote, manage and market musical products
- To shed light on the interlances among music, social inclusion and sustainability
- To raise skills and competences to kick-start careers in the music industry and earn revenue
- To get acquainted with various programmes and funds for the cultural and creative sectors
Duration: 23 – 29 April 2023
Infopack is available here.
Registration for Bulgarian participants
Countries: Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Romania
Participants: 2 to 4 youth workers/emerging artists from 5 European countries (no age limit)
The project is funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme.
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