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Tencent Talk China at Music Matters
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Tencent Music Entertainment Group Talks China at Music Matters

Music industry leaders from Asia and rest of the world converged in one of the region’s most exciting music conference and festival All That Matters to discuss some of the most exciting issues before wrapping up the year 2017. While some of us may think about how we can promote our own music, movers and shakers from the music industry have come together to join the 5-day music festival and 3-day conference held in the heart of the financial city of Singapore. Held at Ritz Carlton Millenia, the conference wraps…

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Gateway to Taiwan Talk at Music Matters
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How can an artist break into Taiwan? #Matters17 #ATM17

Panelists include Jesse Liu – GM of ICON Promotions, Daphne Lee – President myMusic and Taiwan Mobile, Elvis Lin – DJ & Music Critic and Kenney Shiu – Director of Asia Pacific for Kobalt Music Group. Taiwan has been leading a healthy music scene for the last decade and with the upcoming music scene in China, it has taken a gatekeeper…

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Slot Machine believes that their international acclaim has to do with all the commitment, hard work and team work.
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Slot Machine: We Came From The Alternative Rock Scene

While many of the artists in the region contemplate the direction of their musical careers oblivious to the economics of the music industry, some have already forged their way forward blurring distractions on the way with only one focus in mind. For the last 15 years, Slot Machine has been on the precipice of the Thai music industry. While they…

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Image courtesy of BestivalBali.com
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UK Festival Bestival Debuts In Bali

When we think that knowledge can be an infinite conquest through life, we are also seeing the never ending story to some of the festival spirits that started in good old England. While some of us may have already seen the mud and rain, the tents dripping with humidity, the Sainsbury vodkas, from Amy Winehouse on stage alongside My Bloody…

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2017 speaker ATM Music Matters
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The Coca Cola Company to Speak at Music Matters 2017

MNA’s editor has picked some of the hottest speakers attending Music Matters and predicts some of the topics coming to Singapore this September. Music Matters have a lot to cover at its conference this September. As always it has invited some of the most celebrated speakers from all walks of life in the corporate world to debate and discuss some…

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Music China Shanghai 2017
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Music China Expo Expands Its 16th Edition

With over 90% of booth space already booked, Music China, a prominent music trade event, is set to take place from 11 – 14 October 2017 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. China’s 13th Five-Year Plan (2016 – 2020) has positioned the cultural industry as one of the key pillars of the national economy and highlighted the importance of…

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Midem to host Chinese contingent
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China’s Music Executives to Speak at Midem 2017

Topics pressurizing China music industry to date include copyrights, its media strategy and how its giant music providers are playing a part in promoting #antipiracy #music subscription – all part of a working successful model in China and its surrounding region. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSBN2JiVyAo ‘The Roadmap to China’ panel taking place at the Worldwide Village will be discussing opportunities for international right-owners…

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Viral Fest Asia's second edition was held in Bali, 2016 saw over 8,000 fans
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Rise of Asia Forum to host Tudou, Alibaba Digital Media & Business Group

Rise of Asia Forum is returning as part of Viral Fest Asia’s programme that will be discussing some of the most vital challenges and issues faced in Asia’s content and e-commerce market. The forum sees a by-invite only list of top executives attendees before the start of Viral Fest Asia’s two-day concert that will be seeing top viral artists such…

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Malaysia's Competitive Advantage from the Perspective of Venture Capitalists at Echelon e27 Malaysia
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Do You Want More Investment for Your Music Startups?

At the recent Echelon Malaysia hosted by e27, a panel consisting of Venture Capitalists from Golden Gate Ventures, KK Fund, Captii Ventures and Gobi VC got together to discuss their perspective on the competitive advantage of a Malaysian startup. In recent years, technology is catching up fast in all active markets in Asia. With a burgeoning scene involving creative programmers,…

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Daito Manabe. Photo courtesy of Sonar Hong Kong
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Daito Manabe On Creativity As A Digital Artist

Calling Daito Manabe a DJ may just be one of the most modest things we could ever describe a digital artists. Hailed as the world’s most renowned contemporary digital artists of our time, Daito Manabe’s recent performance with nosaj thing at Sónar in Hong Kong has not only captured the abstract beats and emotive melodies of the two performers, but…

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