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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 the music industry’s development. Backed by the government’s initiatives and astounding purchasing power of Chinese consumers, the country’s demand and expenditure on musical instruments will continue to grow. According to…

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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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Drunken Tiger & Yoon Mi Rae from Seoul, South Korea
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Asian Artists to Perform at SXSW

SXSW has released its Music Bloggers Guide to SXSW 2017 exploring over 100+ exciting up-and-coming SXSW Showcasing Artists. On news closer to home, we’ve decided to filter this selection to artists from Asia and explores reasons why their music deserves to be on this Bloggers Guide. Korean Music at SXSW 2017 is taking precedence with an even larger list than…

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Sonar Hong Kong is Magnetic Asia's very first eletronic music festival
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5 Must-See Gigs at Sonar, Hong Kong (2/2)

Click here to return to the first page Heavily focused on tech, Sonar will be providing a platform not only for research centres but also tech companies, creative studios and labs around the world to showcase new products, prototypes, apps, tools and devices to interactive installations, musical instruments in ‘Expo’, Sónar+D, a fresh take on the traditional trade expo format. The…

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Sonar Hong Kong is Magnetic Asia's very first eletronic music festival
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5 Must-See at Sonar Hong Kong

In about two weeks, Hong Kong will see its first ever electronic music festival, conference, installations event organised by Magnetic Asia, the Hong Kong-based. One of Hong Kong’s most vital electronic artists, Choi Sai-ho will be performing at Magnetic Asia’s very first electronic music festival, Sonar. Already with a vast repertoire performing at local and international music festivals including Perform…

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Alleycats to perform at Rockaway organised by Livescape Group.
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Butterfingers Shares Stage with Alleycats at Rockaway

Rockaway – The Saga Continues… The tone has already been set for the second part of the festival to take place at the Extreme Park Bukit Jalil. Come 19 November, the rock festival will feature some of the strongest Rockaway line up yet including the long awaited Butterfingers, Third Eye Blind, Alleycats, Zainal Abidin, and more. Slated as one of…

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Jennie Sager to speak at Mumbrella's Entertainment Marketing Summit
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Head of Music Entertainment Twitter to Speak at Mumbrella Summit

Come November 10, Mumbrella’s Marketing Summit will play host to marketers from the industries including music, television, radio, film, publishing and the wider entertainment world together at The Chauvel in Sydney, Australia. Local and international brand owners including marketing experts will use this opportunity to connect and gain key insights to the trends and issues surrounding the region. Some of…

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