Midem 2012
NRJ Music Awards Red Carpet: stars as abundant as rain
Again this year, many stars had made the move to Cannes for the musical event of the year awarding the French and international favorite stars of the public in 2011. For the fourth consecutive time, Nikos Aliagas has had the privilege of presenting the event broadcasted live on TF1 and to host guests such as Miss France, a no more shy but Sh'arming Shy'm, Johnny Hallyday, Mylène Farmer, Nolwenn Leroy, David Guetta... and international stars like Shakira, Seal or Coldplay, LMFAO or Justin Bieber.
midem is reinventing itself
For its 46th edition, midem has been undergoing a makeover orchestrated by the music industry market's new director Bruno Crolot. "We're keeping the fundamentals, but we're aware of the need to widen our positioning to encompass a broader range." he explained. To adapt to the natural evolution in the music market, a number of innovations have been implemented to reach a larger ecosystem around music creation. midem, which this year ran from Saturday to Tuesday, brought together technology companies, advertising agencies and brands around artists and traditional music industry players, participants reaching to 6,900.
Managers, promoters, labels, brands, labels, publishers, established artists, and independent bands all met at Midem to dialogue and share ideas. Visionary Monday provided Midem delegates with access to a host of forward thinkers for a day of high-octane conferences by industry experts, discussions, presentations and data exchange focussing on audience engagement. midem 2012 has welcomed 30 developers, hackers and creative designers from around the world for 48 hours to design a new generation of music applications. Tech companies, startups and app developers have showcased their latest technology and global technology players find all new business partnerships and exciting opportunities on how to engage audiences with music.
"2012 is the year of change for midem," concluded midem Director Bruno Crolot. "It's been a challenge, but by completely rethinking the event, redoubling our efforts to attract tech companies and brands to Cannes and putting music and artists at the heart of midem, we have seen the hard work rewarded."
With regard to live music, without permission to take pictures during concerts at the Palm Beach venue, we have not treated the first midem festival. However, we offer pictures of singers and groups taken during photo-calls as well as reports on the Made in Taiwan Night with MayDay, the most popular group in Asia and the Classical Night with exceptional artists including trumpeter Alison Balsom.
French Culture minister launches national music centre
Opening midem for the third year in succession, the french minister of culture and communication brought together representatives from the various French music professional bodies to attend the launch of the Centre National de la Musique. In the afternoon, at the Majestic Hotel, Frederic Mitterand awarded French culture medals Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres to Shakira and producer Françoise Canneti, and Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres to Patricia Kass...
midem’s Made in Taiwan Night
This year midem’s key music event, “Made in Taiwan” showcase, highlighted the Chinese Pop and Rock Music. Three band/artists performed during the Made in Taiwan Night: Matzka, an alternative rock band combining reggae, jazz, folk and rap with the soul of native Taiwanese music. Yen-J, an up-and coming pop and music idol artist, with multiple and versatile music styles. Mayday, a leading pop-rock band with immense popularity in the Chinese Music World. It was won numerous awards throughout Asia.
Classical Night at midem
midem offered a somptuous Classical Night on Monday 30 January in the Mediterranean Hall of JW Marriott Hotel in Cannes. The gala evening featured world-renowned UK artists: Alison Balsom (trumpet), Behzod Abduraimov (piano), Mari Samuelsen (violin) and Hâkon Samuelsen (cello) accompanied by the ORCPACA Orchestra conducted by Philippe Bender (Gala organised by midem in partnership with the project management agency Harrison Parrott)
Artists at midem
Numerous confirmed or emerging artists came to midem for promotion and to break news. Patricia kaas, announced her show/record «Kaas chante Piaf», Anggun received her Gold record... many other came to perform at the first midem Festival, and others to share their experience of success with other artists...
Tonara: music that listens to you
Tonara is the first interactive application of music sheet in the world and aims to become the iTunes of the music scores. It really listens to musicians and helps them learn, rehearse, and perform live. When the "Tonara Magic" is on, it shows the musician, while playing, its exact position on the score and it automatically turns the pages, just at the right moment. The software is flexible enough to continue to follow the interpretation.
The first "Daily Deals" site dedicated to MP3 downloading
Pioneering and unique in the world, MP3TopDeals is the first website that invents group purchases of digital music. The Groupon-like site is entirely dedicated to online music legal downloads. Every day, members discover a new offer that comes in the form of an exclusive compilation, custom made for the Web surfers. All genres are represented, for all tastes and all ages. With discounts up to 80% per title, compared to prices recorded on single title download services.
Ideal routes to a sustainable music career
German artist, DJ and producer Paul van Dyk, head of Paul van Dyk GmbH/VANDIT Records, was on stage with American cellist Zoë Keating to discuss how artists can take advantage of numerous digital opportunities and channels to directly connect and engage with their fans, market their brand and generate new revenue streams. During the panel, Zoe Keating and Paul van Dyk shared their experiences and gave tips for a sustainable musical career and earn a decent living out of it.
Midemlab 2012 Results
The 2012 midemlab pitching competition honoured startups and apps developers offering the most innovative solutions that help music and digital executives, artists and brands to reach and engage with audiences. 2012 finalists have been nominated through a call for entry by the selecting partners Music Ally & bluenove. In the Innovation Factory, they pitched their business model to a jury comprising of potential business partners, leading investment firms, influential media & winners from previous editions.