Waves Vienna

Coming back from the Slovenian Music Week (STG) in its 2nd year, the festival once again managed to gather a variety of interesting guests from the European music industry.

The Waves Vienna organizers are happy to announce the two Waves Vienna guest countries for 2013. True to the motto East meets West, Waves Vienna welcomes Slovenia and Belgium as this year’s representatives of Eastern and Western Europe.

On Friday, the 8th of February 2013, a delegation of Austrian artists, record labels, festivals, agencies, managers, promoters, media and other music professionals heads to Ljubljana for a first networking and exchange visit.

They say that time flies when you’re having fun, and time has definitely flown by since the recent edition of Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference took place here in Vienna in October.

True to the motto “East Meets West”, the panel “Connecting CEE & Austria” on the 5th of October explored possibilities for better collaborations between the CEE countries and the Austrian music industry.

At the Waves Vienna Festival & Conference various issues of the music industry were explored. The debate on copyright was not only held on a factual, but also on a personal level.

When do you get the opportunity to introduce homegrown music to internationally renowned experts in the music world and immediately get their honest feedback?

One of the panels of the Waves Vienna Festival and Conference was devoted to an important issue in the music business: sync rights are not only relevant for agencies and studios, but also for music creators.

In the scope of the Waves Vienna Festival & Conference, not only the Polish music scene was put under the microscope. On Friday, October 5th, international music experts shared their opinions and expertise  on the French market. After a very detailed presentation … read more »

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