Top stakeholders to groom region’s musicians in pan-Asia project

NE INDIA MUSIC CONFERENCE IN COLLABORATION WITH NEC

GUWAHATI: Eastern Beats Music Society is organizing a first-of-its-kind “Northeast India Music Conference” from February 28-29 as part of the 4th Guwahati International Music Festival.

The Northeast India Music Conference will witness the participation of some of the biggest stakeholders of the global music industry who will provide mentorship to the musicians from the region who were selected through auditions at Dimapur, Shillong, Ukhrul and Aizawl in the last two months. State-level music auditions were held across the Northeast in a unique Pan-Asia music project, Rhythms and Aromas of Northeast India, which was held in collaboration with the North Eastern Council (NEC).

The Northeast India Music Conference, which is open for all musicians and those interested in understanding the music business, is expected to be a catalyst in developing the music ecosystem of the region. It is also expected to help musicians of the region understand the business part of music and the latest developments in the fields associated with the same, stated a release.

The speakers for the music conference include Tarsamme Mittal (artist & talent management expert), Akshay Kapoor and Aditya Ghosh from ‘Indian Music Diaries’ (digital music promotion channels), Anurag Tagat (music journalist) from ‘RollingStone India’, Roy Dipankar (music programmer and filmmaker), Ritnika Nayan from ‘CD Baby’ (music aggregator), Padmanabhan NS (head of artist and label marketing at ‘Spotify’), Vijay Basrur (founder of ‘OK Listen’), Shrinkhla Sahai (music journalist), Theja Meru (adviser, Task Force for Music and Arts, Government of Nagaland), Koushik Datta (musician and music promoter at ‘Muzikconnect Asia’), and others.

The ‘Eastern Beats Music Society’ will also be signing a few agreements with the participating organizations for speedy development of the region’s music industry. “We will be signing more than six MoUs with global giants of the music industry, like ‘RollingStone India’, ‘Spotify’, ‘CD Baby’, ‘Indian Music Diaries’ among others which will greatly benefits the musicians and stakeholders of the music industry of Assam and Northeast India,” said Eastern Beats Music Society founder secretary Aiyushman Dutta.

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