If you want to hone your songwriting or performance skills then you should drop into our next workshop which takes place on Thursday 9th May 6.00pm – 9.00pm at IMRO, Copyright House, Dublin 2, followed by a presentation of co-writes and other self-penned songs in the Wellington Pub, Lower Baggot Street.
Each workshop provides an opportunity to showcase songs that you have written, to discuss/explore the craft of songwriting, to co-write and to receive detailed feedback about your compositions. In addition, from time to time we have input from relevant specialists on topics of interest. Ideally, you should bring along your musical instrument but it is not essential
The workshop is facilitated by Tony Bardon (tonybardon.com) and Danai Kelleher, both of whom have extensive experience in running music workshops in Ireland and Europe, as a result of their involvement with EU-funded music projects.
Europe faces a wide spectrum of challenges in the years ahead, from climate change to youth unemployment. But Europe is also tasked with continuing to promote its culture and creativity, essential elements of European identity. GESAC, representing more than 1 million European creators from all artistic fields, strongly believes that one of the best ways in which European citizens can tackle such challenges themselves is to take control of their democratic right to vote.
GESAC and our members will therefore engage in the #ThisTimeImVoting campaign to get as many EU citizens as possible voting in the EU elections between 23-26 May. The campaign was initiated by the European Parliament and is supported by several organisations, in particular the European Movement International (EMI), of which GESAC is a member. EMI was organisation founded in the wake of WWII to bring about greater European integration and cooperation.
ThisTimeImVoting urges Europeans to vote and to encourage their friends to do likewise. More information on the campaign can be found here.
GESAC and its members recognise the fundamental role that the European Union plays in promoting the rights of creators. We were grateful to the MEPs who made the copyright reforms adopted earlier this year possible and we look forward to another five years of fruitful cooperation with the newly elected European Parliament.
GESAC groups 32 of the largest authors’ societies in the European Union, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. They defend and promote the rights of more than 1 million creators and rights holders in the areas of music, audiovisual works, visual arts, and literary and dramatic works.
Her Royal Highness, Empress Michiko (84) of Japan has taken the
lyrics to You Raise Me Up and translated them into a lyrical Japanese
setting in the foreword to a newly published book of Japanese poems.
The just-published collection from Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun Publishing, features poems by the Empress herself, along with works by major Japanese poets, Nagase Kiyoko (The ‘Great Mother’) of Japanese female poets, Takeuchi Taruyo, Shinkawa Kazue, Mado·Michio, recipient of the Hans Christian Award in pair with English translations by the Empress, who has composed several poems, including in the Waka (和歌, “Japanese poem”) tradition of poetry in classical Japanese
literature.
The Empress, who holds a degree in English Literature, has a keen interest in Irish culture is and apparently even speaks passable Irish.
You Raise Me Up in Japan
You Raise Me Up has enjoyed widespread success in Japan for a number
of artistes in both English and Japanese.
Japan’s, Olympic Figure Skating Gold Medallist, Shizuka Arakawa
skated to You Raise Me Up as her Gold Medal Exhibition performance at
the 2006, Winter Olympics.
You Raise Me Up was the opening theme song from the Japanese TV Anime
series of Romeo and Juliet as well as being the theme song from the
Japanese TV series, Byakottai.
Mitsubishi, Panasonicand Yamaha have all used different versions of You Raise Me Up in Japanese TV national advertising campaigns.
You Raise Me Uphas also been performed at Jammin’ for Japan,
and at the United Nations Charity Event – both major concert events to
benefit Japanese Earthquake relief.
Established in 2010, Music Generation’s ambition is to transform the lives of children and young people through local access to high-quality, subsidised performance music education.
To enable
Music Generation to reach its next stage of development, the National
Development Office is now seeking to appoint a Head of Quality, Support and
Development. This new senior role within the organisation will be key in the
implementation of Music Generation’s Strategic Plan during a significant period
of growth, planned from 2019 to 2022.
The
successful candidate will be a skilled professional with a demonstrable track
record of delivering results, high standards and achievement in music education
development. The position requires someone with leadership and senior management
experience that can support the planned growth of the national network of Local
Music Education Partnerships, and enable the stated priorities for Quality in
line with the organisation’s Strategic Plan.
The current
strategy maps out an exciting period of growth and change for Music Generation
and this role provides a rare opportunity for an experienced and dynamic music
education development professional to contribute to and shape those ambitions.
For a job
description and details of the application process, please contact John Deely
at Pinpoint:
Email: Recruit@nullpinpoint.ie
Phone: +353 1 642 5721
Closing
date for applications: 5pm Thursday May 9, 2019
Music
Generation is a Music Network initiative, co-funded by U2, The Ireland Funds,
the Department of Education and Skills and Local Music Education
Partnerships.
An Taobh Tuathail, the flagship alt. radio show on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta presented by Cian Ó Cíobháin, will be celebrating 20 years on air on 1 May and Cian will mark this milestone with two special programmes, on Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 May, as well as a live event in the Róisín Dubh in Galway on Friday 3 May.
For the special birthday on 1 and 2 May, Cian will bring his
listeners exclusively brand new, previously-unreleased music, including the
track Triantáin by Dublin duo Mount Alaska composed especially for the
occasion, as well as a first ever vocal track – sung in Irish – by
The Jimmy Cake.
Mount Alaska are
Dublin production duo, Stephen Shannon & Cillian Mc Donnell. The former
members of Halfset have been releasing electronic music on their own imprint,
Language Recordings, since late 2016, and they debuted their live show at
Metropolis in 2017. 2019 will see them branch out with a number of releases on
international labels, introduce a new live AV show, and announce some festival
appearances over the summer.
Mount Alaska will
also be on stage in the Róisín Dubh in Galway, with Ships and Anna Mullarkey,
for the final birthday special of ATT live from the hallowed Galway venue on
Friday 3 May. Tickets €10 from www.roisindubh.net
The birthday
editions of An Taobh Tuathail on 1and 2 May will also include
new music from R. Kitt, Linda Buckley, Deaf Joe, Chequerboard, Tr One,
neonfrench and Elma Orkestra, Joseph Shabason, Peter Gordon, Dylan Henner
and Ralegh Long, with songs in the Irish tongue from Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh,
Thatchers of the Acropolis and The Jimmy Cake.
As a preview of what’s in store, you can listen to the brand new track Triantáin by Mount Alaska, a track originally written to commemorate An Taobh Tuathail’s 20th birthday, at
Sponsored by IMRO, this festival-style conference brings together global leaders and innovators of the music, multimedia and tech industries to explore the future of the entertainment industry.
The
Two-Day event will feature hands-on, immersive experiences with access to talks
by top innovators – from the world’s leading companies to startups -, music
performances, the latest groundbreaking product and technology showcases as
well as networking opportunities at intimate roundtable sessions, workshops,
exhibits and stellar side events across the city.
Iconic and enigmatic Icelandic rock band Sigur Rós will join tech startup Magic Leap to discuss and showcase their award winning mixed reality experience, Tónandi.
Festival Director of Lollapalooza Berlin, Fruzsina Szép, will share her knowledge on how large scale festivals can be constantly reinvented and provide lucrative testbeds for circular economies.
An In-Conversation between Max Amordeluso, EU Lead Evangelist for Amazon Alexa, and Patrick Clifton, Head of Artist & Label Relations at Amazon Music, will explore the continuing rise of Voice Control, Spatial Audio and how it’s radically shaping our lives, opening up whole new possibilities in how we consume, communicate, interact and discover music and other digital content.
#MxT2019 reinforces Dublin’s position as a global music, tech and business hub, covering key topics such as Artificial Intelligence, 5G, Extended Reality, Voice Control, Blockchain, Live Experiences, Vinyl Resurgence, Smart Production, Spatial Audio and more.
We
live in a rapidly changing world! The Music x Tech Experience is an exciting
opportunity for the music, tech and multimedia industries to keep up to speed
on current developments that are redefining and influencing all sectors working
with music and sound and to find the next big breakthroughs by getting together
with the leading technologists, entrepreneurs and creative professionals.
The star studded line up
includes;
Russell Scherwin, CMO, at IBM Watson Commerce
Georg Holm, Sigur Rós
Max Amordeluso, Alexa EU Lead Evangelist, Amazon
Fruzsina Szép, Festival Director at Lollapalooza Berlin
Patrick Clifton, Head of Artist & Label Relations at Amazon Music
Sarah Hopper, Creative Director at Sigur Rós
Magic Leap (speaker tbc)
Sofia Brazzola, User Experience Manager, Sennheiser
Eric Grossman, Chief Business Officer at TAIT
James Funnell, Head of Sponsorship Strategy, AEG
Walter Werzowa, CCO & Founder, Musikvergnuegen (Inventor of the iconic INTEL sound)
Beatie Wolfe, Singer-Songwriter & Innovator
Jakob Kristoffersen, Concept & Design Manager, Bang & Olufsen
Ronagh O’Donnell, Producer & Director, BBC & Others
Aoife Ahern, Tour Manager, Production Manager, VIP Nation
Cliff Fluet, Partner at Lewis Silkin & MD at Eleven
Marco Vitali, Co-Founder & Partner, Nile Evoke (Nile Rodgers’ Creative Agency)
Domhnaill Hernon, Head of Experiments in Art and Technology, Nokia Bell Labs
Moritz Waldemeyer, Director and Head Design, Moritz Waldemeyer Design Studio
Alex Doman, Founder & Chief Product Officer Vital Neuro, CEO AdvancedBrain Technologies
Oisin Lunny, Chief Evangelist for OpenMarket, Contributor to Forbes and The Guardian
Joe Lyske, CEO & Co-Founder of MXX Music
Ash Koosha, Co-Founder of Auxuman
And many more to be announced!
With the central theme, ‘Music is in everything’, #MxT2019 highlights how music permeates through many facets of our lives, it’s influence on our behaviour and its use across multiple disciplines, from video games, to sports, advertising, design, film and more.
From crunching Launch and After Parties with stellar live music, drinks and tech experiences to Side Events with the city’s most unique and iconic spaces, beatvyne’s Music x Tech Experience creates plenty of ways for meetings and chance encounters to spark the imagination and fuel the next big collaboration.
Now in its second year, beatvyne’s Music x Tech Experience has been acknowledged by involved speakers from companies such as Amazon, Live Nation, Abbey Road Studios and Deezer as well as contributing high-profile artists such as Gorillaz and Björk Digital etc. as the missing link to today’s technology and progressive step towards positive change.
Stay
close for more details and announcements over the course of the next weeks and
months as we prepare for beatvyne’s MxT2019, Volume II.
IMPORTANT TICKET
INFORMATION:
Early Bird Attendee Full
Pass priced at €175 (excl. VAT)
Regular Attendee Pass
priced at €275 (excl. VAT)
Early Bird Attendee One-Day
Pass priced at €100 (excl. VAT)
Regular Attendee One-Day
Pass priced at €175 (excl. VAT)
‘Warm crowds, weird sounds, deep dance-floor moments, and a gloriously pretty and wild backdrop, makes Open Ear a fun idyllic place to discover the cream of Ireland’s experimental scene’ – Wire Magazine
Open Ear is an annual music festival focused on giving a platform to Irish artists in the stunning environs of Sherkin Island, West Cork, Ireland. Now in its fourth year, the festival will run for 4 days across the June Bank Holiday Weekend, Thursday 30th May to Sunday 2nd June.
Visiting the island this year are artists: Garies (New Jackson and Lumigraph), Radie Peat, Maria Somerville, Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands, Aaron Dilloway & Vicky Langan, Woven Skull, Jennifer Walshe, Club Comfort, Fran Hartnett, T-Woc, Áine O’Dwyer, Aoife O’Neill, Static., Eliza, Prun, Ebauche, Bloom, Belacque, SIAS, Kenny Hanlon, The Digital Druids and Dabbledoo Feat. Amanda Feery & everyone, and there’s still much more to be announced.
Year
on year the festival’s ambition has expanded, bringing artists of many ages and
musical disciplines together. The event continues to explore Sherkin itself, an
island measuring 3 miles long and 1.5 miles wide, using various locations to
deliver a fresh, one-of-a-kind curated programme. These elements have combined
to create one of the most unique festival experiences Ireland currently has to
offer; bringing a broad and inclusive audience to a remote location, to
experience various forms of music that are multi-faceted stylistically and in
presentation – in some cases the presentation is shaped by the Island itself.
The
festival has nurtured a strong symbiotic relationship with Sherkin Island
itself and its residents. The trust the residents have imbued in the organisers
has allowed them to embed the festival into various locations around the
Island, such as: St Mona’s Church, Horseshoe Bay Quarry, and the Sherkin
Community Hall, alongside the main base on the land of Sherkin North Shore.
2019 will see collaboration becoming more intrinsic to the festival’s programme. Open Ear provides communal spaces to allow artists to connect and come together in a stunning location, it fosters an open minded ethos, and encourages trialing new material. Artists and groups involved in collaborations this year include: Dublin Digital Radio / Áine O’Dwyer / Vicky Langan / The Digital Druids / Dabbledoomusic / Woven Skull / Aaron Dilloway (Wolf Eyes) / Amanda Feery, + more to be announced.
Tickets
for the festival, priced €155-€170, are available from www.openear.ie. This year Open Ear are partnering with
The Hotel on Sherkin to offer a package deal of festival ticket and hotel room
for the weekend, furthering their collaboration with businesses and residents
based on the Island. Open Ear also offers high-end bell tents that attendees
can rent via their ticketing platform. Festival accommodation is predominantly
camping based, with ‘sea view’ camping inclusive to the ticket, this also
includes transport of luggage across the island, showers, toilets, and drinking
water.
Open
Ear is a one-of-a-kind festival experience where attendees come home feeling
energised by a like-minded music community coming together for something truly
special.
2019 Programme | Part One
Garies :: Radie Peat :: Maria Somerville :: Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands :: Aaron Dilloway & Vicky Langan :: Woven Skull :: Jennifer Walshe :: Club Comfort :: Fran Hartnett :: T-Woc :: Áine O’Dwyer :: Aoife O’Neill :: Static :: Eliza :: Prun :: Ebauche :: Bloom :: Belacque :: SIAS :: Kenny Hanlon :: The Digital Druids :: Dabbledoo Feat. Amanda Feery & everyone :: & much more to be announced…
Open Ear is sponsored by Cork County Council and IMRO
Saturday 29th June will see a very special performance at the National Concert Hall of I Am The Greatest, the A House album consistently recognised as one of the best to come from Ireland. Of the album’s title track, Melody Maker wrote: “unforgettable … a systematic, blow-by- blow destruction of the music business and the state of the nation coupled with a dramatic determination not to give in.”
For this one-off concert David
Couse, Fergal Bubury and friends re-interpret the seminal 1991 album for 2019.
“A House is dead. Of this you can be sure. I heard it straight from the House’s mouth. RIP. But ‘I Am The Greatest’? That statement was forever. Everything has changed but I am still the greatest, you are still the greatest, we have everything we need and we never look back. But let’s just this once, for the sake of the nineties, late night ferries or whatever, re-engage, re-interpret and re-imagine the time of our lives. Let’s immerse our feet in this beautiful pool and show the world how it feels to be FREE. That is all. Over and over and out.” – David Couse, Fergal Bubury
Dublin’s A House formed in 1985, with the trio of David
Couse, Fergal Bunbury and Martin Healy representing the core of the band
throughout their 12-year existence.
I Am The Greatest becomes the second recipient of the NCH | IMRO Trailblazer Award following the triumphant return of Microdisney last year, whose album The Clock Comes Down the Stairs was acknowledged with the award.
“Having received critical and public praise on its release, A House’s I Am The Greatest has stood the test of time and to this day is still considered one of the finest Irish albums ever released. Singling out this iconic album for the prestigious 2019 NCH | IMRO Trailblazer Award will no doubt reinforce its legacy and fondness with fans, and perhaps even ignite a spark within a whole new generation of music creators”. – Keith Johnson, Director of Marketing & Membership IMRO.
The Trailblazer Award is a music award presented by IMRO and
NCH celebrating seminal albums by iconic Irish musicians, songwriters and
composers.
A House Is Dead – I Am Still The Greatest
Saturday 29th
June, 8pm
Tickets:
Tickets on
sale April 5th, 10am
PRIORITY BOOKING FROM TODAY FOR NCH FRIENDS (WITH 10%
DISCOUNT)
Do you want to know how best to pitch your ideas to organisations, publishers, agents, radio stations, newspapers? Sounding the Feminists (STF), with support from IMRO, are initiating a series of workshops for female, trans, and non-binary artists on how to make a place for themselves in music. Through a series of informal workshops on Creating Music, Performing Music, Writing about Music, and dealing with Communications and PR, participants and experienced presenters will discuss the realities of how a musical artist can and should interact with organisations to promote their work.
The second workshop on Performing Music will take place on Thursday, April 4th from 4-7pm at IMRO. STF have a stellar line-up of guest speakers from the worlds of classical, contemporary, pop, and live/performance art, ready to fill you in on how to pitch your creative ideas successfully so that you can make the type of work that you want to make, this includes:
Equally, STF and the guest speakers are eager to hear from you, on what type of performative spaces and support you need to reach your performance goals. This will be an informal workshop/discussion, facilitated by STF, where guest speakers and audience members can engage in a welcoming and supportive environment. We look forward to seeing you there!
Further details:
Who: Female, trans, and non-binary artists of any age, any experience, and any musical genre are welcome to participate in these workshops. Where: IMRO, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2. When: Thursday, April 4th from 4pm to 7pm. Cost: Free! STF can offer to cover the travel expenses (bus or train tickets) of artists travelling to the workshop from outside Dublin city centre.
To Confirm Your Participation: Please email your details to info@nullsoundingthefeminists.com and let us know if you require travel expenses.
We note the inaccurate claims publicly made recently in relation to the
music licensing process in Ireland and welcome the opportunity to provide this
clarification.
The licensing process for copyright music ensures that businesses which
benefit from playing music, like any business service, pay for its use.
That payment is important because it ensures that the people who work to
create music – composers, songwriters, singers, their publishers and performers
– get paid for their work. That is a legitimate ask from anybody who works – to
be paid for their effort and product – and it is governed by Irish law.
IMRO has a clear tariff structure in place, which is published on our website
The cost of obtaining an IMRO Dual
Music Licence varies from premises to premises. Under law, two distinct permissions are
required by businesses in Ireland who play music – one which covers the public
performance of the musical work on behalf of composers, songwriters and music
publishers and the other which covers the public performance of sound
recordings on behalf of record producers and performers. Up to 2015 these
licences were administered separately by IMRO and PPI respectively. However, as
of January 1st 2016, both distinct licences are included in the Dual Music
Licence administered by IMRO.
IMRO charges have not increased by 500% since the introduction of the Dual Music Licence.
The Dual Music Licence tariff for cafés and restaurants has only increased by 1.21% over the last four years i.e. since 2016.
All of
our charges are linked to movements in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which can
move upwards and downwards.
A number
of years ago, we streamlined the licensing structure with IMRO now also
administering the PPI licence (which ensures that record companies receive
payment), and this structure has been clearly communicated to those who pay a licence.
IMRO
only takes legal action with non-compliant licensees and commercial users of
music as a very last resort and only after every other opportunity for payment
has been explored with the respective business using music.
Copyright
is enshrined in international law. IMRO has reciprocal agreements in place with over 80 sister
societies throughout the world ensuring that creators rights are protected
worldwide when their music is publicly performed by businesses.
We would like to acknowledge that the vast majority of businesses in
Ireland who play copyright music in their premises pay for its use. And they
value the benefit that music brings to their businesses in terms of attracting
consumers, improving the consumer experience, and positively impacting sales.
We note the challenges that come with running a small business – indeed
many of our members are SMEs in their own right. Therefore, we would ask that
any organisation that is experiencing any difficulty with their payment, or
which has any queries, to contact IMRO at 1800
66 10 10 or customerfirst@nullimro.ie
IMRO is a not for profit organisation
and the vast majority of licensing revenues generated is returned to music
creators. The remainder goes
towards our administration costs (which are currently 15%), investing in
innovative data and technology to improve our members’ experience, and
sponsorship and promotion of local music festivals and events around the
country each year. Our accounts are published and available on our website.
At IMRO, we believe music matters. We cherish creativity, protecting and
promoting music, not just for the benefit of the music creators, but for the
benefit of who we are as a society. We value music not just to sustain it and
to grow it, but because music unites us and is fundamental to who we are. We are proud to say that we stand up for
music and the people who make it and perform it.
Finally,
it is important to note that the Irish music industry contributes over €700
million (€703 million) to the Irish economy annually (latest figures 2015) and
supports more than 13,000 jobs (13,130) in Ireland.
