MIDEM Talent 2011 (Official Showcases)

Don't miss your LAST CHANCE to submit to MIDEM, the one stop destination for the world’s music community. Around 6 official talent Showcases will be presented at MIDEM 2011. This event can boast providing potential access to an audience of more than 7,000 music professionals from 80 countries, 3,200 companies and journalists from 400 media organizations. Past performers include: Amy Winehouse, Jamie Cullum, Hindi Zahra, Charlie Winston, Wayne Beckford, King Charles, Yaël Naïm, The Parlotones, Patrick Watson, Sliimy Titi Robin, Ibrahim Maalouf and more.
/n/nMIDEM Talent is an event focused on discovering and developing artists, dedicated to all those involved in the artistic process, from creation to the stage.

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Around 6 official talent Showcases will be presented at MIDEM, Cannes, France, on Monday, January 24th and Tuesday January 25th.


MIDEM, the one stop destination for the world’s music community, provides the most valuable knowledge and connections to source business. This event can boast providing potential access to an audience of more than 7,000 music professionals from 80 countries, 3,200 companies, journalists from 400 media organizations and 60 national pavilions. With 45 years of experience, MIDEM has a rich history of launching artists’ careers. A few artists who have performed on previous years: Amy Winehouse, Raul Midon, Jamie Cullum, Hindi Zahra, Charlie Winston, Wayne Beckford, King Charles, Yaël Naïm, Parlotones, Patrick Watson, Sliimy Titi Robin, Ibrahim Maalouf, Gush, Duné.

For the 2011 edition, MIDEM has teamed up once more with Sonicbids to offer MIDEM clients the unique opportunity to create the buzz and launch artists by getting their acts onstage.

Get your act onstage at MIDEM 2011.
Please read all details listed below:

1. Presentation of the offer

2. Conditions for submitting an act

3. The artist/band’s aims

4. What MIDEM offers

5. Financial and administrative conditions

1) Presentation Of The Offer: An opportunity for international acts of all genres and styles to perform at MIDEM, Cannes, France.

• All requests to perform at MIDEM Talent venue are submitted via the Sonicbids website (see conditions).


• All requests go through a selection process.


• The selection process will be undertaken by MIDEM and will be based on artistic merit.


• The submission opening date is September 23 2010


• The deadline for submissions is October 29, 2010


• All acts will be informed of their status by the end of November 2010


• The time and date of each individual showcase will be allocated by MIDEM

2) Conditions for submitting an act: Submissions must be made online via the Sonicbids website. To submit an artist/group:

• The person or company submitting the artist or group must subscribe to Sonicbids (All submission fees are non-refundable)


• The artist/group must be signed to a label or a publisher.


• The artist/group must have a verifiable experience of 10 live performances


• The artist/group must have no more than 7 artists onstage


• Each artist must be 18 years old or over


• The artist/group must be available to perform at MIDEM Talent in Cannes, France on the date allocated for the showcases


• The artist/group must sign a contract with MIDEM before their performance at MIDEM Talent (for French administrative purposes and to be paid the legal salary by MIDEM)

3) The artist/band is looking for:

• signing


• licensing


• publishing


• management


• legal representative


• booking

4) What MIDEM offers - MIDEM Talent: a selection of slots on January 24th and January 25th from 7pm.

• A 40-minute slot for a private showcase (with a maximum of 7 artists/musicians)


• Venue: Acajou, Martinez Hotel, Cannes (capacity: 350)


• Basic equipment (lighting and sound)


• Technical staff


• Line-check


• Basic catering


• Dressing room


• Ground transportation (Nice airport/hotel/Nice airport/venue)
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• A basic legal salary per performing artist: approximately €39 (thirty nine euros gross) per performing artist and €72 (seventy-two Euros gross) per technician and the administrative papers involved (each performing artist/technician will sign a contract with MIDEM)


• A mention of the showcase with the artist’s/band’s name in the MIDEM “Preview” magazine, sent to all participants who have registered before December 17, 2010


• A mention of the showcase with the artist’s/band’s name in the MIDEM daily magazine “The News” distributed on the day of their showcase to the entire MIDEM market


• Listing of the showcase with the artist’s/band’s name in the “handbook”, the official concerts, conferences & events programme, in the mini-programme, in the calendars of the daily News, on the roll-up in the venue


• The inclusion of the artist’s/group’s short biography on the MIDEM website.


• The inclusion of one video on the MIDEM website


• Free registration to the MIDEM market for the performing artist/band (maximum seven people)


• Free registration to the MIDEM market for the artist/group’s Tour Manager (one person only)


• Listing of the artist/band’s manager in the MIDEM guide 2011

5) Financial and administrative conditions

• The artist/band must subscribe to Sonicbids if not already a member (All submission fees are non-refundable)


• The artist’s label’s representative accepts to register for MIDEM 2011 if the submission is selected (cost from €690 before October 31, €790 before November 30, €890 before December 31st up to €1,190 onsite before taxes)


• The artist/band must cover all national and international transport costs to and from Nice, France
• The artist/band must cover their hotels, meals, per diem in Cannes


• The artist/band must obtain visas


• The artist/band must ensure that each performing artist signs a contract with MIDEM before their performance (for French administrative purposes and to enable the artist/band to be paid the legal salary by MIDEM)