Music Matters is the award-winning, pioneer music industry festival and is Asia Pacific's destination for digital and live entertainment businesses. In conjunction with YouTube, the live broadcast of the festival delivers a global audience. In just seven years Music Matters has uniquely succeeded in creating a global platform for the Asia Pacific music industry and artists looking to break through in the world's most populated region. In 2011 the festival relocated to Singapore and created his...
Music Matters is the award-winning, pioneer music industry festival and is Asia Pacific's destination for digital and live entertainment businesses. In conjunction with YouTube, the live broadcast of the festival delivers a global audience. In just seven years Music Matters has uniquely succeeded in creating a global platform for the Asia Pacific music industry and artists looking to break through in the world's most populated region. In 2011 the festival relocated to Singapore and created history.
Hosted in conjunction with the conferences, Music Matters Live is a free, international music festival which connects artists with industry and fans. Music Matters Live offers a dynamic lineup of over 40 international and local bands over 5 days and nights of live performances in a number of leading live music venues around Singapore. Previous bands include Simple Plan, Jezabels, Little Red, Kate Miller-Heidke, Kreva and Evaline, plus 2012 saw Sonicbids members, Early Rise, Tara Priya & Warning Birds join the festival line-up.
Music Matters Live 2012 saw 42 bands from 15 countries play at Clarke Quay.Together with YouTube, the mainstage performances were broadcast live to over 100,000 viewers.
"MM 2012 was a great platform for Riot! and our artists to gain exposure to an international trade audience – on our own shores. The conference and master-classes gave us access to industry heavy-weights, and provided opportunities for new partnerships – local/ regional/ international – including digital distribution, touring, and exchange programs with Nordic markets. Riot! artists The Great Spy Experiment, Inch Chua, and Charlie Lim played to eager and enthusiastic fans (old and new), and a host of other key industry stakeholders including MDA, festival bookers, venue owners."
- Mike See, Artist Manager, Singapore
"There is no doubt that Music Matters Live was an important step in the early part of our story. The conference gave us such invaluable knowledge and experience. It sharpened us up, helped us formulate our plan for the future, and it got us excited about what is out there. The music world is a big place. Music Matters Live helped us see that, and it helped us to truly become a part of it."
- Warning Birds, Australia
"Music Matters in Singapore was an exceptional event. The logistics of the conferences allowed easy networking with other industry professionals, and the performances for acts were distributed well throughout the nights, in easily accessible venues to move between. Through MM, we opened the doors up to China and Singapore in particular, as well as cemented some earlier relationships with US and European contacts. Overall, the hub within Singapore gave a great insight into the full Asian region and a direct relationship with key contacts in most markets. Overall, it was a successful venture which we've been growing from since."
- Matt Hunt, Artist Manager, "Direct Influence", Australia
Over 40 bands from more than 15 countries will be selected to play. There are two guaranteed spots for Sonicbids members, and those who create a Sonicbids account upon submitting to Music Matters are entitled to ONE free month's subscription package.
About the Conference:
With over 1,200 participants from 30 countries including 176 speakers and over 40 bands, Digital Matters, Music Matters and Music Matters Live rocked Singapore in 2012 and plan to do the same in 2013.
For the eighth year, the entertainment industry will descend on Singapore, gathering at music venues in and around Clarke Quay.
The phenomenal success of a truly global conference dedicated to the business of digital and live entertainment surpassed all expectations and is clearly seen in the numbers:
- Over 1,200 participants representing
- 482 companies from
- 30 countries including
- 176 speakers and
- Over 100 journalists
- 60 industry associations
- 35 sponsors
- 20 official media partners plus;
- 40 bands from
- 18 countries
- …and not much sleep.
PLEASE NOTE: If selected, bands are required to fund their own travel and accommodations to take part in the festival. One member of each selected act will be invited to join the conference free of charge (conditions will apply).
Check out this promo video for the 2012 festival: