MIDEM Talent 2009 (Official Showcases)

Additional cost if selected.


MIDEM, the world's music market, with 43 years of experience, MIDEM has a rich history of launching artists' carreers providing potential access to an audience of more than 9,000 music professionals from 90 countries.


Midem Talent offers around 15 official Showcases which will be presented from Sunday 18 to Wednesday 21 January in MIDEM Talent venue from noon to 2.00pm and from 7.00pm to midnight, in Cannes, France.


For the 2009 edition, MIDEM has teamed up with Sonicbids to offer MIDEM clients the unique opportunity to get their acts onstage during the tradeshow and in front of the professional audience.


Get your act onstage at MIDEM 2009.

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


Presentation Of The Offer:

• 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.
  
• Several cycles of showcases will be held in the framework of other sponsorships or of specific artistic directions from January 18 to 21
  
• The submission opening date is September 1, 2008
  
• The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2008
  
• All acts will be informed of their status by the end of November 2008
  
• The time and date of each individual showcase will be allocated by MIDEM
  

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Conditions For Submitting An Act: 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
  
• 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 Only 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)
  

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The Artist/Band Is Looking For:

• signing
  
• licensing
  
• publishing
  
• management
  
• legal representative
  
• booking
  
  

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What MIDEM Offers - MIDEM Talent:A selection of slots from January 18 to January 21, 2009 midday to 2.00pm and 7.00pm to midnight, Cannes, France

• A 40-minute slot for a private showcase (with a maximum of 7 artists/musicians) during MIDEM
  
• Venue: MIDEM Talent venue (capacity: 450)
  
• Basic equipment (lighting and sound)
  
• Technical staff
  
• Line-check
  
• Basic catering
  
• Dressing room
  
• Ground transportation (Nice airport/hotel/venue/Nice return)
  
• One night’s hotel accommodation and continental breakfast in a 3* hotel for all acts whose place of residence is within Europe; two nights for artists whose place of residence is outside Europe. A room sharing policy is applied but each act is considered individually.
  
• A basic legal salary per performing artist: approximately €95 (ninety-five Euros) per performing artist and €69 (sixty-nine Euros) per technician (with all proper reserves regarding legal employer contributions 2009) and the administrative papers involved (this involves each performing artist/technician signing a contract with MIDEM)
  
• A mention of the showcase with the artist’s/group’s name in a global MIDEM Talent advertising page to appear in the MIDEM official pre-market “Preview” magazine, sent to all participants who have registered before December 15, 2008
  
• A mention of the showcase with the artist’s/group’s name in a global MIDEM Talent advertising page to appear in the MIDEM official daily magazine “The News” distributed on the day of their showcase to the entire MIDEM market
  
• Listing of the showcase with the artist’s/group’s name in the official MIDEM programmes, notably: www.midem.com, Official schedule of events, “mini-programme”, poster on the day of the event, roll-up in the venue…
  
• The inclusion of the artist’s/group’s biography/discography and professionals goals on the new matchmaking website, MIDEMworld
  
• The inclusion of one title/song on MIDEMworld for the year to come till October 2009
  
• Free registration to the MIDEM market for the performing artist/group (maximum seven people)
  
• Free registration to the MIDEM market for the artist/group’s Tour Manager (one person only)
  
• Listing of the artist/group’s manager in the MIDEM guide 2009
  

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Financial And Administrative Conditions:

• The artist/group must subscribe to Sonicbids if not already a member (All submission fees are non-refundable)
  
• The artist/group must accept to participate in the financial costs of the production of the showcase for the sum of €1,700 before taxes (one thousand seven hundred Euros exclusive of French VAT at 19.6%) per showcase (only payable if their submission is selected)
  
• The artist’s label’s representative accepts to register for MIDEM 2009 if the submission is selected (cost from €745 before 17 November to €1,095 onsite before taxes)
  
• The artist/group must cover all transport costs for themselves and the artist/group to and from Nice, France
  
• The artist/group must obtain visas for themselves and the artist/group
  
• The artist/group must ensure that each performing artist signs a contract with MIDEM before their performance (for French administrative purposes and to enable the artist/group to be paid the legal salary by MIDEM)
  

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