CARI CARI (AT)
Cari Cari is a DIY duo, consisting of Stephanie (Vocals, Drums & Didgeridoo) and Alexander (Vocals & Guitar).
EL PREЗIDENTE (RS)
Bend El Preзidente was formed in 2017 right after the presidential elections in which, front man Luka Maksimovic took part under the pseudonym Ljubiša Preletačević aka the White and won third place with a total of 10% votes.
MAKING THINGS HAPPEN – by Pohoda Festival
Saturday | 13:15 – 14:15
Time machine, fast forward from the office desk to festival doors opening!
12 months of work, finances, sponsors, emails, booking, catering, merchandising, security, logistics, production, mistakes, promo materials, phones, cancellations, ticket sale, deadlines.
The best and most positive European Festival POHODA, will try to get you into this festival madness!
Their 1 year of work and energy of building the festival, only for you into 1 hour of how this looks like – organizing a festival, LIVE!
You think it’s impossible?
Full office on stage, you don’t want to miss this!
Weather
The month of November in Macedonia is characterized by rapidly falling daily temperatures, with daily highs between 15°C to 18°C. During the evening, the temperatures are lower ranging between 8°C and 6°C. Also, it is possible to be rainy. So just put on your favourite coat and check the weather forecast.
Currency
The official currency in Macedonia is Denar. One Euro is around 61 Denars. Please be aware that restaurants, cafes and other commercial places do not accept Euros. You will find exchange stores at the city center, which is on a 5 minute walk from the venue, or at the airport. Anyway ou can pay by using credit cards almost everywhere.
Duo Lingo
| Hello! | Zdravo! | Excuse me, … | Isvinete, … |
| Good day! | Dobar den! | My name is … | Јas sum … |
| Goodbye! | Tshao! | Cheers! | Na sdravye! |
| yes | da | What does it cost …? | Kolku tshini … ? |
| no | ne | Pay please. | Smetkata ve molam! |
| Thank you very much! | Blagodaram! | I don’t speak … | Ne sboruvam … |
INTERGALACTIC
Saturday | 12:00 – 13:00
Fame. One click away. Fans. One click away.
Publishing an album. One click away. Money. One click away. Fake news. One click away.
Illusion. One click away.
We measure the success by the number of views and likes..
So if it’s really that easy, then why don’t we all just buy them & enjoy our fake numbers.. oh wait..!
Can you really sell concert tickets, and have sustainable career by sponsoring posts online?
Should you move your ass off your desk a little bit?
What tools are you using besides sponsored posts and gaining likes, or you really don’t need anything else?
Are we all living in a parallel reality, expecting internet to sell everything that we produce, or we are just a piece, lost in that ocean of information.
Sponsors, marketing, YouTube, social media, festivals, digital distribution, record labels, fame, fake news, fake likes, fake views and copyright in one panel.
Let’s get real.
GORDON MASSON
IQ Magazine | UK
Former astronaut and stunt driver, Gordon has been a journalist for nearly three decades and has specialized in the music industry for the past 18 years. When he is not saving the Amazon rain forest or rescuing kittens from trees, Gordon spend his time as editor of IQ Magazine and the International Live Music Conference agenda team.
Prior to his much-publicized barefoot ascent of Everest and his epic swim across the Pacific Ocean, Gordon was the live editor at Music Week and international editor for Billboard. In addition to his various United Nations ambassadorial roles, Gordon has also undertaken a number of consultancies for record companies and other music industry organisations.
Prior to moving to London, Gordon developed ground breaking breeding programmes for a number of endangered species. He also spent two years in Washington DC where he established publications for the space and satellite industry, while in the early 1990s he was a reporter for The Courier and Evening Telegraph newspapers, among others, in his native Scotland.
EVA KRISTINA FILIPČIČ
MENT Ljubljana | SI
Eva Kristina is part of the core MENT Ljubljana team since 2017. She is also a regional agent for the Dutch noise-pop trio The Homesick and frequently acts as a tour manager for different bands. In the past she has been active as an artist manager, concert promoter, music journalist for the Slovenian web radio Terminal and also tested herself as a label manager. She lived and studied in the Netherlands for a while, where she gained experience from working at different festivals.
BOGDAN BENIGAR
Jazz Festival Ljubljana / Druga Godba Festival | SI
Born 1966. Director for jazz and world music in Cankarjev dom, Cultural & Congress Centre, director of Jazz festival Ljubljana and artistic director of Druga godba festival, Ljubljana Board member of EFWMF (European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals) 1996 – 1998 and 2004 – 2008 and board member of EJN (Europe Jazz Network) 2012-2018. Leader of European Jazz Conference in Ljubljana 2017. Member of Womex jury 2006 and Jazzahead juries 2011 and 2015. Graduated law school in Ljubljana.
NEW RULES
Friday | 15:30 – 16:30
No.1 hit song, longest tour, collaborations and featuring, luck, great team, or just – as higher fee as possible?
How do we define `success` today?
Talking Eastern/Central European artists.
Are they ever gonna be in the top 3 in the world?
What keeps us on the red line, on the border that we cannot cross?
Are we just not good enough?
Let’s try to find the piece that is missing all this time.
Moderator:
Gordon Masson – IQ Magazine (UK)
Speaker:
Dukagjin Lipa – Republika Marketing (UK)
Eva Kristina Filipčič – MENT Ljubljana (SI)
Bogdan Benigar – Druga godba (SI)
Vojtěch Kalina – Fly High Artist (CZ)
ISLANDMAN (TR)
Islandman were born from the musical dreams of Istanbul based musician/producer Tolga Boyuk, Islandman represents a fictional character, a music persona, a dreamer composing the stories of a non -existing place… Islandman performs on stage as an electro-acoustic live trio format. Their music can be described as a unique mix of mellow electronic structures & dance beats with spacey live guitars, backed up by shamanic rhythms.
DUPER (MK)
DUPER is a band from Skopje, Macedonia formed in January, 2017. Their music is a mix of pop and various other alternative genres.
MICHAL KAŠČÁK
Pohoda Festival | SK
Michal Kaščák is a promoter, musician, composer and lyricist. He was the leader of the band Bez ladu a skladu which the New York Times included among the artists who contributed to the fall of the Iron Curtain. In 1997 Michal Kaščák started the Pohoda festival and has been acting as its director, curator, and booker. Pohoda is an art festival where alternative, indie, electronic, punk, and world music meets classical music, along with literature, dance, visual arts, film, and theater. In addition to the festival, the Pohoda team organise also concerts and small festivals, such as the Doma Dobre festival for homeless people.
CODRUTA VULCU
ARTmania Festival | RO
Codruta is the founder and festival director of ARTmania, one of Romania’s most established events with its 14th edition scheduled for 2019, promoting mainly rock and metal acts. She is also a director and founder of Blaj aLive Festival, launched in 2013, which focuses on alternative and electronic music. These two boutique festivals are hosted in Transylvania, the western, historical region of Romania. In 2017, Codruta and her team launched the East European Music Conference with the aim of starting a healthy debate between the Romanian music private sector, international experts and the state authorities, in the context of a market that has witnessed extremely rapid growth in recent years. Raised in the spirit of art and with passion of music, Codruta holds a bachelor degree in Art Photography and a master degree in Art History, from the National University of Arts in Bucharest. In 2017, she started her doctoral research which will see her examine “Festival culture and public policies at national European level”.
VIKTOR TANASKOVSKI
Synaesthetics Festival | MK
Viktor Tanaskovski is a musician and music teacher from Skopje. He studied jazz guitar at “Goce Delcev” university in Stip, where he graduated in 2016. So far he has been a part of many music projects, such as Alcos Saloon, Nomads, Rover’s Hangover, Lorekeeper’s Guild and so on. Apart from playing in clubs and teaching guitar and bass in “Pianoforte” music school, his main project is Minstrel’s Gallery, a progressive/art rock group in which he is doing most of the composing, writing, and visuals. With Minstrel’s Gallery as a host band, Viktor have organized many events, among which most notable are the Acoustic Breakfast (autumn 2017), Synaesthetics (spring 2018, together with Anna Knezhevikj), and Semi-acoustic Breakfast (autumn 2018). The idea behind these events, especially Synaesthetics, was to combine all kinds of arts and crafts in the same place at the same time, such as music, poetry, visual arts, handmade crafts bazaar, cooking, and so on.
GET IN LINE, IT’S FESTIVAL TIME
Friday | 13:15 – 14:15
Repeat please, what’s the fee? Can you send me a better offer…?
Talking fees, talking agent commissions, talking about what annoys us more and more each year.
How did you manage to build your line up, how many solo shows have you promoted? The fees are growing, but can the promoters follow this?
Can you hold the ticket prices the same as 3 years ago?
The economy is almost the same, average salary too…
How can you grow and use the power of the festival into the cultural tourism of your place?
Doing the impossible!
Moderator:
Baris Basaran – MJR Group (UK)
Speaker:
Andrej Sevšek – Punk Rock Holiday (SI)
Aron Lukacs – Bankito Festival (HU)
Codruta Vulcu – ARTmania Festival (RO)
Viktor Tanaskovski – Synaesthetics Festival (MK)
Michal Kaščák – POHODA Festival (SK)
GEORGES PEROT
ELMA Association / MESO Events | GR
Involved for almost two decades in different fields and levels of the Music ecosystem, Georges Perot created MESO in 1998 aiming to generate a National network of the “European Music Day“ in Greece and since then he has been the National Coordinator (55 cities in 2018) and also the Attica Artistic Producer. European Music Day is today the widest live music event of southeastern Europe, a project in which Georges accomplished to reach a concept visibility over millions of visitors, in ten years period. He is dexterous at developing major cultural projects from scratch, working adequately with both public and private organizations, entrepreneurs and artists. Active in several national and transnational large scale projects, he has participated in many EU projects. Since 2004, he has also produced hundreds of major cultural and marketing events and since 2008, he is operating as a partner for various European networks such as Fete Européenne de la Musique, Viva Europa, Euricca, Europavox and Global Entrepreneurship Week and is one of the co-founders and a Board Member of the European Live Music Association in Brussels.
PETER BAROŠ
SIGIC | SI
Peter Baroš is Secretary General of SIGIC – Slovenian Music Information Center – the central information point for Slovenian music, musicians, musical professionals, and current musical events and activities. Peter studied philosophy and sociology of culture and graduated in the field of phenomenology of music with work called “Musical performance – listening, ideology, repetition”. From 2010 to 2014 he was a counselor for music at the Ministry of culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Peter is also a musician, multi-instrumentalist who plays in Slovenian groups Zaklonišče prepeva and Malamor.
PIN Music Conference 2018 will be held in the Youth Cultural Center (MKC) in Skopje, Macedonia (find it HERE). For the past couple of years, the Youth Cultural Center has been the home for many art shows, premiere theater performances, various festivals and fairs and much more. The facility features several areas such as a movie theater, several halls, gallery and cafe bar.
The registration desk is at the main hall and opens
on Thu 29 Nov from 14:00 to 20:00
on Fri 30 Nov & Sat 01 Dec from 10:00 until 22:00
On Friday and Saturday – the official program starts at 12:00 with first panel. The musically part, the Showcases, will start at 20:00.
NO ESCAPE FROM BALKAN
Friday | 12:00 – 13:00
Put the dreams of becoming Live nation, Reeperbahn or PIAS on the side… and focus on effective steps to make a living from music and evolve your company towards other regional markets. Cooperation with complementary partners, innovation, EU funding and most probably human capital are the key tools of this side of Europe music sector. Our panel of Festival, Music Export and international networks representatives will give their thoughts and ideas on how production company, a 360 label or a festival can overcome the obstacles and what will they need to have to succeed.
Moderator:
Georges Perot – MESO Events (GR)
Speakers:
Peter Baroš – SIGIC (SI)
Renato Horvath – HOTS (HU)
Andras Berta – YOUROPE (HU)
Márton Náray – SoundCzech / Nouvelle Prague (CZ)
Serhan Lokman – Gulbaba Music (TR)
PIN Conference presents you several panels with different topics and many experts to be on stage. Just teasing subjects to discuss about:
So keep in mind – at PIN the opportunity to network is all around you!
The great celebration of the 20th jubilee of the TAKSIRAT FESTIVAL, we are proud to announce the 5th edition of the PIN Music Conference!
The first and only international music conference and showcase festival in Macedonia will be held this year at the Youth Cultural Center, from November 29th to December 1st, and this event will officially open the program for the celebrating “Days” of Taksirat *20*
PIN, as one of the most significant projects in which TAKSIRAT and Password Production invest all their capacity, international experiences, is an event that brings together the most relevant names from the European music industry in a three-day program presenting and discussing the current topics from music business and, during the night, at the showcase festival, presents the new talents and the most potential music artist from different EU countries.
This year’s conference will host a number of important guests and musicians from all over Europe, representatives of the biggest European festivals, musicians, promoters, music agents, managers, journalists and professionals. With an exceptionally rich program, the PIN conference focuses on the themes related to the Macedonian and European music scene, music production, alternative culture, the connection between music and politics, copyright, “do-it-yourself” approach, festivals, the media. And all this in order to finally bring fresh ideas into the Macedonian music and creative industry, those who want to be part of it and those who know how this industry operates internationally, to help in the exchange of ideas and experiences, interconnection and cooperation of people who have their life call in music and arts world.
In the showcase program PIN will be filled with more than 20 music acts from Macedonia and Europe. This year’s list includes: GORAN TRAJKOSKI, EGORYTHMIA, SPIRIT ARCHITECT, MODUAL , DUPER, STRING FORCES and MICRO MOMENT from Macedonia, YA-NECK from Poland, LABESS from France, KATJA ŠULC and WEREFOX from Slovenia, ŽEN from Croatia, PIPES AND PINTS from the Czech Republic, VERA JONAS EXPERIMENT from Hungary, LEYYA and CARI CARI from Austria, RUTH KOLEVA from Bulgaria, ANA & THE CHANGES and EL PREЗIDENTE from Serbia, ANTIKVARINIAI KAŠPIROVSKIO DANTYS from Lithuania, OGROM CIRCUS from Germany, ISLANDMAN from Turkey and VYDRAPENA BUZIRKA PUNK SYSTEM from Slovakia.
Ana & The Changes (SR) :: With influences such as Damien Rice, Tom Waits and Portishead, you can see why she was invited to perform at Eurosonic Noorderslag this year!
Ruth Koleva (BG) :: Mark Ronson said her voice is amazing and loved her record. Intriguing enough to check this?