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Pitch your music for real projects – submit a track or composition now!

Supervisor Sessions – Submit your Music Now!

Trying to get your music placed in TV, movies and adverts, but don’t know where to start? Our Supervisor Sessions – three in-depth, expertise-packed, and easy-to-understand sessions – offer insights, tactics, and ideas to give you the advantage when trying to land a sync deal. Oh, and best of all: You’ll get the unique chance to pitch your music for real projects – submit a track or composition now!Four professional supervisors provided a brief for one of their recent projects, that they are searching music for. Starting from now you can submit a track or composition for one or all of the projects. Up to six tracks will be presented and
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Pitch your music for real projects – submit a track or composition now!

Baden-Württemberg at MW:M 23

This year, we welcome Baden-Württemberg at MW:M. Check out these programme highlights or get in touch at our exhibitors area at Palais. This year’s focus land at MW:M Live Baden-Württemberg invites you to a small reception. There you can meet and network with people from the music industry. Places are limited, no registration necessary: ‘first come – first serve’. Check-in at 19:30 in the Palais, look out for the Baden-Württemberg stand. More information about this session here. How can technological, social and ecological transformation drivers from the music ecosystem be effectively integrated into the innovation strategies of federal states and metropolitan regions? What potential do
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Holiday Inn Berlin City Center East Prenzlauer Berg

MW:M Loves Holiday Inn – 15 percent discount on room bookings

You’re traveling to Berlin for your visit to Most Wanted: Music 2023 and are still looking for a suitable accommodation? Holiday Inn Berlin City Center East Prenzlauer Berg (Prenzlauer Allee 169, 10409 Berlin) offers MW:M23 attendees a 15 percent discount on room bookings. If you are interested, please contact the Holiday Inn team with your booking request and the subject “MWM loves Holiday Inn” at res@hi-berlin.com or +49 (0)30 44661 816. The offer is limited. The discount can only be granted as long as rooms are available during the booking period.
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MW:M 2023 – the full programme!

130 speakers, 60 sessions, 13 satellite events and 20 live acts: From November 14 to 16, Most Wanted: Music celebrates its tenth anniversary at the Kulturbrauerei Berlin. We are thrilled to present you the full conference programme: Look forward to innovative keynotes, exciting discussions and action-oriented workshops based on this year’s motto – “Humanize!”.With this year’s motto “Humanize!” we are putting a human-centered concept in the focus of our conference programme – and thus making a connection to one of this year’s top topics: artificial intelligence. What new technologies and methods are music companies and creators using to develop innovative ways of working? How can we put fairness at the center of our creative work?
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November Days | Berlin: Most Wanted: Music, Stadt Nach Acht and Future of Festivals join forces

November Days Berlin – MW:M, Stadt Nach Acht and Future of Festivals join forces

With the November Days | Berlin, the three most important music, nightlife and festival events in the city – Most Wanted: Music, Stadt Nach Acht and Future of Festivals – join forces and transform Berlin into one big interdisciplinary industry and cultural scene meeting place. Thinking, living and acting in networks is part of our DNA and that’s why we open up our events to the other participants – to exchange, discuss and advance our causes. The highlight is that the ticket holders (of purchased tickets) of one event can register for free at both other events!   All the more reason to buy your MW:M23 Ticket now and secure free entry to the partner events!
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MW:M Live is back!

MW:M Live 2023 Berlins Music Showcase Event Returns!

Mark the 16th of November in your calendar – that’s when you’ll be able to catch a glimpse of the next generation of talent from across Germany and beyond, at Kulturbrauerei in Berlin. We’re thrilled to announce the first acts who will be performing in front of an audience of conference participants, invited decision-makers, and music lovers. Our first group of artists come from Hungary, Italy, the UK, and of course Germany – with a special focus on Baden-Württemberg.MW:M Live is the music showcase of Most Wanted: Music, Berlin’s music business conference, and 2023 sees the fifth edition of the event take place across the Kesselhaus, Maschinenhaus, Frannz Club, and Panda venues.  MW:M Live offers
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Universal presents new Web3 project at MW:M23

Universal presents new Web3 project at MW:M23

Recently, Universal Music entered the metaverse with its new project YOUniverse Berlin: a virtual space for real fan experiences – spanning from release concerts to meet and greets, and to exclusive merch drops. At MW:M23, Universal will present this project – and talk about the possibilities that the metaverse and Web3 open up for the music industry, its players and artists. At MW:M23, Universal Music will not only provide insights into the various features, functions and possibilities of YOUniverse, but also shed light onto the difficulties the label faced during the development process. Also present at this session are three of the start-ups involved in the implementation of YOUniverse: come and
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MW:M23 International Market Focus

Learn about International Market at MW:M23

Have you ever wanted to expand your music business into a new territory – but don’t know where to start? At MW:M23, we’ve built a programme of experts with their feet on the ground in some of the world’s most exciting territories – and they’ll give you all the local knowledge and insider tricks. In these action-oriented sessions, we’ll go on a world tour, explaining all the things you need to know about the UK, Slovenia, Croatia, Hong Kong, Austria, Czech Republic, and Switzerland. These introductory sessions will give you a grounding in each country’s structure, culture, and their most important locations – all vital knowledge
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MW:M22 Volunteers

Call for Volunteers MW:M 2023

Hi, good to have you here – and thanks for being interested in supporting MW:M23! Most Wanted: Music 2023 will take place again in the beautiful Kulturbrauerei from 14th to 16th of November 2023. We have plenty of possibilities to be part of the event crew and to experience the whole journey: from setting up, being part of the crew, and finally dismantling everything again. Before you decide to apply, please read the following: The MW:M Conference will be split into three parts, where you can take part as a volunteer: the Listen to Berlin: Awards (14th Nov), the MW:M Convention (15th & 16th Nov),
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MW:M 2023 Call for Brand Partners

MW:M 2023 CALL FOR BRAND PARTNERS

Become a MW:M Partner! Do you want to present your brand in front of some of the most influential creative minds and music business professionals from Europe and beyond? MW:M connects the movers and shakers of the music and creative industries – digital and on-site. Don’t miss out on this unique branding experience – stage slots, booth and advertising spots are limited. We are looking forward to getting all of your ideas, proposals and applications. Contact us
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ltbA Call for Submissions

LISTEN TO BERLIN: AWARDS 2023 – Call for Submissions

Submit your nominees for the Listen to Berlin: Awards 2023. On 14 November 2023, the 8th Listen to Berlin: Awards will take place, acknowledging Berlin’s outstanding personalities, initiatives and creative people in music. Submit your favourite nominee in the following 5 award categories: Award for the Promotion and Development of the Berlin Music Scene Award for Sustainale Management Award for Music Journalism Award for the Most Creative Music Video The Rolf Budde Award for Attitude in the Music Industry Deadline for submission: 01.09.2023. Submit now
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Call for Participation

MW:M 2023 Call for Participation

This call for participation is for all music, tech and media professionals, entrepreneurs and students to share and discuss their experiences, knowledge, ideas, projects or business models. We are interested in ideas that embrace a human-centred approach to music and media technologies and businesses in one of this year’s three strands: Humanize! – Work and Life Humanize! – Creation and Business Humanize! – Tech and Tools The call is open until 31st of July, after which point the MW:M Programme team and the curational board of BMC will hold an editorial meeting to discuss the applicants. If you have any questions, please contact our programme team.
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MW:M Mission Statement

MW:M 2023 Mission Statement

In 2023, the opportunity to shape things seems limitless. We all love brilliant artists and great music – so where do we start if we want to create and market it better? MW:M23 will explore new technologies and tools by moving the human – our creativity, potential and vision – to the centre of our approach. Humanize Work and Life How do music businesses use technologies to develop new ways of working? And which ones have already proven useful? We’ll ask them to show us. Humanize Creation and Business How do you place fairness at the core of creative work – and what can we
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MW:M Call for Satellites

MW:M 2023 – CALL FOR SATELLITES

HOST YOUR OWN EVENT Most Wanted: Music works with the best visionaries, businesses, and creatives from across the music and creative scene. We want to put together an unparalleled selection of events. And we believe that 2023 will be the best group of MW:M Satellites, yet. Satellites are where the cutting edge is. Scattered all over Berlin, they’re the nitty-gritty of the conference – where friendships, collaborations, and work partnerships are formed around things like decentralized workshops, office hours sessions, performances, exhibitions, and receptions. On Thursday 16th November, we will transform Berlin into a one-day hotspot of music, creativity, and technology. There will be events in some
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MW:M: Live 2023: Call for Application

MW:M Live is the music showcase event of Most Wanted: Music, Berlin’s music business conference. All industry visitors attending Most Wanted: Music will automatically be admitted to the showcase event. Additionally, MW:M Live will be open to the public with separate tickets. Taking place on November 16th at the Kulturbrauerei in Berlin, the fifth edition of the showcase offers up-and-coming talent the chance to introduce themselves as live acts in front of an audience of conference participants, invited decision-makers, and music lovers. Artists from all over Germany, Europe and beyond will be selected from the applicants.Are you an artist and do you want to showcase
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