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MW:M Live 2021: Back to live with 15 artists, three venues, and one highly influential music industry audience
October 14, 2021
MW:M Live 2021 is the third iteration of Most Wanted: Music’s showcase event, where 15 bands and solo artists from Europe will present themselves to a top-class professional audience. The artists are selected from across Germany – with a special focus on the federal state of Niedersachsen – as well as Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Belgium. This year’s MW:M Live will take place on October 28th, the final night of Most Wanted: Music’s schedule, across three venues at the Kulturbrauerei – Kesselhaus, Maschinenhaus, and Frannz – with the aim of helping this hand-picked selection of up-and-coming artists to take the next step in their
The MW:M21 programme is online!
October 6, 2021
The MW:M21 conference programme is split into three focus areas: Impact, covering the most consequential ideas; Experience, exploring the new ways music affects us; and Transform, empowering real change in the music business. Check out our line-up of thought leaders, tech innovators, and social changemakers: 💥 MW:M21 Programme 💥 These are some of the key speakers and sessions being announced: IMPACT: Palestine techno, new money, indie artists in control, and AI analysis Three internationally renowned musicians will speak exclusively at MW:M. The conference will share the experiences of DJ Samà Abdulhadi, who has taken Palestine’s thrilling underground party scene to the world; one
GMM Young Research Award – Open for submissions
September 22, 2021
Are you researching music & music culture? The Young Research Award of the German Association for Music Business and Music Culture Research (GMM) in cooperation with Most Wanted: Music is looking for: 🎓 Students’ ongoing research projects 🎓 Completed Bachelor theses or 🎓 Completed Master theses Students and graduates of all universities in Germany can take part. Projects should deal with topics of music business or music culture research and be less than 12 months old on the date of submission. Examples of topics can be, but are not limited to, the themes of the Most Wanted: Music conference: ✒️
listen to berlin: Awards 2021 – Shortlist
September 16, 2021
Berlin, September 15, 2021 – The shortlist of nominees for the listen to berlin: Awards 2021 have been announced today. The sixth edition of the music awards will be presented on October 26th, 2021, when the Berlin Music Commission (BMC) will honor artists, individuals and initiatives of the Berlin music industry for outstanding social commitment, artistic achievements, and innovative ideas. The awards will celebrate these achievements in eight categories, including music journalism, attitude, sustainability, and business at the Kesselhaus in Berlin’s historic Kulturbrauerei. “The listen to berlin: Awards celebrate the musical creativity of our city and in 2021 stands for a vibrant artistic scene
MW:M MUSIC X CHANGE – Lightning Talk w/ BLOND:ISH
September 13, 2021
Join us for our next MW:M MUSIC X CHANGE event! ⚡ Lighting Talk with BLOND:ISH “From Green Activism to Crypto Currency: Sustainably Elevating our Industry” Sep. 14th, 2021 @ 18:00-19:00 on Zoom Click here to register free, no ticket required! Inspiring people is what BLOND:ISH does best. She’s a DJ. Producer. Promoter. Record label head. Environmental activist. Serial Collaborator. Spiritual seeker. Brand boss. And just about everything in-between. Bye Bye Plastic is a fully coordinated movement launched by BLOND:ISH in 2018, aimed at persuading party hubs across the planet to quit using single-use plastics. BLOND:ISH is a long-term crypto enthusiast who has
MW:M21 | Call For Volunteers!
August 18, 2021
Most Wanted: Music 2021 is Germany’s new voice of the forward-thinking music industry. The convention will take place as a hybrid conference – both online and on-site in Berlin. We are looking for volunteers who want to gain hands-on experience in organizing this year’s MW:M. As part of the team, you will learn how to organize and execute a professional hybrid event. Follow our motto #CHANGE and help us bring the worldwide music industry finally together again after 18 month. Apply now! MW:M21 volunteers: Teamwork always wins! Our MW:M21 volunteers should be professional, reliable and culturally sensitive. You will be part of the global
Host Your Own MW:M Satellite
July 29, 2021
MW:M Satellites are scattered all over Berlin, and they’re the nitty-gritty of the conference where friendships and work partnerships are formed around a wide variety of decentralized workshops, office hours, and receptions. You can host your own MW:M Satellite event, and welcome the open minds and innovative thinkers in MW:M’s attendees and speakers. If you have an innovative business, cool workshop idea, or want to run a collaborative session, we’d love to hear from you! Call for Satellites – apply now: Apply now! What are MW:M Satellites? MW:M Satellites are where the cutting edge is. Scattered all over Berlin, they’re the nitty-gritty of the conference
Call for Participation
June 22, 2021
We are looking for your ideas: Call for Participation! We invite musicians, stage performers and DJs, music tech professionals, music business pros and starters, researchers, scientists and experimenters, multimedia artists, developers and music aficionados, sound designers, audio branders and growth hackers – and of course all other wicked weirdos – who strive for CHANGE in the music universe to contribute to this year’s Most Wanted: Music conference. We want to pick your brain, ask you anything about your discoveries and be inspired by your craziness to make Most Wanted: Music the place for CHANGE in music and music business in Berlin and abroad! Call for Participation
Most Wanted: Music 2021 – Changes in Berlin
June 22, 2021
Most Wanted: Music is back on October 26-28th as a hybrid online-offline event: finally, attendees can meet again in person and rub shoulders with real people at Berlin’s Kulturbrauerei – or join in remotely via an interactive digital conference platform. MW:M21 opens with the now-traditional festivities of the listen to berlin: Awards on Tuesday the 26th before the main conference starts on the 27th, followed by MW:M Satellites partner events scattered all over Berlin on the 28th.
MOST WANTED: MUSIC 2021 – CHANGES IN BERLIN
June 22, 2021
MW:M21 #change: October 26-28th on-site at Kulturbrauerei Berlin and online on WWW Most Wanted: Music returns on 26-28 October – and after a challenging 18 months, the Most Wanted: Music music business conference returns with its sights set firmly on #change. The conference is a hybrid online-offline event: finally, you can attend in person again and rub shoulders with real people – or join in remotely via our interactive digital conference platform. MW:M21 opens with the now-traditional festivities of the listen to berlin: Awards on Tuesday 26th before the main conference starts on Wednesday 27th, followed by our decentralised MW:M Satellites partner events – scattered all over Berlin – on Thursday 28th. Super Early Birds Online-Tickets on sale Our Super Early Bird
MW:M Live 2020 aftermovie and ticket raffle
December 22, 2020
Dear MW:M community, today we want to close our year by presenting you a short recap video of how exceptional Most Wanted: Music has been this year, particularly our showcase event MW:M Live. 2020 has been special and challenging for all us. What a ride it was for all event organizers and others working in the music and creative industries around the world. Many had to pivot their business strategies and product assortments. But we have to say that despite all the uncertainties and anxieties that came with Corona, we learned a lot by having to adjust our conference to the new situation. We are
Most Wanted: Music 2020 Recap – Videos are online
December 2, 2020
Today we are happy to announce that the full programme of MW:M20 is available online for free, on-demand usage. You can now find the clips of all individual conference sessions as well as the stunning live performances of all artists who played at MW:M Live on our YouTube channel as well as on our virtual event platform (MW:M20 ticket needed). All videos will be there at your free disposal for an unlimited time. If you didn’t have enough time to watch the whole conference, here is your chance to dig deep into the broad variety of topics about music business, music marketing and music production
Most Wanted: Music 2020 – the music industry raises its voice and unites against the crisis
November 10, 2020
The seventh edition of Berlin’s most forward-thinking music business conference successfully shifted online, broadcasting from Berlin’s historic Alte Münze. More than 80 international expert speakers explored what’s next for the music business, across an innovative mix of more than 30 talks, workshops, AMA sessions and panels. In a year of unprecedented disruption, MW:M20 sought solutions. Key themes were: support for the creative sector and how streaming platforms pay artists; music’s role in the climate crisis and social change; reshaping live performance; and using new technology to empower musicians. MW:M20’s key speakers include Prof. Maya Ackerman (WaveAI), Dr. Florian Drücke (BVMI), Christian Goiny (CDU), Michael Fritz
MW:M Live: A strong sign of the music and creative industry
November 6, 2020
Finally, live music again! Yesterday, MW:M Live took place as the big showcase closing event of Most Wanted: Music 2020 and set a strong signal for the event industry in the middle of the second corona lockdown. A total of 24 talented acts from all over the world performed in front of invited professional guests and numerous music fans via live stream – 9 of them in strict compliance with all hygiene and distance regulations at Alte Münze Berlin and the remaining 15 joined digitally. Tina Sikorski (Initiative Musik) and Stephan Hengst (Most Wanted: Music) opened the event with encouraging words: “We are convinced that
listen to berlin: Awards 2020 im Livestream – Bleibt solidarisch & leave no one behind
November 4, 2020
Die Wahlnacht hat zumindest in Berlin für klare Ergebnisse gesorgt und ausschließlich Gewinner*innen gesehen: Zum fünften Mal wurden die listen to berlin: Awards verliehen, mit denen am Dienstagabend in neun Kategorien in der Alten Münze die mutigsten Ideen und innovativsten Akteur*innen der Hauptstadt ausgezeichnet wurden. Eine Sonderehrung erhielten der Berliner Senat und das Musicboard Berlin für die hervorragende und schnelle Unterstützung der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft in der existenzbedrohenden Situation der Pandemie, die Staatssekretär Christian Rickerts (Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe) sowie Katja Lucker (Musicboard Berlin) entgegennahmen. Der Appell an beide: Bitte weiter so und bitte in enger Abstimmung mit der Branche! Die Preisverleihung fand