{"id":2101,"date":"2020-07-14T18:40:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T16:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2020-07-14T19:05:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:05:12","slug":"english-magazine-25-july-2020-2-years-interviews-news-and-rebirths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/newsletter\/english-magazine-25-july-2020-2-years-interviews-news-and-rebirths\/","title":{"rendered":"Magazine #25 July 2020 | 2 years + interviews, news and rebirths"},"content":{"rendered":"

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July’20. 2 years + interviews, news and rebirths<\/h2>\n
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How are you?\u00a0I have just realiced that this initiative of the monthly magazine is becoming\u00a02 years old<\/strong>. This is the edition 25!<\/p>\n

The first issue was launched on 17th of July of 2018. At that moment, my Sherezade was here with me, still working before her August holidays (my expectation is to recover her in October).\u00a0I had just been in Poland for EthnoKrakow with\u00a0Vig\u00fcela<\/a>\u00a0and I was leaving to FMM Sines (Portugal)\u00a0two days later, where\u00a0Monsieur Doumani<\/a>\u00a0would perform.<\/p>\n

My commitment with our community has not weakened, I hope this monthly date with interviews and news\u00a0is useful and inspiring\u00a0for you. And in the meantime I think my English has improved\u00a0?<\/p>\n

<\/a><– Click the picture to read that first issue.<\/p>\n

This Summer, you know… Despite the critical situation that is still present in many places of the world and also the outbreaks that we are having here in Spain, music goes on.<\/p>\n

I have just had a confirmation minutes ago of a concert in November with\u00a0Apa<\/a>, the\u00a0beast\u00a0<\/em>of the Valencian\u00a0cant d’estil<\/em>, and his partners of Citra Trio.\u00a0Vig\u00fcela<\/a>\u00a0has a date with the stage in Madrid on 9th of August and some exciting acts are planned for Autumn.\u00a0Janusz Prusinowski<\/a>\u00a0is launching a\u00a0series of online workshops<\/a>, recorded and also in real time, about the masters of the Polish music (more info below),\u00a0Hudaki Village Band<\/a>\u00a0are preparing a new video and will retake the rehearsals in Ukraine in August.<\/p>\n

On the other side, news about cancelations of festivals are still arriving, but also a thrilling rebirth, of Babel Med, now Babel Music XP, with renewed team, has been announced recently.<\/p>\n

Read more about these and other matters below.\u00a0Remember that you can send any suggestion\u00a0of content for the next editions.\u00a0And if you like this, tell me and share it with your friends.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00b7 The return of the Marseillaise date:\u00a0Babel Music XP<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0In the quest for the sustainability of the recorded music business, with Edith Lei, from\u00a0Naxos Music Library<\/strong>\u00a0+\u00a03 months free trial<\/strong>\u00a0for the first 3 requests<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Mini interviews with festival manager: B\u00e9la Pap, from\u00a0<\/span>\u00d6r\u00f6ks\u00e9g Vil\u00e1gzenei Fesztiv\u00e1l \/ Heritage World Music Festival<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7 In deep with\u00a0<\/span>Angie Lemon PR<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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BABEL MED REBIRTHS AS BABEL MUSIC XP<\/h3>\n
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I think this is a quite long-waited news! Probably you are already aware.\u00a0Babel Med becomes Babel Music XP, with a totally renewed team and co-produced by\u00a0Zone Franche<\/a>,\u00a0and will start in two parts: a professional meeting in November 26th-27th and trade fair with concerts in March 25-27th, in Marseille. Application period for concerts is\u00a0open here<\/a>\u00a0until 29th of July.<\/span><\/p>\n

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IN THE QUEST FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE RECORD MUSIC BUSINESS, WITH EDITH LEI, FROM NAXOS MUSIC LIBRARY<\/h3>\n

Our “industry”, let me use this term despite the situation, is facing many challenges. There is one that\u00a0impacts on all the genres of music: the progressive drop of incomes for artists and producers from the recorded music. In this interview, Ms. Edith Lei,\u00a0Managing Director at Naxos Digital Services Ltd answers about one of their most ambitious initiative:\u00a0Naxos Music Library<\/a>. Note that I announced this interview would be with Ina Schr\u00f6der instead, who considered these were questions for Ms. Lei. I am really thankful to Ina for the intermediation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Mapamundi M\u00fasica<\/span>\u00a0– For what I know so far, the Naxos Music Library is an archive with more than 2 million tracks of music that the subscribers can listen to in streaming. Who is the client\/user for Naxos Music Library?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Edith Lei<\/strong>\u00a0– At least 97% of Naxos Music Library (NML) subscribers are institutions or music-related organisations – universities, public libraries, conservatories, schools, orchestras. The other 3% or so are musicians, performing artists, classical music lovers, journalists, critics, radio presenters, music teachers etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

MM<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– \u00a0Much of your catalogue is Western classical music but there are also many tracks of other kinds of music, like jazz and world music. I think you are interested in including more references. How can a record label include their catalogue in the Library?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nEL –\u00a0<\/strong>We have subsidiary platforms, one is NML Jazz and the other is NML World. So obviously we take jazz and world music labels too.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are contracts in place with aggregators, so the first step is to check which distribution partners labels are working with and request content from them. If that is not an option we can look into individual contracts.<\/p>\n

Labels with classical, jazz and world music content who want to be part of the NML suite can write to my colleague Helen at Helen.Kwan@Naxos.com<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/span>MM\u00a0– \u00a0<\/span>And the independent artists, can they also include their works in the catalogue?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
\nEL –<\/strong>\u00a0This depends on how large their catalogue is. For those who only have a couple of albums with standard repertoire, the amount of administrative work (contracting, reporting, royalties payment etc.) required cannot be justified. If the artist’s intention is to merely make their recordings available on NML so that they can be heard, we can consider taking them under different conditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MM\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>What is the return for the producer that has tracks in the Library? For sure you are aware of the critics from the industry of music about the model of return of the most popular music streaming platforms.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nEL –<\/strong>\u00a0Our per-stream rate for labels is many times more than that from other platforms. Referring to\u00a0this article on Digital Music<\/a>\u00a0in January 2018,\u00a0Naxos paid $0.05 per stream, while Spotify $0.00397, Apple $0.00783, Amazon $0.0074, Qobuz $0.03816. Though this article is from two years ago, it gives you a general idea on how much each platform pays labels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MM – What are your next goals with the Library?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nEL –\u00a0<\/strong>To expand into countries where we do not have a distributor yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MM – What are the synergies between the Library and Naxos World? \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nEL –\u00a0<\/strong>Naxos Music Library is our flagship platform focusing on classical music, while NML World complements NML and offers world music which is becoming very popular and being studied widely in universities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MM – Do you think this model of streaming for subscribers can face the crisis of sales of physical albums? I am sure you have much more knowledge than me in the situation and expectations for the future of the business of recorded music, that’s why I ask you.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nEL –\u00a0<\/strong>Streaming is now the most widely means to music listening, especially for the young generation. For them, physical CD is not an option. Most of them do not have a CD player.<\/span><\/p>\n

MM – What is Naxos World doing now? Give me a scoop!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nEL –\u00a0<\/strong>Under Naxos World we continue to release both very traditional folk music recordings, as well as contemporary and crossover\/fusion productions. We are also looking into projects that will bring world music and classical music closer together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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