SAMA South Asian Festival
Monday 6 - Sunday 12 October 2008
Across NewcastleGateshead
It’s SAMA time!!
SAMA returns to NewcastleGateshead in 2008 bringing with it the spirit and spice of South Asian music, arts and culture. There’s an exciting programme of events and festivities, including this year, a major Indian literature strand as well as stunning performances by some of the finest musicians, DJs, artists and dancers from across the UK and South Asia. There’ll also be workshops, exhibitions, a film and food festival and a spectacular outdoor finale on Sunday 12th October when Baltic Square will be transformed into a Bazaar, with colourful stalls, thrilling street performances and amazing activities for the whole family to enjoy.
Confirmed acts include – world class musician, producer and DJ Nitin Sawhney, the great Sufi and Bollywood vocalist Rahat Ali Khan, Internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi singer Habib, amazing Folk Musicians and dancers from Rajasthan, runners up of ITV’s Britains Got Talent – Signature, and the inimitable Radio 1 DJ Bobby Friction plus much, much more – for further details please visit our new look website www.samafestival.org and check out our SAMA 08 brochure attached!!
Looking forward to seeing you.
Vikas Kumar
Director
GemArts - Creating and Profiling Diverse Arts
Address: GemArts, Old Town Hall, West St, Gateshead, NE8 1HE
Telephone: 0191 440 4124
Mobile: 07957 668 774
Email: vikas@gemarts.org
Website: www.GemArts.org
COMING UP: SAMA South Asian Festival, October 6 - 12th 2008. Please visit www.samafestival.org or www.myspace.com/samafestival for updates.
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Confirmed panels include
The Touring Game
The primary purpose of touring has traditionally been to promote record sales and generate comprehensive media coverage in a controlled environment. But with the record industry in flux, tour support in short supply and a surfeit of festival activity, does the old model need a rethink? This panel brings together agents, promoters, record executives, merchandisers and the PR community to discuss core strategies driving this vital sector.
Breaking and Entering
The emerging artiste sector continues to thrive with a consistently high level of interest from radio, TV and brands. With the live industry almost exclusively responsible for producing the music industry?s new talent, this panel will examine the key factors to maintaining its vibrancy.
The Producers
From sound, lighting, staging and transportation, production has always been an inherent part of creating the live experience and British companies have been world leaders in these sectors for decades. This session will examine the process of getting a major show on the road, from conception through development to the build and performance.
Tomorrow’s World
With the term 360 rapidly falling out of common usage, Live Nation’s innovative multiple-stream deals apart, what does tomorrow hold? Meanwhile the evolving dynamics of ticketing, a growing awareness of environmental issues and the success of arena residencies are also having a significant impact on the landscape.
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Sponsors and supporters
Among delegates attending last year were concert and event promoters, venue operators, festival organisers, ticketing agencies , artiste managers and agents, live music-focused media, brand and marketing specialists, equipment and production service providers, national and local government representatives and a host of other live music-associated companies.
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to create Britains best and largest Salsa Night, based in London from late Autumn, ‘08
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Dear Flamenco friends,
For one night only…an evening of raw energy, passion, music and dance.
Rafael and friends at The Oxford Playhouse Venue on July 22nd and with special guests Domingo Patricio (Paco de Lucia group etc), Rafael de Utrera (Paco de Lucia, Vicente Amigo etc) and Carmen Lozano (dancer with Vicente Amigo etc). This is a chance to see flamenco with world renowned musicians at the Playhouse. It is the first time in Oxford and should be a night to remember. Be the first to book as this performance will sell out.
Tickets now on sale online at www.oxfordplayhouse.com or Box Office 01865 305305.
I look forward to seeing you all there.
R x
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Greetings.
I’ve been a Salsa Collector for the past twenty years, with a collection of over 3000 rare Latin recordings. My collection is based on 60’s and 70’s Mambos,Boogaloos, Guarachas, Charangas, Descargas, Montunos, Guajiras, Pachangas and Guaguancos.
I would like to invite you to visit my SALSA web page, here you can view over 100 photos
of my personal collection.
My purpose of this email is to meet other Salsa Collectors who are interested in having there collection grow by TRADING good Salsa music on MP3 files.
Here I leave you with over 50 Salsa Classics (samples) on MP3, if any of these Latin Treasures interest you feel free to contact me.
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SALSA FANTASTIQUE!
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Invitation to MOTOWN ROCK
Patti Boulaye would like to invite you and a guest as her special guests to her showcase Motown Rock.
Patti will be joined on stage by famous rock musicians from “Deep Purple”, “Renaissance”, “High Society”, “The Monks”, “Jo-Jo Gun”, “Fandango”, “The Strawbs” and “Johnny Kid And The Pirates”. Patti says “they are the most amazingly talented and experienced musicians that I’ve had the privilege to perform with” and we are “ROCKING” yes I did say “ROCKING” we are having lots of fun in the process!!
Patti decided to make a return to the live stage after she says “Everywhere I went people would ask me when I was going back on tour”. So after a lot of thought and planning, I can now answer the only way I know how” …. Patti is inviting you to come and join her on Saturday the 14 June at 8pm at the Famous Lakeside Country Club and says “be prepared to dance and sing all your worries away”. Patti’s having a whale of a time and is determined that everybody should have a fun packed evening of great dance music from the 60s and 70s Motown and more.
The show is at the Lakeside Country Club, Wharf Road, Frimley Green, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 6PT
If you are free to join Patti on Saturday please contact me on 01494681580 or chrisandco@talktalk.net and I will add your names to the guest list.
Kind Regards
Chris
Good morning friends and colleagues,
Please excuse the circular nature of this email.
I have been asked to look after the live music content at two of this summer’s Channel 4 Television’s Taste festivals (www.channel4.com/taste) , namely Taste of London – Regent’s Park 19-22 June and Taste of Bath – Royal Victoria Park 3-6 July.
The Taste events have become very high profile foody events showcasing the finest in chefs, restaurants and real food suppliers & producers. The London event in particular is rated as one of the top five food festivals in the world and sits in the “well-to-do” social calendar alongside Wimbledon, Ascot and Henley Regatta. Typical visitors to these events range from young professionals to retired folks, but all classed as very affluent. There is also a strong representation at these events from corporate event producers and national media. London attracts nearly 45,000 visitors over the four days, Bath roughly 18,000.
Music provision at the venue both events is a bandstand format, located in a central position near the main entrances in each site plan. The London music stage is sponsored by British Airways this year, sponsor for the Bath bandstand is still being negotiated. Musically I will be looking to book artists from a wide range of sectors….classical, jazz, choral, acoustic, world, boogie-woogie etc. The only guidance I have from the organisers is that they want a certain degree of familiarity…so I will be looking to acts who can perform at least a mix of covers, jazz standards etc…..unknown artist performing all original material will not fit the bill for these events. In most cases I will look for two sets from each artist…one afternoon and one evening show.
The Bad News……budget is very low for the live content at these events. The music programme has no bearing on ticket sales (£45 for London this year!) and therefore my budget is minimal. In the past the organisers have filled a music programme largely with artists working either for nothing or simply for token expenses. Some of you will object to this approach on principle, and I fully respect that point of view.
The Good News…..it’s a bit of a cliché but this is very good exposure and there is a history of some artists securing future bookings and corporate work from these shows. The food pages on the Channel 4 website are getting approx 1 million unit hits per month and there will be a dedicated feature page on the live entertainment for both festivals, with biographies and weblinks listed. 75 % of ticket sales for these events are purchased online, so web focus is very strong indeed. Each visitor gets given a menu card on arrival that has the full performance programme for the event timetabled. On exit from the event, every visitor is given a glossy magazine that has a dedicated page to the entertainment featured. Media partners are being finalised for both these events as we speak….Likely Capitol Radio for London, a number of national magazines, Venue Magazine in Bath and others. Coverage is significant nationally. Channel 4 will be doing lots of dedicated web marketing and distribute ¾ of a million fliers in advance of these two events. There will also be a display board / merch stall by each bandstand and we can promote a “meet the artist / CD signing” feature. Poor fees can be offset to some extent by guest ticket allocations, so the prospect of giving friends and love ones a posh day out too is feasible.
Channel 4 Television film crews will be very much in evidence at all Taste festivals, filming throughout each weekend for future broadcasts, but please note…..THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES OF ANY COVERAGE FOR ANY GIVEN ARTIST BOOKED, it really is a lottery, the main benefit is clearly driven through web traffic and exposure to corporate event organisers.
I am about to head off to Shetland Festival for a long weekend, but wanted to start the ball rolling with this. If you want to express interest in participation at either of these events please drop me an e-mail reply in the first instance. I will be back in the modern world next Wed (May 7) and then have a very short timespan indeed in which to nail the programmes.
Look forward to hearing from some of you, have a good bank holiday
Tim Richardson
Tel 01258 817034
Mob 07597 453039
www.mutinymusic.co.uk
D O M I N I C A L L D I S
Thursday, 12th June 2008
Pizza on the Park
11 Knightsbridge
London
SW1X 7L
The Songs of Jerome Kern
This evening at Pizza on the Park, singer & pianist Dominic Alldis will be celebrating the wonderful songs of Jerome Kern, including “All The Things You Are”, “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” and “The Way You Look Tonight”, as well as songs by the legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans and film composer Henry Mancini.
He will be accompanied by an all-star jazz quartet - Stephen Keogh on drums, Mark Hodgson on double bass and Colin Oxley on guitar.
“He shows a winning combination of old-style British charm and new style-keyboard skill. He’s a class act…”
Jack Massarik, Evening Standard
“Elegance and sophistication personified… little short of miraculous, sheer class…”
Brian Blain, Musician Magazine
Doors open at 7.30pm
Show at 8.30pm
£20 (cash or cheque only on the door)
Reservations: 020 7235 7825
(early booking is recommended)
To read a review of December’s show at Pizza on the Park by
Jack Masserik in the Evening Standard, please click on the following link:
http://www.dominicalldis.com/cabaret.html
Dominic’s albums can be found on iTunes or purchased online from JazzCDs:
http://www.jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_813
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The Jetset is made up of some of London’s finest musicians, who collectively have played with artists such as Amy Winehouse, Prince, Joss Stone, Sugarbabes, Sting, Craig David, Daniel Bedingfield, Westlife, Enrique Iglesias, Eminem, Robin Gibb, Seal, Gabrielle,Jools Holland, Tina Turner, ELO, Spice Girls, Brian Ferry to name a few! As you can imagine, they are no strangers to amazing venues, demanding audiences and exceptional performances and have all played at the highest level in the international arena.
Individually they have also racked up several chart hits and movie soundtracks, so it’s no wonder that together they will be an impressive addition to your event.
Attractive, vibrant, enthusiastic and talented - this group of people know how to entertain with confidence and will play a vast array of the songs you love, past and present, with contemporary style and dynamic performance.
The band can play as a 5 piece upwards depending on your requirements. Male and female fronted with both also playing guitar, plus keys, bass and drums with everyone able to sing harmonies produces an impressive sound. If you would like a horn section, no problem! We have the best!
As well as a great funky pop set, brimming with classics and current hits, the band also has a stunning jazz repertoire, being totally versatile to suit any situation. The Jetset will provide their own PA, lights and will also play music between sets to keep your party jumping.
Before your event you will have many opportunities to communicate with the band so you can rest assured that all your requirements will be met.
As well as live work and television and radio, this band has also many satisfied clients in the corporate sector including Sony/BMG, Warner Bros, BMW, BBC, Hilton Group,Virgin, O’Neill, Yamaha, the list goes on. This band can also be booked to back solo artists and also for TV and film work. This band is available internationally.