All South African record companies and owners of recorded music are hereby cordially invited to submit Original Music and Video titles for inclusion in the 2010 South African Midem Sampler. All submissions will be judged by an independent panel of music experts for inclusion on the sampler.
Midem (www.midem.com ) is the world’s largest music industry marketplace / trade show, attracting over 10 000 participants from music companies around the world annually. The South African Pavilion, sponsored by the Department of Arts & Culture has become the base from which South African music is marketed at Midem, attracting thousands of potential business partners for South African music. The Midem Sampler is distributed to these visitors at the Stand.
The Sampler is intended to be a marketing tool for South African music and the local music industry. It aims to symbolize / serve as a platform for South Africa’s vast cultural heritage, and be as inclusive as possible. With this in mind, the Sampler aims to include music from companies not physically attending Midem, sourced from all corners of our vast industry.
The 2009 Midem Sampler is a Double CD, containing South African music.
We encourage all labels of all types, sizes and genres to submit their music. If you are an artist / band who owns your own recordings and are self-releasing, you are also welcome to submit your music.
SUBMISSION CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA
- Each company may submit one artist per genre.
- Submissions must be of South African artists, and of a commercially releasable quality. No libelous, offensive, derogatory or prejudicial material will be considered.
- Submissions must be high quality audio.
- Submissions must be received before 15 December 2009.
- You must own or have secured all rights necessary for inclusion of all the content you submit in the Sampler.
- As indicated above, there is room for a substantial amount of music on the Sampler, but unfortunately we cannot guarantee inclusion of your submission on the Sampler. The judges decision on inclusion is final. Successful applicants will be notified of inclusion by phone and/or email.
- Should your submissions be accepted, you must be willing to sign a simple clearance allowing us to include your material free of charge (copyright in the sound recordings and songs) within the sampler, and in a digital format without DRM protection (320 kbps mp3). You must also mandate that you are legally entitled to grant permission for usage of your Recordings, and indemnify us against any 3rd party claims from artists etc as result of the usage.
- Biographies and digital pictures (eg jpegs) accompanying submissions are advantageous.
- Submissions must be accompanied by the attached submission form – one for each track / video submitted.
- Please do not submit your master discs. We make no guarantee to return any discs submitted to us.
HOW TO SUBMIT
Nationwide: Post or Courier to
AIRCO Offices: Down town Studios building,62 Goud Studios,4th Floor, Johannesburg
Phone:+2711 334 6166
Email: info@airco.org.za
RISA Offices:
Phone:+27 11 886 1342
Email:
If you would like to submit music via ftp upload, please contact info@airco.org.za or RISA for instructions.
AUDIO FORMATS
Audio must be supplied on CD in either CD audio, wav, aiff or mp3 of 320 kbps CBR resolution. All audio must be 16 bit, 44 100 khz resolution.
VIDEO FORMATS
Video may be submitted on DVD, VCD, or AVI, MPEG, MOV or other hi-res video format. Video must be a minimum of 720x526 pixels, 25 fps resolution in a common codec.
Please note: No submissions for DVD will be aired at the AIRCO Expo Stand only and will not be distributed.
Contact us at info@airco.org.za if you require any assistance with these specifications. |
