Midem

Readers Wives begin a 5 day residency in a place called Midem in a town called Cannes.

Irish Blogs 2009

Among her accolades are the Midem First Prize (1971), Tunisia's first Medal of Art (1972), and the Sepas Best Actress award (1973).

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 145 Phil Ramone 2010

Among her accolades are the Midem First Prize (1971), Tunisia's first Medal of Art (1972), and the Sepas Best Actress award (1973).

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 145 Phil Ramone 2010

But from Cannes, France, where the Midem music conference is currently taking place, news comes about a forthcoming tribute album to Nick Drake, the late, British singer-songwriter who enjoyed a posthumous boost of fame in 2000 when the title track from his seminal 1972 LP, Pink Moon, was featured in a Volkswagon commercial.

News From Cannes: Nick Drake Tribute Due Later This Year 2009

So, I was in France at Midem -- a big music business conference held annually.

Mike Ragogna: Thank God It's Thursday: Oklahoma's College of Rock with Scott Booker, Raphael Saadiq's New Video, Rhino's Digital 45s, More Woodstock, The Bee Gees, and Kimya Dawson 2009

Booker later ran into the pair while showcasing acts at South X Southwest when they, like their British cousins at Midem, were trying to place bands and get jobs for their students.

Mike Ragogna: Thank God It's Thursday: Oklahoma's College of Rock with Scott Booker, Raphael Saadiq's New Video, Rhino's Digital 45s, More Woodstock, The Bee Gees, and Kimya Dawson 2009

Sony Ericsson at Midem, an international music-trade show in Cannes, France, announced deals with 10 record labels, including Sony BMG, Warner Music Group Corp. and EMI Group Ltd.

Sony Ericsson Snags Content 2008

The DAC strengthened AIRCO by supporting it to attend Midem (World Music Market) to join discussion on global music industry development and other trends with their counterparts from United Kingdom, USA, Australia, Canada, Japan, the European Union, New Zealand, Brazil.

Minister of Arts & Culture Z. Pallo Jordan, Budget Vote Speech, Room E249, Parliament, Cape Town 2008

The site has the manifesto they wrote and handed out this week at Midem.

Boing Boing: January 25, 2004 - January 31, 2004 Archives 2004

The “fight-back” campaign also calls for a, “massive roll-out of new online music stores, a topic that will dominate the spotlight at the annual Midem music conference in the French Riviera this weekend,” says Reuters, going on:

Big Music targets the enemy: 2004