New York—The ARChive of Contemporary Music (ARC) announces the launch of India Music Week (IMW)
from October
6-13, 2013! This will be a full week
of concerts, radio shows and academic events occurring around the world.
http://indiamusicweek.org/
Each
year The ARChive of Contemporary Music focuses on a music of the country or
culture to celebrate and promote. In October 2013, ARC will create India Music Week. This will be a full
week of concerts, radio shows and academic events occurring around the
world. You can view their first two efforts at muslimworldmusicday.com + Brazilian Music Day. Each of these sites drawing more than a million
visitors and still gets over 2,000 visitors daily. Their past efforts focusing on the
music of Islam and Brazil created the largest focused music reference site on
the Web!
From October 6 - 13, 2013, building on this success ARC will expand a “Day” into a
full India Music “Week” IMW will be an online website to present, promote and explore the rich
cultural heritage of Indian music of the past, present and future. IMW will offer videos,
histories, seminars, concerts, lectures, sound files, sheet music, broadcasts,
narrowcasts, album cover art galleries, essays, blogs, photos and links all
highlighting the importance and beauty
of Indian music as well as educate a global
audience about it's many genres and facets.
PLEASE PARTICIPATE!
Let us
know about your ideas and any contributions you can provide!
Please let others know... Post, blog, e, face, tweet,
chat, etc...
The goal is to provide a mix of academic study and
entertainment to provide a comprehensive overview of the music, with thousands
of links, essays, conferences, concerts and the best online discography on the
web. ARC also build their collections and has already
collected more than 5000 recordings from
India! With the help of Gracenote, has already catalogued
25,000 Asian Indian recordings issued domestically and from around the world. This database will be one of the largest
online reference tools on the web, freely available to all.
The ARC is actively seeking also for Project Sponsorship worldwide and a Partnership with a cultural institution
in India.
ARC invites
organizations, artists and individuals interested in supporting and participating in the
project to contact them.
HOW TO BE PART OF IMW?
1- Worldwide...
For any
event to be organized around the Globe from October 6 to 13, 2013 and/or if you
wish to be listed on the IMW's Website:
http://indiamusicweek.org/
Contact: Bob George - ARC
Tel : +1-212-226-6967
skype : arcmusic
Record
Companies - send
releases, or at least info on your recordings / Broadcasters - host
a show or a whole day of Indian music / Scholars - write an
essay or send along something already published / Universities
- plan a lecture, concert, workshop, or symposium / Venues -
host an act / Libraries - send along the metadata on your
holding or host an event...
And
remember to let everyone know about the event.
See all
kind of ideas for contributors:
2- In New York...
For
organizers, venues, artists, events related and/or to be organized and
presented in New York during the IMW!
Contact: Veronique
Lerebours/HarmoNYom - Consultant for IMW - New York
Email: veronique@harmonyom.org
www.HarmoNYom.org
Get ready... Book your
agenda for a SPECIAL EVENT in NYC! DJ Rekha, to set the Guinness World Record for the largest
Bhangra Dance, Sunday Oct 6 @ the
South Street Seaport, NYC. Look for
5,000 - 10,000 dancers! In conjunction with the NY Diwali
Festival that draws more than 80,000 attendees. Organized by Molecule
Communications.
Help IMW
celebrates the importance and beauty of Indian music!
Namaste!
Veronique
Lerebours
ARC is a not-for-profit archive, music
library and research center located in New York City. Now in its 28th year, the ARChive of Contemporary Music is the largest collection of popular
music in the world, with more than two million popular music recordings. The ARChive collects preserves
and provides information on the popular music of all cultures
throughout the world. It is supported by a Board
of Advisors comprised of leading musicians, songwriters and directors,
including David Bowie, Jellybean Benitez, Jonathan Demme, Michael Feinstein,
Youssou N'Dour, Lou Reed, Keith Richards, Nile Rodgers, Todd Rundgren, Fred
Schneider, Martin Scorsese, Paul Simon and Mike Stoller.
The project director for India Music Week is ARC Director B. George. Mr. George, Project assistants are Dr. Brian Q. Silver and Laura Kilty
