Global music industry professionals to share insights on indie music opportunities at 2016 Golden Melody Festival



As the Golden Melody Awards & Festival is just around the corner, music industry professionals are also welcome to join in the festivities as the festival once again invites industry professionals to a three-day conference chock-full of talks on technology, ideas and cross-industry collaboration.
The three days of talks will take place between the 22nd and 24th of June, and will be at Taipei�s Humble House.

One of the talks will be given on opportunities for Independent (Indie) Music, a sector which has been experiencing much change and potential of late.

The festival has brought together five prominent global industry professionals as panelists for this particular talk, including Taiwan�s own Pochang Wu; founder of iNDIEVOX and lead singer of band ECHO who will be leading the proceedings.

Other panelists include global music industry representatives from the America Association of Independent Music (Jennifer Masset), Sounds Australia (Millie Millgate), The Orchard (Priyanka Dewan), and Modern Sky Entertainment (Shen Lihui).

Bringing together professionals who have made prominent contributions to independent music be they from the United States, Australia, Taiwan, China or Singapore, this talk is one you should definitely keep an eye on if you�re attending the festivities this year.

For more information, please visit the official site: http://gma.tavis.tw/GM27/GMF/default_en.asp

Koh, Jocelle. "Global Music Industry Professionals to Share Insights on Indie Music Opportunities at 2016 Golden Melody Festival." Hello Asia. Accessed June 21, 2016. http://www.helloasia.com.au/news/global-music-industry-professionals-to-share-insights-on-indie-music-opportunities-at-2016-golden-melody-festival/. 

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