Open Call for artists

Slash Transition enters its second round for another 2 years. For this new project’s chapter, we are searching for 5 new sound/music artists from Austria, France, Georgia, Portugal and Tunisia that are interested in joining the adventure and participating in(...)

28 April 2025

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Open letter: Rethinking digital practices and spaces

We, cultural and media players who benefit from EU funds ask the European Commission and its Creative Europe funding programme, to take the threats caused by the growing power of digital capitalism represented by tech giants into consideration and to(...)

22 April 2025

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Rethinking regional hospitality

During the second year of Slash Transition, Bien Urbaines agency worked on a theme that was first mentioned by the students of Nantes' Design School, while working on the project in 2023 : hospitality. This topic is at the heart(...)

09 April 2025

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Collab lab day 4: sunny day and funny night

For the last day, things were a bit more relaxed. After lunch, we all gathered for the final collective workshop at L’Art Rue. This amazing week full of discoveries, deep talks, familiar and new faces is almost wrapped up. But(...)

07 February 2025

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Collab lab day 3: a culinary adventure

Three days in, and we have successfully embarked on a flavorful journey through Tunisian cuisine. For some of us, it was even the first thing we did upon landing. Food is the best thing, the glue of cooperation and the(...)

06 February 2025

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Collab lab day 2: diving into the artists’ works

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After reconnecting—or meeting for the first time—and a (sometimes short) night of sleep, we all gathered at L’Art Rue for the second day of Collab Lab, diving into the artists' works. Some latecomers finally made it, but the day was(...)

05 February 2025

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Collab Lab day 1 : Well arrived in Tunis

The Tunis collaboration lab has just kicked off! After weeks of preparation, the crew of L’Art Rue just welcomed (almost) everyone in its local in the center of the medina. Some of us didn’t make it on time, they’ve had issues(...)

04 February 2025

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Ursula’s residency in Nantes

Ursula left Austria for Nantes in France for her Slash artistic residency. Her work during the four-weeks-residency attempts to reinterpret and question the city's restructuring process and its memory. In collaboration with other local artists, she created the sound performance(...)

28 January 2025

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Fanch’s residency in Tbilisi

Fanch Dodeur, the Slash French artist, spent several weeks between September and October 2024 in Mutant Radio's neighbourhood - Chugureti - in Tbilisi, Georgia. The residency allowed for the creation of two distinct sound installations, a workshop, and a website(...)

23 January 2025

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Larie’s residency in Tunis

Larie flight from Lisbon to Tunis at the end of October 2024 for their artistic residence. They spent several weeks working with different local artists and this work resulted into the creation of CHANGE∞, a multimedia installation and performance. Discover(...)

16 January 2025

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Giorgi’s residency in Innsbruck

The Slash Georgian artist Giorgi Koberidze was in Innsbruck (District Wilten – St. Bartlmä Area), Austria, last September for his artistic residency. His work leaded to the sound and artistic creation of Murmur – Immersing in the (Silent) Voices of(...)

06 January 2025

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Amal’s residency in Lisbon

The Slash Tunisian artist Amal Yaakoubi spent three weeks in the Beato district in Lisbon, Portugal, for her artistic residency. Discover here some images and reporting of her time there.

18 December 2024

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Call for contributions: let’s hear your voice on “Hospitality in the city”!

As part of the Slash Transition project, international local hubs associated with the project (in Nantes, Innsbruck, Tunis, Tbilisi, Lisbon) have initiated a first reflection on the question of hospitality in the city. A call for participation is launched and(...)

03 September 2024

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Lucie Mesuret: “Sound Documentary, a Tool to Explore Territories”

Combining participatory urban planning and documentary arts is the approach of Lucie Mesuret, who spoke last March in Trempo as part of Slash Transition’s training program. By using various sound production practices, she advocates for city planning "with listening and(...)

07 June 2024

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Training program in Nantes (France): daily report

There were quite some excitement in March 2024, when the selected artists and mentors (which we commonly decided to rename "local facilitators") arrived in Nantes on Wednesday 13th. After a first meeting and the discovery of several French cheeses to(...)

02 April 2024

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Immersion in Beato district, Lisbon

All along the project, discover the reality behind each experimentation territory with sounds recorded by Mutant Radio.

04 March 2024

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Discover the five selected local facilitators for the first round of Slash Transition project!

To end on a high note this first year of Slash Transition project, we are delighted to announce the first 5 selected local facilitators that will be part of Slash Transition first round. They will be in training in Nantes,(...)

09 February 2024

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Discover the five selected artists for the first round of Slash Transition project!

To end on a high note this first year of Slash Transition project, we are delighted to announce the first 5 selected artists that will be part of Slash Transition first round. They will be in training in Nantes, France(...)

07 February 2024

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Immersion in Chugureti district, Tbilisi

All along the project, discover the reality behind each experimentation territory with sound and images recorded by Mutant Radio.

07 February 2024

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Local hub diary #5 – Openspace lives up to its name: a dynamic venue open to the multifaceted Wilten neighborhood in Innsbruck

Following the kick-off meeting in August 2023 in Nantes, Slash Transition closes its first phase: for three months, each European partner has gathered working groups involving people acting locally from a variety of sectors. These “local hubs” were tasked with(...)

05 January 2024

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Local hub diary #4 – Nantes: Between major works and social transformations, Trempo is at the heart of an urban experimentation territory

Following the kick-off meeting in August 2023 in Nantes, Slash Transition closes its first phase: for three months, each European partner has gathered working groups involving people acting locally from a variety of sectors. These “local hubs” were tasked with(...)

03 January 2024

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Local hub diary #3 – Tbilisi: Navigating nature and sound in Tbilisi’s complex urban transition

Following the kick-off meeting in August 2023 in Nantes, Slash Transition closes its first phase: for three months, each European partner has gathered working groups involving people acting locally from a variety of sectors. These “local hubs” were tasked with(...)

20 December 2023

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Local hub diary #2 – Lisbon: Casa Capitão facing transformation and gentrification in the neighborhood of Beato

Following the kick-off meeting in August 2023 in Nantes, Slash Transition closes its first phase: for three months, each European partner has gathered working groups involving people acting locally from a variety of sectors. These “local hubs” were tasked with(...)

13 December 2023

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Local hub diary #1 – Tunis: L’Art Rue wants to explore the Medina while emphasizing the concept of transition in both architecture and sound

Following the kick-off meeting in August 2023 in Nantes, Slash Transition closes its first phase: for three months, each partner has gathered working groups involving people acting locally from a variety of sectors. These “local hubs” were tasked with defining(...)

06 December 2023

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Two kick-off days in Nantes (France) to launch 4-years-project Slash Transition

On 30, 31 August and 1 September 2023, all the Slash Transition partners gathered in Nantes, France for the project kick off meeting. This brief yet intense couple of days were the opportunity to meet face to face after several(...)

20 November 2023

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Vidéo · Slash Program: 18 months, 8 artistes, 3 European cities

Slash Program — season 2 is now complete ! Many Thanks to André Júlio Turquesa (Portugal), Dena (Bulgaria), Flo/So (France), Gisèle Pape (France), Isabelle Nguyen (France), Marta Del Grandi (Italy), Niklas Runge (Denmark), Nils Peschanski (France).

20 June 2022

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Our closing week in Aarhus (DK)

The third and last workshop of our Slash program — season 2 ended on May 8. It is now the time to share the highlights and the photos of this intense and enriching week.

25 May 2022

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Thomas Cochini, engineer/slasher

Thomas Cochini is a seasoned veteran of Trempo. After attending the European Music Incubator program in 2018, and the Accélérateur Culture program in 2019, he has gone from student to master, becoming a trainer himself. This musician – who is(...)

25 May 2022

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Skygge, inspiration accelerator

Benoit Carré was invited to Trempo as part of Slash to extol the virtues of artificial intelligence.

17 May 2022

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“The earlier you think about it, the easier it is to be ecologically-responsible”: a discussion with Gwendolenn Sharp from The Green Room

On January 17 and 18, 2022, Gwendolenn Sharp, founder of the association The Green Room, spoke to the artists of the Slash program about ecological responsibility issues. The aim was to see how to build a “sustainable” tour as an(...)

15 February 2022

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“Music 2030” workshop report

“I think the program of this week get us to be more aware of the future of music. It opened a lot of horizons and possibilities as artist that we would not think of.” Isabelle Nguyen “I was really happy(...)

01 February 2022

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Music 2030 : designing the contours of what tomorrow’s musician will be

Despite a non favourable health context, the Slash 2 programme continues with the second “Music 2030” workshop. The objective of this intense week is to experiment with new approaches of creation, diversification of activities, tools and practices in order to(...)

13 January 2022

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“I now feel really energised and ready for more of these types of shows in 2022” Slash artist Flo/so at Trans Musicales in Rennes

Flo/so, an artist from the Slash program season 2, had the opportunity to play in front of 2000 people in the Greenroom of Trans Musicales in Rennes at the beginning of December 21. Here is a video that redraws his(...)

07 January 2022

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“Look deep inside your own roots, own that, and exploit that to the maximum” : a discussion with Juan Cubaque from Cézame

During the first Slash workshop at the MIL in September, Juan provided a workshop on sync. Meeting him in Lisbon was the opportunity to ask him some questions about his work and the stakes of synchronisation for artists.

07 December 2021

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“Being as close as possible to the needs of creators”: an interview of Julie Poureau from la Sacem and Chloé Nataf from Trempo

For its second season, the European training program Slash, produced by Trempo as part of the pilot program Music Moves Europe, co-financed by the European Union, also benefits from the support of Sacem. Julie Poureau, Director of the Cultural Engineering(...)

15 September 2021

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Slash program first workshop at the MIL festival

After a break forced by the COVID-19 epidemic, the European Slash Program is finally resuming! The artists and the Trempo team that coordinates the project will meet next week for the first workshop of the program, in collaboration with the(...)

10 September 2021

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SLASH 2: The selection process

The Slash program selection occurred in January 2021 and was divided in two sessions. The selection work drew on a specific criteria grid as well as hours of listening and reading the applicants’ work.

12 March 2021

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Discover our nine artists selected for Slash-Season 2 !

They were nearly 180 candidates, from 23 different nationalities, for only 9 finalists. We are proud and glad to present to you the artists who will follow Slash — season 2, our European training program, directed by Trempo with the(...)

19 February 2021

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SLASH 2: The received applications

On 6th December 2020, the Open Call to apply to the season 2 of the Slash program closed. The selection process is now over, but before revealing the results in a couple of weeks, here is an overview of all(...)

09 February 2021

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How to seize the live streaming opportunity?

With the different lockdowns around the world due to Covid-19, we saw numerous live streams flourishing on the web, indeed, “live streaming is the closest digital analogue to an in-person show”1. With this new habit to listen to music this(...)

24 December 2020

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Entrepreneurial tools to manage your time as a musician

“I applied to this program because I really wanted to know more of the behind scenes. I can be a little bit of a control freak so I kind of like to know all the different parts of my work(...)

24 December 2020

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How to take care of yourself in these uncertain times?

“What would be your advice for an emerging songwriter-producer? To never stop evolving and to always seek out the best environment and conditions for its development.”

24 December 2020

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Key guidelines about music monetization

“Try to think broader than the music industry to create. Do not develop your career by only focusing on your artistic project but how your artistic project could help other people : brands, restaurants, museums, etc. You will get autonomy(...)

24 December 2020

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Key guidelines about music promotion

“I would advise not to neglect any aspect that surrounds the creative act. Composing beautiful pieces is not enough, especially in this time of health crisis when concerts are almost all canceled. Working on its messages and on its digital(...)

23 December 2020

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Slash report — season 1: the selection process

Based on European Music Incubator and our academic monitoring, the main target-group of SLASH 1 consisted of individual musicians defined professionally as “emerging musicians” and “professional”. We also refered to the academic definition of “ordinary musicians”.

22 December 2020

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Slash report — season 1 / What do we know so far?

“Something I didn’t realize when I started making music was thatany entrepreneurial endeavor involves hiring people, creating a company, and becoming a businessperson. So, while you may know me as a musician, in practice I am also a boss… This(...)

21 December 2020

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Slash 1 is over ! Relive the last workshop of season 1

Despite the ups and downs linked to the European health situation (French restrictions and the inability to travel), the Slash team bounced back to transform and adapt this workshop to an online format.

03 December 2020

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Slash Program — season 2 : open call

Slash is a European learning program dedicated to nine emerging professional songwriters-producers, who wish to step up their career.

04 November 2020

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Joanna Rives

Alongside four other European artists, Joanna Rives was chosen to be part of the Slash Program, a Trempolino project, back in November 2019. Despite the cancellation of the MIL Festival in Lisbon and the MaMA festival in Paris, where the(...)

03 November 2020

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Athens: day five

Friday, the 21th of February: The whole team went to the sunny terrace of the Bourbon, a café not far from the hotel, to change a little bit of the environment. In the neighbouring establishment, Chloé receives one by one(...)

21 February 2020

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Athens: day four

Thursday the 20th of February: much less nice breakfast when the rooftop is sprinkled by an unusual cold rain. The bad weather is coming probably from Romain Lallement, the second mentor of Slash 2020, who brought it back from Nantes(...)

20 February 2020

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Athens: day three

Wednesday the 19th Fof February: the arrival of mentor Greg Vaillant (soon to be renamed), the good news for Marta Cascales Alimbau (concerning her song Corales), the discovery of the Acropolis by the whole team (other than from a rooftop(...)

19 February 2020

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Athens: day two

Tuesday the 18th of February, the team is finally complete on this second day in Athens. Alice Hubble and Joanna Rives were in the big bath. On the program, coaching, coaching and more coaching.

18 February 2020

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Athens: day one

Monday the 17th of February, first day of the Athenian part of Slash, the training program initiated by Trempo. With the Acropolis as a backdrop and the MIL show in the spotlight.

17 February 2020

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First workshop in Nantes : the daily report

Excitation was high when our five selected artists — Alice Hubble, Marta Cascales Alimbau, Martin Baltser, Joanna Rives and Simone Tang — arrived in Nantes on November 26th in Nantes. After a first night out in a typical French restaurant(...)

05 February 2020

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Discover the mentors of our 5 chosen artists

All along the training process (from October 2019 to April 2020), all 5 artists selected for the Slash program will be mentored by a musician chosen according to their career history and their aspirations. Mentors will give them advice both(...)

21 November 2019

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We’re proud to present you our five-artist selection

We’re proud to present you our five-artist selection, chosen by our jury of music professionals. They will attend both our workshops in Nantes (November 2019) and Athens (February 2020), meet new people, play music and learn all sort of stuff.(...)

12 November 2019

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Music Cities Network at Slash

Before joining us at Slash, Lena Ingwersen gave us insights about her job as a project manager at Music Cities Network. She will join us at Slash for their conference which will explore music and its role in urban strategies(...)

21 November 2018

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Cécile aka Pumpkin’ on her career through strife and success

Before joining us for a discussion on artist success stories at Slash, Cécile aka Pumpkin’, gives us a look behind the scenes to gain insight and to better understand the daily battles of a musician’s live.

15 November 2018

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Pamela Hute on being a musician now and in the future

Virtual reality, artificial intelligence, blockchain, hologram — these concepts are getting their place in today’s music industry and may become tomorrow’s new set of standards… but what does that mean to an artist? Which skills will be necessary to navigate(...)

12 November 2018

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Mentor Patrick Cloherty at Slash

Patrick Cloherty will be with us at Slash on the 22nd of Nov. in the international panel about «Can music and brands form a real partnership ? ». Being also a mentor for one of the musicians in the music(...)

07 November 2018

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Tunecore joins Slash: Get to know Mathieu Rousselot

Mathieu Rousselot will be with us on the 23rd of Nov for a workshop dedicated to arists about « DIY and new distribution models ». In this session he will present the best practices for the indie artists about digital(...)

07 November 2018

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A vibrant and unique music community : Jess McCarten, The Rattle

Jess McCarten will be with us at Slash on the 23nd of Nov. in the international panel about «Entrepreneurship and musicians». We are excited to have the community manager of The Rattle from London with us to have a look(...)

29 October 2018

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Get to know the speakers at Slash: Pablo Camino – Spain is Music

Pablo Camino will be with us at Slash on the 22nd of Nov. in the international Panel about «The artist in the heart of a tourism area». Here, we will discuss the place of the musician and the music in(...)

23 October 2018

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About Slash, the European Music Convention

During the last two years within the European Music Incubator we have experienced and explored the ways musicians interact with other creative sectors such as tourism, brands, video games, cinema, the digital field and teaching. The European Music Incubator worked(...)

22 October 2018

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Portrait of each musician — Marko Jovanovic

We want to give a closer look on the motivations why the participants joined, what challenges they’ve encountered as well as their future plans. This time with Marko Jovanovic!

27 July 2018

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Collaborative Lab #2 in Genoa, Italy

For the second collaborative lab within the program of the European Music Incubator the whole team with partners, mentors and musicians travelled to Genoa to come together to discuss the experience of what they have done so far as well(...)

26 July 2018

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Portrait of each musician — Eléna Tissier

We want to give a closer look on the motivations why the participants joined, what challenges they’ve encountered as well as their future plans. This time with Eléna Tissier!

04 July 2018

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Portrait of each musician — Tommaso Rolando

We want to give a closer look on the motivations why the participants joined, what challenges they’ve encountered as well as their future plans. This time with Tommaso Rolando!

26 June 2018

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Portrait of each musician — Thomas Cochini

We want to give a closer look on the motivations why the participants joined, what challenges they’ve encountered as well as their future plans. This time with Thomas Cochini!

21 June 2018

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Portrait of each musician — Sara Renar

We want to give a closer look on the motivations why the participants joined, what challenges they’ve encountered as well as their future plans. This time with Sara Renar!

19 June 2018

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Slash, European Music Convention, Save the date 22nd/23rd Nov. in Nantes – France

Slash, European Music Convention Save the date

18 June 2018

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Portraits of each musician — Natalie McCool

We want to give a closer look on the motivations why the participants joined, what challenges they’ve encountered as well as their future plans. This time with Natalie McCool!

13 June 2018

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The pilot projects

By being part of the European Music Incubator (EMI) the musicians switched from a learning position (workshops) to an active one. Together with their mentors each musician now works on an individual project with a chosen thematic.

31 May 2018

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Workshop #5 – Music for soundtracks and video games

The last workshop within the learning program of the European Music Incubator brought our musicians to Genova, Italy on the 29th and 30th of January 2018. During two days the thematics of music for soundtracks and video games as well(...)

22 May 2018

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Workshop #4 — Music and Brands

Workshop #4 was all about music and brands. Therefore the musicians gathered at Trempolino in Nantes to work on that topic. During the two days on the 11th and 12th of December 2017 the issues of what a brand is,(...)

15 May 2018

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Last november in Zagreb: talk with Daniela Angelina Jelinčić about cultural tourism

Daniela Angelina Jelinčić is a research adviser at the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) in Zagreb. She holds a Ph.D. in ethnology from the University of Zagreb and her specific interests are in cultural tourism, cultural/creative industries, cultural(...)

15 January 2018

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Last month in Liverpool: The Daydream Club explained us how they achieved success with playlists

Wednesday 4th October for our workshop in Liverpool UK, Adam and Paula Pickering from the band The Daydream Club and Mark Knight (their manager) explained how they achieved success with playlists.

06 November 2017

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Few news from Tallinn: first collaborative meeting last august

Back to the first EMI collaborative meeting last august by The Unileky Boy (EMI’s artist for Nantes/France).

27 September 2017

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The 7 musicians who will participate

After 1 month of selection process, 133 applications received, 15 Skype ITW and 5 hours of deliberations, the 7 musicians who will participate to European Music Incubator program have been selected. Between September 2017 and January 2018, they will attend(...)

16 June 2017

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Music and Tourism

European Music Incubator is considering diversification of activities as a key-factor to diversify sources of income and to reach a wider audience. Each partner choose one creative sector and worked on its problematics with local stakeholders.

25 April 2017

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Music and brands: a “win-win” partnership

European Music Incubator is considering diversification of activities as a key-factor to diversify sources of income and to reach a wider audience. Each partner choose one creative sector and worked on its problematics with local stakeholders.

14 March 2017

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Playlist: a new music eldorado

European Music Incubator is considering diversification of activities as a key-factor to diversify sources of income and to reach a wider audience. Each partner choose one creative sector and worked on its problematics with local stakeholders.

14 March 2017

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Kick-off meeting in Nantes: a new team is born

The kick-off meeting of the European Music Incubator project was held from September 21 to 24, 2016 at Trempolino (Nantes – France).

25 September 2016

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