Call For Entries: 2008 fair music Award
Call For Entries: 2008 fair music Award
Purpose and Overview:
About the 2008 fair music Award: Recognition for best practice and special achievements about fairness in the music business (fair music prize trophy and certificates, the right to use the fair music seal, exposure to international press, promotion of the repertoires via the fair music website and public relation).
Who can be nominated? Labels, publishers, initiatives and services providing the audience access to music.
Process of nomination: fans, listeners, musicians and composers enter nominees representing a good example of fair business practices in serving cultural diversity.
Criteria
The jury will use the following criteria to evaluate and rank nominees. Therefore, for each key factor listed below, describe in specific terms, the work or contribution that justifies the nomination.
* artistic freedom and freedom of expression: eg in the artistic process, partnership, expression, creativity
* fair terms for the creators (composers, musicians, artists): innovative business model, fair contracts, fair remuneration
* cultural diversity concerning repertoire, catalogue and sensitive promotion
* service for the consumer: guaranteed accessibility, availability, no technical protection measures
* easy access to all markets for musicians from developing countries.
Nominee Information
1. Name of label, publisher, initiative or service
2. Full address
3. Email
4. Homepage
Submission Must Include:
* Basic information
* Project descriptions
* Explanatory statement
Submit Your Entry To:
* Mail: fair music initiative / mica – music austria, Stiftgasse 29, 1070 Vienna, Austria
* Phone: +43-1-52104-0
* Fax: +43-1-52104-59
* Electronically: fairmusic@musicaustria.at
Deadline:
The original nomination package must be received on Sunday, June 15, 2008.
All applicants will be notified of the decision until Friday, August 15, 2008.
How to Prepare and Submit Your Entry:
* There is no form to subscribe. Nominators should submit the nomination by the deadline.
* Electronic submittals are desirable.
* Please take care to ensure your nomination is complete and includes all the information requested. Do not submit several nominations at once - EACH nomination should be a stand-alone document.
* Electronic submissions should be ONE file, i.e. please do not send the description of biographical Sketch separate from the nominee’s name.
* Image format: jpg
* Audio format: mp3
* Nominations may be submitted electronically, by fax, or by mail.
Jury
Klaus Ager, Austrian Composers Association, ÖKB and President of the he European Composers´ Forum, ECF
David Ferguson, Spokesperson of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance, ECSA and Acting President of the British Academy of Composers and Authors, BACS
Cornelia Kutterer, Senior Legal Advisor, European Consumers’ Organisation, BEUC
Benoît Machuel, Secretary General of the International Music Federation, FIM
Franz Patay, Geschäftsführer Joseph Haydn Burgenland GmbH
Peter Rantasa, Executive Director of mica – music austria
Walter Reicher, Intendant of Haydn Festspiele Eisenstadt / Haydn Jahr 2009
Silja Fischer, Executive Officer, IMC - International Music Council, IMC
The fair music Award will be presented in September 2008 during the Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria.
Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
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Fair Music Award English (pdf)
