The European Music Office US in 2006

1.European Music Office USA Services
2. US Conventions and Festivals

1. Conventions with European Music Office participation
2. Festivals

3. Music placement/synchronization
4. Radio

1. PRSS
2. Satellite Radio
3. Commercial Radio
4. College Radio
5. EMO radio and Media Committee

5. Professional Press and Media
6. Distribution

1. Retail and International Distribution
2. Digital Distribution / Digital Networks

7. Meetings and Seminars
8. Multi-lingual music promotion and language learning education
9. Professional Organizations Partners with EMO

1. The North American World Music Coalition
2. A2IM
3. SonicBids

10. Summary and EMO 2007

Goal of the European Music Office in the USA: increase the presence and awareness of European music in the US market

1. European Music Office USA Services
The European Music Office offers music professionals a variety of services such as:

1. Assistance and counsel for European professionals seeking to introduce their artists into the US market through licensing or distribution, promotion, and touring.

Assistance with requests such as:

1. Logistics of acquiring visas and scheduling appropriate appointments.
2. Accomplishing specific projects in the US such as printing posters, and producing promotional material.

Introduction to festivals and possibilities of showcases

1. EMO databases are updated on a daily basis: an extensive list of contacts (managers, festivals, labels, consultants...) based on specific genres of music is available to European Music Professionals.
2. Export Handbook USA

The export handbook is available on cd-rom. The information and database is continually being updated and will be incorporated onto the website in development.
The French Music Export Offices (Burex) has a French language version available, Cahier Export États-Unis.

1. Communication/promotion of a European Event in the US

EMO, through our own contact list, as well as through the lists of partners who have their own targeted and extensive lists will be able to send promotional email blasts to the US Music community to announce a show or an event or to send listings or pertinent news through emails.

Conference participation and showcasing opportunities are available now, and as always more effective "in volume", though discounts, preferred placement, additional media opportunities, developed relationships and pre-existing networks. These include the conferences listed below as well as conferences in North America that may be of interest to platform members who are interested in attending and showcasing their artists. The European Music Office is available to assist in setting up mutually beneficial introductions and agreements.

1. Conventions with European Music Office participation.

(not exhaustive list, only the most important conventions)

1. South by Southwest: March 2007 Austin, Texas www.sxsw.com
2. Canadian Music Week: Toronto Canada www.cmw.net 7-10 March 2007
3. IAJE (International Association for Jazz Education) NYC, 10-13 January 2007 www.iaje.org
4. CMJ Music Marathon NYC Oct 2006 http://www.cmj.com/marathon/

There are many other important conferences in the US and Canada, in radio, media, various musical genres, varied presenting organizations, new media, film and TV music, etc. that do have a developing European and international presence and will have a critical importance for building partnerships and European market share and the EMO will study and implement means of joint EMO participation in the coming years.

1. Festivals

An updated list of key festivals is available by email on an excel file, as well as most other areas of the music business. EMO US can help introduce and ultimately support participation in many of the US festivals.

The European Music Office, through a French SACEM / Bureau Export program, have retained 7 professional brokers to represent European catalogues for music placement in films, TV, new media, advertising, games, and compilations. We encourage all European artists, labels, publishers and platform members to participate. Full details are available.

The European Music Office facilitates the promotion of music, compilations and/or radio programs for possible broadcast in the US and Canada (in English). We are now beginning to promote and disseminate European radio programming to web, terrestrial (public and private) and satellite radio.

1. Public Radio Satellite System

The Public Radio Satellite System (PRSS) is the distribution network managed by NPR Distribution, for thousands of hours of news, music, and specialized audience programming every year to public radio stations throughout the United States. 
We are in the process of making a space on the PRSS server available for European music. Platform members are welcome to submit a music radio show or a CD compilation of their choice to be featured on the site.

1. Satellite Radio

Sirius and XM have made an agreement to broaden North-American radios’ spectrum with French Language music and talk, and programmed more Scandinavian and British music as well.

1. Commercial Radio

EMO is planning to retain a radio professional to pitch selected radio shows, potentially programmed by platform members or EMO US, to US commercial stations.

1. College Radio

EMO will participate in the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) conference on in New York City, as well as the CMJ above.
IBS is an excellent resource for college radio and educational web casting.

1. EMO Radio and Media Committee

The EMO assembled an honorary committee of the highest level US music industry experts to serve as liaisons to European Union music professionals seeking professional contacts and advice.

NEW ON THE CHARTS: www.notc.com A monthly, strictly music business subscription information service, now used by every major record company and many independent labels and major music publishers in the US. New on the Charts has created a new section for European artists available for licensing in the US.  All Music Export Offices have an opportunity to submit contact information about the charting export priority artists (genre, language, chart and touring US info) and contacts for the export managers who are interested in securing distribution or licensing deals for these artists in the US.

Information distribution and EMAIL Campaigns
We are setting up information campaigns and associations with press organizations, where your press releases and press releases of your constituents are automatically disseminated in relevant newsletters and syndicated web sites (pre-coded).

The European Music Office facilitates physical and Internet distribution, (downloads, mobile phones, streaming, pod casting, on-line CD sales) and licensing of international music in North America to augment and expand current market realities.

1. Retail and International Distribution

This is well underway and will focus initially in the US and Canada and soon be expanded into other worldwide tertiary markets, on demand basis, starting with geographic and thematic compilation albums. Utilizing the contacts and experience of Michele Amar-Ouimet, who developed and built one of the cumulatively most significant worldwide markets (and sales) of traditional and non-traditional distribution outlets for Putumayo World Music.

1. Digital Distribution

As already done in the past with UBIFRANCE and the Bureau Export de la Musique Francaise, EMO is planning to organize more professional meetings dealing with downloading and the Music Industry on line in The United States.  EMO is in contact with the largest distributors and aggregators, all of who are very interested in expanding in all the European markets.

1. Digital Networks

The EMO website, in conjunction with the most active international music presenters organization, North American World Music Presenters Coalition; (concert/festival promoters, publicists, managers, booking agents, label execs) are in development along with a companion targeted, opt-in, interactive email campaign on a large scale that will sell concert tickets, inform fans of new tours, album releases, sell albums, generate radio requests and media attention, present music and videos, links to labels, artists, and fan websites.

The European Music office is planning on organizing several professional conferences dealing with the US music business including presentations by US top professionals.

1. European Dreams

EUROPEAN DREAMS New York City September-October 2006
The European Music Office is considering cooperation with European Dreams in order to add a more extensive music aspect to this festival.

1. Consular meeting (culture/music, audiovisual, trade)

The EMO will set up a meeting in NYC between the EMO and Embassy officers, Cultural Counselors, Attaches, from the various European countries and the European Commission officers in the US, dealing with Culture, Trade, Music and the Audiovisual industries. This will be done in conjunction with the European music export offices and the goal will be to regularly share information and collaborate more closely, in expanding the market and awareness of European music in the US.

Yabla, a language learning on-line application and magazine is now available for French and Spanish video clips, epks, concert footage, interviews, and documentaries that promote music in different languages, (German is coming very soon and can now be done in a beta version). Please check http://sfsc.yabla.com for some French/English examples developed for Bureau Export and http://clic.yabla.com (French demo) http://ola.yabla.com (Spanish demo) and http://ciba.yabla.com for an institutional Spanish/English curriculum. French site. Full details are available.

1. The North American World Music Coalition's mission is to provide a forum for the advocacy, public awareness and economic viability of world music in all its forms www.worldmusiccoalition.org
2. A2IM - http://www.a2im.org

EMO has joined A2IM as founding associate member, along with the FMEO, and will be appointed to the international committee. The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) is a Non-Profit Corporation and represents a broad coalition of music labels to promote sector opportunity and enhance the market share of its combined membership.

1. Sonicbids - http://www.sonicbids.com

The Sonicbids Electronic Press Kit (EPK) is an easy-to-use, web-based graphic interface that contains all of the basic information of a musical act such as music, photos or date calendar. The EPK can be emailed to anyone or submitted in online promoter accounts through a virtual "Drop Box". Many US music festivals and music conventions use this system to select bands for their line up. The EMO will be working to develop a mutually beneficial sponsorship platform with Sonicbids and the Sonicbids network of festivals and opportunities.

1. Pre-phase of a fully operational American representation of the European Music Office / European music professionals
2. Start of coordination of national interests in the USA
3. Initiative on regular meetings between cultural representatives / national cultural organizations, the European Union representation and EMO
4. Clearly defined programs and targets for the European music sector in the US
5. Linking US activities to already existing activities/programs in the EU. Study on feasibility of introducing European prize winners to the US market (European Border Breakers Awards)

Open invitation

The European Music Office US extends an open invitation to all music professionals and national cultural representatives from Platform members’ states to visit our offices in New York.