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Indaba Music is an international community of musicians, music professionals, and fans exploring the creative possibilities of making music with people in different places. It makes finding other people, and working on recording, mixing, or mastering projects easier. For fans, Indaba provides unprecedented access to artists and to the creative process.

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Germany’s Musikmesse Frankfurt is one of the leading international trade fairs for musical instruments, music software and computer hardware, sheet music and accessories. Below is a summary of some of the products announcements made at this year’s show.

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Since launching in October 2007, the Music Producers Forum has managed steady growth, with it’s largest week of webtraffic recorded to date. As the Forum’s continues to deliver its key objectives (In to providing valuable information and resources to the community of people who create music), this number is set to grow exponentially.

The next version of the Music Producers Forum website starts production today. As the Forum has evolved over the 4 months, we are getting an good idea of the needs of the music community, and we will address some of these needs in the next version of the website.

If you would like to be involved in the “Beta user” program, where you will have access to the new site prior to the launch, please send an email to editorial@musicproducersforum.com. We’ll be asking for your feedback on the layout and content, and you’ll have the chance to see the new portal evolve.

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Song Summit Sydney will be held from 3-5 April 2008 at the Hordern Pavilion and Royal Hall of Industries.
• The event includes a conference programme, retail exhibition and showcases.
• Over 800 songwriters, composers, music publishers and other music industry professionals are expected to attend the event.
• It will span all genres of music and each facet of the music life-cycle from inspiration and creation through to marketing and distribution. It will cover both the art and the business of original music-making.
• The conference programme will feature more than 35 presentations, panel discussions and workshops featuring celebrated creators and recognised industry experts from Australia and abroad. Topics will include the art of song-writing, new technologies, copyright, publishing, music licensing and international perspectives.

For more information, visit http://www.songsummit.com.au