The NAWMC now offers a bi-monthly newsletter to its members to help share information within the world music industry in North America. We envision this newsletter to have some editorial content, but to be largely comprised of information supplied by you, our membership. View our debut issue from December 15, 2006 (Word document). Submitting content to the newsletter is a benefit of being a member.

This is how it works: you submit up to 100 words per item in one of the newsletter categories below. Please follow the requested format formatting the header of each listing in bold, leaving in the words that precede a colon such as "Tour dates begin:" or "Contact:". Anything that does not make sense with a light edit will not be included, so please have a friend / colleague review your listing before submission. Note that all submissions must pertain to North America, so please do not offer yout artists touring Lichtenstein, or list your CDs that are big in Japan; and it must pertain to world music. The listing is submitted to info@worldmusiccoalition.org by the third Thursday of February, April, June, August, October, December.

Please submit all entries in Verdana 10 pt. Here are the categories in which you can submit newsletter content and the format in which they must be submitted:

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TOUR DATES WANTED
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(this a place to solicit concert presenters with your artists; this is NOT a place to post full tour schedules; if an artist is ALWAYS seeking tour dats -- such as North American based artists -- they may post a general tour dates wanted announcement two times per year maximum; such artists are encouraged to submit a listing in the Coalition's emerging "Directory fo North American Based World Music Artists;" stay tuned for more info on that)

Please follow this format:

Artist Name, Country of Origin, Genre (optional), Band size
Artist blurb.
Tour dates begin: month, date, year
Tour dates end: month, date, year
Seeking these cities:
Contact: person's name, phone, email, website

Sample:

Djelimady Diabate [fictional!], Senegal, Afrop-Pop Hybrid, 27 performers.
Djelimady has transfered the traditional calabash rhythms onto electric tabla turntable. He bangs on the turntables with tablas attached to dijeridoos. His stage performance is highlighted by eight foot tall Amazon belly-dancers that use a traditional Kazakh bull-roarer to give the audience haircuts.
Tour dates begin: February 1, 2006
Tour dates end: March 31, 2006
Seeking these cities: New York, Halifax, Los Angeles, Burnaby, Seattle, Mexico City, San Francisco, Cancun, Chicago, and of course Bloomington.
Contact: John J. Johnson, jjj@jjj.com, www.jjj.com

 
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CD RELEASES
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(submit any upcoming or recent world music CD releases regardless if it is an independent label release, major label, or artist release; we hope that over time this will be a place where industry insiders will hear about planned releases in advance to help with planning tours and other campaigns; remember that savvy world music buyers from retail stores will probably gravitate to this newsletter for this content and it may inspire concert presenters or booking agents to look into an artist)

Please follow this format:

Artist name, "CD title," country of origin, genre (optional)
Short description.
Record label, distributors
Contact: person's name, phone, email, website
Release date.

 
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RETAIL NEWS
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(news about new North American retail stores, outlets, promotion programs/opportunities, general retail news)

Please follow this format:

Store or company name, city, province/state, country
News blurb.
Contact: person's name, phone, email, website

 
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PEOPLE
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(news about position openings, promotions, staff changes; for organizations as well as bands)

Please follow this format:

Organization, company, or band name, city, province/state, country
Opening or announcement blurb.
Contact: person's name, phone, email, website

 
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SIGNINGS
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(new artist signings to booking agencies, managers, or labels, and new label signings to distributors)

Please follow this format:

Artist Name, Country of Origin, Genre (optional), Band size (optional)
Signed to: Company name.
Starting date: month, date, year
Territories of this signing include: List countries.
Artist blurb.
Contact: person's name, phone, email, website

 
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VENUE/FESTIVAL NEWS
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(post festival and series dates and news, announce new venues or initiatives, call for artist submissions)

Please follow this format:

Organization or company name, city, province/state, country
Put announcement here.
Contact: person's name, phone, email, website


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MEDIA NEWS
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(a listing for milestones such as new shows launched, shows retired, host personality changes, Peabody awards won, etc.)

Please follow this format:

Organization or company name, city, province/state, country
Put announcement here.
Contact: person's name, phone, email, website
 
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OFFER SERVICES
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(a place for members to offer business-to-business services relevant to our member base: world music professionals; not a place to post your wedding band's services; if this ends up drowning in CD manufacturing, etc., we may put more restrictive criteria on this category; examples may include visa processing, world music photography, "ethnic" street teams, etc.; emphasis should generally be on services and professionals that specialize in world music; the same company may only post to the newsletter twice per year)

Please follow this format:

Five words or less about service
Organization or company name, city, province/state, country
Services description here.
Contact: person's name, phone, email, website

 
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BURNING QUESTION
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(a place to post a question that only world music professionals can answer for you; this could lead to a column where we ask certain "experts" to respond)

Please follow this format:

Five words or less about topic
Burning question: Put your question here?
Alias (optional): in case you want to be anonymous, make up a (clever) name related to your question here ("Sleepless in Seattle")
or
Contact (optional): person's name, organization/company, phone, email, website
 
 
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INDUSTRY EVENTS
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(a place to post music industry events relevant to world music business; also a place to post showcase details occuring at industry events; please submit your showcase announcements now for these upcoming events: Arts Presenters, Folk Alliance, MIDEM, South by Southwest, WOMEX, etc.)

Please follow this format:

Industry Event Name
Where: City, province/state, country
When: Month, dates, year
What: Blurb about content, attendees, etc.; include specific mention of world music and/or North American showcases/panels/etc.
Contact: person's name, phone, email, website

For showcase announcements, please follow this format:

Artist Name, Country of Origin, Genre (optional)
Industry event: list event name here
Where: Venues, suite number, address, city, province/state, country
When: Date, time
Ticket needed: yes or no
Artist blurb.
Contact: person's name, organization/company, phone, email, website

 
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WILDCARD
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(a place to post other news and announcements relevant to the world music business community in North America)

Please follow this format:

Five words or less about topic
Put announcement here.
Contact: person's name, organization/company, phone, email, website

 
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Again, please submit to info@worldmusiccoalition.org by the deadlines above. The North American World Music Coalition reserves the right to edit or omit part or all of each submission received. By submitting a listing you accept that all newsletter content is subject to human and/or technical error and accept that the only recourse is a correction in the following newsletter. Please note only members’ entries will be listed in the newsletter. Click here for membership information.

We look forward to your submissions.

Thank you!

North American World Music Coalition

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