Talks to inspire and elevate
In January 2016, due to a growing industry demand, we expanded our concept to include SC/Talks – a platform where we bring together international creatives from different areas of the music industry to cultivate new relationships and to bring the writing world closer together through workshops and panel discussions.
Previous years include flipping the focus series with Little Jinder and SHY Martin and SHY Nodi and The Hush of Gender which brought together the swedish educational organisation Vem Kan Blir Producent?, Grammy winning engineer and producer Ebonie Smith and UK based producer and artist Raphaella with journalist Jan Gradvall to discuss the difficulties of being a female producer.
** UPDATES **
We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow for our exciting day of insights and inspiration!
So the last few days have thrown a few curve balls our way and we have some updates for you about the tomorrow:
Due to visa issues Angell Mutoni, Thandiswa and DJ Rachael will not longer be participating in the Scatterlings of Africa talks - but fear not we still have the amazing Ukweli and Jinku from EA Wave collective.
And in some other bad news we have had to cancel the interview with Monica Vélez due to a stolen passport.
But don’t worry we give this bad news with some good news - we will still post a video interview that we will do with Monica on our Youtube site next week so go check it out!
And in other good news -we replace this talk with Flipping the Focus: MADFUN. After cuts with Kygo and Ellie Goulding these girls have been billed as the ones to watch! We're really looking forward to talking to them!
The line up has now also been updated with timings so go take a look and we will see you tomorrow!
The SC Team!
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SC/Talks 2018
Talks are free to attend.
The talks will also be posted online after the event. You can find these and talks from previous years on our YouTube channel. Here
13:00 Flipping the Focus: MADFUN - We continue the Flipping the Focus series with MADFUN. Fanny Hultman and Madelene Eliasson make up 'ones to watch' producer and writing duo MADFUN. Having written for the likes of Ellie Goulding and Kygo they talk to us about their journey from solo artists and their discovery of a love a production.
14:00 Scatterlings of Africa – Breaking the perception of Africa as a ‘country’ and looking at the diverse continent by discussing the different musical styles, movements and the people and the infrastructure. Dina talks to Ukweli (Kenya) and Jinku (Kenya) from EA Wave collective.
15:00 One life one encounter – We discuss the Asian songwriting landscape with chart topping songwriter, producer, guitarist and music arranger Eric Ng and multi talented Swedish songwriter Lisa Desmond Linder.
16:00 Home is where the music plays – a discussion into how music can be used as a tool for integration and in creating a sense of place. Panel includes Mohammad Jawshani (Songlines), Julia Sandwall (Songlines), Hamsa Mounif (Orchestra of Syrian Musicians).
All talks are moderated by Dina Mystris.
