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Pete Tong Announces his DJ Academy at IMS
Pete Tong announces his Pete Tong DJ Academy during IMS 2022. The brand-new project for 2022 is in association with the Rome based MAT Academy, a leader in online tuition programmes. A totally online e-learning platform designed to guide aspiring DJs through the broad spectrum of skills required to become a great DJ, co- founded with Carl Cox. âOur mission has always been to provide the best education tools to every artist, in every corner of the world via online music academies. When we imagined an online DJ Academy, of course Pete Tong was someone we all knew we wanted to work with first on the listâ â MAT Academy
IMS Ibiza 2018 Brings 69 New Speakers for Its 11th Rendition
The International Music Summit aka IMS Ibiza is approaching its 11th year this year in association with Pioneer DJ. IMS brings along some of the most influential and key figures in electronic music each and every year to discuss numerous topics surrounding the electronic music industry.
This year will see prolific industry representatives such as artists deadmau5, Seth Troxler, Nastia, and Bedouin and the management teams behind Solomun, Armin Van Buuren, and Black Coffee. Agents from Coda and William Morris and representatives from Burning Man, Sonar, and BPM Festival as well as the heads of A&R from XL Recordings and Toolroom will speak over the course of three days. Experts will also speak regarding other topics that will include Blockchain, Drug Testing, Sexual Harassment, and Mental Health.
Gender Parity in Electronic Music by 2020
International Music Summit (IMS), the three-day educational and inspirational thought leadership platform and leading authority on electronic music, celebrated its 10thanniversary this year and once again brought forward some of the key issues facing the electronic music industry in 2017. Chief amongst these are the gender imbalances in studios and on festival and party line-ups, where only 5% of producers and 17% of festival headliners are female.
Became of this Smirnoff has launched an initiative to join forces to commit to double the number of female headliners, as announced on International Womenâs Day.
