Music industry folks and companies from the West Midlands are invited to apply to Fused Magazine to gain a place on a UKTI (UK Trade & Investment) funded visit to SXSW Music 2010 in Austin Texas from the 17th to 21st March 2010.
SXSW Music 2010 features hundreds of musical acts from around the globe on over eighty stages in downtown Austin Texas. By day, conference registrants do business in the SXSW Trade Show at the Austin Convention Center and partake in a full agenda of informative, provocative panel discussions featuring hundreds of speakers including; Artists, music supervisors, branding executives, digital media gurus, activists, label owners, festival bookers, bloggers and publicists. Previous speakers have included that guy Tom who invented Myspace and big shots from the world of music distribution and marketing.
The aim of this trip is to take a group of companies representing music in the region in order to network, develop partner relationships, increase international trade and meet companies interested in developing opportunities and investment in the West Midlands.
Fused Magazine along with UK Trade & Investment are organising this trip which covers up to 50% of your costs, to apply please email kerry@fusedmagazine.com for an application form or you can call Kerry or David on 0121 246 1946 for more information.
