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Murcia refills music with different news] | The Big Up!

Calle will have a central stage where there will be performances all day on Saturday 12 and the 'Impacts' cycle is created to reflect on different topics related to music |

The great music event in Murcia returns.

Big Up !, organized thanks to the collaboration between the City of Murcia and Son Buenos, celebrates its seventh edition between October 9 and 12.

The Councilor for Culture and Heritage Recovery, Jesús Pacheco, explained that "Big Up! Means it is an urban term that was born in Jamaica with the meaning of respect and with this initiative we are committed to respect the musician and the musician profession, contributing information, tools and keys to carry out his trade ".

For his part, the Councilor for Employment, Economic Promotion and Tourism, Pedro García Rex, has stressed that "thanks to the Big Up! We promote entrepreneurial musical artistic talent while making Murcia for a few days the epicenter of the scene musical thanks to the visit of professionals from this area to our city "

This seventh edition has different news.

On the one hand, the Big Up!

Calle will have a central stage, the Plaza de los Apóstoles, where the music will sound throughout Saturday 12.

To this space is added the Plaza de Santa Catalina, where there will also be concerts in the morning, and the Verónica Wall and the entrance of Los Molinos del Río, where the evening performances will be held.

In this way, between 12 and 21 hours, national and regional bands will perform.

The selected bands are two nationals, Eva Mcbel de Zaragoza, based in Madrid, and María de Juan, Valencian based in Granada, a band based in Austria, Doktor Franz, and three Murcian bands, Arde Bogotá, Vuela Mamut and Ángel Calvo and Long distance trains.

In addition, two extra showcases will be held courtesy of the 25th Anniversary of the national publication Mondosonoro, by Mala Cotton.

Musical selection from the Region, Warner Chappel, Altafonte and Mondosonoro have been part of the selection.

Several experts from the national music industry will come to visit Murcia to learn about these proposals and our city.

Among them we have Baltimore Productions, Sonde3, Art Musik Agency, Vida Festival, Warner Chappel, Altafonte, El País, Radio 3, Monndosonoro, Sony Music, Mondosonoro, FIV, Prysa Radio ...

Another novelty is the programming of 'Impacts' since music has generated and generates social, cultural, economic, media, local or global impacts.

Focused on the reflection of different themes, panels will be held for musicians, professionals, curious of the sector and the general public, which will discuss different impacts of music in society, which this year focuses on festivals and product visibility Musical and artist.

Thus, the 'Impact of music on the environment' will be discussed, with Isaac Vivero, CEO of the Garage Beat Club concert hall in Murcia and the Factor Q producer;

Rafa Gómez CEO at Silbato producciones;

Ángel Vargas, Animal Sound Director;

and Patricio Hernández Pérez, Culture Coordinator of the Cartagena City Council.

There will also be space to reflect on 'The impact of festivals on local tourism', which will feature Pedro José García Rex, Councilor for Employment, Economic Promotion and Tourism;

German Quimasó, Director Sonde3 Producciones;

José Ignacio Peñalver, Chief of the Bureau of Culture, Youth and Celebrations of San Javier;

Susana Marqués, Mayor of the City Council of Benicassim;

Xavi Carbonell, General Coordinator of the Life Festival;

and Julián Vigara, journalist of Onda Cero Murcia.

Another panel will deal with 'The audiovisual impact of music', with Ana Alonso, Head of Fiction of Podium Podcast on Prisa Radio;

Ariadna Castellanos, pianist, composer and Spanish speaker, who has composed video game soundtracks and has just opened MiiZ, the first music studio specialized in Virtual Reality in Europe;

Jesús Segovia, better known as Xuso Jones;

Juan Poveda, cinematographic director and one of the two founders, of Twin Freaks Studio;

and Alicia Toboso, Director of New Business at PRISA Radio, who has directed the artistic department of the MTV channel, and has been a music consultant at Fox International Channels.

In addition, this year a counseling and mentoring program for new groups and artists will also begin, which will be called 'Music 2020 Emprende' and will begin with the workshop 'I have a music group, where do I start?'.

With limited capacity and registration, it will be taught by Javier García, Head of Production and Music Bus, A&R of Music Bus Records and member of the Board Touring by GPS Rooms.

This edition 'Big Up!

Talking ', the meeting of journalists, blogs, influencers and music websites from all over Spain, will be three editions, joining the communication sector of the national music scene, and will feature panel discussions such as' The relations of the press with festivals or the music press of S.XXI 'that will bring together regional and national journalists such as Fernando Neira, Josá Manuel Sebastián, Angel Sopena, Miguel Tebar, Sergio Moreno, Eugenio González Cremades, Arturo García, Jam Albarracín and communication people, such as Eugenio González Cremades de la Mar de Música and Sergio Moreno, from Baltimore Productions.

On the 9th, 10th and 11th at the Caja Mediterráneo Foundation Culture Classroom, training sessions will be held, so that musicians and creative industries in this sector can take place, strengthen and grow in the Region of Murcia, which every year It deals with different topics, and in which experts from different fields publicize the reality of the sector for the professionalization of the musician.

This year there will be presentations on the 'Management of the rights of the musician from the point of view of a musician', by Luis Mendo Muñoz, Vice President of AIE, the Society of Artists and Performers of Spain;

'The Defense of copyright for the musician without editorial assignment', by Mª Ángeles Giménez and Juan José Jordán by SGAE, General Society of Authors and Publishers;

and 'La Actualidad musical: what happens in today's industry and how?', by Julián Carrillo who will talk about legal, labor and financial matters.

These talks are essential for anyone who wants to make music their profession and to understand the moment in which they live.

'Big Up!

Inspiration 'will feature this year with Carlos Galán, Director and soul of Subterfuge, an independent record label that turns 30;

and the artist Xuso Jones who has a lot to tell about his short, but intense career.

The distended talks of Big Up!

Inspiration will be held on Friday 11 in the afternoon at the Cultural Center of Fundación Caja Mediterráneo and are always presented by a Murcian musician.

The image of the Big Up!

This year he has been in charge of Estudio Gen 4, which when they started this project were students of the last year of the Superior School of Design of Murcia.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia