What will Spinlet mission be  ?

To offer distribution and sales of the highest quality digital music to all African countries.
To satisfy music lovers and customers with a compelling mobile experience.
To create a social network that fosters music and seamlessly expands artists and fans networks.
To democratize content delivery and sales for Africa  artists and music labels .

Spinlet move in a space not visited by Itunes,Google music,myspace music,Tune core and the likes can reveal to be timely and profitable.

Official website :www.spinlet.com

Songwriter, rapper, singer, producer, fashion designer Pharrell Williams talked about the importance of musical education during his master session at the 2011 ASCAP “i Create Music” EXPO held in Hollywood, California on Saturday, April 30th, 2011.

ASCAP’s hundreds of thousands of songwriter, composer and music publisher members all have one thing in common: they are driven to create.

When:6th October 2011

Where:London,UK,Western Europe

What:4TH ANNUAL AFRICAN MUSIC AWARDS

The African Music Awards is a first-of-its-kind approach to promote African Music globally.This pioneering effort is spearheaded by Easy Media Group, one of Africa’s best entertainment and event agencies.

Music industry experts have tipped African music to “explode” into the
UK market and the AMA is there to provide a platform that will recognise their achievements annually. We want to change
the perception of African music as a niche into entertainment that will appeal to the masses.

Official Website

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All MOAMAs categories are open to African artists based on the continent as well as those in the diaspora. Artists may be nominated through the “nominate” link on http://awards.museke.com. “The Museke Online Africa Music Awards is a chance for the African artist to shine beyond borders, a chance to win more fans.

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Streets of Africa is the first joint Dead Prez has linked with Africa, so it is an historic beginning for Gibril as well as Africa, as Dead Prez is one of the most politically active Hip-Hop group in the world. The single was produced by Coptic for Foreign Exchange / Brooklyn Bridge Entertainment and the video was produced by Jesse Weaver Shipley.

Website:Djibril the African

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2010 Digital revenues up six per cent to US$4.6 billion in 2010

Digital channels now account for 29 per cent of global music industry revenues, up from 25 per cent in 2009. Reading the report ,we learn the latest developments in the digital music marketplace,sSubscription services enjoyed success in 2010, with Spotify reporting more than 750,000 paying subscribers and Vodafone Music more than 600,000 customers across eight markets in Europe. Deezer has achieved significant reach in France where it is used by 13 per cent of active internet users.

New partnerships with ISPs and mobile operators are vital to the music industry’s digital strategy.

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All MOAMAs categories are open to African artists based on the continent as well as those in the diaspora. Artists may be nominated through the “nominate” link on http://awards.museke.com. “The Museke Online Africa Music Awards is a chance for the African artist to shine beyond borders, a chance to win more fans.

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The Ivor Novello awards will turn a brief spotlight on to the shadowy world of professional songwriters, those people who ply their trade in studios and writing sessions, half-hidden from view, despite being the backbone of the music industry. Up for songwriting awards this year are the composers of such inescapable hits as Tinie Tempah’s Pass Out, Katy B’s Katy on a Mission and Plan B’s She Said. As pop and R&B dominate the charts again (indie bands tend to write their own songs, or if they don’t, they keep quiet about it), the songwriter-for-hire is back in demand. At the top of the UK singles chart sits Bruno Mars, whose songwriting credits include Travie McCoy’s Billionaire and Cee-Lo Green’s Fuck You. |Source the Guardian |

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