Virtual Bangkok Music City to Have More than 60 Participating Thai and Global Artists
Almost 2 years have
passed, but COVID-19 is still looming over all of us. With the unpredictable restrictions put on
physical events in Thailand, in lieu of its signature staging at the creative
district of Chareonkrung, Bangkok Music
City (BMC) 2021 is set to take place 100% online via YouTube Live through
BMC’s YouTube channel and Gather.Town virtual space from November 20 to 21,
2021.
“Live music and
entertainment industries have been hit hard by the pandemic, but we don’t want
to lose hope and look beyond the pandemic preparing for the time when we can
all enjoy ‘real life’ together once again,” says festival co-founder Piyapong
‘Py’ Muenprasertdee. “We strive to make
BMC a platform for artists to stay connected with their fanbase, gain new
international fans and seek new export opportunities by meeting with music
business professionals from all over the world via our virtual networking
event,” he adds.
This year, BMC will
be featuring 41 Thai and 23 international artists, including 13 from Southeast
Asia. As a co-founder and co-organizer
of ASEAN Music Showcase Festival or AMS, BMC has also reinvited AMS alumni such
as Cambodian hip-hop superstar VannDa and Singaporean indie pop act Sobs, who
have cult followings in the US and Southeast Asia. Moreover, from the continued participation of
AMS delegate Dexter Sy, Co-founder of Philippines’ Melt Records, their artists
Chelsea Dawn and Francis Cang were included as part of the regional showcase at
BMC this year. In addition to its ASEAN
neighbors, artists all the way from South Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, Canada, and
even the United States will be joining - including Siahna who was on Team
Pharrell on Season 9 of NBC’s The Voice.
“No matter the
situation - or even another pandemic, I hope that BMC can be a platform to
connect music professionals and artists not only on a professional level, but
also build long-lasting relationships and friendships with each other,”
Muenprasertdee adds, which reflects in the list of international partners who
helped curated artist from around the world such as fellow music conference and
showcase festivals: LUCfest and ZAshare of Taiwan, Zandari Festa of South
Korea, and Live At Heart of Sweden and Canada; live music booking platform
Gigmit; and of course,AMS co-organizers from all over the Southeast Asian
region such as The Rest Is Noise from the Philippines, City ROARS! Festival
from Malaysia, and Baramey Production from Cambodia.
Representatives of
prominent festivals such as Glastonbury Festival and The Great Escape of the
UK, SXSW of the US, and Fuji Rock and Summer Sonic of Japan will also be
participating as official delegates.
In addition to
music, BMC is billed as an entertainment and technology summit featuring talks
on gaming, film, soft power and the hottest topic in the art world today -
NFTs. However, because of the pandemic
preventing most international travel, the organizers of BMC have focused on
Thai speakers with an aim of educating the local market. Thus, all conference content will be scoped
around the Thai market and in the Thai language - just like last year’s
edition.
This year’s edition
is co-presented by Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)
and the Creative
Economy Agency (CEA) of Thailand, with support from Music Copyright (Thailand) Ltd. (MCT).
Visit BMC online (www.bangkokmusiccity.com)
and follow their social’s at www.facebook.com/bangkokmusiccity and www.instagram.com/bangkokmusiccity
to find out how to attend free-of-charge.
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