IMSTA Bulletin - May 2009
IMSTA India: Palm India Expo (June 4 - 6, 2009 - Bombay Exhibition Center - Booth L-11)
PALM India Expo is one of the largest exhibitions in the region. The expo is dedicated to introducing the latest technologies in musical instruments, music production, pro audio, live sound, and professional lighting. Its visitors are professionals from the Indian music industry, film industry, music companies, night clubs, management companies, recording studios, and other areas of the entertainment industry in India. We are proud to announce that IMSTA India will have its first ever exhibition at the PALM India Expo. PALM India, which is the newest IMSTA member, joined IMSTA to help spread the ‘buy the software you use’ message in India. They have seen the need to assist our nonprofit association in order to help the music software industry in this great country. On behalf of all IMSTA members and supporter, thank you PALM India.
MEMBER PROFILE: Interview With Al Kowalenko - Executive Director of MIAC
The Music Industries Association of Canada (MIAC) is a national, not-for-profit trade association that represents the manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of music products and professional audio, lighting, and video technologies in Canada. MIAC is committed to supporting and advancing the music products industry in Canada through advocacy, research, education, trade shows, and membership services. We had the opportunity to interview Al Kowalenko, Executive Director of MIAC. Full Interview...
IMSTA PIRACY SURVEY: Contest Winners
We are finally ready to announce the winners of the 2008 IMSTA Survey contest. The reason it took us some time to announce the winners is that we did not wish to randomly give away the prizes. Instead, we made sure that only those who took the time to type useful feedback for our industry would have a chance to win. Therefore we read all the comments, picked the most useful ones, and randomly picked the winners from amongst them. Additionally, we had originally announced that the contest would have only 5 winners. However, after reading the comments, we have decided to double the number of winners to 10. Winners ...
IMSTA Germany: IMSTA Germany Ambassador -Thomas Wendt
IMSTA is pleased to announce the addition of Thomas Wendt to its International team. Thomas is a publicity and marketing veteran and the principal at “Integrative Concepts” Agency. He has now taken on the role as IMSTA Germany’s Ambassador and has amazing plans to spread the IMSTA message in this great country. We will have more about IMSTA Germany and its agenda in the future issues of the IMSTA Bulletin.
IMSTA ITALY: IMSTA Italia Joins Forces with BSA Italia
In their efforts to find solutions to the software piracy problem in Italy, IMSTA Italy and BSA Italy have joined forces to collect data regarding the audio and music software that are distributed in this country. We will keep you updated with any important data collected as a result of this joint campaign.
IMSTAR OF THE MONTH: SudeepAudio.com - Donates a Percentage of Each Software Sale ...
To raise IMSTA India’s profile and to promote the IMSTA message, SudeepAudio.com, which is India's largest music software distributor, will be donating a portion of each legitimate software sale to “GiveIndia” in the effort to help raise funds for India’s poorest of the poor. We believe this ongoing and generous promotion deserves a star. That is why SudeepAudio.com is the IMSTAR of the month of May.
MEMBERSHIPS: To Join Up or Renew Your Membership
See you next month.
Ray Williams
DirectorPaul Fattahi
Executive Director
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