musicpoolberlin.net - Berlin

Tue 28 Aug., Artist Meetup #11

musicpool intern — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:05:54 +0000

The Music Pool Berlin Artists Meet Up offers a platform for musicians to share their music projects with a wider musician community, ask for feedback, ideas or support, and get to know each other. You can show a new video, play a new track or song, or perform live (only with little tech setup, like singing, rapping with beats, acoustic instruments ..). You can also mention if you are e.g. looking for a drummer, a producer etc.

Would you like to present something at the Artist Meet Up? We have approx. 8 slots á 10 minutes including feedback and discussion with the audience.

Please write an email to andrea (at) musicpoolberlin (dot) net latest by August 20th, 2018, including a link to your music and some brief info on what and why you'd like to present. The event is open to all artists regardless of genre.

At the end of the presentations, there will be time to meet and talk to each other over a drink and some music. It definitely makes sense to come by also for those who are not presenting.

The moderation will be in English, however, you can present in German, if you feel more comfortable, and we will help you translate.

Join the Facebook Event here

@NIRGENDWO
Helsingforser Str. 11
10243 Berlin

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MusicTech Berlin Video

musicpool intern — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:01:52 +0000

That's why we love Berlin!

Short, exhaustive and very well done video on Berlin's Music scene! And guess who's in there too... :)

Tue., 10.04 at 19:30: Artist Meetup #10 @ Arkaoda Berlin

musicpool intern — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:42:43 +0000

The Music Pool Berlin Artists Meet Up offers a platform for musicians to share their music projects with a wider musician community, ask for feedback, ideas or support, and get to know each other. You can show a new video, play a new track or song, or perform live (only with a relatively easy tech setup, like singing, rapping with beats, acoustic instruments ..). You can also mention if you are e.g. looking for a drummer, a producer, a graphic designer etc.

Would you like to present at the Artist Meet Up? We have approx. 8 slots of 10 minutes each including feedback and discussion with the audience.

Please write an email to andrea (at) musicpoolberlin (dot) net latest by April 5, 2018, including a link to your music and some brief info on what and why you'd like to present. The event is open to all artists regardless of genre.

At the end of the presentations, there will be time to meet and talk to each other over a drink and some music. It definitely makes sense to come by also for those who are not presenting.

The moderation will be in English, however, you can present in German, if you feel more comfortable, and we will help you translate.

No entrance fee, just come by. No registration needed, only if you want to present.

DJ upstairs in the bar, after the presentations: 6zm - https://soundcloud.com/6zm

Thu, 15.03. International Sound Residencies and Collaborations – Music Pool Community Abend + Live Concert

Eileen Möller — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 10:48:10 +0000

Place: Hangar 49 Holzmarktstr. 15-18, 10179 Berlin, Germany

Start: 7:30 pm

LIVE CONCERT

This evening features the public performance of the Three Cities sound collaboration project, which has brought together three musicians from Manchester, St. Etienne, and Berlin in February/March 2018. In three steps, working on new music together in Manchester, recording in St. Etienne, and performing in Berlin, the musicians Martha Rose (Berlin), Pailette (St. Etienne) and Shunya (Manchester) have come up with new jointly created music and we look forward to what it sounds like. Each of the musicians will also perform some of their own songs.

TALK

The talk brings together musicians for an exchange of experiences with international collaborations: collaborative projects, exchanges or residency programmes in different contexts. For one, we want to explore the different possibilities of applying for / engaging in such a collaboration. And also discuss what has worked and what didn't, and what kind of recommendations could be given to the institutions organizing those programmes, be they Goethe Institute, the European Union, or communal funds like Musicboard Berlin.

Andi und Hannes Teichmann, aka Gebrüder Teichmann

Johanna Amelie is a Berlin based indie artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist who plays folky indie music on international stages and festivals, sharing stages with local and international artists.

Martha Rose is an English songwriter and multi instrumentalist based in Berlin.

Allie, Florian Boss, is a Berlin based solo musician.

More here.

Wed. 21.09 WORKSHOP - Welcome to Germany - Getting started successfully...

Eileen Möller — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:25:19 +0000

Berlin is full of people from all over the world. Creative, productive and innovative people who are bringing a lot of new ideas, potentials and vibes with them.
But before those people can get started succesfully, all of them have to deal with a sometimes quite annoying framework of bureaucratic hurdles, uncertanities about your rights and duties as well as with the lack of contacts, networks and places to go.

So this workshop will help all new-Berliners to get started succesfully, from registering with the Bürgeramt, getting a tax number up to matters of social security etc.

Topics:

Application and registration
residence permits
Applying for a tax number
Basic information on the subject of self-employment and business, small business, tax
Social security options
health insurance
compulsory pension insurance
Künstlersozialkasse
statutory and private insurances
Gema, GVL, VG Bild Kunst, VG Wort

Registration here.

Price: 15€

Artist Development & Management

Community Evening #24 #Musiccollectives Impressions

Eileen Möller — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:36:09 +0000

Some impressions from our last community evening at @OHM.

Thank you to all the participants and panelist: Through my speakers female:pressure and Steve Nalepa from Team Supreme as well as director of Strength in Numbers Ralf Kleinermann.

More pictures you will find here.

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Wed, 28.10: WORKSHOP - Welcome to Germany - Getting started successfully...

Eileen Möller — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:46:16 +0000

Berlin is full of International Creative people from all over the world.

Creative, productive and innovative people who bring with them: a lot of new ideas, potential and an international atmosphere.

But before those people can succesfully get started, They all have to deal with a hurdle of bureaucratic paperwork, public office visits (Äuslanderbehörde, Tax Office, Insurances..) and uncertanities about their rights and duties as well as with the lack of contacts, networks and places to go.

So this workshop will help all new-Berliners to get succesfully started: from registering with the Bürgeramt (Citizens office), getting a tax number, up to matters of social security, artist insurance (KSK) or for musicians a big question: the collecting agencies vs. creative commons for their musical rights, especially if you are not already a member in your own country, etc.

Topics:

Dozent: Andreas Bayer

Attention: starts at 3pm until 7pm

Friday, 25th of September: Music Pool goes Reeperbahn Festival 2015

Eileen Möller — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:56:02 +0000

Music Pool Berlin goes Reeperbahn Festival 2015

We will be taking a trip to Hamburg to attend this year´s Reeperbahn Festival. Our friends from BIMM will host a showcase on Friday 25th September at Angie's Nightclub on Spielbudenplatz. There will be four BIMM bands performing (either current students or alumni):

11:45 Frankie Furlow
12:30 Bella Figura
13:15 Written in Waters
14:00 Fickle Friends

Visit us at the promo and merch stand there or have a drink with us Friday night! A drinks reception, hosted by BIMM, noisy academy and Music Pool Berlin, starts 18:30h at Angie’s Nightclub and ends 21h. Perfect timing to start into a long Hamburg night...

See you there!

Music Pool goes Reeperbahn Festival

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MUSIC HACK DAY ARTIST WORKSHOP

Kirsten Grebasch — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:20:59 +0000

Want to have a chance to work with some of the most iconic and famed electronic music artists of Berlin? Then join the Artist Workshop with featured artists Henrik Schwarz, Emika & Phon.o.

The Artist Workshop is a lead-in event for the Music Hack Day which is starting the following day. Developers, designers and other creative minds will have the unique chance to create applications and technology directly with the artists to engage with their communities.

Get inspired by their visions and ideas or pitch them your own ideas, and become part of an artist team.

Registration here: http://bit.ly/1nZQC7Z

A summary of the DIY concert/party promotion/organization in Berlin evening at ACUD

Andrea Goetzke — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:35:17 +0000

The topic of DIY concert and party organization/promotion in Berlin attracted lots of interest – around 70 people, mostly organizers/promoters themselves as well as artists (identified through a show of hands) came out to ACUD in Berlin Mitte on a rainy Tuesday night to join the discussion.

Different concert/party organizers/promoters doing great cultural work in our city shared their experiences on a panel. People who organize and promote shows in rented venues on the panel were: Michael Aniser - noisekölln, Joey Hansom - Expatriarch, Melissa Perales - m.soundtrack, Torstraßen Festival, Sebastian Hoffmann - Fourtrack on Stage. People who book shows for a venue were: Gianluca Baccanico of Loophole and Andre Jegodka of Antje Oeklesund. A few more people joined the panel later – Brandon Rosenbluth - UnReal, and Daniel who presented a space he runs in Wilmersdorf – Loft 46. People of Neuwestberlin joined the discussion from the audience. There were several more people who contributed to the discussion, but who didn't identify themselves as concert organizers and promoters.

The evening was introduced by Johannes Braun of ACUD, which itself is a newly re-opened space in Berlin Mitte, and a potential new venue for smaller DIY shows - with two rooms of a capacity of about 100 people, plus a gallery and cinema. ACUD has been an artist space for a long time. The building was up for sale recently, and got bought by Johannes and two colleagues who now aim to maintain the building as a cultural space.

The about 1 hour discussion centered on the affordability of organizing small, experimental and culturally motivated concerts and parties in Berlin. Does the myth of Berlin's endless spaces for artists to experiment hold true for concerts and parties?

The share of the small pie of money was one thread of the discussion. There is little money available to be distributed for the many people that are involved in putting on a small concert. The artists, the booking agency (in some cases), the local promoter, the sound technician, the door person, security staff, flyer/poster designers, and the venue itself – they all need to get a little bit out of the small available pot. On top of that, the artists need to eat and drink on the day, and Gema also has to be paid. The difficulties to give guarantees to artists were discussed – with an artist perspective conveying the feeling that sometimes, the local promoter is not motivated enough to promote a show if there is no guarantee – and with a promoter perspective that for experimental shows the risk is just too high to lose money on a show.

And what can you expect for your guests to pay at the door? With lots of music lovers in Berlin having also little money left in their monthly budget to spend on shows, the entrance fee should not be too high. On the other hand, when some guests are not even ready to pay 5 EUR at the door for a concert, or complain that the beer at the bar is more expensive than at the Späti, that's annoying. Sebastian pointed to a current article in Jungle World on the topic.

The discussion participants organize their shows in different venues around the city, of which there are plenty. However when it comes to the combination of a good quality sound system, affordability of rent, low stress level with the neighbourhood, and nice people running the place – it becomes more difficult to find the best venue for your show – a perspective shared by Joey. Etkin Cekin, who works on the music programme at ACUD, commented that for him, having moved to Berlin from Turkey some years ago, it was great to see so many culturally motivated music events, and not only the commercial ones dominating the scene, as he was used to.

There was a heated discussion thread on the topic of cooperation with sponsors. The Neuwestberlin crew recommended working with drink sponsors, in order to make more money on a night. They pointed out that there are many drink producers now out there who come from the same cultural mindset and background, and the many small new drink manufacturers were just as DIY as the artists and promoters are. Many of the promoters disagreed to this and didn't find this strategy culturally suitable for their shows.

The bottom line of the discussion was that all discussion participants are organizing and promoting shows out of a cultural and artistic motivation, for their love of music, and definitely not for the money. It became clear that it is not possible to do it for the money anyway. DIY concert and party promotion in Berlin is a cultural activity and expression, and people do it because they love to do it. This statement got the most clap of hands of the night. Sebastian made some suggestions at the end of the discussion, like a Berlin-specific award (Spielstättenpreis) for music venues and promoters, that would make it a bit less financially stressful to experiment and to make music culture.

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