Caribbean music sector development gets CDB funding
The Caribbean Region is known and celebrated for reggae and dancehall, soca, zouk and other genres. Yet, many regional artists, performers, their managers and publishers do not earn a sustainable living from their craft.
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), noting the challenges facing the Region’s music sector and affirming its support for the creative industries, has committed funding for a workshop series designed for Caribbean music sector stakeholders.
The Business of Music in the Caribbean Developmental Workshops will run throughout 2016, and aim to improve participants’ skills in the business aspects of the music sector.
The music sector presents several opportunities for sustainable, inclusive economic growth and diversification in the Caribbean. CDB’s investment in this workshop series brings our Region even closer to unlocking the economic potential of the sector, and gives participants a better chance to build sustainable livelihoods from the music business,” said Edward Greene, Division Chief, Technical Cooperation Division, CDB.
The seminar schedule covers
- Fundamentals of the Business of Music: June 29 – July 1, 2016;
- Managing Negotiations and Contracts in Music: August 15-17, 2016; and
- Accessing International Markets: September 30 – November 4, 2016.
The learning events are being piloted in Barbados, and will be replicated in Belize, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago—selected based on their potential for export earnings from the music sector.
Read more at: Caribbean Development Bank