MMINO BMW’S: FREE BUSINESS WORKSHOPS

Announcing the Mmino BMW’s: FREE Business Music Workshops

Meerkat Media in association with the South African–Norwegian music education and exchange cooperation programme, Mmino, has announced the launch of the Mmino Business Music Workshops (BMW’s).

The BMW’s kick off in May in Bloemfontein and run for six weeks, visiting major centres around South Africa and spreading music industry business expertise to the young up and coming entrants into the industry.

Facilitated by Deon Maas, Sibu Molefe and David Chislett the workshops are offered free of charge (after an online registration process has been completed). The workshops are intended to equip newcomers with knowledge of the basic outline of the business side of the music industry so that they are capable of climbing rapidly and understanding their business. The workshops form the first part of a three-year programme that will see a selection of successful candidates graduate from the workshop phase in 2009 into a mentorship programme in 2010 before the elite are hand-placed in music industry learnerships with real businesses in 2011.

The brainchild of Maas and Molefe, the workshops are aimed at raising the basic business and industry knowhow of young entrants into the industry. For many years the shortage of any form of music industry training has been lamented and these workshops are the first step in attempting to redress that situation.

Candidates wishing to register for the course and to find out more about the programme should log onto www.mminobmw.co.za and read through the site before completing the online application form. Numbers will be limited so it is imperative to register online in order to attend the courses.

Courses are currently to be held in Bloemfontein, Potchefstroom, Pretoria, Mamelodi, Johannesburg (west), Johannesburg (central), Soweto, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Durban, Cape Town and Stellenbosch.

More information from Meerkat Media on 011 888 5019 or email info@mminobmw.co.za or visit www.mminobmw.co.za