From 12 to 16 May 2010, I attended the Festival So ... Sing! I want to go there every year at this wonderful festival, but hey, for now, I'll just this past week I have to spend. Montauban, a pretty little town in southern France, is home for 25 years a music festival. So ... Sing! saw on her scenes all the big names of French song in the world. This year, part of the 25th anniversary of the event, an exhibition displaying the list of artists who went there year after year has seen the magnitude of this event.
I was there first because the one I managed the career for three years and a half now, Pascal Lejeune, was presenting a showcase in front of about 150 programmers from France, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada, and who are directors of festivals, responsible for programming of theaters, director of cultural services within municipalities, responsible for shows within artistic associations, etc..
Pascal was part of "Operation Discovery" set up as part of this great song festival to attract the attention of the press, the public and especially professionals in the music industry over 12 young talent that the Festival has programmed. The goal of Operation Discovery, which is the foundation of the Festival is to enable job opportunities in Europe for these artists.
This festival is known as an "accelerator of contacts." I like this expression because it is the reason for my 6 month stay in France. If you've followed this a bit blog, you know that I am here mainly in order to develop more contact to Pascal Lejeune and possibly for other artists. We can imagine what an occasion like this can mean to me! I was not alone last week to develop this network of contacts, my colleague Karl Ouchet, Ovniprod of the "booker" Pascal in France, accompanied me. Two, we handed out CDs and press kits for our artist of the day to the professionals of the music industry that we met. And we offered them to a show at their next Pascal programming!
Pascal and his musicians, and Isabelle Boulay John Theriault, presented their case Thursday, May 14, at 14 h 30 on stage at the Magic Mirrors at the heart of the Festival. Www.alorschante.com the site, you can listen to a song of the 12 performers Discoveries. You'll find that talent, there were a tonne!
Academy Charles Cros
On our first day in Montauban, we learned that Pascal was the recipient of a Coup in the heart of the Academy Charles Cros. The award was presented last Friday as part of the Festival (see on this my "post" on the previous blog). This award will allow Pascal to tour in French schools. What is interesting in this price, we see once again that young people aged 15-18 like to Pascal. During the last FrancoFête Acadia, the Federation of Young Francophone New Brunswick had submitted their prices shot to heart Pascal Lejeune.
ZAZ
www.myspace.com / zazofficiel
ZAZ The singer caused a sensation at the festival, at least to us Canadians there. She sings jazz tunes in an eclectic style a little French song, a little Latin, a little Afro ... Moreover, it was one of the strokes heart of Pierre Fortier, director of the International Song Festival in Granby, and Daniel Theriault, director of the Festival Acadien de Caraquet. It is even possible that ZAZ, the singer with a raspy voice quite unique, either in Caraquet this summer! His debut album has just been released, May 10 ZAZ and two excellent musicians, Guillaume Juhel (guitar) and Mathieu Verlot (bass), Pascal and even accompanied her musician John Boulay during the final show of the Festival, where all finalists Findings presented in two songs. A beautiful moment with great energy!
I was there first because the one I managed the career for three years and a half now, Pascal Lejeune, was presenting a showcase in front of about 150 programmers from France, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada, and who are directors of festivals, responsible for programming of theaters, director of cultural services within municipalities, responsible for shows within artistic associations, etc..
Pascal was part of "Operation Discovery" set up as part of this great song festival to attract the attention of the press, the public and especially professionals in the music industry over 12 young talent that the Festival has programmed. The goal of Operation Discovery, which is the foundation of the Festival is to enable job opportunities in Europe for these artists.
This festival is known as an "accelerator of contacts." I like this expression because it is the reason for my 6 month stay in France. If you've followed this a bit blog, you know that I am here mainly in order to develop more contact to Pascal Lejeune and possibly for other artists. We can imagine what an occasion like this can mean to me! I was not alone last week to develop this network of contacts, my colleague Karl Ouchet, Ovniprod of the "booker" Pascal in France, accompanied me. Two, we handed out CDs and press kits for our artist of the day to the professionals of the music industry that we met. And we offered them to a show at their next Pascal programming!
Pascal and his musicians, and Isabelle Boulay John Theriault, presented their case Thursday, May 14, at 14 h 30 on stage at the Magic Mirrors at the heart of the Festival. Www.alorschante.com the site, you can listen to a song of the 12 performers Discoveries. You'll find that talent, there were a tonne!
Academy Charles Cros
On our first day in Montauban, we learned that Pascal was the recipient of a Coup in the heart of the Academy Charles Cros. The award was presented last Friday as part of the Festival (see on this my "post" on the previous blog). This award will allow Pascal to tour in French schools. What is interesting in this price, we see once again that young people aged 15-18 like to Pascal. During the last FrancoFête Acadia, the Federation of Young Francophone New Brunswick had submitted their prices shot to heart Pascal Lejeune.
ZAZ
www.myspace.com / zazofficiel
ZAZ The singer caused a sensation at the festival, at least to us Canadians there. She sings jazz tunes in an eclectic style a little French song, a little Latin, a little Afro ... Moreover, it was one of the strokes heart of Pierre Fortier, director of the International Song Festival in Granby, and Daniel Theriault, director of the Festival Acadien de Caraquet. It is even possible that ZAZ, the singer with a raspy voice quite unique, either in Caraquet this summer! His debut album has just been released, May 10 ZAZ and two excellent musicians, Guillaume Juhel (guitar) and Mathieu Verlot (bass), Pascal and even accompanied her musician John Boulay during the final show of the Festival, where all finalists Findings presented in two songs. A beautiful moment with great energy!
www.myspace.com / jeremchantedansladouche / http://www.jerem.fr/
"j'vous an earful," said it simply by distributing the Festival site its little cardboard promo. I had the chance to see the spectacle of Jeremy, "In the shower" under the section "off" festival. This component was organized by catalysis, Geneva, in a caravan on a stage next to the caravan. From the outset, we laugh, shampoo bottles are light and sounds. He recorded "loops with lots of objects, the toilet brush (or broom to shit as they say here). Jeremy managed to capture our attention from beginning to end the show. It's a real showman and a great singer. In the end, we launched the registration of a crowd shouting "another, another" ... we had a good laugh!
Brown Kick Group Kick
Brown comes from La Rochelle. I have heard when they first did only one song, what song! It deals northern Canada, a passion of the singer and his father, but they have never been there! This song called "Dawson" rises in intensity! I went there four times, I fully vibrated to the sound of this song. A cartoon accompanying the disc, a book whose entire story is based on the song "Dawson." This artist, this group, I really liked the singer's voice, accordion. I procured two CD group. I look forward to listen. I saw the group on an outdoor stage at the Festival. Really good!
Noga
Zédrus
ZAZ
Olivia Ruiz
Betina Vernet, Catalysis, invites people to see a show in the caravan.
And others ...
Among the other artists I saw during the week and that I liked include BaliMurphy, Jules, The Thief, Noga, Olivia Ruiz, Renan Luce, Aldebert and Cirque Plume and of course Zédrus which I have already spoken.
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