Board any Qatar Airways flight and you will experience the music of Qatari composer, Dana Al Fardan. Being appointed the airline’s Official Composer was just one of the highlights of 2017 for Dana, not just at home in Doha, but internationally. Another was writing a track for Syrian superstar, Assala Nasri’s latest album. The song, Sandoo’ Segheer, has enjoyed huge global success with over 4 million plays across Spotify and YouTube.
Coversion, the sync-focused covers catalogue, is delighted to announce a sync partnership with Instant Love, the new release from Instant Records, part of The Orchard group. Particularly apt in the month the UK has celebrated the female contribution to the music industry with AIM’s annual Women In Music conference, the album showcases female renditions of songs traditionally sung by men about women, breathing new life into a collection of iconic material, which has collectively enjoyed decades of success.
On 18th December Qatar celebrates its National Day, marking 47 years of independence from its status as a British protectorate. Perhaps this is an opportune moment to take a look at elements of an often misunderstood Gulf state that tends to get ignored in the shadow of its brasher and more familiar neighbours.
This year’s FMF partnered with events app, Second Screen, allowing delegates to tap into all the conference details on their mobile devices as they navigated the packed schedule. Highlights of the 2017 agenda included dynamic panels led by entrepreneur Jack Horner and featuring presentations from Georg Herlitz (Creative Director & acting Head of Music Network, United Screens), and Nic Yeeles (Co-Founder / CEO, Peg) on the ever-shifting landscape of Influencer Marketing.
