The Happiness Pause is a monthly show exploring the concept of happiness in our daily and working lives. Presenter Emma Bartholomew takes time out of her day job representing international clients in the music industry to press pause and chat to guests about where they find their happiness and to share a playlist of mood-shifting, uplifting tracks from all genres and eras.

The show interweaves conversation with the song choices of Emma and her guests, all of which have been chosen for their meaning and uplifting impact.

Publishing and sync have long been a strong feature of Midem’s programming. This year’s conference, taking place at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, 04-07 June, will be no exception. The 2019 event promises a broad range of engaging and relevant panels, offering, “Concrete tools and innovative ways of monetising music through activations with Brands, Film/TV Music, Sync, Marketing & Esports.”

Midem 2019 has artists & creation right at the heart of everything. So many fresh initiatives to explore this year from the Artist Hub to the Dynaudio studio sessions where international artists will record live in the centre of all the action. And we’ll have 30+ live sets on the beach during Midem By Night too, so there’s plenty to look forward to...See you in Cannes from 4th June...!

Can’t wait to see these two powerhouses of our industry in discussion at this year’s Midem in June. They are sure to inspire & empower both the brilliant women & men in the music business. See you in Cannes... #musicindustry #music #conference

The #midem Artist Accelerator 2019 finalists have been announced and it's an amazing selection! Have your say too & vote for your favourite artists by liking their photos on this album: http://bit.ly/2IvFbLq The artists with the most likes will play live at the Midem Artist Accelerator Paris Night, on June 8 at Le Pop-Up du Label :) #MAA

MENA Panel at #AIMConnected It was a true privilege to moderate the Middle East & North Africa Spotlight panel at the AIM Connected conference yesterday. We enjoyed a really interesting conversation about the potential of the region, thanks to the vast experience and insightful contributions from the panel: Katara Studios’ Mazen Murad, Simsara Music’s Sarah El Miniawy, On The Corner Records’ Pete Buckenham & SACEM’s Habib Achour. The consensus was that, if we truly engage as an international industry & work closely with local partners, the potential for greater collaboration with & exciting growth for this market is great. Thanks to Association of Independent Music (AIM) for a brilliantly organised event.

Midem’s Midemlab 2019, presented by Deezer & Recochoku Co.,Ltd, is open for submissions. If you’re a music-related tech company, this could be the ideal launchpad. This year’s jury is incredible & you could join a prestigious line of previous winners including SoundCloud. More details here: https://lnkd.in/gxFNfQu

Now in its fifth year, the Midem Artist Accelerator (MAA) competition has seen submissions rise 35% on last year’s event. Finalists will perform on a beach stage at Cannes during the Midem By Night series which takes place between 4-7 June.

Selected artists will perform in front of a panel of experts, and receive mentoring on legal issues and data analytics, plus networking opportunities during the event. Finalists will also feature in Midem communications and have their music included on the official Midem 2019 vinyl compilation.