Midem is pretty business heavy and most of it isn't electronic-music oriented. It's a business trade-show first and a music showcase second. BTW - Cannes isn't warm in January, it's not freezing but it ain't WMC. It's also EXPENSIVE AS HELL. Drinks are about $10 - $15 each. Lodging sucks and is expensive too. The food rocks though.
Sonar is a music festival first and a conference second. Barcelona is the coolest city on the planet IMO. And the food rocks and the weather is warm and Spanish people rule and it's fairly inexpensive by European standards. Love that country..;) I think it really depends on what your friend hopes to accomplish - hardcore business it'd be Midem. Fun and schmoozing it'd be Sonar. So long, Alex Ryan Heard wrote: > Sonar is fairly broad actually... sets i've heard in real audio are from as > far reaching as Kit Clayton to Scion w/ Tikiman... even listened to some > nice Chicago House. I would definitely go to Sonar over pretty much > anything, given the opportunity. > > Ryan Heard > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gwendal Cobert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 1:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [313] Re: midem vs. sonar > > > > A friend who is off list is thinking of going to either. > > > > MIDEM: Looks like WMC Europe (bad) to me (http://www.midem.com/) > > > > MIDEM: Is in Cannes (good), but in late January (brrrrr) > no - one good thing about Cannes is that the weather remains nice - even in > January > > > Sonar: Doesn't look or feel like WMC (good) > > > > Sonar: Is in Barcelona (better), and in mid June (ahhhhhh) > > > > I know which one I'd choose. (Hint: I've been to Sonar > > twice, MIDEM nonce) > The two are completly different - from what I remember, Sonar is techno only > with a focus on the most interesting artists, Midem is music industry at > large with a focus on what's selling > > Gwendal > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
