The first DMET conference "Music on Internet: Information - Promotion - Distribution", organized by Polish Music Information Centre, was held on 25th - 26th September 2006 at the Warsaw University (www.uw.edu.pl) in Warsaw. The presentations dealt generally with the following themes: the classical music online, making music files available on Internet sites, distribution of music files for promotion and sale, wav and mp3 formats. Papers were delivered by experts from Poland and abroad. The date of the conference was chosen intentionally - during the 49. International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn" www.warsaw-autumn.art.pl. Participants in the Conference could attend four concerts of the Festival.
Conference Program
25.09.2006, Monday
10.00-11.00
Session 1: Music On-Line
Chair: Sławomira Żerańska-Kominek (Warsaw Uniwersity)
10.00-10.30
Paper 1: Peter Rantasa (Music Information Centre Austria www.mica.at, Vienna) The "Digital Music Education and Training" Project
10.30-11.00
Paper 2: Patryk Gałuszka (University of ŁódĽ www.uni.lodz.pl) Music on the Internet: Distribution - Promotion - Consumption
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.00-13.00
Session 2: We Digitalise.
Chair: Jonathan Grimes (Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin)
11.30-12.00
Paper 3: Kostas Moschos (Institute for Research on Music and Acoustics www.musicportal.gr, Athens) Why Digitalisation?
12.00-12.30
Paper 4: Andrzej Mi¶kiewicz (Music Academy www.chopin.edu.pl, Warsaw) What Digitalisation?
12.30-13.00
Paper 5: Kamil Sajewicz (Polish Composers' Union www.zkp.org.pl, Warsaw) Such Digitalisation! (A Model of Digitalisation System)
13.00-14.00 Lunch break
14.00-15.00
Session 3: Should We Protect the Producer?
Chair: Oµga Smetanová (Music Centre, Bratislava)
14.00-14.30
Paper 6: Anders Hjelmtorp (Export Music Sweden www.exms.com, Stockholm) Music Distribution on the Internet and its Limitations
14.30-15.00
Paper 7: Piotr Kabaj (EMI Music Poland www.emimusic.pl, Association of Audio-Video Producers www.zpav.pl, Warsaw) Digital Music Revolution
"Warsaw Autumn" Concerts
26.09.2006, Tuesday
10.00-11.00
Session 4: Musicians on Friendly Terms with the Internet?
Chair: Daiva Parulskiene (Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre www.mic.lt, Vilnius)
10.00-10.20
Presentation 1: Maciej Zieliński The Composer on the Internet - Questions and Answers
10.20-10.40
Presentation 2: Marek Chołoniewski Music on the Internet: Distribution - Promotion - Consumption
10.40-11.00
Presentation 3: Andrzej Bauer The Cellist on the Internet
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.30
Session 5: We Trade on the Internet
Chair: Mieczysław Kominek (Polish Music Information Centre, Warsaw)
11.30-12.00
Paper 8: Aleksandra Jagiełło-Skupińska (Polish Music Information Centre www.polmic.pl, Warsaw) Polish Music Online
12.00-12.30
Paper 9: Mirosława Puczko ("Merlin" Internet Shop www.merlin.pl, Warsaw) Does It Pay Off To Sell Music on the Internet?
12.30-13.00
Paper 10: Stanisław Iwan (OnetPlejer www.onetplejer.pl, Kraków) Who to Trade With on the Internet?
13.00-13.30
Paper 11: Małgorzata Polańska (Dux Recording Producers www.dux.pl, Warsaw) Survival with the Internet?
13.30-14.30 Lunch break
14.30-16.00
Session 6: The Internet is Ours!
Chair: Peter Rantasa (Music Information Centre Austria, Vienna)
14.30-15.00
Paper 12: Scott Cohen (The Orchard www.theorchard.com) Record Companies on the Internet
15.00-15.30
Paper 13: Jonathan Grimes (Contemporary Music Centre www.cmc.ie, Dublin) A New Way of Distributing Music on the Internet
15.30-16.00
Paper 14: Peter Balon (Austrian Music Export www.musicexport.at, Vienna) Manymusics, Music Online
"Warsaw Autumn" Concerts