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CIAM’s International Women’s Songwriting Camp brought 14 amazing female creators from around the globe to Montreal’s Planet Studios! 🌍🎤 Through collaboration in producing, beatmaking & songwriting, we’re building a more inclusive music industry. 🌟 ciamcreators.org/Newsroom/counc…

Songwriters, composers, & producers from around the world united in Montreal for the CIAM General Assembly, hosted by @SOCANmusic, on October 23rd and 24th. I am CIAM showcases the talented voices supportive of all music creators through @CIAMcreators.

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🌍 CIAM is holding its first ExCo of 2025 this week at @CISACNews 🇫🇷. 🎶 This ExCo will discuss the Vice Presidency, strategy regarding AI 🤖 and streaming 📲 for music creators worldwide, as well as receive updates from our partner regional alliances located around the globe 🌎

Thando Nyameni, hailing from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 🇿🇦, is an accomplished R&B singer/songwriter 🎤 & seasoned executive. 🎶 Featuring songwriters, composers, & producers, I am CIAM showcases the talented voices supportive of all music creators through @CIAMcreators.

Today, ECSA publishes its Report on #Audiovisual Composers' Contracts. Drawing on consultations with our members from across Europe, the report outlines and denounces various harmful and persistent contractual challenges faced by European audiovisual #composers, such as: 🔷 #Buyout contracts and work made for hire provisions 🔷 Pseudo-publishing 🔷 The waiving of moral rights The report also provides 7️⃣ key recommendations to tackle these harmful practices. 📢 We call on policy makers and the audiovisual industry to renew their efforts to tackle buyout contracts and other harmful practices in composers’ contracts, so that composers can truly benefit from appropriate and proportionate remuneration for the exploitation of their works. 🔗 Full report: bit.ly/3WDiAkB

ECSA's January news is out! 🔵 ECSA publishes Report on Audiovisual Composers' Contracts 🔵 ECSA at @esns: Creators’ Talks panel and much more 🔵 ECSA and Nordic Film Music Days organise seminar on contracts 🔵 ECSA and @ScreenComposers Guild of Canada host International Creators Dialogue on #AI in Berlin 🔵Afro Film Music Days, latest news on #AI, and much more! ➡️ Read: bit.ly/4goImjH

Sonia Mutesi Hakuziyeremye has been a force in promoting African urban music worldwide since 2000 🌍🎶. Through partnerships within the music industry, she has advocated for the rights of African music creators ✊🎼 & promoted the professionalization & recognition of their work.

@Creators_ECSA has released a report for audiovisual composers regarding contractual challenges faced, including buyouts, work for hire and waiving moral rights, along with seven recommendations. ciamcreators.org/Newsroom/creat…

@CIAMcreators welcomes multi-platinum award winning songwriter and producer from New Zealand @BicRunga of @APRAAMCOS to its Executive Committee! Bic rose to fame with her debut album “Drive”, which reached platinum seven times. ciamcreators.org/Newsroom/counc…

CIAM President @arrienmolema was at Eurosonic. Invited by @Creators_ECSA, Arriën participated in a panel on streaming with Helienne Lindvall, @IMPForum's Nicole Schulze & @Deezer's Indre Boaretto. He moderated a panel on AI & creativity, how creators can use it & its challenges.

Stan Meissner has been a songwriter/composer for 35+ years, writing for Céline Dion, Lara Fabian, LeeAnn Womack, Eddie Money, Farmer’s Daughter, among others. He wrote music for TV & film including Beverly Hills 90210. Stan earned gold & multi-platinum records & awards. #IAmCIAM

How can we make sure that #streaming remuneration will actually reflect the value of the song? ECSA President @Helienne Lindvall, Arriën Molema (@CIAMCreators, @BAM_Network) Indrė Boaretto (@Deezer) and Nicole Schulze (@IMPForum) dive into the world of songwriter royalties during ECSA's Creators' Talks panel at ESNS. 📃 Read more on ECSA’s concrete proposals to #FixStreaming in our Manifesto: bit.ly/4hjGl98

I am CIAM showcases voices supportive of music creators through @CIAMcreators. Patrick Sigwalt is a film music composer & @SACEM Board Chairman. He composed +400 pieces for film & TV as well as composed & produced +250 records for artists such as Sade, Serge Gainsbourg, & more.

🔜 Coming up next week: On 17 January, we host the Creators' Talks panel "Streaming's Broken Record: Where Are My Royalties?" at @ESNS in Groningen, Netherlands. 🇳🇱 ECSA President @Helienne Lindvall, Arriën Molema (@CIAMCreators, @BAM_Network), Indrė Boaretto (@Deezer) and Nicole Schulze (@IMPForum) will dive into the world of #songwriter royalties: how can we make sure that songwriters, who are at the very heart of music creation, get their fair share? Join us at 13:30! ℹ️ More info: bit.ly/4h8lEgp 📷 Siese Veenstra

Geraldo Vianna of @UBCmusica underscores the need for fair remuneration that values independent music creators as well as a need for artistic planning. "It's no longer just about business, but about making sure we continue to invest in human creativity." ubc.org.br/publicacoes/no…

Juca Novaes is a Brazilian composer, singer & cultural producer. He has recorded 20+ albums, including with Eduardo Santhana & as a member of Trovadores Urbanos. He created the Fampop festival, considered “the best regional festival in Brazil”. #IAmCIAM

CIAM President @arrienmolema joins the panel “Streaming’s Broken Record: Where Are My Royalties?” at @esns Jan 17, moderated by @Creators_ECSA President Helienne Lindvall. It explores streaming royalties & how to ensure songwriters get their fair share. esns.nl/en/conference/…

I am CIAM showcases the talented voices supportive of all music creators through @CIAMcreators. Born in Buenos Aires, award-winning Facundo Saravia joined folk group Los Chalchaleros in 1980 before releasing award-winning solo albums Transparencias and Facundo.

❄️ December greetings from ECSA! In this month's news: 🔵 Joint letter on #AI to @EU_Commission's @HennaVirkkunen and @GlennMicallef 🔵 Creators’ Talks panel at @esns 🔵 International Creators Dialogue with @musimagem and MUCINE 🔵 Prof. Daniel Gervais presents in ECSA’s Tech & AI Working Group 🔵 #CreatorsConference, @CISACNews study, and much more! ➡️ Read: bit.ly/49M2SJp

We wish you an inspiring, music-filled holiday season and joyful, creative 2025!