Beats & Sound of the producing students! The line-up of the Producer's Club consists of students from the Pop Music Design bachelor's programme and the Popular Music master's programme with a focus on Producing/Composing Artist. Admission is free.

Popakademie bands live on stage!

At the "Work in Progress Club" the students of the Department of Popular Music present their current projects.

Admission is free.

On Tuesday, 04.06.2024 at 7 pm, Prof:In Dr:In Kristine Ringsager will be a guest at the Popakademie. Ringsager is a professor at the Faculty of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Her research focuses on the anthropological study of music, with an emphasis on racialized and gendered cultures and infrastructures and the use of music in processes of social change. She is the leader of the research project Gendering Music Matter (2022-2024), which investigates gender inequalities in the Danish popular music industry. A particular focus is on how the infrastructure of the popular music industry influences the experiences and navigation of women and gender minoritized music makers in pursuing their careers in the field. She was previously involved in the projects Music as Social Intervention and Contemporary Music from the Middle East (2020-2022). Ringsager completed her PhD on the Danish-language rap scene with a focus on citizenship, migration politics, experienced otherness and social transformation.

On Thursday, June 6 and Friday, June 7, the Future Music Camp will take place at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. Experts from the music and creative industries will talk about innovation topics: This year's focus is on the future of music rights and marketing.

The importance of rights management is currently growing, influenced by AI-supported tools in marketing and music production as well as changing licensing requirements. The Future Music Camp (FMC) 2024 will therefore address current and future challenges in the music and creative industries.
Top-class keynote speakers from Warner Chappell, TikTok Music, Soundcloud, ICE, Bermvda and Place Called Home, among others, will address questions such as: What are best practices and future prospects in the data-driven work of music publishers? How and with what innovations are streaming and video platforms reacting to the latest developments in the field of artificial intelligence? Which new technologies can (DIY) artists use to reach their fans and communities? And last but not least, how are collecting societies dealing with this issue, what challenges exist and what projects are being initiated to address them?

The FMC invites you to discuss these questions together, debate innovative solutions and set the course for the future of the music industry.

The FMC invites you to discuss these issues together, debate innovative solutions and set the course for the future of the music industry.

In addition, sessions held by participants will be offered; the format will be determined by the participants themselves. Proposals can be submitted until April 22. All information on the sessions, examples from previous years, submission of proposals online at: https://www.futuremusiccamp.de/call-for-sessions-2024/

Participation in the FMC is free of charge, places are limited. Registration at: https://www.futuremusiccamp.de/anmeldung-2024/

The FMC was launched in 2009 and has established itself as an innovative conference format for executives and young professionals from the music and creative industries. Here, the Popakademie connects experts from the field with students from the relevant specialist areas of music, media, culture and creative industries. David Stammer, Project Manager Digital Innovation, is responsible for the Future Music Camp and also moderates it.

Popakademie bands live on stage!

At the "Work in Progress Club" the students of the Department of Popular Music present their current projects.

Admission is free.

On Tuesday, 28.06.2024 from 7 pm Moses Pelham talks about music and power. The rapper, author, producer and label owner Moses Pelham is the first and only rapper in the world to be represented in the Official German Charts for over five decades. With his Rödelheim Hartreim project, he created the blueprint for what would later be called street rap, discovered and produced Sabrina Setlur, among others, founded the soul trio GLASHAUS and signed Azad. He is responsible for 29 LPs, 94 single releases, 90 chart entries and a total of 1013 weeks in the German charts. He sold 10,000,000 records through his label 3p alone. Pelham has won the ECHO, the Goethe Plakette, the German Record Critics' Honorary Award, the Golden Camera and the HipHop.de Award for his life's work. Moses Pelham is currently working on his last studio album, which will be released in fall 2024 and is entitled "Letzte Worte". Pelham will be touring Germany for the last time with his band under the title "Letzte Worte LIVE".

Before heading into the summer break after an eventful semester, there will be one more week of live music at the Popakademie from July 15th-18th..
From Monday morning to Thursday evening, the students of the Pop Academy will complete their live exam. All open to the public with free admission!
Subject to change without notice!

Experience the best Popakademie bands and solo artists from the current study programs live at the big end-of-semester concert on July 19th 2024.
Bands and musicians from the Popakademie will be live on stage that evening to present a diverse mix of music from all genres.