SUISA panel at M4music
From songwriting to music production
M4music, the Migros Kulturprozent (Culture Percentage) pop music festival, will take place on 22 and 23 March 2024. This year’s …
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Mentoring Programme
Opportunity for aspiring music producers
Are you a songwriter and want to learn or improve skills in the field of music production? Do you want …
Opportunity for SUISA members
Apply for the 2023 SUISA Songwriting Camp
Be part of the Songwriting Camp, held by SUISA in collaboration with Pele Loriano Productions for the sixth time. It …
“Songs must have a lyrical depth for me”
On 25 May 2022, the “Best Hit” for the best composition will be determined by public voting at the Swiss …
“If everything was easy to understand, the lyrics would be boring”
On 25 May, 2022, the “Best Hit” for the best composition will be determined by public voting at the Swiss …
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Applications for the 2022 SUISA Songwriting Camp
For the fifth time, SUISA is organising a songwriting camp in collaboration with Pele Loriano Productions. It takes place from …
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SUISA panel at M4music: What influence does streaming have on songwriting?
Today, music is often consumed via streaming platforms. With millions of songs available, individual pieces quickly get lost in the …
Marché international du disque et de l’édition musicale
Midem (1967-2021) – the end of an era
Midem in Cannes was the embodiment of a flourishing music business for decades. A tribute to one of the most …
SUISA Songwriting Camp 2021: now open for applications by SUISA members
The fourth SUISA Songwriting Camp will take place from 5 to 7 July 2021 in the Powerplay Studios in Maur …
Willy Viteka, the successful music publisher and music producer has passed away
Willy Viteka, an entrepreneur who made a significant contribution to the Swiss music industry as a classical producer-music publisher, passed …
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“In this, we are all really challenged as a community”
With the “Music for tomorrowˮ project, SUISA aims to support its members in these difficult times. We offer artists a …
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Helvetiarockt: SUISA supports the voice of female musicians in Switzerland
Women are still underrepresented in music, on stage and as producers. For this reason, the association Helvetiarockt has been standing …
How do you write a streaming success?
Tips and reflections on modern song structures by successful songwriters as well as other music industry representatives at the SUISA …
Specific forms of arrangement
Sampling and Remixes
The articles about arrangements in the “Good to know” series have so far focused on “conventional” arrangements of musical works. …
A career as a producer of electronic music?
In cooperation with SUISA and the association “Cultures électroniques”, the Electron Festival, music festival for electronic music in Geneva, is …
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SUISA Songwriting Camp 2019 now open for applications by SUISA members
The third SUISA Songwriting Camp shall take place between 24 and 26 June 2019 in the Powerplay Studios in Maur …
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Creative teamwork at SUISA’s 2018 Songwriting Camp
SUISA organised the second edition of its Songwriting Camp in cooperation with Pele Loriano Productions. Like the premiere last year …
Why SUISA members should also consider joining SWISSPERFORM
Composers and lyricists who are SUISA members and are also active as artists and/or producers and whose performances are broadcast …
Applications for the SUISA Songwriting Camp 2018
SUISA organises another Songwriting Camp together with Pele Loriano Productions. The second SUISA Songwriting Camp will be held between 18 …
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Lars Christen
“Taking part in the songwriting camp was a big win”
“Compass” is one of the final six Swiss songs competing for entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. It is …
Application process for the Schedler Music Songwriter Camp 2018 now open to SUISA members
For the sixth time now, Rudi Schedler Musikverlag GmbH is organising the international “Pop & Schlager Songwriter Camp” between 13 …