WHAT NEXT?
is a series of mentor-led workshops that inspires and assists young musicians and artists in navigating their own careers and in the music industry. Participants learn to design press packages, work with SoMe and communication, write grant applications, and receive individual feedback on their music. With us on the team, we have our national mentor Tatiana Palanca (best known under the artist name Miss Tati), who - together with a local mentor - leads the workshops.
Prior workshops
Tatiana Palanca (aka Miss Tati) started her musical career as a backing vocalist for, among others, Kakkmaddafakka, Datarock and Superfamily. She has also performed as Miss Tati on stages and festivals both in Norway and internationally. In 2019, a new era began in Tati's career in the form of the project Angola70 - an 11-person big band that plays the best of Angolan pop music from the 70's!
The Drammen artist Royane has in recent years become one of the most exciting Norwegian artists in hip hop and r&b. She has roots in Morocco and Spain and grew up listening to both Arabic music and hip hop. Her music mixes different genres and she constantly experiments with rhythms and inspiration from different parts of the world. Royane has with his unique style and visual expression been noticed far outside Norway, and has gained very many followers on social media. In recent years, she has also become a household name for many after participating in several TV shows and programs such as Melodi Grand Prix, Influenserne and Skal vi danse.
What Next? in Trondheim was arranged digitally through the platform Discord (though initially at Musikkbyen Trondheim) in collaboration with the local competence centre Tempo! With us we have local mentor Marianna Sangita Røe:
Marianna Sangita is a Greek / Norwegian singer, percussionist, lyricist and composer. She has studied sound art and sound design in London and is a licensed teacher of Complete Vocal Technique. With the band Broen she has released 2 EPs and 3 albums, been signed to the renowned indie label Bella Union and achieved international success. She has participated in projects such as Skrap & Trondheim Jazzorkester: Antropocen, sung with Goylem Space Klezmer, played percussion with Valkyrien Allstars and sang and played in the project Saturns Hage at Rosendal Teater. She has also written music for the performing arts piece "+ -" which premiered at Blackbox Teater in 2020. She writes lyrics in English, Greek and Norwegian and is now working on her solo project and the new duo project ON with Spanish-Valencian Efrén López Sánz.
What Next? in Stavanger was arranged at Metropolis in collaboration with STAR, AKKS Stavanger and UFLAKKS Stavanger! With us, we had the local mentor Angelica Manke:
Angelica Manke originally comes from Jæren and is now studying digital marketing at Kristiania University College in Oslo. In addition, she is an avid concert photographer, works with management and promotion of artists, and has worked as a concert organiser. She knows the cultural scene in Stavanger well, and has a good overview of the music industry and the opportunities that exist to make music a career path.
The pilot for What Next? was held in Bergen September 2019 with a two day workshop leading to the industry festival and conference Vill Vill Vest. The pilot was a collaboration between Samspill, Brak and AKKS Bergen. The young participants worked with mentors Miss Tati and Action the Man.
Collaborators
The project is supported by
