2015 Schedule
Interactive: March 13–17  •  Film: March 13–21  •  Music: March 17–22

Pakistan Music Scene

Thursday, March 19
2:00PM - 3:00PM

Austin Convention Center
Room 18D
Austin Convention Center

The challenges faced by Pakistan Music Industry in terms of lack of Intellectual Property Rights, lack of venues and venue management, lack of security resulting in no live concerts, weak media and government policies, lack of producers, cultural extremism and lack of community support, resulting in diminishing of musicians and hence the industry. The musicians, however, fighting back, surviving and thriving through this situation and still producing world class music for the love of it, compromising their livelihood yet no compensation, no documentation and no recognition on global music scene.

Hashtags

#sxsw #PakistanX

Presenters

MODERATOR

Zeejah Fazli

Pres

Foundation for Arts Culture and Education

Zeejah Fazli is a producer, cultural programs director, musician, song writer & entrepreneur going back 25 years in this field when he began his journey in music as a guitar player. After his debut...

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Zaed Maqbool

Agent

The Agency Group

Haroon

CEO Taazi.com, Musician/Singer/Composer

Unicorn Black

Aaron Haroon Rashid (born in London, United Kingdom), popularly known as Haroon is a British-Pakistani Singer, Composer, Director, Producer and Social Activist. He is a Pakistani music pioneer and ...

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Farhan Bogra

Musician

Khumariyaan

Farhan is a well known Rubab virtuoso on the music scene. He is a cultural activist and volunteer working on preservation of arts and culture in Pakistan. he has represented Pushtoon Music (from ...

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Details

Access
Music Badge, Platinum Badge, Artist Wristband
Type
Solo / Dual / Panel
Theme
International
Level
Beginner

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