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b'So many people around the world have fallen in love with Icelandic music because of the amazing artists from this tiny country in the North Atlantic ocean. Like many industries, the Icelandic music scene has had to pivot during tough times in order for artists to continue working/creating and for the industry itself to keep alive. To get a better insight into how the Icelandic music scene has adapted during this time, I hosted a panel of experts in the industry.
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\\nThese amazing people include Mar\\xeda Rut Reynisd\\xf3ttir is the Head of Cultural Office for the City of Reykjavik and the Project Manager for Reykjav\\xedk Music City; Sigtryggur "Siggi" Baldursson is the Managing Director for Iceland Music, whose mission is to help tell the story of Icelandic music around the world, and he was the drummer in the band "The Sugarcubes"; Will Larnach Jones is the Managing Director and Head of Bookings for Iceland Airwaves, one of Iceland\'s biggest music festivals.
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\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA7bwomj45A&list=RDCMUCacXXvaNHJQhMYU7f77OrBA&start_radio=1
\\nFull Biographies of the Speakers on the Panel
\\nSigtryggur Baldursson - MD of Iceland Music
\\nSiggi heads up a great time at Iceland Music, whose mission it is to help tell the story of Icelandic music around the world. Iceland Music is the music export office of Iceland. We facilitate the growth and development of the Icelandic music sector through building relationships between musicians and the various services that support their careers, such as festivals, PR and labels, and transnational promotion.
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\\nIceland Music also administers a number of export grants to Icelandic musicians which help them perform internationally. He is also a kind, warm and funny man! And in a former life he was the drummer for The Sugarcubes, who were the first Icelandic band to make big waves overseas, and as such played a huge part in the music / tourism conversation around Iceland, and with the label Bad Taste (Smekkleysa)
\\nMar\\xeda Rut Reynisd\\xf3ttir - Head of the Culture Office in the City of Reykjav\\xedk
\\nMar\\xeda Rut studied Creative Project and Process Management at the KaosPilot school in Denmark and started her career in Iceland as the Executive Assistant to Magnus Scheving, creator and CEO of the LazyTown children\\u2019s TV series. Mar\\xeda first got involved in the music industry when she joined the social music platform Gogoyoko.com back in 2008 as Head of Charity (and later COO) and took on the management of Iceland\'s biggest reggae band, hj\\xe1lmar. She was the Program Manager of Iceland Airwaves in 2010, the Manager of the You Are In Control conference on creative industries in the digital age in 2011 and the General Manager of the Icelandic Music Awards 2012 - 2015.
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\\nMar\\xeda has taught Project Management at the Icelandic Academy of the Arts and sat on the board of Gogoyoko.com and Music Express travel fund. Mar\\xeda has been the manager of internationally acclaimed artist \\xc1sgeir from the start of his career in spring 2012 as well as managing dj. flugv\\xe9l og geimskip. Mar\\xeda became the Project Manager for the Music City of Reykjav\\xedk where her responsibilities will be to ensure and support a thriving music community in the city through various activities and projects. She is now the Head of Cultural Office for the City of Reykjavik.
\\nWill Larnach -Jones, Managing Director and Head of Boookings for Iceland Airwaves
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