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"Ambassador of World Music" - PollStar Magazine Mehmet Dede is an internationally recognized, award-winning Music Curator, Festival Producer and Tour Promoter with 20 years of experience in the culture space. He has produced concerts and event series in collaboration with Lincoln Center, Central Park SummerStage, the Town Hall, the Kennedy Center and many more. Since 2010, he serves as Director of Programming at downtown Manhattan venue Drom. He is the curator of the annual NY Gypsy Fest, a grassroots festival now in its 15th season. Previously, Dede worked at concert promoter Giant Step and Universal Music Group. Dede works with world-class international artists to introduce them to US audiences by producing nationwide tours and his consulting expertise is often sought by cultural organizations in France, Hungary, England, Poland and Romania. In 2016, he joined the Music Industry department at The Hartt School where he teaches on performing arts entrepreneurship and music management. He was profiled in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Pollstar, and featured on PBS and Voice of America. He is the recipient of the 2021 globalFEST Impact Award and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Dede holds an M.A. from New York University and is an alumnus of Leadership Music's Executive Program in Nashville.
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As people slowly gather together again, customers will expect new experiences from venues. Entertainment venues were hit particularly hard by the pandemic, and as restrictions lift and venues start opening up again, business owners and patrons alike are understandably excited to get back to a more “normal” routine. But after everything that’s happened, will customers want more of the same or will they expect a few changes? As each business owner makes this determination for themselves, there are a few ways they can adapt or innovate to freshen up their old model and give customers something even more exciting to look forward to. Below, 12 leaders from Rolling Stone Culture Council share some of these strategies and explain why they’re good ways to find new success in the coming years.
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Unless all members of the independent music community are on board, none of us can truly come back.
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Don't let the silos of your day-to-day work hinder your ability to collaborate as a team. Collaboration is often the key to creativity and progress in business. However, busyness can sometimes get in the way of purposeful collaboration across an organization. Finding time to brainstorm and work with other teammates can be a challenge when you’re bogged down with a lengthy to-do list, but it’s essential to prioritize cross-team communication if you want to move your business forward. To offer guidance on where to start, a panel of Rolling Stone Culture Council members shared tips for breaking down the silos of your day-to-day work and improving collaboration within your organization.
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Drom NYC
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“New York’s premiere venue for world music” - Wall St. Journal Drom is a 300 people-capacity independent club and cultural space for music and the performing arts in downtown Manhattan. A prestigious platform to showcase emerging talent and new sounds, Drom hosted an eclectic array of artists from Grammy-winners Robert Glasper, Snarky Puppy, Questlove, Gregory Porter and Hilary Hahn to esteemed performers Rakim, J Cole, Austin Mahone, Olly Murs, and Ibrahim Maalouf since its founding in 2007.