It will be in full force from the 24th til the 26 of November, from 17:30 – 21:30 at the metro Universitat.

(www.TMB.cat)

Local Producer´s Brian Heinen was asked to participate in a special 10 year anniversary exhibit of Live Music in the metro (Barcelona), by producer Acardi Poch (Kognitif Platform Productions) to open the festival.  Brian´s interview about the live music scene in Barcelona was featured in a video that is on display in the Sala Merce in the Metro Diagonal station,   (See Video below)

After various live music productions in Spain; starting with the local production of the “Playing for Change” documentary and continuing to the Local Jam  and Tommy Hilfiger Sessions platform (http://localproducer.es/eventplanning/), Brian has an extensive perspective of the direction of local live music.

Brian discusses in the interview his belief that the local public and musician need to be more proactive in supporting the music scene through the education on the value of live music.  He describes how, “it is not just enough to view free concerts supported by the government, but to understand the importance of paying for the right to have quality live music.”  Brian believes, “Quality music is a privilege, not a right and the public should feel the need to pay or commit for it.  The public should want go to hear live music – not only for the brand name musicians – but for the culture and recognition of the live music venues.”

View more about what Brian (8min 40 sec.)  and others in the Barcelona music scene had to say in the video:

Guiri Business Drink Montly Meet-up// November 16th // Barcelona//sponsored by Metropolitan Mag | Guiri Business.

Local Producer organizes these monthly Business networking events and manages the LinkedIn Group.  This month will be our largest event, weather permitting, with close to 85 members already confirmed.

FREE to enter

Nov 16th 19:00 – 21:00

Please RSVP here: http://linkd.in/s4fYwE

This Thursday evening will be the inauguration of “En un món anònim…” an exposition curated by colleague, Arcadi Poch (Kognitif Producion), to celebrate 10 years of sponsored music in the Barcelona metro.  I will be participating in this project in a short video interview discussing the live music scene and culture of Barcelona. I will return with a follow up, including the video and pictures when available.

I am happy to see that the Barcelona city government is moving forward with the discussions to allow more live music in bars, restaurants & cafés.  I hope that this is a first step towards access to more music and independent musical events in the city.

This exposition will be on going in the Sala Gaudi at the Metro Diagonal.

I will be reporting more on the development of the music scene in Barcelona through our Local Jam Twitter account (@LocalJam) in the coming days and weeks.  Keeping music live in Barcelona!

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LinkedIn Guiri Business Group Update: Barcelona Business Lunch / Madrid Business Drink – Help Needed

October Update:

The October Guiri Business drink in Barcelona was again very successful.  We have been receiving positive feedback from the 75+ members that attended, making it the largest to date.

See a few picture of the event on our flickr account:

http://bit.ly/szGPGM

We will be holding the November drink on Wednesday the 16^th, please see our LinkedIn invite to RSVP for it and receive your free welcome drink.

http://bit.ly/rr2RDY

The Guiri Business group would like to thank our Barcelona media partner, the Metropolitan magazine and location partner, Fahrenheit Lounge, for their support.

We would also like to thank Scissors of London´s Tim Bulmer for donating a free haircut as our business card give-a-way prize.  Please read more about Tim at his LinkedIn profile here: http://linkd.in/sUAaH8

Announcements:

Now, we would like to announce the next step in the Guiri Revolution, the Guiri Business lunch!

The Guiri Business group is actively searching for a location partner in Barcelona for these more intimate networking lunch events.

The Guiri Business group is also searching for a Guiri member to help us organize and manage in Madrid and potential meet-ups in other cities.  If you are interested, please send a private email correspondence to either:

Brian Heinen: Brian@LocalProducer.es

Willem van Oort: Willem@VanOort.org

Guiri Business will continue to update the group and add more to our website in the coming months.  More articles, webinars, Classified ads and features.  We welcome the participation of all Guiri´s in improving our group and any suggestions are encouraged.

Guiri Business group is quickly closing in on 3,000 members in the LinkedIn Group and ask your help to achieve this by the end of October.

Please invite your Guiri and Spanish business connections to join us:

http://linkd.in/ue8sig

Thank you

Guiri Business -

Willem van Oort  ( LinkedIn @ http://linkd.in/thLE8D )

Brian Heinen ( LinkedIn @ http://linkd.in/sKcmU4 )

Margaret Stepien El bulli.(Link)

 Local Producer event photographer and good friend, Margaret Stepien, is back with some new photos from El Bulli

She also has a new book out with photography of the famous La Boqueria Market on Las Ramblas!!  Great work Marge!

In Catalan & English

Taller “Dale un respiro a tu casa: estrategias para despejar el caos” | Blog | Ecotendencia.

Another new workshop from a collaborator and friend, Valentina Thorner da Cruz.  This workshop has only 20 spaces so you must confirm on her website.

See you there? October 20 at 18:30 in Spanish.