The Essence Music Festival runs for three days and includes features such as entertainment activities and seminars at the Convention Center during the day, while the nights are punctuated by concerts. It started in 1995 in celebration of Essence magazine's 25th anniversary. In terms of the economy, it has become a significant supplement to the hospitality industry, during a time of year when revenue is generally slow. There are also several sponsors for the festival, including Ford Motor Co. And Coors, as well as Verizon, Walmart Food and State Farm, and Coca-Cola. These sponsorships have enabled the festival to create and retain its competitive edge by including many extra features beyond music. From the sponsorship point-of-view, the festival also offers the opportunity to showcase product and reach a certain demographic, such as African-American women for Ford Motor Co. Other sponsors also host events that relate to the festival but are not part of it, providing increased revenues for nightclubs, restaurants, bookstores, and other businesses.
Music festivals have become so important and prominent that they are also beginning to extend to the developing nations, such as the SADC countries. This creates a number of additional challenges as well as opportunities, especially in terms of the economy and environmental concerns.
According to Ambert (2003), Music as an art form lends itself particularly well to global expansion, including the festival form. In terms of culture, festivals can be used for bands to promote certain cultural ideals, views, values, or simply music from a certain region. Music has always been part of humanity, where culturally inspired music can be particularly rich and inspiring to local and international attendees alike.
Festivals in the SADC countries and other developing nations particularly can then be used as a vehicle for raising awareness about the plight of certain animals or groups of people in a particular country or simply about the nation and the beauty of its art. At the same time, international artists can bring the accumulated musical expertise and knowledge to developing countries, helping them to develop further. As Ambert (2003) puts it: "Music is both an instrument of change and a symbol of tradition." And music festivals may be the one best way to ensure that both these dichotomous trends continue to exist side by side.
The way in which music festivals can affect and enhance the economy is particularly important for the SADC countries as well as other developing nations. They provide employment, for example, support other industries, and provide exposure for local musicians. They also provide a valuable opportunity for artists of all types to network across the world.
Before the full benefits of these festivals can, however, be made a reality in these countries, a thorough understanding must be obtained of the infrastructure, economic processes and development in the country, and the industries involved in similar processes. In other words, local development levels and processes must be investigated for the viability of integrating them for organizing music festivals, whether this be at the national or international level.
The recording industry is an important component of this. Since the late 1990s, the industry has expanded from the main recording bases in South African and Zimbabwe to several small-scale independent labels across the SADC region. This represents the birth and sustenance of a formal music industry, where such countries as Malawi can participate in the economy of creative endeavors and entertainment, where this had not previously been possible.
In terms of music festivals, this means that the industry can support and be supported by artists and other industries in the country. To make a success of this, the performance industry also needs to be understood in very clear terms. In the SADC countries, as in Europe, the UK and the United States, income for musicians is usually generated from live performances. Unlike the more developed regions, however, the reason for this is that the recording industry in these countries is still at a limited level of development. This is an important consideration in terms of how the recording and performance industries work together. In the case of festival organization, festivals can then be used to enhance the prominence and abilities of the recording industries in developing regions, thus furthering the ability and prominence of both industries, along with other artists and service providers that participate in the festivals.
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