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WM2-032d
Title Harmoni Music Project - Pictures
Description In 2006 musician David Bridie (Not Drowning Waving, My Friend the Chocolate Cake), through Kate Kennedy, approached WVA and producer Jason Byrne about the idea of developing the "Butterfly Song" Documentary. The documentary focused on PNG stringband musicians with various well known international musicians. It’s aim was to give back to PNG communities through various means including promoting positive aspects of Melanesian life, keeping the traditional form of stringband music alive, running programs within PNG related to health and wellbeing and using profits to rebuild a sound recording studio in Rabaul (destroyed in 1994 by a volcanic eruption).
This was brought to Paul Ronalds with a request for a small amount of funding. Paul agreed that it was a small investment for credible branding of WVA and a opportunity to support PNG by leveraging health messages through this promotional vehicle. Therefore, WVA granted 10k out of Paul's P&P discretionary budget and developed a MOU that included a "community Service Announcement" and later agreement of David Bridie and prominent PNG artist, George Telek to perform at the Make Poverty History Concert. It was there that David Bridie was first introduced to Jonathan Treagust and later David Sweeting. Through this initial contact , David B, Jonathan and David S developed a concept for the Harmoni Musik Project by late 2007. Later, David S designed the project with input from Jonathan and David B. The pilot project now looks at delivering health and social messages through a series of music workshops to local youth, developing local youth groups and their musical talents and recording their songs for the purpose of community advocacy and awareness.
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/WM2/032d
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Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Jodie Kell
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DOI 10.26278/rweg-5a11
Cite as David Bridie (collector). Harmoni Music Project - Pictures. PDF. WM2-032d at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/rweg-5a11
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Collection ID WM2
Collection title Wantok Musik Foundation (WMF) - Music Label Recordings of Oceania Region.
Description The Wantok Musik Foundation is an Australian-based not-for-profit Music Label that records, releases and promotes culturally infused music from Indigenous Australia, Melanesia and Oceania. The brand “Wantok Musik” is a Melanesian term that reflects talking with a common language “one talk” although in the diverse cultures of the region that may have different sounds, different beats, different instruments, the music we all share is common and singing about the same things such as our history, our lore, our education, our hurts, our joys, our injustices, our struggles, our lives, our communities and our stories. This Collection preserves rich musical talents and artists of the Oceania region where the Wantok Musik Label through album recordings and collaborative projects has fostered cross-cultural initiatives and exchange. Through music and language within the diverse cultures of the region, we hear, share and learn about entertainers, performers and artistic and creative expressions where over the years, the Wantok Musik label has recorded, released and promoted of music from First Nation Australia, Melanesia and Oceania. Wantok Musik promotes local and international profile of First Nation and world music groups based in the region by supporting and providing greater economic opportunity for artists, long-term career sustainability at the same time by managing the various activities addresses social issues with creative and culturally focused approaches.
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