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Global songwriter and artist groups pledge to collaborate
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 19 October 2015
CIAM – the global grouping for songwriters, composers and authors – yesterday invited the International Artist Organisation – the newish global grouping for recording artists – to speak at its International Council Of Creators Of Music in Siena. The two groups vowed to work more closely to represent the interests of creators worldwide.
IAO’s Paul Pacifico and Suzanne Combo keynoted at the event, and a working group was established to discuss where CIAM and IAO have common positions, with three members from each organisation set to take part.
Confirming the new alliance, Pacifico told reporters: “Authors and performers share a symbiotic relationship – there is no singer without a song and no song without a singer. The entire music industry is built on our work and creators from across the spectrum are taking responsibility for our place in the music ecosystem. We very much look forward to working with CIAM on this exciting initiative and thank them for the opportunity to bring our organisations closer together during this critical time of flux in the music industry”.
Although the interests of artists and songwriters are not always aligned, they often are, not least because many artists are also songwriters and vice versa, even if the music industry still often treats the two sides of music making separately.