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SUMMARY:"Let’s talk about…" – Open Peer-2-Peer Exchange for Musicians
DESCRIPTION:Moderated by Melissa Perales \nLet’s talk about… Networking as Practice” – Open Peer-to-Peer Exchange for Musicians \nModerated by Melissa Perales\, Music Pool Berlin consultant and  board member\, curator\, promoter\, and cultural worker who has been active in Berlin’s independent music scene since the 1990s. \nThe group session “Let’s talk about…” expands Music Pool Berlin’s consulting work into a small-group format focused on exchange\, reflection\, and shared learning. \nNetworking as part of your practice\nThis session looks at networking not as self-promotion\, but as part of your artistic and professional practice. \nHow do you meet people in ways that feel natural and meaningful? How can you build relationships that may lead to collaborations\, new perspectives\, shared resources\, gigs\, projects\, or future opportunities? And how can connecting with others help make your work more sustainable over time? \nFor many independent artists\, networking can feel uncomfortable\, transactional\, or like yet another task added to an already demanding workload. In this session\, we want to rethink networking as something broader: building relationships\, exchanging knowledge\, supporting one another\, and becoming part of an ecosystem rather than working in isolation. \nTogether\, we will explore how networking can become part of everyday working life — through concerts\, collaborations\, communities\, professional events\, peer groups\, shared projects\, introductions\, and simple ongoing contact. \nThe focus is not only on who you know\, but on how relationships grow\, how trust is built\, and how artists and music professionals can create opportunities together. \nHow the session works\nThe session combines moderated input with a strong focus on peer-to-peer exchange. Participants are encouraged to bring their own experiences\, questions\, challenges\, and examples. \nThe knowledge and experience in the room are part of the session itself. \nTopics may include: \n– how to approach new people without feeling like you are “selling yourself”\n– how to maintain professional relationships over time turning encounters into meaningful collaborations\n– finding people whose work\, values\, or goals connect with yours moving beyond the isolation of the DIY approach\n– sharing knowledge\, contacts\, resources\, and opportunities identifying what you can offer others\, not only what you need\n– creating networks that support a more sustainable artistic practice\n– navigating Berlin’s music ecosystem while remaining open to wider\n– local and international connections \nSession Structure \n1. Check-in & Introductions – A brief round of introductions. Participants share where they are\ncurrently in their work and what they hope to develop\, change\, or connect to. \n2. Networking as Practice: Melissa introduces a few practical perspectives and experiences around relationship-building\, collaboration\, visibility\, and sustaining connections within the music ecosystem. \n3. Peer-to-Peer Exchange – The group works through questions\, experiences\, and challenges\nbrought into the session. Participants are encouraged to exchange knowledge\, ideas\, contacts\, and possible points of collaboration. \n4. Closing & Next Steps – A short reflection on what each participant might take forward: one\nrelationship to reconnect with\, one new approach to try\, one collaboration to explore\, or one concrete next step. \nFormat:\nThe core of the session is moderated peer exchange. \n*Melissa brings her experience as a Music Pool Berlin consultant\, board member\, curator\, promoter\, and long-time participant in Berlin’s independent music ecosystem\, while the group brings its\nown knowledge\, questions\, and perspectives. \nThe aim is not to provide one formula for successful networking. Instead\, the session creates space to think together about how stronger relationships\, collaboration\, reciprocity\, and shared\nknowledge can contribute to more connected and sustainable ways of working in music. \n90 minutes\nmax. 6–8 participants\nmoderated by Melissa Perales\nLanguage: English
URL:https://www.musicpoolberlin.net/en/event/lets-talk-about-open-peer-2-peer-exchange-for-musicians/
LOCATION:House of Music 2.OG\, Revaler Str. 99\, Berlin\, 10245
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