Myanmar Music Association
The Myanmar Music Association (MMA; Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဂီတအစည်းအရုံး) is Myanmar's music industry association. The organisation was established in 1952 and consists of 5 divisions: historical traditional music, modern traditional music, contemporary music, production and technical work.[1]
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဂီတအစည်းအရုံး | |
Formation | 1952 |
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Headquarters | Yangon, Myanmar |
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Chairman | Tin U Lay |
Website | www |
MMA established a Burmese pop library in 2010, to create a standardised list of songs published in the country, and of help musicians and songwriters obtain their proper share of royalty payments from the use of their songs.[2] In 2013, it reopened a traditional Burmese music school, which had been closed since 2007.[3]
In July 2015, MMA announced that it would launch the Myanmar Music Academy Awards in 2016 to recognise outstanding Burmese musicians.[4]
References
- Nuam Bawi (4 June 2012). "Musician group to hold election". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- Nuam Bawi (20 June 2011). "MMA sets up library of songs". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- Nandar Aung (3 June 2013). "Six years of silence broken". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- Chit Su (8 July 2015). "New Myanmar Music Academy Awards to sing a different tune". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.