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2020 Musical Instruments Fair Japan Online Planned in December
Japan Musical Instruments Association plans a consumer music event, 2020 Musical Instruments Fair Japan Online from December 11 through 13. Organized as a special program substituting to 2020 Musical Instruments Fair Japan slated in October, it collaborates with BARKS, a leading music information website in Japan.
Under the banner of ‘Why Not Making Music Now? Music Never Stops’, it provides experienced and first-time music makers with a host of entertainment contents only enjoyable online in promotion of pleasure of music making and development of music market. (photo right: 2020 Musical Instrument Fair Online is planned on BARKS web site.)
Japan Music Network, organizer of BARKS has delivered latest information on Japanese and overseas music scenes online for over 20 years with 8.40 million pageviews and 3.10 million unique users. BARKS is proud of overwhelming support from music fans, music industry and artists.
2020 Musical Instruments Fair offers exclusive pages reserved for all exhibitors on which the exhibitors can upload company name, logo, and product info along with images.
The highlight of the contents is a communication room offered for individual pages that allows the direct communication between the exhibitor and user or business partner with help of Baroom web chat service provided by Japan Music Network. The exhibitor can stream live clinic session on product, live performance by artists and talk sessions. It supports music retailers with EC capability. (photo below: The communication room allows the exhibitor to stream clinic sessions, product presentation, live concerts and talk sessions.)
Depending on plans, the exhibitor is eligible for uploading news and interview reports on BARKS site.
The site is open from November 11 through December 10 prior to the official opening for free view of the exhibitor site. Every exhibitor news is accessible for a year after the event is closed.
The event has 4 exhibit plans from A to D with exhibit fee ranging from 55,000yen to 550,000yen. The top all-inclusive plan A offers exhibitor the largest exhibit page that allows 10 products listing, 10 images per product, 5 movies per product, 3 communication rooms with up to 5 times of access per day and 45 minutes of use per access, and listing of 24 news coverage and one interview report on BARKS web site.