Experience. June 2019

Second flow of the Ural Music Camp. Participants meet at the hotel Angelo by Vienna House with runway view of Koltsovo airport.

50 musicians

from Russian cities and abroad

+ 2 new tutors

Louis (Denmark) and La Cris (Spain)

1 tour

Finalists went on tour though Russia

Participants created five bands

On the first day of the project, after meeting tutors and each other, participants united in five music bands.

They had to work on new compositions, sound design and stage mastery teaching, creating the concept of team-building and the programm of its promotion. Rehearsals took place on one of the best recording studios in Ekaterinburg - Octopus.
The tutors crew has increased: Louis Puggaard-Müller, choreography and vocal teacher, and La Cris, an electronic musician, have joined the team.

After a week of an intensive course, students bands The Dark Cakes, SMTH, Louis`s Angels, MAMA and PillsMe performed with a final concert at Dom Pechati. Spectators chose a finalist - band MAMA.

According to the project rules, that gband went on tour though Russia (Kazan - Nizhniy Novgorod - Moscow) accompanied by tutors: SUiT (Germany), Disco Dicks (Holland), Subterranean Street Society (Denmark) and La Cris (Spain).

The tour end point was Ekaterinburg and the perfomance of MAMA at Ural Music Night Festival.

In the second flow of Ural Music Camp, the project finalists went on a road tour though Russia accompanied by tutors. These were guys from music band MAMA that combined overloaded drums with massive synths, ultravocal and rich guitar riffs.

Participants feedback

When I read reviews from previous participants and saw someone`s ""UMC became a starting point of my journey"", I thought those were just big words. But now I strongly confirm it! It really changes your way of thinking, you get to do it boldly! Thanks to Camp, now I have a better understanding of what is actually a music industry and what I have to do, to play music outside of my room. Camp allows you to build relationships not only with musicians, but also with managers, which subsequently can grow into a close collaboration.

Rina Baldina

Direction music band

UMC was the best thing that has happened to me for past two years. I got full on positivity, realized that I can reach the audience and create amazing compositions, which would last. Huge thanks to people, who worked on this project. My life is changed forever. I really want to go though this again.

Kseniya Shavkunova

Direction music band

The project incredibly models reality, in which every beginner music artist wants to dive in, but it`s complicated to enter without the understanding of the inside. Here you can learn a lot about yourself and the people around, get inspired, gather new ideas and contacts, pump up your brain, musical and business skills. Find new friends from all over Russia and beyond.

Aleksey Rumyancev

Direction music business

It`s a unique experience with a wonderful organizing crew and cool, interesting residents, now they are friends. Camp energized me and filled with hope in myself, in my abilities. When I went back home, I started my own concert organization, implementing ideas in music. I got closer to the main idea of the team itself. Camp gave me this warm feeling of pure teamwork. I`m so happy and thankful for beeing one of the winners of Camp. Tour though Russia with such awesome musicians is a special practice, that offered me a new conception of perfomances and sense on stage.

Maxim Khrychev (Myth)

Direction electronic musician

This project can change lives, if you feel that you want to make music, but have no idea where to start. It`s a unique opportunity of sharing experiences with musicians from Europe, a real chance to see what music consists of, and the most important, it`s a moment to try and to create, to play, to show yourself and your music to people!

Mikhail Kominov

Direction music band