MPC song camp and b2b mission in Abu Dhabi

Music Publishers Canada (MPC) was pleased to partner with PopArabia to organize an in-person song camp and b2b mission in Abu Dhabi from November 29 to December 3, 2024. CREATE in Abu Dhabi brought together Canadian songwriters and producers, with an impressive list of creators from the MENA region and Europe. At the same time, a delegation of Canadian music industry professionals participated in a curated set of b2b meetings.

The song camp included eight Canadians as well as eight participants from Morocco, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Sri Lanka, four European participants from Poland, Estonia, and Germany, and one participant from the United States.

Canadian participants:

• 99Makaveli

• Con the Artist

• D R M S

• DVBLM

• Eestbound

• Preston Pablo

• TARANEH

• Zypitano

International participants:

• 7liwa (Morocco)

• 88Young (Morocco)

• Asayel (Saudi Arabia)

• Bartosz Szczęsny (Poland/UAE)

• Emili Jürgens (Estonia)

• Esra (UAE)

• Freek (UAE)

• Karl Killing (Estonia)

• Ma3iz (Morocco)

• Sonja Redelberger (Germany)

• Steve “Rhythm” Clarke (US/UAE)

• Yohani (Sri Lanka)

Check out a video recap of the song camp HERE.

CREATE in Abu Dhabi took place at the twofour54 Studios at Yas Creative Hub on Yas Island. Thank you to our partners at Pop Arabia as well as FACTOR and the Government of Canada and SOCAN.