OPEN CALL FOR EUROPEAN ARTISTS, SONGWRITERS, LABELS, PUBLISHERS, AND TRANSLATORS
Co-Creation / Song Translation
Creative Europe co-funded cooperation project BELEM - Boosting European Lyrics' Entrepreneurial Monetization launches it's last open call for lyric translation and co-creation.
The project provides 3000 € in funding, per project, towards the translation of songs from one European language to other European languages, that assist in the internationalization and monetization of European works. Our Associate Partner LyricFind facilitates the lyric licensing, distribution and monetization of the lyrics and translations. Lusitanian Music Publishing, BELEM Partner in charge of the co-creation and song translation grants, announces that there are three slots left for co-funded projects under BELEM's lyric translation and co-creation grants. The objective of this open call is to find three European Music Publishers from diverse geographical regions who are interested in translating their songs - whether translation for meaning of recorded and released (or to be released) songs, or adaptations for future recordings of the songs to be released in different European Languages.
We urge interested publishers to send project proposals through the web form or via email providing us with the following information below by July 11th. The BELEM Co-Creation Jury will convene to select the final 3 projects in mid July, with the final announcements expected by the end of July. The projects are expected to be fully completed by November 2025. Minimum total project budget: €5000. Lump sum award: €3000 (60% EU funding, 40% applicant co-investment). Initial payment: €1500 upon signing the Project Support Agreement.
Please contact music@lusitanian.pt for any clarifications.
We look forward to your proposals!
Application deadline: July 11, 2025
Recording
Each one of the 11 projects selected should work with a total budget of min. 5.000€, including:
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Artist fees for days working on the project (incl. the recording musicians);
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Studio fees (incl. studio staff hours);
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Travel & accommodation fees;
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Per diems / meal expenses (for days working on the project);
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Staff hours for supervision of the project;
Translation
(and as feasible recording and release)
Each one of the 6 projects selected should work with a total budget of min. 5.000€, including:
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Contracts with translators and songwriters - (fees for the work sessions)
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Travel & accommodation fees;
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Per diems / meal expenses (for days working on the project);
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Staff hours for supervision of the project;
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Any and all costs for recording and release; including artist and studio fees as feasible for the project.
Open Calls for Publishers, Songwriters and Translators
The procedure is as follows:
Each Publisher project should prepare their project with a total budget of up to €5,000, including:
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Songwriter fees for days working on the project works (ex. this could be just the translating songwriter or a team consisting of the original writer and multiple translator songwriters)
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Studio fees (this could be a full songwriting camp scenario or just demo fees for new works created)
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Travel & accommodation fees (for working meetings between songwriters or to attend the songwriting camp
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Per diems / meal expenses (for days working on the project)
Once a project is selected by the BELEM Steering Committee Members that make up the Jury, the selected Publishers will:
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Receive €1,500 initial payment towards the project (no invoice is needed for project payments from the EU) upon signature of the Project Support Agreement
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Undertake the project and create the new works
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Provide financial reporting on project execution and demonstrate up to €5,000 expenditures (this is made up of €3,000 of EU in addition to €2,000 of financing from the publisher) according to the proposed project budget
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Provide technical reporting on how the project was implemented, including delivering new lyrics (with optional demo recordings) and LyricFind timecoding in appropriate formats as per BELEM's instructions, as well as accompanying proof of registration with the Publisher's society of choice
Upon approval of the reporting, the second €1,500 will be paid to the Publisher.
Applications will close on Tuesday, March 12th, 2024.
We look forward to your Project Proposals!
The BELEM Team