{"id":64517,"date":"2022-11-04T17:17:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T13:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=64517"},"modified":"2022-11-04T17:17:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T13:17:18","slug":"regional-artist-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/regional-artist-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"This Talent Platform Is Putting Regional Artists On An International Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Making your name as a musician anywhere in the world is no easy feat, but what if you could get the backing of Flash Entertainment, the Middle East\u2019s leading live entertainment company? Life could be\u00a0<em>very<\/em>\u00a0different.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Johnson is Talent Manager at Flash Entertainment and he has his ear to the ground. His role? To scout talented musicians in the UAE and the region, and to leverage partnerships that could propel these artists to international fame.<\/p>\n<p>Talented artists are plucked from \u2018relative\u2019 obscurity and featured on the Regional Artist Spotlight platform by Flash Entertainment. Their selection into the programme opens up a world of opportunity, like warming up for the positively HUGE acts that perform at the Yasalam After-Race Concerts, along with featuring on the UAE\u2019s biggest music radio station, Virgin Radio 104.4 \u2013 This is all HUGE exposure!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>WATCH: Regional Artist Spotlight has one aim: To amplify local and regional artists and to introduce them to a new audience<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ROxecJZRaT4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Freek, Layla Kardan, Abir and Abri are Regional Artist Spotlight alum<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I look for someone who is determined, who is consistent&#8230; It&#8217;s about how passionate they are about their craft.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jason Johnson, Talent Manager at Flash Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>This is NOT a talent competition. This is a very real search for regional talent and a very real opportunity to push them on an international stage. To further amplify the talent, there are <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RAS Sessions for featured artists to perform; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first of its kind, RAS Sessions at Ain Dubai saw 6 of the featured artists perform at the opening of Ain Dubai in 2021 and the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">second RAS Sessions took place at Expo 2020 Dubai.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CjVEdtnJcSE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CjVEdtnJcSE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Regional Artist Spotlight (@regionalartistspotlight)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The important bits:<\/h2>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regional Artist Spotlight is a platform developed by Flash Entertainment to shine the spotlight on local and regional artists by providing them with a platform to showcase their latest content<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you know someone who fits the bill for this programme? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/regionalartistspotlight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get more deets here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Making your name as a musician anywhere in the world is no easy feat, but what if you could get the backing of Flash Entertainment, the Middle East\u2019s leading live entertainment company? 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