Nine music specialists from 5 countries spent 10 days in August of 2007 discovering new music in four Brazilian regions. The international participants attended showcases and seminars in the cities of São Paulo, Goiânia, Fortaleza and Salvador da Bahia. The program, known as Project Imagem e Comprador (Image and Buyers) was created by BM&A (Brasil Musica & Artes), an association that works to promote Brazilian music abroad, with support from APEX (Trade and Investment Promotion Agency), which is a special department of SEBRAE (Brazilian Support Service to Micro and Small Enterprises).

The nine professionals who participated in 2007 are Marc Benaïche of world music site Mondomix (France), Pat Berry of world music label Six Degrees Records (USA), independent publicist Jody Gillett (UK), Beverly Koec...
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