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Global Music Hall of Fame Announces New FOMAT
Focus is on international music showcase
Luxon Ananto
January 3, 5035


Tom Alvares, Museum Director of the GMHoF, announcing new International Showcase

The Global Music Hall of Fame in Luxon is making a bid to reignite the popular international Music festival known as FOMAT, which was last held in 4968 in Lodamun.

"Today, we seek to reignite a semi-regular gloabal music festival of music, a long standing tradition, and as some would call it, the Olympics of Musical Arts," said Global Music Hall of Fame director Tom Alvares. "The FOMAT was a beloved tradition that at one point drew songs from nearly 20 different countries across the globe. It should make sense then that Kalistan, a country which thrived in such an event, should not only want to revive the festival, but host it."

Alvares said that a festival committee had been established to begin coordinating the event at the GMHoF in Luxon. "The one thing they were adamant about was the notion that all nations arrive and leave as equals." Alvares reported that the organizers of the festival would like to ensure that it remains a showcase of national music in an international arena. In short, the FOMAT that is being planned is not to be a competition at all, the way the previous 17 were, but perhaps truer to the original vision, should be an opportunity for countries to show off on their own terms, to bring to Kalistan the best music they have and expose their musical culture to the rest of the world.

Kalistan has long been the center of the recorded music world, but sadly, the GMHoF has primarily inducted Kalistani recording artists, or musicians that made their mark in Kalistan. "We would like this to change," said Alvares. "We would like the world to come to Kalistan, to mix with one another, to see what each other are doing, and to show off a bit. Without the added pressure of figuring out music that will play well with local judges, each country can determine its own criteria of what music is sent to the FOMAT. As long as it is the best, most culturally reflective music that a nation has to offer this year, it will receive the stage for the whole world to watch!"

Alvares said that the date of July 15, 5037 was decided on as the date that FOMAT opens. There will be several stages, as well as a walking tour of exhibits about each band. There will be food from international vendors as well, and exhibitions of adjacent media, like film and visual arts that are associated with music. "The entire world is welcomed to attend, and we look forward to robust participation from the Nations of Terra."

Registration for the event will begin within the year, and then the show will be broadcast on terrestrial and satellite television, radio, and internet across the globe.