MUMBAI: One Movement for Music (OMFM) has announced 'The APRA Cross Cultural Songwriting Collaboration Project' as one of its initiatives and projects, aimed at providing upcoming artists with career development opportunities.

This year's 'APRA Cross Cultural Songwriting Collaboration Project' will include Raghu Dixit from India and Mama Kin from Australia. They will work together from a Perth based studio and will present the outcome of this cross cultural initiative at the 'One Movement Music Festival' on 9 October at The Esplanade in Perth.

The opportunity to collaborate with a songwriter of Raghu's calibre is as exciting as it is petrifying,... said Mama Kin. Not only am I grateful for the challenge, I'm really intrigued as to what a Raghu/Mama song will sound like. I'm a big fan of APRA's work and this initiative is testament to their passion and support of songwriting as a craft....

'APRA Cross Cultural Songwriting Collaboration Project' allows cross cultural musical collaboration as part of the international 'One Movement Music Festival' and is focused on highlighting musical talent in the Asia Pacific Region.

Raghu Dixit's manager Paul Knowles from Jenral Group said, It shows wonderful vision and creativity by APRA and One Movement to introduce Raghu Dixit, a high-profile Indian songwriter, to Mama Kin from Australia. I'm sure that the results of this songwriting collaboration will be quite sensational. Our camp are very excited by the initiative and it's great to see APRA spearheading such projects....

The Songwriting Project provides APRA aims at developing new material which is showcased immediately to national and international delegates at One Movement.

A project that seeks to marry the diverse creative interests of songwriters is always an exciting prospect. To then have the results of that collaboration offered to a hungry audience, is an inspired concept. Congratulations to One Movement on a unique project that APRA is thrilled to be a part of. Happy collaborating to Mama Kin and Raghu,... said Member Services director Sally Howland.

The Australian Indigenous Music Scholarship (AIMS), the Fringe Festival and partnerships with Triple J and Channel [V] are among the other initiatives announced by OMFM.