CMJ 2012: Full Schedule

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Silver Boardroom Meetings: Industry Shifts

An opportunity for aspiring executives to engage in a boardroom meeting environment. Each meeting will have two well established industry professionals running an agenda. Attendees will be challenged to think, share, and generate ideas pertaining to the topic at hand.

Panelists

Cathy Bauer

Cathy Bauer has dedicated her career to the independent music community. Ms. Bauer worked her way up the ranks at Lookout Records from the era of Mr. T Experience and The Hi-Fives to Ted Leo and Pretty Girls Make Graves. She later served clients, worked with the engineering scrum... Read More →

Rich Bengloff

Rich Bengloff is the President of the American Association of Independent Music (“A2IM”), a not-for-profit trade organization that represents over 290 dues paying Independent music labels located across the country stretching from Hawaii to Florida, that have banded together to... Read More →

Monday October 15, 2012 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. Room 914 (Silver Board Room), 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Badge-holder Opportunity Music Panel Silver Boardroom Meetings

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SoundExchange: What It Is, Why It Pays, & How to Get Your Share

Digital performance rights organization, SoundExchange, will explain how registering to become a member can earn you royalties for plays on satellite radio, Internet radio, cable TV music channels and other services that stream sound recordings. Interactive and question-driven, this workshop will also cover need-to-know info on copyright, licensing, metadata, and legislation that will affect your career.

Panelists

Scott Berenson

Dir. Rights Management, SoundExchange

Scott brings more than 20 years experience in various sectors of the music business to SoundExchange. As Director of Claims, he heads up an initiative to ensure the rightful copyright owner is credited and compensated for their recordings. Through the claims program, copyright owners... Read More →

Shane German

Shane German is Manager of Indie Label and Performers at SoundExchange. Over the last eight years, Shane has personally identified and resolved tens of millions of dollars in royalties to recording artists and sound recording copyright owners from digital, satellite, and streaming... Read More →

Monday October 15, 2012 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. Room 909, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Music Panel

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Owlle

Sponsors

French Night

Tuesday October 16, 2012 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
CMJ Union 27 Union Square West New York, NY 10003

CMJ Union Showcase

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Getting Licensed on Licensing

Straight talk and straight answers: 1. The fundamentals of owning a copyright 2. Different types of licenses such as a synchronization license 3. Up to the minute information on how musicians are generating revenue by licensing their work.

Panelists

Michael Frisch

Michael B. Frisch, is an associate at the law firm of Shukat Arrow Hafer Weber Herbsman, LLP and is a member of the New York Bar. Prior to joining the firm in 2008, Mr. Frisch worked as an attorney in the business and legal affairs department of Sanctuary Group, a major independent... Read More →

Rell Lafargue

President & COO, Reservoir Media Management

Rell Lafargue entered the business as a musician, composer, arranger and lecturer. Throughout his 20 year career he held positions at Pandisc Music Corp., StreetBeat Records, TVT Records, and TVT Music Publishing specializing in record label operations, and music publishing. Currently... Read More →

Deborah Mannis-Gardner

Owner/ President, DMG Clearances, Inc.

Phone: 302-239-6337 x1

Adam Parness

Adam Parness is the Senior Director of Music Licensing at Rhapsody International Inc. where he manages the company’s agreements and relationships with record labels, music publishers and other licensing entities for the award-winning Rhapsody music subscription service. He additionally... Read More →

Brooke Primont

Brooke Primont is the Vice President of Music Placement and Licensing at Razor & Tie. She oversees the licensing department, working on music placements of Razor & Tie recording and music publishing artists in television, film, ads, video games as well as all other media outlets... Read More →

Tuesday October 16, 2012 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. Room 905/907, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Music Panel

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Music Journalism Exploded

The digital orb has exploded audiences into tiny factions. This all-star panel will discuss how the repercussions of digital journalism has changed the all-encompassing work flow of the industry. Find out how the top-level journalists fight the clutter to hit target and find impact.

Panelists

Caryn Ganz

Caryn Ganz started at SPIN in 2001 as an Editorial Assistant and left five years later as an Associate Editor of the magazine. After moving to MTV News for a year, she was named Deputy Editor of RollingStone.com. Prior to returning to SPIN as Editor in Chief, Ganz wrote and edited... Read More →

Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston is a writer and editor living in Astoria, New York. She has worked at the Village Voice, Popdust, and Idolator, and she has contributed to Rolling Stone, Spin, Slate, and other publications.

Jessica Robertson

Jessica Robertson is a journalist and editor living in New York City. She began her career as an assistant editor at Rollingstone.com, and served as a research editor for the fourth edition of the Rolling Stone Album Guide. After serving as senior editor of Spinner.com for four years... Read More →

Benjamin Wagner

Benjamin Wagner is the Senior Vice President for MTV News, the music, movies and pop culture news authority for the Millennial audience. In this role, he oversees all production and multi-platform programming for the division, including a diverse mix of daily news stories, insider... Read More →

Bill Werde

Editor, music business, media 8.0, something something. Also, I like traffic lights.

Tuesday October 16, 2012 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. 10th FL Rosenthal, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Music Panel

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The Pitch Party: A Daily Lane for Opportunity (Influential Pros)

A panel of professionals from various yet critical worlds listen and respond to your media pitch. A different mix of panelists every day, including figures from record label A&R, publishing, radio, music supervision and entertainment law, will offer candid feedback and who knows what else?

Panelists

Kid Capri

The room begins to shake. It starts as a low vibration and builds. Something big is coming as the floor emits quiet anticipation. In the midst of the crowd sits a strange sort of silence. And then an ear-shattering, slightly defiant yell fills the void, KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID CAPRIIIII... Read More →

Jim Dunbar

Jim Dunbar is an award winning New York based music supervisor and record producer. He has worked on over 50 feature films. Credits include Boardwalk Empire, Revolutionary Road, I'm Not There, Zodiac, The Aviator, Boys Don't Cry. Prior to his film career Jim was on the A&R staff at... Read More →

Jake Gold

Jake Gold is one of Canada’s most successful artist managers and has been an active force in the Canadian music industry for over 30 years. In 1986, Gold started his own artist management company The Management Trust Ltd. and shortly after began transforming The Tragically Hip into... Read More →

Bob Kaminsky

Bob is a partner in Riptide Music one of Hollywood’s leading music licensing companies providing music to films, television, games, trailers and commercials. Riptide represents the work of 200 plus artists. In his career he served as a Director of A&R at A&M Records and went on... Read More →

Erik Philbrook

VP/Marketing + Creative Director, ASCAP

Erik Philbrook is AVP of Communications & Media for ASCAP and serves as Editor in Chief of Playback, ASCAP's magazine. In addition to creating video and editorial content and overseeing the Society’s various media channels, he has played an important role in the success of the ASCAP... Read More →

Tuesday October 16, 2012 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. Room 802 Shorin, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Music Panel Badge-holder Opportunity

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No Code No Problem; Anatomy of the API

Ideas are king. APIs [Application Programming Interfaces] are bringing the expertise of the programmer into the hands of the idea-generator. This expert group of digital soldiers will let you in on a paradigm that is changing our music landscape and creating opportunity for the forward-thinker.

Panelists

Anna

Director of Marketing and Communications, 7digital

Darryl Ballantyne

Founder & CEO, LyricFind

Darryl Ballantyne is the CEO & Founder of LyricFind, a company which pioneered the licensed digital lyrics space, successfully negotiating the first-ever mass lyrics licensing deal with EMI Music Publishing in 2005. Since then, he has grown LyricFind to be the largest legal, licensed... Read More →

Jeff Bronikowski

Jeff Bronikowski is an 18-year veteran of the media and entertainment industry. Prior to joining The Echo Nest in September, Jeff was Vice President/GM of AOL Music/Winamp and prior to that served as GM of Yahoo! Music. Jeff spent the bulk of his career in the music industry at Universal... Read More →

Andrew Mager

Hacker Advocate at Spotify, exploding the NYC tech scene

Shachar Oren

President & CEO, Neurotic Media, President, Georgia Music Partners

As Founder, President and CEO of Neurotic Media, Shachar has grown the company into a leading white-label music service, enabling businesses to create custom digital experiences across multiple devices and promote their brands using the universal power of music. Neurotic Media powers... Read More →

Bill Wilson

As Vice President, Digital Strategy and Business Development for the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM), Bill Wilson leads the charge on all things digital at the organization under the banner of digitalmusic.org. A music industry professional with over two decades... Read More →

Tuesday October 16, 2012 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. Room 909, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Music Panel Music-Tech

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CMJ Artist & Press Lounge

This one-stop shop provides a relaxing environment for press and artists to connect, utilize free Wi-Fi, and sip complimentary coffee, provided by Mailchimp, get your hair styled courtesy of Fatboy, and grab free refreshments from Vitamin Water and Cutty Sark. This space provides everything you need to take a breather and clear your head, or to work and file copy.

Press or Artist badge required for entry.

Tuesday October 16, 2012 11:00am - 4:00pm EDT
CMJ Union 27 Union Square West New York, NY 10003

CMJ Union

12:30pm EDT

Career Counseling Meetings: Artist Management

Ever wanted to get a one on one session with a trusted pro from the music industry? Kickstart your career as an executive by receiving vital advice from important figures who have seen it all and are willing to share their experiences with laser-like guidance.

Panelists

Lindsay Brandt

Lindsay Brandt is a music manager who has been apart of the Mick Management team since early 2006. She signed critically acclaimed up and coming band WALK THE MOON to the Mick roster in early 2011. Previous to that, she ran all digital platforms and marketing plans for artists including... Read More →

Maryelizabeth Carter

Maryelizabeth Carter Owner, The Underground Management maryelizabeth@theundergroundmanagement.com Maryelizabeth Carter is owner of The Underground Management with more than 19 years of working in the music industry under her belt. Her vast experience helped build the company by developing... Read More →

Christina Contardo

Esq.

Seth Kallen

Seth Kallen is a manager at MCT Management, working closely with artists such as Jukebox the Ghost, Savoir Adore, Ambassadors, Adam Green, Nina Persson (The Cardigans), Fran Healy (Travis), and more. He lives in NYC, graduated from NYU's Clive Davis Department at Tisch, and is a lover... Read More →

Tuesday October 16, 2012 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. Room 909, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Badge-holder Opportunity Career Counseling Music Panel

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From Little Gerhard to Spotify: How Sweden's History informs its Pop Music Industry

Tuesday October 16, 2012 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. Room 406, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Music Panel

12:30pm EDT

Gaining Online Traction: The Art of Creating the Perfect Musician’s Website

An musician's website can be a luminous tool highlighting an artist’s brand, or a disastrous representation of career doom. What should a homepage look like? What are some of the key factors involved to launch and maintain a successful site? Your website is your faceplate and your mouthpiece to the world, and these dedicated professionals are here to show you how to get online traction to match your music.

Panelists

Bandzoogle

Dave Cool (yes, that’s his real name) is the Director of Artist Relations for Bandzoogle, a website and marketing platform for musicians. Through blogging, social media, and travelling to conferences, he keeps an open dialogue with the indie artist community about the challenges... Read More →

Liz Leahy

Liz Leahy is the founder and CEO of Section 101, a company that provides beautiful websites, complete with social media and commerce integration, design flexibility, ease of use in uploading music, videos and photos, and superior customer support. The company has a Premier Full-Service... Read More →

Michael Shoup

Founder / Artistic Leader, 12South Music

Balancing time as Founder of a successful Creative Development and Artist Consultation firm [12South Music] and a nationally touring Recording Artist, Michael Shoup pulls from both the creative and business sides of the industry. He has toured from SXSW to CMJ, with the Stone Temple... Read More →

Hadaya Turner

Hadaya Turner is a published motion graphics artist & video editor based in NYC. She is most recognized for her work in Kanye West's All Of The Lights, and was nominated as BEST EDITOR FOR THE MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2011. She began as a web designer for Universal Music Group, and... Read More →

Jessica West

Jessica has a marketing degree from Roger Williams University and continued her studies in graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design for 2 years after that. Realizing that design alone was not enough for her mathematical brain, she is now getting my Masters in web development... Read More →

Tuesday October 16, 2012 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. Room 802 Shorin, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Music Panel

12:30pm EDT

Galleries Are Venues Too! The Future of a Hybrid Audio-Visual Music Culture

Recent movements depicting music culture through art exhibits are proving to add yet another layer to the evolution of the musical landscape. Perfected audio and visual sensory combinations are an interesting new twist on classic content. Our gifted panelists will discuss the future of music culture in it's evolving hybrid form, and it's multi-platform expression from concert venues to art galleries.

Panelists

Joe Ahearn

oe Ahearn, Curator of Performance and Installation of Clocktower Gallery, is a leading voice in the national network of underground music spaces. Since 2008, Ahean has been resident curator at the Silent Barn, a premier underground music space, where he has curated innumerable music... Read More →

Oliver "Power" Grant

Oliver “Power” Grant is an Entrepeneur , music mogul, actor, writer and producer from Staten Island New York. As co founder of Wutang Productions home and birth place of the Wu-Tang Clan, Power has seen and experienced the ups and downs first-hand of one of hip hops most revolutionary... Read More →

Miz Metro

Laura O'Reilly aka Miz Metro has developed a sound all her own with the singular use of a 3 track loop pedal and the unlimited range of her human voice. Acting as her own DJ with the pedal and looping live at shows- she doubles as performer & studio artist creating sound art pieces... Read More →

NewVillager

NewVillager is a group of musicians and artists currently living and working in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. In 2011, they released their debut, self-titled album on IAMSOUND records and toured internationally with Okkervil River, Titus Andronicus, Sunset Rubdown, Metronomy... Read More →

Keith Shocklee

As an original member of Public Enemy's music production team, The Bomb Squad and celebrated DJ "Wizard K-Jee”, Keith Shocklee has been a groundbreaking influence in the music industry for the more than 30 years. Rolling Stone named Shocklee “one of the greatest producers in hip-hop... Read More →

Tuesday October 16, 2012 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. Room 905/907, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Music Panel

12:30pm EDT

Innovative Ideas on Booking and Promoting an Independent Tour

From a short vacation-time tour to full-on indie road-bliss, this panel will get you motivated, tuned up and ready for the road. Do you need an agent? What are venue bookers and promoters looking for in an artist? How do you make the most out of a tour once you get the gigs? Our panelists have done it all and will offer you a primer on booking and making the most out of a tour.

Panelists

Victoria Camera

VP, Music Strategy & Artist Relations, ReverbNation

Victoria Camera began her career at Atlantic Records where over the course of 10 years she has nurtured the careers of both developing and platinum selling artists in the Tour Marketing and Artist Development world where her roster included the likes of Kid Rock, Rob Thomas, Shinedown... Read More →

Harlan Frey

Harlan Frey is Senior Vice President of Touring and Artist Development for Atlantic Records. He is responsible for all touring within the label group, including Fueled By Ramen, Elektra, Canvasback, Big Beat and Roadrunner Records. Up until the summer of 2012, Harlan spent thirteen... Read More →

Gabe Kubanda

Gabe is the co-owner and anchor artist of the Epic Proportions Tour, choosing amazing bands to tour with him nationally, several times per year. Gabe was also a cast member on VH1 Classic's Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp (Season 2), and former member of Letters Burning.

Jody Redhage

Cellist, composer, and vocalist Jody Redhage recently returned from a 14-month tour to five continents as part of Best New Artist Grammy-Winner Esperanza Spalding’s Chamber Music Society band. Redhage’s diverse musical pursuits include composing for her band Rose & the Nightingale... Read More →

Asya Shein

Publisher, Fusicology

Raised in Toronto, Asya Shein started going to underground dance events almost 2 decades ago, later out of Detroit doing music marketing, management, bookings, tours and club promotions. In '98, now out of Chicago, Asya worked at two indy house music labels and in '99 founded the... Read More →

Tuesday October 16, 2012 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. Room 909, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Music Panel

12:30pm EDT

The 411 D.I.Y. Roundup

There are more and more success stories every year triggered by artists going it alone. What's new and what's working? This panel will reveal cutting edge techniques that successful D.I.Y. artists rely upon for their projects.

Panelists

Tom DeSavia

Prior to joining Songs, DeSavia was a partner/VP of Creative for the Los Angeles-based independent publishing company Notable Music. He came to Notable from a long career at ASCAP, where he served as SVP of Membership, heading up the PRO’s pop/rock staff, managing offices in LA... Read More →

Alexia Erlichman

A native New Yorker, Alexia graduated from NYU and spent most of the last decade in production roles for Miramax Films, Tribeca Productions, Robert Rodriguez/Elizabeth Avellan and the Executive Producer Lynda Obst. As a co-founder of MusicGorilla, Alexia's passion for music, commitment... Read More →

Gabriel Johnson

Gabriel Johnson was born in Santa Clara, California in 1980 and grew up in Salinas, California. Early on, his greatest musical influence was his grandmother who always preached to him the importance of the arts and, most importantly, jazz. "She was the one who told me I really needed... Read More →

Krissy Krissy

Singer from Bushwick, New York. Influenced by artists like Adele, Pink, Gym Class Heros, its no wonder Krissy Krissy has the sound she does. A brooklyn girl with a whole lotta soul. She has 26 tats and drinks a Grande White Chocolate Mocha with whip. Her debut single, "Dream" Charted... Read More →

Mary Lauren Teague

TPH Staff

The Press House founder Dawn Kamerling became driven by the need for more personal and attentive service in the largely impersonal world of publicity. With little more than a telephone and a large dose of natural talent, Dawn birthed the company in 2001. Now in it's twelfth year... Read More →

Tuesday October 16, 2012 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. 10th FL Rosenthal, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Music Panel

12:30pm EDT

Silver Boardroom Meetings: Artist Project Development

Panelists

Jason Foster

Jake Friedman

Daniel Glass

Daniel Glass is Founder/President of Glassnote Entertainment Group, a full service independent music company which began in 2007. Glassnote is the proud home to Grammy Award winning Phoenix, Grammy nominated and double platinum selling Mumford & Sons, The Temper Trap, Two Door Cinema... Read More →

Tuesday October 16, 2012 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
NYU Kimmel Ctr. Room 914 (Silver Board Room), 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Music Panel Silver Boardroom Meetings Badge-holder Opportunity

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Datalog

http://datalog.bandcamp.com/

Sponsors

Audiofemme

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Spike Hill 186 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211

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