SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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9th ANNUAL MILLENNIUM MUSIC CONFERENCE JUNE 23-25, 2005 HARRISBURG, PA SCHEDULE OF EVENTS CROWNE PLAZA HARRISBURG 23 South Second St. Harrisburg, PA 17101 www.cpharrisburg.com Wednesday, June 22, 2005 5:00PM to 7:00PM Pre-Registration Crowne Plaza Lobby Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:00AM to 4:00PM Registration 1:00PM to 5:00PM Trade Show Floor Open 1:00PM to 5:00PM Business Sessions 5:00PM to 7:00PM Hospitality Parties/Dinner 7:00PM to 2:00AM Showcases THURSDAY BUSINESS SESSIONS 1:00PM to 2:00PM Maintaining Artistic Integrity and Running Your Career as a Business. (A) A workshop presented by Ravi. “We live in a world of diminishing integrity. Capitalism has spun out of control and is turning us into a lowest common denominator society. The artistic community is caught in the tide with not enough of us swimming upstream. Society no longer recognizes true value. We can change that.” 1:00PM to 2:00PM Mentoring & Demo Listening (B) Walk-in and sign-up for one-on-one or group sessions with a music industry professional and have your band, project or idea discussed and evaluated. Bring your demo and get a knee-jerk reaction and feedback on your song or music. Get some ideas on how to proceed or the next steps to take with your career or project. 1:00PM to 2:00PM New Media Workshop: Doug Stoup: www.iceaxe.tv (C) For over a decade, Mechanicsburg native Doug Stoup has pushed the limits of human endurance in the most remote regions on Earth. He shares his experiences by speaking at schools and businesses; and providing real-time internet expedition coverage, and documentary films. The advances in technology and digital video have made it possible to document and share his experience. 2:30PM to 3:30PM Urban Music Panel (A) This panel will examine the landscape and current state of urban music and what it means to emerging talent. Learn from a Manager, Producer, DJ, Radio, Promoter and Musicians all in the mix to discuss and take questions at MMC9. 2:30PM to 3:30PM Mentoring & Demo Listening (B) Walk-in and sign-up for one-on-one or group sessions with a music industry professional and have your band, project or idea discussed and evaluated. Bring your demo and get a knee-jerk reaction and feedback on your song or music. Get some ideas on how to proceed or the next steps to take with your career or project. 2:30PM to 3:30PM Looking For Press in all the Right Places. (C) Noel Ramos has published a music magazine for 20 years. He'll relate his experiences and results of surveys he's conducted with media peers. What grabs their attention? What convinces them to print one band's story over another? What do booking agents like to see? What else should you keep in mind? Has the advent of EPKs changed things? These answers and more from the perspective of those you want to target. Examples of press kits will be shown, and a free hand-out of Noel's 7 page "Press Kit Primer" will also be available for all workshop attendees. 4:00PM to 5:00PM Recording & Promoting and Selling Your Music. (A) A panel of industry professionals discuss the making of a Demo or CD. What to look for in a studio and a producer and what are the costs involved. What to do with the music once you have it? Distribution, airplay and selling CD’s. 4:00PM to 5:00PM Mentoring & Demo Listening (B) Walk-in and sign-up for one-on-one or group sessions with a music industry professional and have your band, project or idea discussed and evaluated. Bring your demo and get a knee-jerk reaction and feedback on your song or music. Get some ideas on how to proceed or the next steps to take with your career or project. 4:00PM to 5:00PM DIY Panel (C) Do It Yourself! It’s been the motto and creed of many a successful musician. A panel of industry pros will discuss how you get things done and the tools that are available for emerging talent. The newest trends in street marketing and CD sales for artists. Moderated by Neil Sheehan of Hardcore Marketing, Inc. Friday, June 24, 2005 11:00AM to 4:00PM Registration 1:00PM to 5:00PM Business Sessions 12:00 Noon to 5:00PM Trade Show Floor Open 1:00PM to 5:00PM Business Sessions 5:15PM Jeffrey Gaines - Musical Keynote 5:00PM to 7:00PM Hospitality Parties 7:00PM to 2:00AM Showcases FRIDAY BUSINESS SESSIONS 1:00PM to 2:00PM Singer-Songwriter Panel (A) No longer the lone troubadours of the music industry; singer-songwriters have come of age in the new digital world. Now these solo “money making music machines” are all over the radio, small clubs, schools, coffee houses and living rooms. They're not only making a living but selling CD’s too. 1:00PM to 2:00PM Mentoring & Demo Listening Sessions (B) Walk-in and sign-up for one-on-one or group sessions with a music industry professional and have your band, project or idea discussed and evaluated. Bring your demo and get a knee-jerk reaction and feedback on your song or music. Get some ideas on how to proceed or the next steps to take with your career or project. 1:00PM to 2:30PM New Media Workshop: Rick Gadd (C) 2:30PM to 3:30PM Recording Academy Panel: “Putting The Plan Into Action” (A) Musicians and small music business owners are invited to learn how to approach business lenders and financers from professionals in the music and financial worlds during this Recording Academy panel moderated by Mark Schulz of the Philadelphia Chapter. 2:30PM to 3:30PM Mentoring & Demo Listening Sessions (B) Walk-in and sign-up for one-on-one or group sessions with a music industry professional and have your band, project or idea discussed and evaluated. Bring your demo and get a knee-jerk reaction and feedback on your song or music. Get some ideas on how to proceed or the next steps to take with your career or project. 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM Maximizing Your Songs Potential (C) Producer Blake Althen of Human Factor takes three vocal and guitar tracks and, in real time, creates three versions of the song right before your eyes. At each step, Blake explains the concepts, techniques, and practices top-notch producers use to bring out the best qualities of a song. Participants experience the actual production of a finished song and learn key production principles, including initial evaluation of the song, design of a final product, selection of production techniques, and use of the best hardware and software to complete production. The seminar is a dynamic and live demonstration of all aspects of production: performance, arrangement, and technology. This session will feature special guest Eugene Foley. 4:00PM to 5:00PM Talent Buyers, Agents & Promoters (A) A panel of talent buyers, agents, promoters, club owners discuss what it takes to get your foot in the door and your act on stage. What are the current trends? What are they looking for and how are they impressed? Tips on how to approach and communicate with venues, club bookers and promoters. 4:00PM to 5:00PM Mentoring & Demo Listening Sessions (B) Walk-in and sign-up for one-on-one or group sessions with a music industry professional and have your band, project or idea discussed and evaluated. Bring your demo and get a knee-jerk reaction and feedback on your song or music. Get some ideas on how to proceed or the next steps to take with your career or project. 4:00PM to 5:00PM Women & Music Business Panel (C) A panel of women from all aspects of the music industry reveal their secret plans for the takeover of the music industry moderated by Madalyn Sklar of GoGirlsMusic.com Saturday, June 25, 2005 11:00AM to 4:00PM Registration 1:00PM to 5:00PM Business Sessions 12 Noon to 5:00PM Trade Show Floor Open 1:00PM to 5:00PM Business Sessions 5:00PM to 7:00PM Hospitality Parties 7:00PM to 1:30AM Showcases SATURDAY BUSINESS SESSIONS 1:00PM to 2:00PM Producers Panel (A) A panel of top producers reveal some of their secrets to studio success. How they can take your work and make it record company and radio ready. Find out what a good producer can do for your music and your career, what they cost and what else they can do for your music and career. 1:00PM to 2:00PM Mentoring & Demo Listening Sessions (B) Walk-in and sign-up for one-on-one or group sessions with a music industry professional and have your band, project or idea discussed and evaluated. Bring your demo and get a knee-jerk reaction and feedback on your song or music. Get some ideas on how to proceed or the next steps to take with your career or project. 1:00PM to 2:30PM New Media Workshop: Mark Eaton: BangPictures.com (C) 2:30PM to 3:30PM Managers Panel (A) A panel of artists managers discuss what a manager does and what one can mean for your career. What managers do and how they get compensated. How to find the right manager for your act. What a manager looks for in an artist. Discuss management contracts and partnerships between managers. 2:30PM to 3:30PM Mentoring & Demo Listening Sessions (B) Walk-in and sign-up for one-on-one or group sessions with a music industry professional and have your band, project or idea discussed and evaluated. Bring your demo and get a knee-jerk reaction and feedback on your song or music. Get some ideas on how to proceed or the next steps to take with your career or project. 2:30PM to 3:30PM AFM Music Business - Getting the Most Out of Your CD (C) Not a two-year course on the business of music, but rather a presentation of experiences, inside tips and survival tactics for recorded performers interested in protecting their music careers. Moderated by Dick Gabriel of the AFM, Hollywood Chapter. 4:00PM to 5:00 PM Who's Getting Singed! (A) What’s going on at the major labels? Who’s signing bands and what’s hot to A & R? What’s up with these people that call themselves A&R Scouts? How does emerging talent get the attention of labels and what are the way A&R are influenced to come and see or ask your band to showcase. 4:00PM to 5:00PM Mentoring & Demo Listening Sessions (B) Walk-in and sign-up for one-on-one or group sessions with a music industry professional and have your band, project or idea discussed and evaluated. Bring your demo and get a knee-jerk reaction and feedback on your song or music. Get some ideas on how to proceed or the next steps to take with your career or project. 4:00PM to 5:00PM Marketing & Networking On The Net: The Myspace Revolution! (C) The advances in technology have made it possible to record a song in the morning and have it available to the world that same day. Instead of sending out postcards bands send a blast to their email list. Portals like Garageband.com, PureVolume.com and now The Myspace Revolution make it easier than ever for emerging talent to market their music and network with fans, friends, others in the music industry. All Business Sessions Are Subject To Change. |
