SXSW Music 2014 Program Guide
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SXSW 2014 Music & Media Conference | 119 MUSIC CONFERENCE THURSDAY | CONFERENCE PANELS Thursday | 2:00 PM continued ROOM 17A Top Tech Innovation Trends for Music 2014 What will future entertainment look like? How will the distribution, sharing and enjoyment of music be changed by driverless cars, wearable technology and computers, sensors, 3D printers, curated content, and robotics? We'll discuss the devices of the future, and what devices that we're using now that will become much less relevant. Kevin O'Malley, Pres, TechTalk/Studio Robert Scoble, Startup Liaison Officer, Rackspace Gary Shapiro, Pres & CEO, Consumer Electronics Association ROOM 9ABC U.S. Immigration Options for Musicians from Abroad Artists who work internationally must consider their immigration status in the countries where they plan to work. Review the U.S. immigration process for musicians. Discover the procedures, timelines, and expenses associated with procuring a visa, and gain a clear understanding of the complex requirements of the visa process. Moderator: Sharon Brenner, Atty, Surowitz Immigration PC Jonathan Ginsburg, Atty, Fettmann Ginsburg PC Laya Kushner, Atty, Kushner And Kushner PC Linda Rose, Atty & Musician, Rose Immigration Law Firm PLC ROOM 13AB What Comes First: The Music or the Platform? There are more ways than ever for music to find its audience. Many of these avenues are start-ups – companies dedicated to sharing their passion for great tunes with others. What exactly are the ways that start-ups and musicians can and should be working together? DJ Bunny Ears, Exec Producer, Search Party Music Vincent Lynch, Founder, Synkio David Shing, Digital Prophet, AOL Megan West, Sr Content Rel Mgr, Music, SoundCloud Thursday | 3:30 PM ROOM 9ABC Adult Rock Music Meeting At a radio station, the programming staff meets regularly to decide which new songs they're going to add to their playlist. At these "music meetings," songs are presented that many of the participants are hearing for the first time. We'll dig deep to find exciting unreleased music to play for our esteemed panel of adult rock radio professionals. Moderator: Sean Coakley, Owner, Songlines David Dye, Radio Programmer, WXPN FM Rita Houston, Program Dir, WFUV-FM Radio Jim McGuinn, Program Dir, KCMP The Current Bob Waugh, Program Dir, WRNR-FM Norm Winer, Program Dir, WXRT Radio ROOM 8BC Artists + The Affordable Care Act: Get Answers, Get Covered According to a recent survey, US-based artists are less likely to have health insurance than the general public. Get one-on-one guidance regarding how to insure your band, whether or not you'll have interstate coverage, and how to navigate the ACA's new Health Insurance Marketplace. Hannah Byam, Events & Special Projects, Future of Music Coalition Andy Bernstein, Exec Dir, HeadCount Inc Jane Henderson, Dir of Artist Rel, HeadCount Inc Jon Langmead, Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services Renata Marinaro, Dir of health Svcs, Eastern Region, The Actors Fund José Sanchez, Southern Regional Organizing Dir, Young Invincibles ROOM 17A Breaking Band: Artists as Composers Composing original music for a film, TV show or ad involves a revolving door of professionals beyond just the music creator. Directors, music supervisors, producers & company execs often play a role in crafting the creative direction of the composer's work.For those that come from a musical background, but not a learned composition one, navigating the role of a hired gun can be a difficult transition. Being responsible for driving the emotion of someone ELSE'S vision, selling a product or creating music as a sonic palette, rather than the dominant figure, can require a heavy dose of adjustment and direction. Moderator: Rebecca Rienks, Music Supervisor, NBCUniversal/E! Entertainment Colton "DJ Cheapshot" Fisher, Pres, Bridge Compositions Alan Wilkis, Music Producer, Wilcassettes & Big Data Lysandra Woods, Film & TV Creative, Third Side Music ROOM 10C Demo Listening 2 See page 101. ROOM 13AB Direct to Fan: Showing the Love Brings the Love How does the artist stay connected to fans beyond posting to their Facebook page or meeting people after a show at the merch table? One answer is to focus on the super-fan, the ones that know all about the artist, go to every show, and are rabid for personal attention. We'll explain what a successful Direct-to-Fan business model looks like and why it works. Tim Bierman, Mgr, Ten Club, Pearl Jam/Ten Club Tadd Crayton, GM, Modlife Mike Jones, VP, West Coast , A to Z Media Kevin Wortis, Dir of Label Svcs, Girlie Action Media & Marketing ARTIST CENTRAL IN BALLROOM E Guitar Workshop: Rusty Anderson See page 96-97. ROOM 15 Has Metal Lost Its Edge? Mainstream media outlets have begun acknowledging and respecting heavy metal, even in its more extreme forms. Is it curiosity? Novelty? Perhaps it's the realization that metal's history, complexity, and global impact more than afford it a place at the cultural table. We'll get to the bottom of how and why it's happened, and what's coming next. Emilie Friedlander, Senior Editor, The Fader Chris Grigg, Artist, Woe Kimberly Kelly, Journalist, Pitchfork Media Fred Pessaro, Journalist/Blogger, Noisey/VICE Brandon Stosuy, Sr Editor, Pitchfork Media ROOM 12AB Love the Art, Fuck the Artist: The Re-emerging Artist Rights Movement? Business gets harder and harder for recording artists and songwriters. Problems have developed with labels, publishers, fans, online distribution services like Spotify, major ISPs like Google, and Internet radio networks like Pandora. They also endure antagonistic courts, ineffective laws, and government indifference. As a result, their property interest has been significantly devalued and their rights abridged. Recently some recording artists and songwriters have started to criticize and push back against this new status quo. Moderator: Jay Rosenthal, SVP & General Counsel, National Music Publishers' Association Eric Hilton, Thievery Corporation David Lowery, Musician/Internet Content Provider, Cracker Lee Miller, Pres, Nashville Songwriters Association International David Zierler, Pres, INgrooves ROOM 17B Makin' Cents: Why Microcents Count The process of collecting all the royalties due to rightsholders is murky and unorganized at best. Why do artists need to sign up for these organizations? Putting a bucket underneath the drip of each revenue stream is key to creating a world where you as an artist can float your own boat. YiPei Chen-Josephson, VP Licensing & Label Relations, Gray V Joe Conyers, VP/GM, Songtrust Alex Holz, Prod Specialist, YouTube/RightsFlow Jeremy Peters, Dir, Creative Licensing & Bus Affairs, Ghostly International+Ghostly Songs ROOM 10B Mobile Music Marketing: A How To Guide There are tons of music apps to play with, but how should the music business be working with these applications to market music? Hear an overview of the latest apps and a series of case studies to illustrate the performance of several mobile marketing campaigns. Justin Dreyfuss, Dir of Digital Strategy, Interscope Records Ryan Johnson, Head of Interaction, Mediacom Theda Sandiford, VP, Digital Mktg, Republic Records