The 2009 Music Matters Conference – Facing the Digital Music
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Posted in Advice, Business, Entrepreneurship, HPX, Resources on 10.19.09 18:51
Two afternoons of panels, workshops and speakers, just $35.00 for Music Nova Scotia members.
The Halifax Pop Explosion is proud to announce the details of this year’s Music Matters Conference. Taking place from Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24 at The Citadel Hotel; the conference will feature workshops, panels and speakers discussing all aspects of music industry.
“The Music Matters Conference focuses on ‘facing the digital music,’” says Halifax Pop Explosion executive director, Waye Mason. “In two short days experts discuss the future of music, creating digital communities, the threats and opportunities created by proposed copyright reform and finding the balance between the needs of industry and protecting our societies freedom.”
This year’s keynote speaker is Walter F. McDonough. One of the founders of the Future of Music Coalition, McDonough has taught copyright law at Suffolk University Law School, and serves as a board member on the American performing rights society Sound Exchange and the Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies. He will be discussing the migration of distribution from the physical to how the digital has had a profound and disruptive impact on the entertainment industry.
The 2009 Music Matters featured speaker is Ian Heath. Heath is a marketing manager at Sony Music Canada and runs the musician-focused website Intrsctn.com [music+interactivity]. His speech will focus on giving attendees concrete advice on effective promotion tactics, how to take an interactive approach to nurturing their band-fan relationships, how to communicate effectively with their audience, tips on collecting fan info, building customer databases and how to create many options for monetization.
The conference will also offer several panels and workshops. Panels taking place will focus on topics such as merchandising, publicity, social networks, copyrights and more. Each will feature industry experts discussing the various aspects of their field.
The workshops taking place include a song demo evaluation with industry experts such as Steve Himmelfarb (Billions) and Paul Gagnon (VideoFACT), a youth involvement workshop with Eric Warner (We Are Busy Bodies) and Jon Asher (Asher Media Relations), and finally a workshop on focusing on the ins and outs of international touring with Steven Himmelfarb.
For a The 2009 Music Matters Conference schedule and further information on all events taking place, visit: http://halifaxpopexplosion.com/conference/music-matters/ or pick up a copy of our program guide.
Passes are on-sale now at all Ticketpro outlets, at 888 311 9090 and online at: http://ww3.ticketpro.ca/event.php?event_id=914
Registration is limited.
To register for a panel, please purchase a conference pass and then RSVP to MMC Coordinator Julia Sheldon – julia@halifaxpopexplosion.com

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Two afternoons of panels, workshops and speakers, just $35.00 for Music Nova Scotia members.

The Halifax Pop Explosion is proud to announce the details of this year’s Music Matters Conference. Taking place from Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24 at The Citadel Hotel; the conference will feature workshops, panels and speakers discussing all aspects of music industry.

“The Music Matters Conference focuses on ‘facing the digital music,’” says Halifax Pop Explosion executive director, Waye Mason. “In two short days experts discuss the future of music, creating digital communities, the threats and opportunities created by proposed copyright reform and finding the balance between the needs of industry and protecting our societies freedom.”

This year’s keynote speaker is Walter F. McDonough. One of the founders of the Future of Music Coalition, McDonough has taught copyright law at Suffolk University Law School, and serves as a board member on the American performing rights society Sound Exchange and the Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies. He will be discussing the migration of distribution from the physical to how the digital has had a profound and disruptive impact on the entertainment industry.

The 2009 Music Matters featured speaker is Ian Heath. Heath is a marketing manager at Sony Music Canada and runs the musician-focused website Intrsctn.com [music+interactivity]. His speech will focus on giving attendees concrete advice on effective promotion tactics, how to take an interactive approach to nurturing their band-fan relationships, how to communicate effectively with their audience, tips on collecting fan info, building customer databases and how to create many options for monetization.

The conference will also offer several panels and workshops. Panels taking place will focus on topics such as merchandising, publicity, social networks, copyrights and more. Each will feature industry experts discussing the various aspects of their field.

The workshops taking place include a song demo evaluation with industry experts such as Steve Himmelfarb (Billions) and Paul Gagnon (VideoFACT), a youth involvement workshop with Eric Warner (We Are Busy Bodies) and Jon Asher (Asher Media Relations), and finally a workshop on focusing on the ins and outs of international touring with Steven Himmelfarb.

For a The 2009 Music Matters Conference schedule and further information on all events taking place, visit: http://halifaxpopexplosion.com/conference/music-matters/ or pick up a copy of our program guide.

Passes are on-sale now at all Ticketpro outlets, at 888 311 9090 and online at: http://ww3.ticketpro.ca/event.php?event_id=914

Registration is limited.

To register for a panel, please purchase a conference pass and then RSVP to MMC Coordinator Julia Sheldon – julia@halifaxpopexplosion.com

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