ARTS PRESENTERS CONFERENCE: New York, NY January 6-10, 2012

As in years past, FMC kicks things off at the annual Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) conference in New York City. This year, a whole team of FMC folks will be on hand.

On Friday, January 6, Michael Bracy will be on the “JazzConnect: Buidling Jazz Culture - Local to Global”. On Saturday, January 7, Casey Rae-Hunter and Kristin Thomson will co-host a roundtable on “Media, Technology and Copyright Policy”. And on Sunday, January 8, Jean Cook will participate on the “JazzConnect: Platforms the Move Jazz Forward” panel. More info here.

MIDEM: Cannes, France, January 28-31, 2012

At the end of January, Kristin Thomson (@kristinthomson) is off to MIDEM in Cannes, France. She will be presenting some initial, exclusive findings from our Artist Revenue Streams research project. In her talk, Kristin will describe what we have learned through our multi-method research process about the changing relationship between artists and brands during MIDEM’s Visionary Monday programming.

 Musicians: benefit now from a special all-inclusive €295 rate:

• Meet with A&R, promoters and journalists from around the world
• Direct2Fan Camp: daily mentoring and Artist Ambassadors sessions
• midem academy: how to engage with fans and to monetize your music
• midem off: chance to play in front the midem community

It’s all part of an exciting agenda at this year’s MIDEM, which has always been heralded as a premier international gathering of music industry’s best thinkers. Click here to register today!

SAN FRAN MUSIC TECH X, San Francisco, CA, February 13, 2012

Founding board member Brian Zisk is hosting his TENTH SanFran MusicTech Summit on February 13, 2012. The Summit brings together over 1000 visionaries in the music/technology space, along with the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. They all meet to discuss the evolving music/business/technology ecosystem in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking environment. For more information, check out sfmusictech.com and get your 10% discount off the registration price with the code “promoFMC”. We’ll see you there!