Do you have your tickets for Future of Music Policy Summit 2011 on October 3-4, 2011 in Washington, DC ? If you needed more convincing, we’ve got all of the fun extras about our Summit wrapped up in this email for your reading pleasure.
BREAKING NEWS : We’ve just confirmed a keynote address by Maria A. Pallante, Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office , a keynote address by outgoing FCC Commissioner Michael J. CoppsCongressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ ) and members of Ozomatli, Ulises Bella and Raul Pacheco . Cheap Trick guitarist and songwriter Rick Nielsen and manager Dave Frey will reflect on the band’s storied career, as well as the recent spate of stage collapses and how to avoid future tragedies.
PLUS , we’ve been hard at work confirming a spectacular list of speakers. Check out the schedule here and all confirmed speakers here .
We have a growing list of parties, music, educational opportunities, and chances to network that will make it possible to completely fill your dance card from Sunday to Tuesday. We’ll even be raffling off a guitar, courtesy of Gibson Guitars and Washington Music Center, and a Sonos Play:3! Check out the fun below and plan accordingly!
*Don’t forget to check out our other adventures at the end of this email.*
Special thanks to our co-host Georgetown University and our sponsors: Google, Sound Exchange, Consumer Electronics Association, Department of Performing Arts at Georgetown University, ThingLink, Free Press, Public Knowledge, Gibson, Bloodshot Records, Shocklee.com, ReverbNation, Topspin, NARM and DCWeek.
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Movie Screening: 3:00 - 5:00 PM . Who doesn’t love a Sunday afternoon movie? Join us for a screening of one of Brendan Canty and Christoph Green’s Burn to Shine film series . These films present an intimate and unvarnished look at a local music scene…topped off with a conflagration. After the showing, we’ll have a discussion with filmmaker Christoph Green. Presented by the Georgetown University Film and Media Studies Program.
Pho Dinner: 6:00 - 8:00 PM . What would a Summit be without our traditional, boisterous Pho dinner? Head over to Nam Viet for a cheap but tasty meal with other attendees at our kickoff dinner.
Music Showcase : Co-hosted by FMC , ReverbNation and Listen Local First DC , join us at 8:00 PM for a free local music showcase just down the street at IOTA Club & CaféDC /VA /MD communities. ReverbNation members, submithere for a chance to play this showcase!
In addition to a ton of fabulous programming from 9 AM - 6 PM , make time for:
Networking! You asked for it, you got it — a space to mix and mingle. On Monday and Tuesday, take a break from programming, grab some coffee, recharge your gadget from all that tweeting and chat with attendees and panelists in our Networking Space just across the courtyard. The Networking Space will be available for both days of the Summit. New this year for those who like to self-organize: sign up at the registration table to reserve a 1-hour block of private meeting space.
Mentoring Sessions: Can we help you? From 12:00 - 2:00 PM in our Networking Space, make a date with one of our experts and get some one-on-one advice about licensing, touring, twitter, health insurance, accounting, marketing or legal issues. Sign up at the registration table.
SoundExchange Workshops : Want to learn more about SoundExchange? Join SoundExchange in our Networking Space for a dessert bar during one of their two sponsored workshops: one for artists and labels (who receive royalties from SoundExchange) and another for webcasters and digital music services (who pay royalties to SoundExchange). Sweet!
Cocktail Party: Co-hosted by Gibson Guitar’s Washington D.C. Showroom from 6:30 - 8:30 PM . Thanks to our generous host, we’ll have an open bar, DJ , snacks and a beautiful, unique space for this shindig. Note that there’s limited capacity at this venue, so head on over right after panels end to be sure you get in! Afterwards, take advantage of being in the heart of DC and enjoy dinner with your fellow attendees.
Programming from 9 AM - 6 PM . Plus…
The Band As a Business Workshop : Attorney/Musicians Paul Rapp and Marcy Wagman - two of our favorite people - are presenting a practical primer on the business of being in a band: trademarks, copyrights, performing rights organizations, digital aggregators, forming business entities, and much more. Grab some lunch and join them in our Networking Space.
Mentoring Sessions from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM in our Networking Space just across the courtyard.
Cocktails! If we haven’t worn you out entirely, join us for a finale cocktail party from 6:30 - 8:30 PM at Eighteenth Street Lounge. There’ll be tunes and happy hour drink specials for the survivors!
We want the room to be packed with musicians, students, technologists, attorneys, managers, advocates and policymakers. Help us spread the word! We’ve got a page with tools to help you help us tell the world.
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Hashtag for all things Summit = #FMC11
We have scholarships for musicians
We have student rates
Do you represent to an organization? We can set up a 15% discount if you’re able to blast an email to your membership. Contact chhaya [at] futureofmusic [dot] org
Policy Summit 2011 isn’t the only thing we’re working on here at FMC HQ - we like to stay busy.
If you’re in NYC this week you should check out the awesome (and FREE ) IMSTA FESTA
FMC is taking over Ian Rogers’ most excellent web show ”This Week In Music ” this Friday.Casey Rae Hunter will preview Policy Summit 2011 and FMC consultants Kristin Thomson and John Simson will talk all things Artist Revenue Streams survey.
If you haven’t already taken the ARS survey on how you make money from music, get on over to futureofmusic.org/ars . We’re also looking to reach musicians and composers who do not spend lots of time online, so we’re turning to you to help us reach every nook and cranny across the USA so that the survey reflects the voices and opinions of every musician or composer.
We’ve made it super easy to help:
1) Download and print out 2-3 copies of one of our amazing flyers . Color is best, if you can only do black and white, that’s fine, too. If you can hang more than 2-3 flyers, even better!
2) Stop by local music-related businesses and ask them if you can (or if they will) post a flyer. The best places would be:
• music venues (ask someone who works at the venue to post one backstage so it reaches all the musicians who come through town)
3) If you can, take a photo of the flyer after it’s posted (and jump into the photo yourself, if you’d like!) and post it on our Facebook wall along with the name of the business where it’s displayed. We’ll also create a photo album there so we can all get a better sense of the names, faces, and community that is helping FMC to help musicians and composers in return.
Thanks in advance for your help! It is greatly appreciated. Hit up charlie [at] futureofmusic [dot] org (Charlie)
You can always contact us at suggestions [at] futureofmusic [dot] org (suggestions [at] futureofmusic [dot] org
Thanks ,
Lissa Rosenthal
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