Look What Happened at Social Music Summit @ the 12th Annual Digital
Music Forum East....
Twitter Discussion at #DMFE12
View Live Stream of the Panels at
digitalmusicforum.com/east/live
2012 EVENT UPDATES
2/16/12
More bands join the roster - Warm welcome to
The Sylvester Onyejiaka Trio
(opening the event with jazz in the foyer) and
Slam Donahue
(performing afternoon of 23rd in
the Events Hall). Copies of
William Patry's book "How
to Fix Copyright" have
arrived and will be available in
the museum book store. Patry is
Senior Copyright Counsel,
Google Inc.
and is speaking on the 23rd.
2/15/12
TuneCore's CEO Jeff Price who will be speaking on the RIGHTS panel on
the 23rd has submitted the "TuneCore
Survival Manual" detailing
the 6 legal rights that every
artist has as soon as he/she
creates an original work.
2/15/12:
The
Future of Music Coalition has
published a fascinating research
report titled "How Are Today's Musicians Make Money?" Kristin Thomson, Co-Director, Artist
Revenue Streams for the Future of Music Coalition will be speaking on
the FUTURE panel on the 23rd.
2/15/12: More
speakers joining from
TastemakerX, Restorm, Amazing
Media and
Tunein + performances
from Jennifer Logue, DJ
Keiichiro Nakajima and
Ebony Tay.
2/13/12:
Announcing **2-Hour
Hosted After-Party** on
the 23rd for attendees and
special guests in the
Vault at Trinity Place
-- "Think hidden speakeasies are
chic? This spot goes a step
further" --TimeOut New York.
Featuring DJ Music from Ted Gushue. Party
co-hosts are LyricFind,
Raditaz and Knock Twice.
2/10/12: Announcing presentation topics:
-"Spotify and the New Artist
Revenue"
-"Gamifying Music and
Culture"
-"Can Music Discovery Be A Game?"
-"Fleeting Assets: The Real Social Opportunity for the Music Industry"
-"Rock City Club"
-"Bypassing Societies: The Direct Licensing of Music Catalogs"
-"A Crash Waiting to Happen. Detroit vs. Apps"
-"Re-writing Rules of Engagement"
-"The Future of Internet Radio"
-"Emerging Models of Online Music Distribution: A BitTorrent-Pretty Lights Case Study"
-"Concerts of the Future"
2/1/12: Spotify, Pandora, Google, Clear Channel Digital iHeartRadio, Raditaz,
Audiosocket, Cred.fm, Rock City Music, Myxer, Bandsintown, MTV
Networks/Viacom, Livio Radio join amazing event line-up! Planning
underway for PARTY on night of February 23rd. Good things in the
works...stay tuned :)
1/23/12: See
DMW article --
IFPI Report: Digital Music
Market Not Bleak -- "Digital
music revenues grew 8 per cent
to $5.2 billion, reaching
another milestone in the
industry’s evolution. That news
comes from IFPI’s Digital Music
Report 2012, which also notes
that major legal music services
are now available in 58
countries, as compared to 23 in
January 2011."
1/14/12: Good
Forbes article on
2011 numbers: "For
the first time since 2004,
overall music sales are up. It’s
an incremental improvement–album
sales edged up 1.4% to 330.57
million units from 326.15
million in 2010–but it’s an
improvement nonetheless,
especially compared to the 13%
dip in total album sales from
2009-2010." More details and
2011 stats at
The Nielsen Company &
Billboard’s 2011 Music Industry
Report.
1/4/12: Happy New Year! New speakers announced from
Klout, Cantora Records +
Labs, ThingLink, Slacker,
Headliner.fm, AllHipHop.com and
Island Def Jam. See you at CES!
12/7/11: Announcing SOCIAL MUSIC SUMMIT
@ DIGITAL MUSIC FORUM EAST:
Create, Mix, Mash-up, Share & Monetize...
Register now
for the Holiday Special Rate and save $400!
12/7/11: In case you missed Digital Music Forum
East 2011, here's a recap...
- Press Coverage: There has been a lot of great news coverage on the event. Here are some of the reports to share with you:
Music Execs Stressed Over Free Streaming
The Debate Over Copyright Gets Loud At Digital Music Forum
Microsoft Music Subscriptions Falter Despite XBox Popularity
Island Def Jam opens music to app developers
Highlights From Digital Music Forum East
Universal Licenses Songs for Use in Developers' Music Apps
Digital Music Needs to Make Connections
Music subscriptions not so hot for Xbox 360 owners
Power Rankings: Justin Bieber, Adele and Eminem duke it out for No. 1
- Interview Videos with Speakers:
For a playlist of interviews with speakers from MTV Networks, Live Nation-Ticketmaster, TAG Strategic,
The NPD Group, 7Digital, Pandora, Linius, Rhapsody, Gracenote,
MOG and more,
click here.
The
12th Annual Digital Music Forum in New York City will
take place on February 22-23! Digital Music Forum is known worldwide
for the news that is made in our auditorium, the deals that get
done in our hallways, and the friendships and partnerships that
are forged year after year. Why wait by the sidelines, when you
can join the event that is helping to drive the industry's
future!
Digital Music Forum is attended by senior leaders of top technology and media companies, startups, media outlets, industry associations, law firms and artist management companies. Attendees (past and present) include:
For sponsorship/exhibitor packages,
please contact:
Jay Baage:
jay@digitalmediawire.com
Tinzar Sherman:
tinzar@digitalmediawire.com
Spotify's "Content and Distribution Guru" Sachin Doshi to present during MONETIZATION segment.
Reporting to the global Chief Content Officer, Sachin wears many hats at Spotify, working across business development, licensing, and artist and label relations. One of Sachin’s main areas of focus is to help educate artists and labels around Spotify’s business model and its impact on the wider recorded music business. As part of his wide-reaching role, Sachin is responsible for securing the rights necessary to operate and evolve the service from content partners. He works on technology partnerships designed to both enhance the Spotify user experience and grow distribution channels. Sachin also monitors and evaluates the growing impact of Spotify on the partners that make the business of music possible. Sachin was previously a Director of Business Development at Universal Music Group, where he worked on evaluating new digital music business models and negotiating digital distribution deals with some of the most innovative companies in the space.
2012 SPEAKERS
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Jon Vanhala
SVP Digital & Business Development
Island Def Jam Music Group |
Jim Cady
CEO
Slacker |
William Patry
Senior Copyright
Counsel
Google Inc. |
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Jenn Miller
President, COO
& Co-Founder
Audiosocket |
Greg "Grouchy" Watkins
CEO & Co-Founder
AllHipHop.com |
Matt Ringel
Managing Partner,
New Era Media & Marketing
Red Light Management |
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