(Schedule Subject to Change)
Wednesday, August 21
DAY I, Part 1 Culture - History [New Orleans Jazz Museum]
1:00 – 4:30 PM [ROOT MUSIC GATHERING] Chitlin’ Circuit Revisited – Byrd’s Satellite Lounge, Port Allen, Louisiana
1:00 PM Interview With Henry Byrd, Jr., Son of founder
2:00 PM Music from the Era - National Park Service Band
3:30 PM Promoting Shows at Chitlin' Circuit venues
- Radio DJs often serve as promoters of shows at Chitlin' Circuit venues, some of which had ballroom the could hold 1,000 patrons. DJ's who promoted at Byrd's Satellite Lounge will remember the venue
(Soloman Kincaid, Chuck Harris, Al Jai Wallace, Teddy of Teddy's Juke Joint and Walter Moorehead)
6:00 PM Show @ Julius Kimbrough's Prime Example Jazz Club
In conjunction with Henry Turner, Jr. Listening Room and the New Orleans Jazz Museum
Thursday, August 22
DAY II, Part 2 – Be an Entrepreneur
9:00 – 10:00 AM Sound Stage – Unplugged Performance Critiquing Session [MUSIC BUS.]
Providing real-time critiquing of artist’s acoustic performance.
Performances by: TBA
10:00 – 12:00 PM The Music Entrepreneur Initiative – [MUSIC BUS.]
Moderated By:
Lou Plaia
, EVP, Co-Founder,
ReverbNation
Session I: The “NEW” Music Industry Overview
– Success in the music business requires both pieces of knowledge of the traditional music industry structure and a keen understanding of how music is sold today. This session of the
Music Entrepreneur Initiative
discusses how are innovative entrepreneurs changing the business model. How entrepreneurs can organize their income streams into an effective business strategy. Duration: 30 minutes
Session II Case Study - Operating A Recording Studio in the Modern Music Economy
– The studio environment is its music ecosystem--what are the new models employed that help musicians, producers, and record labels/investors complete their projects? Recording studios can be creative training spaces for entrepreneurs. Duration: 30 Minutes
Session III Legal Advice for Music Entrepreneurs
– Entertainment attorneys provide an overview of contracts, agreements, and negotiating strategies music entrepreneurs will encounter when setting up, establishing and growing their business. Duration: 45 Minutes
Speakers:
DAY II: Part 3 – Artist Development – Women Succeeding in Music – Part 1 [MUSIC BUS.]
12:15 – 1:30 PM Creative Success – What is the success value? Is it the process, the product, or the adulation of the listener? Money?
This panel will consist of a combination of an artist, a producer, managers, and a record executive who will relay their experiences and views on the pathways to success for today's women artists. Is the definition of success of another patriarchal system with false conclusions?
1:30 – 2:30 PM Ethics after #MeToo [Legal/CLE 1.0 cr. hr.]
This panel will cover rules of professional conduct when engaged in the discovery process, including best practices for preservation, the collection of electronic documents and protecting client's information.
Speakers:
DAY II: Part 4 The Hit Making Process [MUSIC BUS.]
1:45 – 3:00 PM A&R: Do you have what the music industry is looking for?
Follow the panelists' discussion on how they select artists and how they work with newly signed artists. The panelist will also advise artists who perform live for the panel on how they might improve their chances to get signed and distributed.
4:00 – 5:15 PM Managing your Recording Session - The Art of Making a Great Recording or at least a good one
5:15 – 6:00 Sound Stage – Unplugged Performance Critiquing Session
Providing real-time critiquing of artist’s acoustic performance.
Performances by: TBA
Friday, August 23
DAY III, PART 5 – Songwriting [MUSIC BUS]
Interviews – Performances - Critiquing
9:00 – 9:30 AM Sound Stage – Unplugged Performance Critiquing Session
Providing real-time critiquing of artist’s acoustic performance.
Performances by: TBA
9:30 – 10:30 AM The 5 Keys to A Successful Music Career!
Create Great Music – Play Great Shows – Develop Great Fans – Have Great Media - Make Great Money
10:45 – 11:45 AM Songwriters Interviews
DAY III, PART 6 – Music Sync Licensing – Booking – Talent Disruption [MUSIC BUS.]
12:00 – 12:35 PM Keynote Address – Josh Young, Founder, CEO of Atrium Music
12:45 – 1:45 PM Selecting Music for Film, Television, and Commercials
The keynote speaker, Josh Young will join other professionals in discussions to learn how the process works for getting yours into commercials, movies, and TV.
Speakers:
2:00 – 3:00 PM Branding your Music Internationally: the Scandinavian Market – Meet the Swedes Working with new and traditional Media to Move an Artist’s career forward
Cutting Edge CE joins with “Live At Heart” one of Scandinavia’s biggest festivals and conferences, to help Cutting Edge’s attendees “discover the sensational opportunities present in the Swedish entertainment market. Hear from music executives, filmmakers, and musicians as they highlight business opportunities in Orebro, Sweden, and the entirety of Scandinavia.
Speakers:
3:15 – 4:15 PM The Booking Process! – What is today's audiences looking for from artists?
Agents, talent buyers, managers, and festival producers must understand what their audience is looking for and when to introduce the new artist. Join booking and touring professionals as they explain their methods and rationale for booking and representing artists.
Speakers:
4:30 – 6:00 PM Women Entrepreneurs: Stories from the Frontline – How small moments and big ideas made business dreams come true. Talent Disruption performance critiquing
Women entrepreneurs conduct a mentoring session via stories of how they used their ideas, efforts, and brains to fore their businesses. Whom do they admire? Did they have a mentor? The will end with performance critiquing.
Moderated by Talent Developer
Linda Septien
(Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Kacey Musgraves)
Speakers:
Performances by: TBA
Saturday, August 24
DAY IV, PART 7 Women Succeeding In Music Part 2 [MUSIC BUS./Legal]
9:30 – 10:45 AM Publicity and Artist Management in Action: Creating a brand for an artist or entertainment company
Speakers:
10:00 – 11:00 PM [Educators Forum]
– Taking up the challenge of encouraging students and educators to view themselves as problem solvers, developing the skills needed to work with others to make a difference.
Dr. Peter Cho
, Musician, Executive Dean Delgado Community College West Bank Campus, Moderator
Presenting:
11:00 – 12:30 PM Women Entrepreneurs: Stories from the Frontline – How small moments and big ideas made business dreams come true
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Women entrepreneurs conduct a mentoring session via stories of how they used their ideas, efforts, and brains to fore their businesses. Whom do they admire? Did they have a mentor?
DAY IV, PART 8 Recording Academy – Non-Profits Filling in the Blanks for Music Communities [MUSIC BUS./Legal]
12:00 - 1:15 PM Building Music Communities: Public Policy, Non-Profits, and Music Businesses in Partnership [Legal/Business CLE 1.25 cr. hr.]
Public/Private partnerships to build, maintain, and sustain the vital business of music in our communities.
1:30 – 2:30 PM The Recording Academy – Annual Session
2:00 – 4:00 PM Monster Sound Stage – Performance
2:00 – 4:00 PM One on One Consultation
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