What’s the Future for Musicians: A Seminar for New York City Musicians, Composers, Performers, Songwriters, Record Labels; The Public Theater (2008)

Panels, Speakers:

• Music 2.0: How Musicians Can Use Technologies to Promote and Distribute Their Work
  • Moderator: Kristin Thomson (Education Director, FMC)
  • Brian Camelio (CEO/Founder, ArtistShare), Ariel Hyatt (President, Ariel Publicity, Cyber PR), Zoe Knight (Associate Director/Consultant, Artist Management & Publishing), Molly Neuman (Director, eMusic; Manager, Indivision Management), Jeff Price (CEO, TuneCore)
• Health Insurance Advice for Musicians
  • Moderator: Alex Maiolo (HINT Project Coordinator, FMC)
  • Dee Dee Acquisto (Senior Director of Health & Human Services, MusiCares), Jim Brown (Director of Health Services, Actors Fund/Health Insurance Resource Center), Bill Dennison (Recording Vice President, AFM Greater New York), Joel Hamilton (Musician/Engineer/Producer, Studio G Brooklyn; riding Vespa scooter across the US to raise funds for Scotty Hard Trust), Marie Ortiz (Program Director for Healthcare, Fractured Atlas)
• New Revenue Review
  • Dick Huey (CEO, Toolshed), Neeta Ragoowansi (Director of Artist-Label Relations, SoundExchange), Marcy Rauer Wagman (Entertainment Attorney; Associate Professor, Drexel University; CEO, MAD Dragon Unltd.)
• Podcasting/Webcasting
  • Charlie McEnerney (Producer/Host, Well-Rounded Radio), Casey Rae Hunter (Communications Director, FMC), Molly Sheridan (Managing Editor, NewMusicBox.org; Director, CounterstreamRadio.org)
• International Touring
  • Matter Covey (Executive Director, Tamizdat Inc.), Yalan Papillons (Talent Buyer/Booker, Santos’ Party House), Hal Ponder (Director of Government Relations, AFM), Kristin Thomson (Education Director, FMC)
• New York-based Initiatives and Funding Opportunities
  • Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director, The Field), David Terry (Senior Program Officer, Awards & Creative Development, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)), Scott Winship (Program Manager, Meet the Composer)
• Policy Overview
  • Moderator: Michael Bracy (Policy Director, FMC)
  • Richard Bengloff (President, American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)), Matthew DeFilippis (Vice President, New Media & Technology, ASCAP), Ken Freedman (Station Manager, WFMU), Hal Ponder (Director of Government Relations, AFM)