Monday’s final panel is the eagerly anticipated, Nokia-sponsored “Digital Mobile Technology 360: Left To My Own Devices.” The stage is certainly the most crowded it’s been all day: in addition to moderator Ted Cohen of TAG Strategic, there is a total of 10 other panelists overall, including ilike.com/garageband.com CEO/Co-Founder Ali Partovi; Music.com CEO Billy Dutton; [...]
Sunday Night Music Review
A most memorable start to MUSEXPO 2008’s musical showcases, as Brisbane, Australia’s The Red Paintings put on a whale of a show to kick off the conference’s musical component. Avant-garde rock & roll, replete with outrageous costumes, face paint, body painting and the creation of original artwork, all the while soundtracked by a glorious cacophony [...]
Music And Global Consumer Brands
One of the most interesting of this year’s panels was Music And Global Consumer Brands, which was co-moderated by James P. Dunne (President, Inspire Entertainment) and Marianne Goode (VP Music, Lifetime TV/Lifetime Entertainment). It featured several of the most influential individuals in the global branding marketplace, one of the fastest-growing and lucrative areas of the music industry. [...]
Global Managers Forum
This year’s panel dealing with artist management brought together an impressive array of some of the finest artist managers currently working in the music business. Co-moderated by Ritch Esra (Publisher, The Music Registry) and Tess Taylor (President of the National Association of Record Industry Professionals), the all-star panel included Doc McGhee (Founder, McGhee Entertainment, who currently [...]
MUSEXPO 2008 Keynote Panel
The first panel at this year’s MUSEXPO featured a veritable “Who’s who” of music industry giants, with each member of the panel representing a different facet of the business. Nic Harcourt (Music Director, KCRW Santa Monica and host of the station’s influential “Morning Becomes Eclectic” and “Sounds Eclectic”) acted as the panel’s moderator and kept things moving at a brisk [...]
Monday Night Music Preview
Well, the National Weather Service had called for the high temperature in Los Angeles to reach 88 degrees today…but it was already warmer than that by 11am and it looks like we’re going to be treated to another scorcher today, as it’s 95 degrees at noon. They’re still forecasting that tomorrow’s high temperature will only [...]
