BOSTON, March 18, 2002 -- Get ready for Music Career Expo 2002, for music students, music college alumni, and anyone interested in a music career. The Expo takes place on Saturday, April 6, 2002 from 11:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. at the Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street, Boston. Attendees are encouraged to pre-register for the Expo, which continues to draw large crowds each year.
Admission at the door is on a space-available basis, and is $15 for students with high school or college ID ($10 in advance), $25 for Berklee alumni ($15 in advance), and $35 for the general public ($25 in advance). For additional updated information on panels and panelists, or to register for the event, visit www.berklee.edu or call (617) 747-8970.
President of A&M Records, Ron Fair will deliver the Expo's keynote address. The address is sponsored by Berklee's Music Business/Management program under the auspices of the Zafris Lecture Series. The annual James G. Zafris, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series for Music Business/Management is dedicated to topics that are timely and relevant to the music industry.
At the Expo, panels of music professionals will discuss real-world strategies for success in all realms and genres of the contemporary music industry, and provide answers based on their expertise in a variety of music-related fields. Panel topics will include “How To Get The Big Gig"; “How Close Is The Future Anyhow?"; “Record This: Skills for Today's Studio"; “Writer Royalties: What You Need to Know"; “A&R Demo Derby" (for which musicians are encouraged to bring their demos, on CD format only), and others.
Roundtable sessions will provide more focused, small-group interactions with individual panelists. These roundtables will be led by industry representatives and will cover a variety of music career options and topics including “Music Therapy"; “The Real Deal About Music Licensing: How to Make Money with your Music"; “The Art of Record Production"; and musical outlooks for “the Nashville Scene", “the New York Scene" and “the Los Angeles Scene".
Among the panel moderators, panelists, and roundtable leaders: John Doelp, senior vice president of business development, Sony Music; Albhy Galuten, vice president of new music, Universal Music Group; Sandy Feldstein, president and CEO, Carl Fischer Publishing; Stephen Croes, producer/arranger; Mark Kates, president/CEO, Fenway Recordings; Doreen Ringer-Ross, vice president of film/television relations, BMI; Dan Millen, promoter, Harper's Ferry; David Mash, vice president for information technology, Berklee College of Music; Eric Beall, senior creative director, Zomba Music Publishing; Neil Diercks, manager, A&R Activities, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.; Matt Rollings, musician; Marcus Bell, producer/partner, Fresh Diapers; Fred Taylor, manager, Scullers Jazz Club; Christian VerHalen, booking manager, Blue Note Jazz Clubs; Chris Lukes, musician; Steve Catizone, producer/co-owner, Sanctum Sound; Peter Spellman, director, Career Development Center, Berklee College of Music; Barbara Jordan, music publisher/supervisor, Heavy Hitters; Oz Barron, president, OzBarron.com; and Michael Creamer, manager, Creamer Management.
Representatives from area and national music firms will be exhibiting at the Hynes. These include entertainment companies, radio stations, music software and multimedia companies, instrument retailers, and the musicians
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