Conference Sessions
9/7/24, 4:20 PM
Touring 101
Main Auditorium
Panelists will share their experience of touring regionally and internationally. How can you bring your show to new audiences in the region or around the country while making sense financially? Panel will share tips for effectively hitting the road, from booking and promotion, to merch and travel tips.
9/7/24, 6:00 PM
What Does "Ready" Look Like?
Main Auditorium
How do you know when you are ready to take the "next step" with your music? What are the essential pieces that you need to have for the business side, for marketing, and audience engagement in order to build your fanbase and book bigger gigs. Panelists will share their experience, resources and tips so that you can be ready for whatever your next step looks like!
9/7/24, 6:00 PM
How to Practice Using the Recording Studio
Sound + Vision
For many musicians, when we struggle with performance of a song, we’ll practice on our instrument or voice until we’ve perfected the part to an acceptable level. However, when it comes to recording in a studio, few artists have knowledge as to what kind of microphones to select, where to place mics or what kind of sound they are trying to capture. Far too many musicians or spoken word artists go into a recording studio and end up “winging it” as best they can. As a result, the initial tracking of instruments or voice recordings are sub-par and the best that can be hoped for is that the recordings can be salvaged during the mix stage. By the time your recording reaches the mixing stage, you want to be polishing a “diamond”, not “a lump of coal”.
9/7/24, 7:00 PM
45 Revenue Streams in 45 Minutes
Meeting Room C
Now available as a hybrid session! Register at the link below.
Musicians can make a living with music today. The secret is to tap multiple income streams. Whether they're a solo artist, band, DJ, EDM producer, this talk gives a rapid-fire rundown of 45 music income streams that artists can tap today with a 15 minute Q&A afterwards. The presenter is long-time industry professional, columnist, and author, Randy Chertkow, who is the co-author of the books Making Money With Music and The Indie Band Survival Guide. Billboard magazine calls co-authors Randy and Jason "The ideal mentors for aspiring indie musicians who want to navigate an ever-changing music industry."
9/7/24, 8:00 PM
Demo Dip
Main Auditorium
For Demo Dip, musicians and bands submit their demo song via the form below, and one-by-one, a track is selected at random and the whole room (including a panel of industry experts) will listen to about a minute of the track. Our panel will then offer feedback based on what they heard.