A2IM: American Association of Independent Music

Posted in Events, Member Services, Members Only, Special Offers by A2IM

Register today for Billboard’s Mobile Entertainment Live at CTIA

The Music App Summit taking place October 5, 2010 – San Francisco

Music is behind some of the most popular apps downloaded on today’s smartphones. But which are the best of the best? What new music apps are setting the stage for tomorrow’s successes? What technologies and companies are emerging today that will further revolutionize the market? Mobile Entertainment Live: The Music App Summit is the place to discover all this and MORE.

FEATURING THE FIRST-EVER…Billboard Music App Awards

The only awards solely focused on mobile music applications!

Categories include:

Best Artist-Based App * Best Music Service App * Best Music Engagement App * Best Music Creation App * Best Branded App

Visit the website, click here.

Posted in Education, Events by A2IM

Billboard Magazine’s Independent Music Editor, Cortney Harding, attended the WIN/A2IM Indie Label Think Tank during Indie Week in NYC and authored this item about the event and some of the findings of our participants. Cortney agreed to keep the anonymity of any participant offering ideas/opinions because it is important that our Think Tank participants are free to speak their minds so that our members can formulate the best answers to the challenges that face the independent music label community. The article ran in the July 3rd issue of the magazine.

Posted in Advocacy by A2IM

As we have shared with you previously A2IM supports the need for a global solution to fight piracy and other copyright infringements. Here is the latest letter from our side asking our Government to support strong anti-piracy guidelines in response to a letter that was sent from organizations that  included the Consumer Electronics Association which wants to use our content for free under a “fair use” license.

Posted in Member Services by A2IM

INDEPENDENT MUSIC LABELS REGISTER TO SUBMIT MUSIC FOR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION!

IT’S FREE TO REGISTER.

UPDATE: REGISTER TODAY TO BE ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT YOUR TITLES FOR CONSIDERATION STARTING JULY 19!

The Recording Academy welcomes all record labels/media companies to participate in the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards Online Entry Process (OEP). Our entry process will begin on July 19. Please note that you must be a registered media company in order to submit titles for consideration. Media companies are crucial in the GRAMMY process because without submissions there would be no titles to vote on. To register as a media company:

1. Existing or new media companies, register here. (If you are an existing registered company please DO NOT create a new User ID and/or Password, you will receive a password by mail)
2. Fill in all required fields on this page.
3. Add or remove subsidiary labels.
4. Scroll down to click on save.
5. Review information, click print and then finalize.
6. You will receive a confirmation e-mail stating that your registration has been completed.

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Posted in Editorial, Member Services, Members Only by A2IM

Our inaugural Licensing Day event, brought to you by A2IM’s Licensing/Publishing Committee, kicked the day off with a full house. The general theme of the day’s presentations were businesses who provide background music to other businesses. Clayton Burton opened up presenting the Eos Music platform. Shawn Moseley followed with a thorough overview of Muzak as a company and as a service. Lori Hon closed with excellent sync opportunities Gray V offers to independent music labels. To engage the crowd, we had the presenters all take the stage once again for a brief Q&A. The education continued with a panel discussion on how to position your organization for synchronization opportunities with panelists from a variety of backgrounds comprised of Paul Morgan of Cherry Lane, Dianne Aronica of Drew’s Entertainment / TUTM, Jeremy Peters of Ghostly, Erik Gilbert of IODA, and Dan Holmes of Rumblefish; moderated by Patrick Sullivan of RightsFlow.

After a quick intermission, we continued with Tech Day focusing on social network juggernauts, MySpace and Facebook. The capacity-filled room looked on as the opener, Lisette Paulson, reviewed statistics and marketing opportunities through MySpace Music’s platform. A2IM’s White Paper on MySpace Music (authored by Dorothy Hui of tinyOGRE) will be released soon, so stay tuned. Following Lisette’s announcements, Dr. Ron Suarez of Loud Feed shared with us his data driven methods behind A2IM’s redesigned public homepage. The event then transitioned into a Facebook panel discussion featuring the best and brightest social media maestros. The panel consisted of Chuck Wilson of iHipHop, Tim Heslin of Primary Wave, Tim Foisset of Razor & Tie, and Dorothy Hui of tinyOGRE with Garrett Shelton of Shelton Mediaworks directing the conversation. If you haven’t read it, A2IM’s Facebook White Paper (written by Tim Foisset of Razor & Tie) was recently released. Check it out. We’d like to thank A2IM’s New Media Committee for inviting our presenters and coordinating this part of the day.

A long day of spectating always calls for a drink or ten. So, thanks to our beverage sponsors (Jana Water, Magic Hat and Palaia Vineyards), our members were treated to an hour-long networking mixer to close out the day. This portion of the event, however, wasn’t recorded. Good times ensued.

A very BIG thank you to EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution and Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp for sponsoring all of Indie Week!

You can view photos taken from Indie Week and video from Licensing Day and Tech Day.

Feedback: For those who attended, we’d greatly appreciate if you’d fill out this two question survey. It will only take a minute. We promise. Thank you.

Posted in Job Opportunities by A2IM

American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) is a fast-paced not-for-profit organization in the music industry. We are seeking an Operations Manager who is a tech-savvy individual with strong organizational skills.  This individual must be a resourceful problem solver who possesses the ability to complete time sensitive tasks, learn things on the fly and balance multiple duties at once.  This individual will also have direct contact with A2IM’s Board of Directors, including attending board meetings, and member industry leaders.

Job Title: Operations Manager (Full-Time)
Location: New York City
Salary Range: Competitive for the not-for-profit space, based upon experience
Interested applicants should submit cover letter/resume to jobs@a2im.org with salary history/requirements

Responsibilities

Job responsibilities include but are certainly not limited to:

-Website, social media, and contact database management-Email marketing management
-Event coordination
-Basic IT Support, Bookkeeping, Office and supplies management
-Hiring/managing interns

Experience

Proficiency in the following areas preferred but not required unless indicated as long as the person has the aptitude and is willing to learn:

-Website Management (knowledge of HTML, a must, & WordPress a plus) – Required
-Email Marketing (Constant Contact and/or any email service provider) – Required
-Filemaker and/or any contact database management software
-QuickBooks and/or any accounting software (will train)
-Knowledge of the current music label/digital music landscape
-Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
-Google Apps (Gmail, Calendar, Docs)
-Google Analytics
-Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, USTREAM)
-Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator)

The work week is Monday – Friday, 9am – 6pm. Position includes some business travel, health benefits, and 3 weeks vacation/personal days.