A2IM: American Association of Independent Music

Posted in Events, Member Services by A2IM

SOLID would like to personally invite you to join them next Wednesday, May 15th from 5:30PM–8:30PM in the SESAC parking lot (66 Music Square West, map) for their Annual SOLID Crawfish Boil.

They will be serving delicious FREE food and FREE cold Miller Lite, Batch 19, Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy and Blue Moon Belgian White beer from their friends at Miller-Coors.

It should be a fantastic event to chat with friends, meet new ones, and network with Music Industry professionals.

We hope you join us!

Posted in Events, Member Services, Special Offers by A2IM

CMJ Music Marathon, New York City’s largest music event, will continue in its decades-long tradition of pioneering the best new music from all over the world. CMJ’s daytime conference will be headquartered at New York University’s campus on Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; at night, CMJ Music Marathon takes over more than 80 of New York City’s premier clubs and music venues to showcase thousands of the best new artists.

Register for a CMJ badge for access to hundreds of showcases, more than 100 conference events and seminars, exclusive parties and other special events. A2IM members receive an exclusive discounted rate of

Posted in Chapters, News by A2IM

With sincere gratitude for the volunteerism, engagement and support demonstrated by the entire A2IM member community, we’re pleased to announce Naxos’ Randall Foster as the new A2IM chapter chair in Nashville.

Randall will be taking over the duties that have been so marvelously handled for years by A2IM Nashville stalwart, Al McCree (Comedy String Entertainment and formerly Altissimo Recordings).  There is simply no way to aptly express the deep gratitude and affection that A2IM feels for Al.

Randall has been involved in organizing several Nashville chapter events, most recently bringing a number of A2IM members into the Nashville Film-Com Synchs & Drinks cocktail mixer.  We look forward to announcing the next A2IM Nashville chapter event shortly.

Posted in Events, News by A2IM

Music Biz 2013: Open DDEX Meeting

Attendance is FREE of charge and you DO NOT have to be a NARM Music Biz delegate

Wednesday, 8th May 2013: 14:00 – 17:30 – Directors I and II Rooms

Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel – 2025 Avenue of the Stars - Los Angeles, CA 90067

Digital Data Exchange, LLC (“DDEX”), in conjunction with NARM and digitalmusic.org, is pleased to announce that it is holding an Open Meeting in the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles as part of the Music Biz 2013 conference programme. As well as providing a general overview of DDEX and its standards, the meeting will focus on the subject of “Royalty and usage reporting to music publishers in the US market”. As such this meeting is a must for music publishers and digital retailers.

DDEX (www.ddex.net) is a consortium of leading media companies, music licensing organizations, digital service providers and technical intermediaries, focused on the creation of digital supply chain standards. DDEX has standardized the format in which information is represented in XML messages and the method by which the messages are exchanged between business partners to support the automated exchange of information along the digital supply chain. These standards are developed and made available for industry-wide implementation. DDEX standards help rightsholders, retailers and technical intermediaries to more effectively communicate information along the digital supply chain. This leads to efficient business transactions, reduced costs and increased revenues for all sectors involved.

The agenda will include:

• A general introduction to DDEX
• A requirements gathering session
• Agreeing next steps

A full agenda is available from www.digitalmusic.org or www.ddex.net.

Attendance is FREE of charge and you DO NOT have to be a delegate @ MusicBiz 2013 to attend

Register by emailing info@ddex.net

Posted in Events, News by A2IM

Intellectual Property Rights Seminar for Exporters

May 6, 2013

8:30 am to 1pm

Register on-line: HERE

The Fashion Institute of Technology Department of International Trade and Marketing, the Department of Commerce’s Office of Intellectual Property Rights, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Commercial Service, and the New York District Export Council, cordially invite you to attend the STOPfakes.gov Road Show, an Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Outreach Program. This is an opportunity to learn the basics of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and about the U.S. government resources available to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) protect their IPR at home and abroad. This three-hour program will feature presentations by intellectual property experts and law enforcement officials, followed by an open discussion with experts from industry and government.

Seminar topics will include:

• What is intellectual property?
• Understanding the basics of obtaining Intellectual property rights in the U.S./resources
• Understanding the basics of obtaining intellectual property rights in other countries/resources
• How to enforce your intellectual property rights in the U.S./resources
• How to enforce your intellectual property rights overseas/resources

This program is brought to you under the National Export Initiative and is co-organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Intellectual Property Rights, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the National IPR Coordination Center.

Guest speakers:

• Susan Anthony, Attorney-Advisor

Office of Policy and External Affairs, United States Patent and Trademark Office

• Andrea Cornwell, International Trade Specialist

Office of Intellectual Property Rights, International Trade Administration

After the event, a follow-up with the speakers will be available.

Register on-line: HERE

Date and Time:

May 6, 2013
8:30 am to 1pm

Location:
Fashion Institute of Technology
Department of International Trade and Marketing
227 West 27th Street
New York, NY 10001

Registration Fee: $40 (fee includes continental breakfast and lunch)

For more information contact:

Anastasia Xenias, PhD
Senior International Trade Specialist and Global Team Leader / U.S. Department of Commerce
212-809-2685
anastasia.xenias@trade.gov

or

Carmela Mammas
Director / U.S. Department of Commerce
Carmela.Mammas@trade.gov

Posted in Events, Members Only, News, Special Offers by A2IM

SF MusicTech Summit XIII
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
9am – 6pm + parties!
Hotel Kabuki
San Francisco, CA

Join us in celebrating the 13th SF MusicTech Summit on Tuesday, May 28th, 2013! The Summit brings together over 1,000 visionaries in the music/technology space, the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. We meet to discuss the evolving music/business/technology ecosystem in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking environment.

A2IM members can get a 20% discount with the code

Some of the fabulous speakers include:

Nic Adler, The Roxy / Adler Integrated
Nate Auerbach, Tumblr
Cameo Carlson, Borman Entertainment
Ted Cohen, TAG Strategic
Jack Conte, Pomplamoose / Entrepreneur
Josh Deutsch, Downtown Music
Rey Flemings, Stipple
Reid Geneaur, Assembly of Dust / Magisto
Chris Kantrowitz, Gobbler
Randall Kline, SFJAZZ
Sahil Lavingia, Gumroad
Chris McCutcheon, TRI Studios
Mark Mezrich, MTV Networks / Viacom
Lary Marcus, Walden Venture Capital
Lars Murray, Columbia Records / Sony Music Entertainment
Alisha Outridge, Clear Channel/iheartradio
Jamie Purpora, TuneCore
Chris Roach, AEG Digital Media
Chia-Lin Simmons, Harman
Brian Zisk, SF MusicTech Summit

and many more!