A2IM: American Association of Independent Music

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The who’s who of the worldwide Independent music community will come together June 18-20 in New York for A2IM’s 8^th Anniversary Indie Week, an international conference and networking event aimed at maximizing the global impact of Independent music. All Worldwide Independent Network (“WIN”) and A2IM members are welcome to attend, the full latest agenda is HERE.

A2IM’s Press Release, which was serviced today, is below.

A2IM Talks Business w/ 8^th Anniversary Indie Week in NYC

Press Release
May 15, 2013

The who’s who of the Independent music community will come together June 18-20 in New York for A2IM’s 8^th Anniversary Indie Week, an international conference and networking event aimed at maximizing the global impact of Independent music.

The three-day members-only conference will assemble more than 500 executives from around the world (including Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, New Zealand, etc.) for interactive panels, a think tank and one-on-one discussions; including full trade mission delegations from members of AIM (A2IM’s sister organization in the UK) and AIR (A2IM’s sister organization in Australia) funded by Sounds Australia.

Beginning Tuesday, June 18, A2IM members will have access to full day sessions at the Tribeca Grand Hotel (2 Ave of the Americas), culminating in A2IM’s 2^nd Annual Libera Awards recognizing the year’s achievements by Independent artists and labels at the Highline Ballroom, Thursday, June 20.

Tuesday, June 18  – Licensing & Publishing Day

1:00PM – 2:00PM: Video Monetization – A look into publisher-related issues from a label perspective including premium content vs. user-generated content (UGC), backend data management, and content ID. Moderated by Alisa Coleman (ABKCO Music & Records), the panel will include: Rell Lafargue (Reservoir Media), Barry Daffurn (GoDigital) and Scott Sellwood (YouTube)

2:00PM – 2:30PM: “International Performance Royalties” – Panel discussion with Charlie Phillips of WIN,  Mathew Reiffe of Razor & Tie, and Ryan Lehning of SoundExchange

2:30PM – 3:15PM: Music in Sports Panel – Moderated by Phil Cialdella (Wonderlous Music), the panel will include: Aaron Matusow (WWE), Stephanie Scarpulla (MLB) and Kevin Wilson (ESPN)

3:15PM – 4:00PM: Brands & Bands Panel – Moderated by Brooke Primont (Razor & Tie), the panel will include: Jack Bradley (Hifi Project), Jonathan Hecht (Tribal Brands) and Lori Hon (Gray V)

4:00PM – 6:00PM: Executive One-on-One Meetings with Music

Supervisors and Licensing service providers, as well as one-on-one meetings with the Australian trade mission delegates (10 x 10 min meetings)

6:00PM – 9:00PM: A2IM’s 8^th Anniversary Reception at Santos Party House (96 Lafayette Street, NYC)

Wednesday, June 19 – Digital Media & Emerging Technologies

1:00PM – 1:30PM: “Digital Change: Show Me the Money. The End of

National Borders” – Presentation by Charles Caldas (Merlin)

1:30PM – 2:45PM: “Future of Monetizing Digital” – Panel investigating streaming services, social engagement, music discovery, and the surrounding revenue models. Moderated by Jaclyn Ranere (The Orchard), the panel will include: Oke Goettlich (finetunes), Jason Lekberg (Eleven Seven), Lisa Levy (Robbins Entertainment) and Chris Welz (Dead Oceans / Jagjaguwar / Secretly Canadian / SC Distribution)

2:45PM – 4:00PM: Video Monetization (cont.) – A look into content creation, maximizing revenue streams, developing exciting channels, and fan engagement. Moderated by Amy Dietz (INgrooves Fontana), the panel will include: Jamar Chess (Sunflower Entertainment), Dan Ghosh-Roy (Ultra Music) and Ben Lister (Base79)

4:00PM – 6:00PM: Executive One-on-One Meetings with Digital Revenue, Digital Marketing, Data Management, & Video Monetization service providers (10 x 10 min meetings)

Thursday, June 20

10:00AM – 12:30PM: Think Tank – Members gather in a roundtable breakout session to reflect and strategize on topics discussed over the previous two days. Conclusions of which are then are presented to the membership as a whole.

12:30PM – 2:00PM: Lunch Break

2:00PM – 5:00PM: State of the A2IM Union featuring Rich Bengloff of A2IM, Alison Wenham of AIM/WIN, Nick O’Byrne of AIR, Helen Smith of Impala, and Charles Caldas of Merlin. More TBA.

7:00PM – 11:00PM: 2^nd Annual Libera Awards (The “LIBBYs”) at NYC’s Highline Ballroom (431 W 16th St. NYC). Co-presented by Caroline, The LIBBYs are an award show for Independent artists and labels, nominated and voted on by Independent artists and labels. Tickets are available now and can be purchased for $30 by A2IM members only HERE.

Indie Week is co-sponsored by Consolidated Independent; Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP; Nielsen Entertainment; Rdio; Section 101 and Sounds Australia.

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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

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LAMC (Latin Alternative Music Conference) is the only conference celebrating and supporting genres of Latin music that are forging the way Latinos, especially young, bicultural Latinos in the U.S., define themselves.  The LAMC is also the largest Latin music conference in the US.   This summer LAMC will once again be in New York City , celebrating their 14th anniversary, July 9-13th. LAMC is attended by leading artists, labels, influencers, thinkers, journalists, bloggers, managers, marketers and content creators.

LAMC offers the special online discount of $99 through June 30th for A2IM members.  Register at www.latinalternative.com using the code:

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Australia will be sending a delegation to A2IM’s Indie Week 2013. Read the full story from The March 5th Version of “The Music (Dot) Com (Dot) Au” below:

Aussie Indie Labels Plan US Conference Invasion

The Australian delegates will join our U.S. delegates plus delegations from The U.K. and China and our WIN colleagues from around the world: Brazil, Germany, New Zealand etc. Last year Indie Week, including The Libera Awards (The Libby’s), drew over 100 delegates.

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