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7 Strategies For Saving Money At Music Conferences

From the eBook “Attending Music Conferences 101”, a step-by-step look at the music conference experience and how to maximize it from a musician’s point of view. Download it free here.

Music conferences are an amazing opportunity to network, meet new people, and move your career forward. But, they can be quite expensive as well. Here are some ways you can save money when attending a conference so that it doesn’t totally break the bank:

A Bright Future For Music Tech: Lessons Learned At SF MusicTech X

The number ten is quite a symbolic number, representing the start of a whole new order of numbers, and the culmination of the numbers that came before it. The number ten also implies the completeness of order. Last Monday at the Kabuki Hotel in San Francisco, the SF MusicTech Summit celebrated its tenth summit.

With what has become arguably the most influential gathering of music technologists on the West Coast, came a degree of symbolism that the number ten represents; that perhaps this sector of the music industry is finally ready to see the beginning of a new paradigm.

Agile Music: Artist Creativity & Music Formats In the Age of Mass Customization

This guest post by Mark Mulligan, a respected independent music analyst who publishes the Music Industry Blog, includes the full text and main graphics of the speech he delivered at Midem's Visionary Monday earlier this week.

Today I want to talk to you about a concept called Agile Music, a framework for understanding how artist creativity, industry business models and music products must all undergo a programme of radical, transformational change. I'm going to start by outlining the catalysts for this change.

SXSW Accelerator Names Music Tech Finalists

670 companies submitted their web based products and services as part of the fourth annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark. It's the second year that music tech has had a category of its own, and I've been honored to serve on the advisory board and first round jury for both years. 

Midem 2012: A Roundup Of News & Announcements

Unofficial estimates put MIDEM attendance up 12% to 6,900 - 1st gain in 5 years. Find our full Midem coverage here.

• Coke‘s Head Of Global Entertainment And Sports Marketing, Emmanuel Seuge hinted at a likely Spotify deal: “We’re very intrigued by the business model of Spotify – and very interested in a strategic partnership with them”.
• A2IM reports a record 150 U.S. indie music companies at their American Independents Pavilion, in its seventh year.

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Ted Cohen Gets Google, Merlin, Amazon & Universal Music In The Same Room @ #MIDEM

By Stuart Dredge for Midem content partner Music Ally. Find them at musically.com and @musically.

The panel "How To Work With The Fab Four" moderated by Ted Cohen served as the centrepiece of Midem’s Visionary Monday afternoon session. The panel comprised Charles Caldas, CEO of Merlin; Zahavah Levine, director of content partnerships for Android at Google; Craig Pape, director of music content acquisition at Amazon; and Rob Wells, president of Universal Music Group’s global digital business.

First question: Is there room for new digital service players, or does the industry need a year to take a breather?

Techdirt's Masnick Offers "Totally Positive" View Of Music Industry @ #MIDEM

From Cannes by Stuart Dredge for Midem content partner Music Ally. Find them at musically.com and @musically.

Techdirt publisher Mike Masnick took the stage in Cannes today offering an optimistic view of the music industry. “The industry is amazing right now… we have more content than ever before, more access than ever before, and more opportnity than ever before. "And this is a good thing,” he said. The challenge is very much a marketing challenge," Masnick told the Midem audience. “It can be met by being more open, more human and most of all, more awesome.”

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U2 Manager Calls Google "Monopoly", Spotify "Promotional Medium" #MIDEM

From Cannes by Stuart Dredge for Midem content partner Music Ally. Find them at musically.com and @musically.

Google’s role in the recent campaign against the proposed SOPA anti-piracy legislation in the US came in for a sustained attack by U2′s manager Paul McGuinness this morning, at the Midem conference in Cannes. “Why are they not trying to solve the future in a more generous way?” he asked.

Unofficial Music Marketing At SXSW

SXSW has grown from a unique music festival in Austin, Texas featuring indie artists to a terrain of events with so much happening that being heard over the noise is increasingly difficult. Unless you're an up-and-coming act with a lot of buzz that geographically scattered members of the music/media industry have not yet had the opportunity to hear live, the likelihood that SXSW can take a band to the next level is increasingly slim. I'm not saying you shouldn't go; but rather I'm advocating that you also consider the unofficial guerilla route.

NAMM 2012: The Epitome Of A Confused Business

For those not familiar with NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), it is a trade show featuring everything in music, from the latest recording software to neon guitar strings. Taking place a stones throw from Disneyland, with 1000’s of stalls lining the cavernous halls of Anaheim Convention Center, it is seemingly a musicians paradise. Or, depending on your affinity to being in close proximity to carefully coiffured, black clothed, painted nailed, wannabe rock stars - an absolute nightmare. 

Oscar 2012 Nominees For Best Original Score & Song

The Oscar nominations for 2012 were announced this morning. John Williams and other established composers and arrangers continued to dominate the music categories for Original Score and Original Song. The Oscar 2012 Nominees For Best Original Score & Song are:

A Complete Guide To Music & Film At Sundance 2012

Music is always a big part of the Sundance Film Festival since few films made today do not include music. However, music at Sundance 2012 goes beyond film scores to include not only documentaries and narrative films but special events and live music. What follows is a list of every film featuring music showing at this year's Sundance Film Festival, January 19 through 29, plus special events including a livestreamed concert with Ice T, Chuck D and Grandmaster Caz.

Music Tech Continues Lead Role At Midem 2012

Tech will continue its takeover of the music industry at this year's midem conference taking place January 28 - 31 in Cannes. Music tech startups, sponsors, hackers and bloggers will all be in attendance and capturing as much attention as possible. Music tech events will occur daily, from Visionary Monday to midemlab's startup competition to midem Hack Day, with a variety of panels and resources to boot.

From CES: Justin Timberlake, MySpace On Your TV, Pandora In Your Car

This week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas includes plenty of news about smart tvs and car connectivity with two big announcements on Monday related to music.  With the help of Justin Timberlake (video below), MySpace and Panasonic announced the introduction of MySpace TV which should debut the first half of this year.  Pandora announced additional deals with automakers and aftermarket suppliers that continue a long, complicated process of establishing a solid base in the automotive industry.

Why Eliot Van Buskirk Is Excited Not To Attend CES This Year

This guest post comes from Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm.

Normally, early January is the time when the heart of a young (okay, not so young anymore) tech reporter brims with anticipation for Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, or CES for short.

Manchester Orchestra Asks Fans To Sing Along & Why It's Working [Best Of Hypebot]

All week we are featuring the best and most popular articles that appeared on Hypebot in 2011. This one is by regular contributor Hisham Dahud.

Atlanta-based indie rock group Manchester Orchestra has launched a unique and interactive fan experience for their song, “Virgin” - a track that’s been described as “a song to the fans” by the band. In the spirit of the song’s lyrical content, the band has created a campaign for fans to have their voices heard … literally.

New Music Seminar Returns To NYC June 17-19, 2012

This year’s New Music Seminar (NMS) has been announced for June 17-19, 2012 in New York City.  the conference will open with keynote speaker Bob Pittman, CEO of Clear Channel.  Pittman has been a key player in Clear Channel Radio's Pandora-like digital radio platform, iHeartRadio. 

Free Webinar For Hypebot Readers: Holiday Music Marketing & The New Digital Consumer

You define your target consumer, and then you plan your marketing campaign to reach them. This holiday season, however, the market has become more fragmented. NARM and eMusic are offering a webinar this Thursday December 1st sharing insights into the new music marketing landscape. Hypebot and MusicThinkTank readers get in free.

What Music App Would Rock Your World? Midem Hack Days Wants To Know

Music industry meg-gathering midem will play host to the second edition of its hack day from January 28 - 30. Like Music Hack Days elsewhere, about 30 global developers and hackers globe will be given 48 hours to create new music applications. With the number of music related APIs exploding, the hacks created at these marathons have grown from just fun to useful, with some driving business expansion and new startups.