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# Lyor Cohen, Jon Irwin, Just Blaze & More Join New Music Seminar 2012
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/lyor-cohen-jon-irwin-and-just-blaze-among-speakers-added-to-new-music-seminar-2012/
- Published: 2012-04-17T10:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-04-17T10:30:00.000Z
- Description: New Music Seminar 2012, taking place in NYC June 17 – 19, previously announced an impressive list of speakers including Bob Pittman and Sean Parker. They've now expanded their of. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/04/lyor-cohen-jon-irwin-and-just-blaze-among-speakers-added-to-ne
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****New Music Seminar 2012, taking place in NYC June 17 – 19, [previously announced](https://www.hypebot.com/new-music-seminar-2012-unveils-high-powered-list-of-speakers-with-keynotes-from-bob-pittman-sean-par/) an impressive list of speakers including Bob Pittman and Sean Parker. They've now expanded their of "announced players" to include a broad range from Lyor Cohen, CEO of Recorded Music of Warner Music Group, to Jon Irwin, CEO of Rhapsody and Just Blaze, music producer.**

**[New Music Seminar](http://newmusicseminar.com/?ref=hypebot.com) Founder and Executive Director Tom Silverman states:**

"The U.S. music business is flat at around $7 billion. This year's New Music Seminar will discuss strategies to get it back to $14 billion and beyond. Our Movements are filled with the CEO's, presidents and founders of new businesses that promise to deliver new revenues that will take us there. It is time for our business to stop being the disrupted and become the disruptor."

New Music Seminar gathers together "key music, technology, radio, venture capital, advertising agency, brand executives, artists, managers, producers, songwriters, booking agents, venues, and promoters" that now include the following speakers.

**Additional [Confirmed Speakers](http://newmusicseminar.com/event-details/players/?ref=hypebot.com) for New Music Seminar 2012:**

Amaechi Uzoigwe, Head of Content & Business Affairs of Official.fm Anthony Volodkin, CEO of Hypemachine  
 Ariel Hyatt, CEO/Owner of Ariel Publicity  
 Axel Dauchez, CEO of Deezer  
 Benjy Grinberg, President of Rostrum Records  
 Benny Blanco, Producer  
 Bob Tulipan, Author of Rockin' in the New World, Author  
 Brad Hardin, SVP of Programming and Rock and Alternative Brand Manager for Clear Channel Media + Entertainment  
 Brett Gurewitz, Founder/CEO of Epitaph Records  
 Bryan Calhoun, VP, New Media & External Affairs of SoundExchange  
 Cat Collins, Rhythmic CHR Brand Manager and Program Director of KYLD-FM and Hot Adult Contemporary KIOI-FM for Clear Channel Media + Entertainment  
 Charlie Feldman, VP, Writer/Publisher Relations at BMI  
 Christina Calio, Relationships & Strategy Business Development at Microsoft  
 Christopher Muratore, VP, Merchant Services & Emerging Growth at Nielsen Entertainment  
 Darius Van Arman, CEO/Founder of Jagjaguwar, Secretly Canadian, Dead Oceans  
 David Chesky, CEO & Co-Founder of HDTracks  
 David Del Beccaro, President/CEO/Founder of Music Choice  
 David Kahne, Producer  
 Dennis Kooker, President, Global Digital Business at Sony Music Entertainment  
 Doc Wynter, Urban AC Brand Manager and VP of Urban Programming for Clear Channel Media + Entertainment  
 Gerrit Schumann, CEO of Simfy  
 Gregory Mead, Co-Founder/CEO of Musicmetric  
 Hank Bordowitz, Author of Dirty Little Secrets of the Record Business  
 Jacques Krischer, CEO of Kollector  
 Jacob Luttrell, Songwriter  
 Jason Flom, President of Lava Records  
 Jeremy Welt, Head of Marketing at Maker Studios  
 Jim Cady, CEO of Slacker  
 John Ivey, SVP of Programming, CHR Brand Manager, and Program Director KIIS-FM and KHHT-FM for Clear Channel Media + Entertainment  
 Jon Irwin, CEO of Rhapsody  
 Jordan Walker, US Label & Artist Relations at Spotify  
 Josh Deutsch, CEO/Chairman of Downtown Records  
 Julie Pilat, Program Director of KYSR-FM and Music Director/Assistant Program Director of KIIS-FM for Clear Channel Media + Entertainment  
 Just Blaze, Producer  
 Luke Ebbin, Producer  
 Lyor Cohen, CEO of Recorded Music of Warner Music Group (WMG)  
 Mike Tompkins, Artist  
 Peter Asher, Producer  
 Reggie Barriero, Founder of The Artist Brand  
 Rob Miller, Mainstream AC Format Brand Coordinator and Program Director of WKTU-FM for Clear Channel Media + Entertainment  
 Spencer Drate & Judith Salavetz, Author of Five Hundred 45s: A Graphic History of the Seven-Inch Record Steve Boom, VP, Digital Music at Amazon  
 Steve Savoca, Head of Content Operations at Spotify  
 Susan Butler, Executive Editor of Music Confidential  
 Tony Van Veen, CEO DiscMakers/CDBaby  
 Tyler Gray, Deputy Editor of Fast Company  
 Vickie Nauman, President, North America at 7Digital  
 Vivien Lewit, Director of Content Partnerships at YouTube  
 Will Bortz, Sr Manager, Brand Partnerships and Sponsorships at Taco Bell

**An updated [schedule of events](http://newmusicseminar.com/event-details/schedule/?ref=hypebot.com) is now available.**

**More:** [New Music Seminar 2012 Unveils High Powered Speakers List Including Bob Pittman & Sean Parker](https://www.hypebot.com/new-music-seminar-2012-unveils-high-powered-list-of-speakers-with-keynotes-from-bob-pittman-sean-par/)

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