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Hypebot Presents: Upward Spiral Podcast Subconference At Music Biz 2014

If you’re planning on checking out the Music Biz 2014 conference, which you might know as the NARM conference from years past, make sure to check out the Upward Spiral. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/05/upward-spiral.html]

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If you’re planning on checking out the Music Biz 2014 conference, which you might know as the NARM conference from years past, make sure to check out the Upward Spiral Podcast subconference on May 6th at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. Kyle Bylin and Cortney Harding, the co-hosts of the podcast, will be conducting live interviews with thought leaders from every corner of the music industry, exploring the future of music streaming, why we’re still so obsessed with first week sales, and what the TV industry can teach the music business. Here is the full list of the panels:

10 – 10:50am

Present Shock: Will Music Streaming Services Thrive Or Die?


Jonathan Maples (ex-Rhapsody)

11:00 – 11:50am

Crate Diggers: How Record Labels Maximize Catalog Revenue


Jason Feinberg (Epitaph) and Jeremy Gruber (Concord Music)

1:00 – 1:50pm

Obsessed: The Music Industry's Addiction To First Week Sales


Silvio Pietroluongo (Billboard) and Russell Fink (Island Def Jam Music Group)

2:00 – 2:50pm

Daisy Chain: Music Streamers Market Artists Direct-To-Fans


Shelly Hartman (ATM Artists) and Kevin Wyatt (Bandpage)

3:00 – 3:50pm

Outside In: What Film & TV Learned From Music’s Disruption


Roy Trakin, Hollywood Reporter