Good Stuff at the Americana Music Festival next week

The Americana Music Festival and Conference is One Week Away! Don’t miss this premier event. Buy your registration now! If you’re serious about the music biz, the key to your success is to attend the daytime events at this year’s conference.
Here’s another sampling of some of this years panels:
Times have changed and so have recording budgets , sit in with moderator Mark Moffatt on Thursday September 18th for RECORD PRODUCTION: “THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING BUDGET”, with Niko Bolas, Blackbird Studios Eric Fritsch, Eastwood Studios, Ray Kennedy, Room & Board, Gary Paczosa, Sugar Hill Records and Dusty Wakeman as this panel of A list producers offer insight into how they are dealing with art vs. commerce issues and how their approach to recording has changed over time.

On Friday, September 19th, Moderator Dan Beck of Big Honcho Media leads THE NEW RECORD LABEL: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND. This panel features Michael Corcoran, Nettwerk Management, Jennifer Herold, Funzalo Records, Wyatt Easterling, High Horse Records, Celeste Krenz, artist and Eric Brace, Red Beet Records. As new technology and consumer habits affect the economics of operating a record company, labels are re-evaluating and restructuring their business models, including their relationship with artists. From small artist-owned labels to the majors, this panel will explore different business models that old and new labels are testing to promote and sell music and how the deals with the artists are changing to support these new models.


THE FUTURE OF MUSIC MEDIA. Music fans are as passionate as ever. However, it’s getting harder to find print magazines that cover Americana. on Saturday September 20th, oin Moderator Cary Baker from conqueroo and Peter Blackstock (NoDepression.com) Suzanne Cadgen (Elmore Magazine) Peter Cooper (The Tennessean) Greg Geil (AmericanaRoots.com) and Sarah Zupko (PopMatters) who examine this topic Many fans have turned to the online media for music coverage. Yet a few hearty print zines remain, and there are still newspapers. Or are there? This panel will look at the changing face of music media.

Conference registrations cost $400 (Members) and $500 (non Members). These rates will go up after September 16th to $450 and $550 respectively. Don’t wait till the last minute.For the latest additions to showcase lineups, ticket purchasing and more information about the Americana Music Festival and Conference, please visit http://www.americanamusic.org/.