Music, Sound, and Audio Technology

DMW Debuts Social Music Summit, Celebrates Innovation and Reinvigorated Business of Music, NYC (Feb. 22-23)

By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Feb 15, 2012, 09:04

(New York, NY) -- Digital Media Wire today announced the final speaker list, keynotes and agenda for the Social Music Summit at the 12th Annual Digital Music Forum East (DMFE) to be held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY, on February 22-23, 2012.

"The launch of Social Music Summit at DMFE is especially exciting as innovation at the intersection of music and the social web is driving more investment and opportunity in music-related businesses than we have seen in years," said Ned Sherman, founder and CEO of Digital Media Wire. "The event features a diverse array of speakers ranging from some of the hottest start-ups from the 'new' music industry to the senior most executives from established entertainment companies and top brands. We are looking forward to a fun two days in NYC!"

The event is the industry's most comprehensive digital music conference focused on the evolution and future of digital music. The conference agenda, which includes senior participants from major labels, leading indie labels, social networks, online music retailers, mobile companies, artists and association heads, includes top keynotes, discussions and panels on topics including mobile apps, music and social web, music, money and innovation, music in the cloud, online video, digital innovation, investments, the digital copyright debates, rights management, live music, touring & concerts, social networking and building music community.

Among the many highlights will include:

Spotify's Content and Distribution �Guru" Sachin Doshi will present on the topic of "Spotify and the New Artist Revenue"
Red Light Management�s Matt Ringel will discuss "Gamifying Music and Culture" with Marc Ruxin, Founder and CEO, TastemakerX
Tipping our hat to an industry icon, we are pleased announce that legendary record label executive and "NEA Jazz Master" George Avakian will join discussion on "Developing Non-Popular Music & Catalog Content for the 21st Century."
Google�s Senior Copyright Counsel William Patry joins Jim Griffin, Managing Director of OneHouse in a fireside chat on the how to reform copyright.





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