AFTRA Members Get a Discount at New Media Seminar LA

After rave reviews in New York City in July and the smash success of its second event in Chicago in October, the New Music Seminar (NMS) will be coming to Los Angeles on Feb. 2nd, immediately following the Grammy Awards. The New Music Seminar is the must attend one-day creative networking and educational event for artists, managers, agents and music labels of every genre seeking to understand how to “rise above the noise floor” in a shifting musical landscape. The New Music Seminar Los Angeles allows you to:

Meet and network with the new leaders and visionaries

Hear about successful out-of-the-box thinking

Collaborate with entrepreneurs working together to break new artists in this difficult environment.

AFTRA Members receive two-for-one special on the early bird registration price. To register, please go towww.newmusicseminar.biz and use Google checkout which accepts the discount code of NMSLA2 for the AFTRA 2-for-1 discount.
Confirmed Panels and Panelists Include:
Keynote Speaker: Daniel Ek, founder of Spodify

First Movement: Welcome to the New Music Business: Everything You Know is Wrong

Conductor:	Tom Silverman (Tommy Boy, NMS Co-Founder)
Speakers:	Frank Cooper (CMO, Pepsico) Bryan Calhoun (VP, New Media and External Affairs, SoundExchange) Michael Doernberg (Founder, Reverbnation) Ian Rogers (President, Topspin)

Second Movement: Expose Yourself: Why MySpace, Facebook and Twitter Are Not Enough. Marketing in the New World: New Old Ways and Old New Ways to Get Exposure Regardless of Genre.

Conductor:	Jon Healey (Editorial Writer, LA Times)
Speakers:	Corey Denis (Founder, Not Shocking) Greg Estes (VP Marketing, Mozes) Alexandra Patsavas (Music Supervisor, Chop Shop) Derek Sivers (Founder, CD Baby)

Third Movement: The Creative Process and Radical Differentiation

Conductor:	Jason Bentley (Program Director, KCRW)
Speakers:	Justin Tranter (Lead Singer, Semi Precious Weapons) Rodney Jenkins (Producer, Darkchild Productions/Darkchild Records) Tom Jackson (President, Tom Jackson Productions) Elliot Wilson (Rap Radar)

Fourth Movement: Your Live Tour and You: Simple Steps to Cut Through the Glut and Reach the Magic 300 Ticket Mark

Conductor:	Dave Lory, (DJL Live Music Productions, NMS Producer)
Speakers:	Kevin Lyman (Founder, Warp Tour) Martin Atkins (Invisible Records, Tour: Smart) Elliott Lefko (VP, Goldenvoice, AEG Live) Marty Diamond (President, Paradigm Agency) Martin Winsch (CEO/President, Mountain Entertainment)