Thursday 10 July 2014

Music Conferences & Conventions - Calendar

Music Conferences & Conventions

2014 Music Conferences

January

6 Digital Media Wire presents Digital Music at CES - Las Vegas, NV http://www.cesweb.org/Conference-Program/Conference-Pricing.aspx
27 - 29 AES 53rd Int'l Conference: Semantic Audio - London, 212-661-8528 http://www.aes.org/conferences/53/

February

1-4 MIDEM - Cannes, France http://www.midem.com/
4 - 6 ICE Totally Gaming - London, www.icetotallygaming.com
18-24 Digital Entertainment World - Los Angeles, CA www.dewexpo.com
19-21 Pollstar Live! - Nashville, TN http://www.pollstarpro.com/live2014/
19-23 Folk Alliance Conference & Winter Music Camp - Kansas City, MO www.folkalliance.org
20-22 Triple A Sunset Sessions - Solana Beach, CA http://sunsetsessions.org/
20-23 Millennium Music Conference - Harrisburg, PA 717-221-1124 www.musicconference.net
25-3/2 Noise Pop - San Francisco, CA http://www.noisepop.com/noise-pop-festival-2014/
26-3/1 BY: LARM - Oslo, Norway http://www.bylarm.no/
27-3/1 Durango Songwriters Expo - Santa Ynez, CA www.durango-songwriters-expo.com

March

7-9 ILMC 26 (International Live Music Conference) - London 44-207-117-6357 www.ilmc.com registration@ilmc.com
7-16 SXSW Week - Austin, TX 512-467-7979 www.sxsw.com
12-15 Musikmesse - Frankfurt, Germany 49-69-7575-19412 http://musik.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/aussteller/willkommen.html
20-22 Babel Med Music Conference - Marseilles, France 33-491-990-000 www.dock-des-suds.org
21-30 Winter Music Conference - Miami, FL 954-563-4444 www.wintermusicconference.com
27-29 ABA Techshow Conference & Expo - Chicago, IL http://www.techshow.com/
28-29 Singer-Songwriter Cape May - Cape May, NJ 717-221-1124 www.sscapemay.com

April

1-2 Voice of the Brand/Media- Chicago, IL http://www.voiceofthebrand.com/events/
2-4 A&R Worldwide/Allaccess.com Worldwide Radio Summit - Hollywood, CA 323-782-0770 http://www.worldwideradiosummit.com/wwrs2014/
4-5 Global Rock Summit - Hollywood, CA 323-782-0770 http://www.globalrocksummit.com/
6-9 MUSEXPO - Hollywood, CA 323-782-0770 www.musexpo.net
16 IMS Engage - Los Angeles, CA http://www.internationalmusicsummit.com/ims-engage/news/ims-engage-2014-now-on-sale
22-24 Billboard Latin Music Conference & Awards - Miami, FL 646-654-4660 www.billboardevents.com
24-26 ASCAP I Create Music Expo - Los Angeles, CA 323-882-1000 www.ascap.com/expo
25-5/4 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, LA 504-410-4100 www.nojazzfest.com
26-29 136th Int'l AES Convention - Berlin, Germany 212-661-8528 http://www.aes.org/events/136/
30-5/4 LA Office Industry Insights Summit - Laguna Beach, CA 310-275-2088 http://www.laoffice.com/summit/

May

1-3 Liverpool Sound City - Liverpool, www.liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk
1-4 URBAN NETWORK DIGITAL & AMALGAMATION MAG PRESENT 2014 Back to Basics: The Music and Entertainment Summit' http://www.urbannetworkdigital.com/
6-8 Music Biz (formerly NARM) - Century City, CA http://musicbiz.org/events/musicbiz2014/
7 Digital Media Summit - Toronto, ON http://digitalmediasummit.ca/
8-10 The Great Escape - Brighton, http://escapegreat.com
15-18 DRIVEN Music Conference - Ft. Lauderdale, FL www.drivenflorida.com
21-23 Ibiza International Music Summit - Ibiza, Spain 34-971-399-276 info@internationalmusicsummit.com www.internationalmusicsummit.com

June

5-7 Sunset Sessions Rock! - Solana Beach, CA http://sunsetsessions.org/
8-10 New Music Seminar - New York, NY www.newmusicseminar.com
12-14 AES 54th Int'l Conference: Audio Forensics - London 212-661-8528 http://www.aes.org/conferences/54/
13-15 California Music Industry Summit (CMIS) - Oakland, CA info@tramaientertainment.com http://www.tramaientertainment.com/
13-22 NXNE - Toronto, ON Canada http://nxne.com
23-25 IMMERSE - Nashville, TN http://www.experienceimmerse.com/

July

15-16 Voice of the Brand/Fan- Quebec City http://www.voiceofthebrand.com/events/
16-18 Ticket Summit - Las Vegas, NV www.ticketsummit.org
17-19 Summer NAMM - Nashville, TN 760-438-8001 www.namm.org

September

9-12 BIGSOUND - Brisbane Australia http://www.qmusic.com.au/bigsound/2013/
17 DMW Music - New York, NY http://dmw-music.com/
30-10/1 Voice of the Brand/Digital- Austin, TX http://www.voiceofthebrand.com/events/

October

TBD A3C 2014 - Atlanta, GA http://www.a3cfestival.com

Pending:

NIMEX Music Conference - Muson Centre - Lagos, Nigeria www.nimexng.net
49th AES Conference: Audio For Games - London, 212-661-8528 http://www.audioforgames.net/ 4th Annual Independent Gospel Artist Alliance Conference - Chesapeake, VA 443-956-3429 www.indiegospelalliance.com
ABA 2nd Annual Video Game and Media Conference - Los Angeles, CA www.aba.org
ABA 4th Annual Int'l Legal Symposium on the World of Music, Film, Television, and Sports - Miami, FL www.aba.org
All Access Music Conference - New York, NY 888-559-AAMC www.allaccessmusicconference.com
Analogue to Digital Music Show - Devon, England 44-1392-459-301 www.analogue-to-digital.com
Artist Management Conference - Rockland, MD 240-813-2466 www.amconevent.com (on hiatus) Bay Area Producer Conference - Sam Francisco, CA www.bayareaproducersconference.com bapcsponsor@gmail.com
Billboard Future Sound - San Francisco, CA 646-654-4660 www.billboardevents.com Boston Music Conference - Boston, MA Bostonmusic2010@gmail.com www.bostonmusicconference.com
Cutting Edge Conference - New Orleans 504.945.1800 www.cuttingedgenola.com Digital PR Next Practices Summit - San Francisco, CA http://www.prnewsonline.com/digitalsummitsanfran13/ DMW Games - Hollywood, CA www.dmwgames.com
Florida Music Festival - Orlando, FL www.floridamusicfestival.com Hudson Valley Songfest & Music Expo - Hudson, NY 518 828-4234 sandy@columbiaartsteam.org, http://www.columbiaartsteam.org/schedule.html
International DJ Expo - Atlantic City, NJ 516-767-2500 - http://djtimes.com/thedjexpo/
Live UK Summit - London-44-207-224-2442 www.liveuksummit.com Lunar Independent Music Festival - Park City, UT https://www.facebook.com/LunarMusicFestival Music & Media Finland - Tampere, Finland www.musex.fi/en/ Music Matters - Singapore 852-2167-8040 http://www.allthatmatters.asia/music/mm/mm.html New Skool Rules - Rotterdam, The Netherlands www.newskoolrules.com NIMEX Music Conference - Muson Centre - Lagos, Nigeria, info@nimexng.net www.nimexng.net
NSAI Spring Training - Nashville, TN 800-321-6008 / 615-256-3354 www.nashvillesongwriters.com NSAI'S 21st Annual Tin Pan South Songwriter's Festival - Nashville 800-321-6008 /615-256-3354 www.tinpansouth.com/ Ontario Council of Folk Festivals Conference - TBD Canada 866-292-6233 www.ocff.ca PR News' Next Practices Annual Conference - San Francisco, CA http://www.prnewsonline.com/next-practices-conference-2013
SCMC (Songwriters Composers Music Conference) -Atlanta, GA 877-941-9990 www.scmcmusic.com SCMS Presents AllAboutNashville23 - Nashville, TN http://scmcmusic.com/feb-23-nashville- tenn/allaboutnashville23
SXSW V2V - Las Vegas, NV http://sxswv2v.com/
The TV Summit - Universal City, CA http://variety.com/c/variety-events/ transmission GLOBAL SUMMIT - Vancouver, BC http://www.transmitnow.com/tGS2013 transmitBRAZIL - Recife, Brazil www.transmitnow.com/transmitbrazil2013 transmitNOW - Vancouver, Canada http://2013.transmitnow.com/ Visionquest Live: The Amoeba Network World Summit - An Interactive Creative Conference 646-320-2301 http://amoebanetwork.com/amoeba-network-world-summit-announced/ Women's Music Summit - Hollywood, CA 845-254-8009 https://www.facebook.com/WomensMusicSummit Womens Music Summit DJ Expo - Big Indian, NY 845-254-8009- www.womensmusicsummit.com
SF MusicTech Summit - San Francisco, CA www.sfmusictech.com
MaMa Festival & Music Conference Paris, France - www.mama-event.com
New Noise Conference - Santa Barbara, CA 805-979-9673 info@newnoisesb.com, www.newnoisesb.com
IMC/Independent Music Conference - Los Angeles, CA 203-606-4649 noel@intermixx.com http://www.indiemusicon.com/imc2013/pages/overview.html
Variety Entertainment & Tech Conference - Marina del Rey, CA http://variety.com/conference/2013-entertainment-and-technology-summit-fall/#!1/chuck-saftler/
Digital Hollywood Fall - Marina del Rey, CA http://www.digitalhollywood.com
SCMC - Songwriters Composers Music Conference -New York, NY 877-941-9990 www.scmcmusic.com
Future of Music Policy Summit - Washington, DC 202-822-2051 www.futureofmusic.org
You Are In Control - Reykjavik, Iceland http://youareincontrol.is/
Billboard/The Hollywood Report Film & TV Music Conference - Los Angeles, CA 646-654-4660 www.billboardevents.com

Saturday 5 July 2014

Over 150 Great Links to Promote Your Music Online, Events, djsets

Great Places to Promote Your Music Online - Events - Djsets

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https://www.spotify.com/us/about-us/labels/

http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/

http://www.lastfm.it/uploadmusic

http://www.musicdish.net/

http://help.rdio.com/customer/portal/articles/58994-getting-content-into-rdio

https://dashboard.earbits.com/submissions/submit-your-music-for-radio-airplay

https://soundcloud.com/stream

https://music.twitter.com/

http://pitchmystuff.com/

http://top40-charts.com/

Music Industry News Network

http://www.mi2n.com/index.php3

http://www.bandwagongigs.com/

http://www.tracksandfields.com/

http://www.mixesdb.com/w/Special:Upload

http://www.bellabassfly.blogspot.it/

http://www.mixify.com/

http://www.musictalkers.com/

http://www.housecharts.net/

http://www.tribeofnoise.com/

http://mixing.dj/

http://www.mixjunkies.com/djartist-submissions/

http://www.soonvibes.com/

http://bandcamp.com/

http://soundeo.com/

https://myspace.com/

http://www.noisetrade.com/

http://www.audiomack.com/

http://blog.instagram.com/post/53448889009/video-on-instagram

http://mixlr.com/

http://mixing.dj/mix-send/

http://www.beatpick.com/

http://www.ourstage.com/blog

https://fandistro.com/index.php

http://www.soundclick.com/

http://japanmusicmarketing.com/

http://china.musicdish.com/

https://www.musicpage.com/

http://www.official.fm/

http://www.artistserver.com/

http://www.reverbnation.com/

http://www.play.fm/

http://www.mixcloud.com/

http://www.acidplanet.com/

mp3.com

http://www.besonic.com/

http://www.artistopia.com/

http://www.audiostreet.net/

soundlift.com

http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/

http://www.isound.com/

http://www.ourstage.com/

http://www.overplay.com/

http://www.ilike.com/

http://www.mymusicstream.com/

http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/

http://airplaydirect.com/music/

http://www.themusichutch.com/

http://www.muziboo.com/

http://uplaya.com/artists/

http://www.mixcrate.com/

http://www.music.mvine.com/

http://www.musicforte.com/

http://www.recordscout.com/

http://www.hitlab.com/

http://www.jukeboxalive.com/

http://www.ijamr.com/

http://www.djtube.com/

http://app.artists-first.net/

https://www.recordunion.com/

http://www.numberonemusic.com/

http://amazingtunes.com/

http://iloveindie.com/

https://www.promolta.com/

https://audioboo.fm/

http://cp.justpressplay.org/

http://promodj.com/

https://www.toneden.io/login

http://www.tracksandfields.com/

https://mygigs.com/login/

http://www.yourdemoreview.com/

http://www.ihouseu.com/

http://www.beatsandbeyond.com/

https://www.stageit.com/

http://www.bandsintown.com/

https://fandistro.com/

http://www.bandapp.com/builder/

http://bandwagongigs.com/

http://www.oneload.com/

http://presskit.to/

http://www.dizzyjam.com/

http://www.pledgemusic.com/

http://woobox.com/pricing

https://www.bandpage.com/

http://www.audiolock.net/

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http://slicknfresh.co.uk/forum/

http://www.hijackbristol.co.uk/

http://www.ravelinks.com/

http://forum.djmag.com/

http://www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk/

http://forums.brap.fm/general-banter/

http://nubreaks.com/

http://www.breakfastscienceboard.com/

http://www.newraveorder.com/

http://www.stressfactor.co.uk/

http://www.ukmusic.com/

http://www.breaks.at/

http://www.psymusic.co.uk/

http://www.clubbersradio.com/

http://www.troonik.com/forum/

http://www.electroempire.com/

http://www.buzzlife.com/

http://www.anthems.com/

http://www.bbz.ru/forum/

http://www.chillout.rs/

http://www.breakzdjs.com/

http://www.nufunk.co.uk

http://www.upstateunderground.net/

http://www.breakbeatforum.com/

http://www.inthemix.com.au/

http://www.bedrock.org.uk/

http://www.djforums.com/

http://nubreaks.us/

http://www.ibiza-voice.com/

http://forum.globalbeats.fm/

http://forum.house-musik.de/

http://lazy-night.com/

http://progressivehouse.com/

http://www.psymusic.co.uk/

http://www.residentadvisor.net/

http://www.electroempire.com/

http://www.housezeit.de/

http://www.housemusicforum.com/

http://www.anthems.com/

http://www.ravelinks.com/

http://www.house-forum.de/

http://www.music.hu

http://www.musicadigitale.net/

http://www.housezeit.de/

http://www.basebog.it/

http://www.livesets.com/

http://www.djp.it/

http://www.housemusicforum.com/

http://www.chillout.co.yu/

http://www.kovach.co.yu/

http://80bpm.net/

http://forum.house-musik.de/

http://www.tribemagazine.com/

http://forum.house.te.ua/

http://www.house-forum.de/

http://forum.globalbeats.fm/

http://www.mister-deejay.com/

http://foros.infor.ya.com/

http://www.hardforum.it/

http://www.music.hu/

http://www.musicadigitale.net/

PROMOTE YOUR EVENT

Here is a list of 50 websites you can list & promote your next event:

Free Listing
1. Upcoming.org – Yahoo Event Listing service

2. Google Base – Google Beta Event Listing

3. MySpace.com – I don’t really like myspace, but still you should know they have event posting capability.

4. Facebook – Post your event then invite your groups or friends

5. Friendster – Use the “Post Bulletin” function to announce your event

6. Craigslists

7. LinkedIn.com – Use “Answer” to ask the right question and invite people.

8. Technorati Kitchen – I have to be honest. I have just discovered this myself and not exactly sure how it work, but Technorati has TONS of traffic, we should go and figure it out.

9. Evite – Check out their new feature sending your event info to your phone.

10.Metromix – Entertainment Events only.

11. Active.com – Sport & Active Event only.

12. Eventful.com – I love their slogon “Life is Short … make it Eventful!”

13. Kijiji.com – Free Local Classifieds Ad

14. Going.com – Event listing for cities including NYC, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles and my hometown – San Francisco.

15. PRLeap.com – Free PR Service.

16. Eventbrite.com – Free time sign up is free. I used them a few time. They are great!

17. ZEvents

18. TechSoup –For Non Profit Only. Follow instruction to join Upcoming.Org.

19.Local Wine Events.com – Wine Event Only.

20. Involver.com – Getting people involved.

21. Network for Good – For Non Profit Event Only.

22. PRFree.com – Free Press Release Distribution & Writing Services.

23. Event Setter

24. EventBee – I like their network ticket selling concept. Sell tickets through other websites & blogs.

25. Oriented.com – Asian Event Listing for cities including NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, Portland, Beijing, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Singapore and Taipei.

26. TechVenue.com – Technology Event Listing

27. Events.Org – Free

28. Google Adwords – You can even do Audio Ads now. Wow..

29. MeetUp.com – Target audience to your specific event. I love meetup. Check out my two entrepreneur groups in San Francisco.

30. PRWeb – Presss release newswire

31. PRNewswire –Paid PR Services – The Traditional Channel for press release

32. Daily Candy.com – Paid Ad or Article on Daily Candy

31. MyPRGenie – New Beta Program for Public Relation Online.

32. Ripple Ad Center – Advertise your company or event on any screen in their media network for the following cities: Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio. You will find their screen in businesses such as Tully, Juffy Lube and Jack in the Box etc.

33. SpaceShare.com – Green Event Only. Contact them.

34. The Chronicle News – Free listing, but you have to email them the details. No online form.

35. Mercury News Events – Free Listing for Silicon Valley

36. InfoBayArea – Paid ad for Bay Area Events

37. San Francisco – Johnny only accept free and fun event posting

38. LocalOutings.com – Still in Beta version for San Francisco & LA Area only.

39.New York Event – TimeOut New York. Free.

40. Seattle Times Events – Free

41. Chicago Tribute – Paid Ad

42. South Florida Sun – Paid Ad

43. Baltimore Sun – Paid Ad

44. Virigina Events – Free