Amplify Music Conversations

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  • Music Relocation – Transformations of City Centers and Suburbs

    Where do we want to live if we have our choices? And where do we want to engage with music if we’re working and living in a hybrid or remote work world? Not all of us changed locations, but Central Business Districts are struggling with their futures and suburbs in many cities are the new normal. What does all of this do to permanently impact city centers and, in many cases, the locations of our music venues and city festivals? This session will discuss the past year’s transformations of city centers and suburbs.


    Webpage and Transcript: https://amplifymusic.org/event/am21-s11-music-relocation-transformation-of-city-centers-and-suburbs/

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/39VPn5Qle_o


    Speakers:

    Adam Behr | Director, Live Music Exchange; Senior Lecturer in Contemporary and Popular Music at the International Centre for Music Studies, Newcastle University

    Elizabeth Cawein | Founder, Music Export Memphis; CEO & Founder, Signal Flow PR, Adj. Prof., Rhodes College

    Elizabeth Currid-Halkett | James Irvine Chair, Urban and Regional Planning, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California

    Kwende Kefentse | Executive Director, CKCU; Creative Director / General Manager, TIMEKODE

    Theo Ellis | Founder, ProSound Media; VP Industry Partnerships, Digital Currensy


    Audio recorded from Session 11 of our 2021 Amplify Music Virtual Conference.



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    27 min
  • Financial Bets 2021 – Investing and Trading in Music
    What a year in terms of buying and selling of music companies, despite the uncertainty and turmoil! Whole portfolios of music rights and entire companies have been rapidly being bought and sold. What will be the drivers for funding and acquisitions in the future? How are these acquisitions changing the music industry? We will discuss the basics behind how catalogs are valued, the importance of owning your own IP, and trends in global music finance.

    Speakers:
    Amy Baker | Co-Founder, Winston Baker
    Anthony Martini | CEO, Royalty Exchange; Founder, Commission
    Vickie Nauman | Founder, CrossBorderWorks Consulting & Advising


    Audio recorded from Session 14 of our 2021 Amplify Music Virtual Conference.

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    29 min
  • Government Action/Inaction Across the Globe
    Government funding became a key factor in local venues and artists’ lives last year. Different cities, counties, and countries reacted differently — and had different infrastructures already in place or were entirely missing. Our guests will share stories of working with various government entities and how those relationships have changed over the past year — and where we need those relationships to continue to transform.

    Speakers:
    Mark Davyd | CEO, Music Venue Trust UK; Owner, Tunbridge Wells Forum; Music Supervisor, Outstanding
    Michael Bracy | President, Music Policy Forum; Partner, Bracy Tucker Brown
    Sipho Sithole | Director, Afrocentric Agency; Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg,


    Audio was recorded from Session 07 of our 2021 Amplify Music Virtual Conference.

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    28 min
  • Rethinking Music--Changing Roles in Media and Civil Society

    We have asked extensively in the past year: what is the role of live music and music communities in our healthy cities and society? Music has found its way into all of our digital pores and spaces, and we’ve fought for its funding in the offices of government. Have we changed or made more visible the role of music in media and civil society? Do we want to change this in our moves ahead? What social roles and awareness do we need and want to change in music’s futures?


    Speakers:

    Gigi Johnson | Maremel Institute; UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

    Laura Clark | Music Forward Foundation

    Diana Raiselis | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; VibeLab

    Kevin Erickson | Future of Music Coalition



    Audio recorded from Session 29 of our Amplify Music Virtual Conference.

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/VPo7UWbrr0M

    Website: https://amplifymusic.org/event/am21-s29-rethinking-music-roles-in-media-and-civil-society-2021/

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    26 min
  • Rethinking Music Tourism
    In the past year, both live music and tourism took a hit — so cities that held both were doubly damaged. How will music tourism change in a post-pandemic world? What does a healthy music tourism city look like going forward? Do we want or need to redesign our expectations, policies, and social systems?

    Speakers:
    David Hazan | DLH Strategic Marketing
    Saria Tourbah | Music Cities Events, Sound Diplomacy
    Jocelyn Kane | Responsible Hospitality; City of Coachella


    Audio recorded from Session 26 of our Amplify Music 2021 Virtual Conference.

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    27 min
  • Streaming: Composing and Creating Into the Social Vacuum
    2020 became a year of virtual creation and community. Will this stick as a permanent mode of creation and collaboration? What will this become in 2021 and beyond? Here we will discuss this challenge for creating in hybrid and virtual environments with a gathering of creators and composers.

    Speakers:
    Jeremy Peters | Wayne State University College; Quite Scientific Records
    Jonathan McHugh | Song Stew Entertainment
    Ritnika Nayan | CD Baby, India; Music Gets Me High; Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts & Communication; Sula Fes
    Natasha Pasternak | UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music; Desert Dreams Creative; Women in Music; Jail Guitar Doors
    Robert Singerman | LyricFind; SyncSummit; The Chile, Argentina, Brazil (CAB)

     A big thank you to LyricFind for sponsoring this session! 

    Audio was recorded from Session 13 of our Amplify Music 2021 Virtual Conference

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    27 min
  • Rethinking Social Safety Nets and Shared Support
    We knew going into the pandemic that local musicians and venues usually lacked social support for healthcare, housing, and basic living and working support. Then the pandemic proved the challenges, and many communities then moved to step up. What will we expect and what have we built (or need to build) in our local communities to support creators, venues, and related industries? This session will look deeper into what makes local music so vital to a community’s support system. Over the next three years, how can our local sectors augment social safety nets for music creators all the related systems in need?

    Speakers:
    Nurit Siegel Smith | Music Forward Foundation
    Renard Bridgewater | Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans
    Elizabeth Stookey Sunde | Music to Life
    Spencer Townshend Hughes | Music Minds Matter; The Hollow

    Audio recorded from Session 24 of our Amplify Music 2021 Virtual Conference

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    27 min
  • New Orleans Music 2021 - Rachel Shields, Raj Smoove, Reid Wick

    To many people, New Orleans is considered the birthplace of jazz as well as the festival capital of the world, celebrating every kind of music in different ways. The entire live music scene, however, took a hit as the COVID pandemic swept the nation. Join us as we meet with 3 leaders from the music industry in New Orleans as they discuss the recovery post-pandemic of their music community. 


    Speakers:

    Rachel Shields | Greater New Orleans, Inc.

    Raj Smoove | DJ; The Gentilly Agency

    Reid Wick | The Recording Academy



    Audio recorded on 07.29.2021


    Webpage and transcripts: https://amplifymusic.org/communities/new-orleans/

    YouTube: https://youtu.be/VAJtbihsRLI

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    51 min
  • New Ways of Organizing Between and Within Music Industries
    This past year, we’ve seen NIVA and perhaps a dozen other new organizations bringing us together across sectors and geographies. We’ve seen political action around the globe get started or begin to move. We’ve seen new virtual festivals and gatherings. We’ve seen new virtual global organizations. What will we see in 2021 and beyond? Are we finding new ways of organizing in local music communities? Do we need organizations that don’t yet exist and that will emerge in recovery? Are there organizations we don’t need anymore?

    Speakers:
    Bryce Merrill | Bohemian Foundation
    Lutz Leichsenring | Vibe Lab
    Jeremy Peters | Wayne State University College
    Shain Shapiro | Sound Diplomacy
    Serona Elton | The Mechanical Licensing Collective

    Audio recorded from Session 28 of our Amplify Music 2021 Virtual Conference

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    27 min
  • The Intertwining of Educational Disruption and Music Disruption
    Last Spring, music education around the world suddenly went remote — or was severely disrupted at the very least. Many schools and educators pivoted and transformed how they taught music. Community education organizations already had pivoted in some cases and became global instead of just serving their local communities. Performers became online educators around the world, opening new doors and relationships. Will this continue in 2021? Will this five-years-of-change-in-one stick or transform expectations and global connections?

    Speakers:
    Frank Heuser | UCLA Alpert School of Music
    Michelle Rocqet | Youth On Record
    Kelsey Smith | Young Musicians Foundation
    Richard Niles | American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers
    Akira Nakano | LA Inception Orchestra

    Audio recorded from Session 10 of our Amplify Music 2021 Virtual Conference

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    28 min

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