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DEATH OF THE RECORD BUSINESS?
THE REBIRTH OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS: PART IIGRAMMY® SOUNDTABLE TO EXPLORE NEW
MUSIC INDUSTRY PARADIGMSIndustry Trailblazers Discuss Shifting Music Business Models, New Markets and
Strategies, and What Makes Music MatterSANTA MONICA, Calif. (Sept. 23, 2005) — Death Of The Record Business? Rebirth Of The Music Industry: Part II, presented by the Producers & Engineers Wing of The Recording Academy® and hosted by AES will convene at the 119th AES Convention Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, from 4 – 6 p.m., in Room 1E-12 and 13 at New York's Jacob Javits Convention Center. The summit will bring together a panel of award-winning experts from diverse music business disciplines to offer insight into the far-reaching digital revolution currently transforming the global music industry.
The panel continues the exploration begun June 7 in Nashville, Tenn., where passions ran high in front of a capacity crowd. Expect fireworks as the panel delves into many of the key issues of the digital age, with an emphasis on music technology and its dramatic alteration of business models. Moderated by Dave Adelson, Senior Producer/Music Correspondent for "E! News Live," Executive Producer of WireImage Video, and Editor Emeritus of HITS magazine, this panel will bring its considerable combined experience and insight to bear on issues such as the shifting of business models, new markets and strategies, and just what it is that, ultimately, makes music matter.
Confirmed panelists include: award-winning producer/engineer/technology innovator and owner of GML, Inc. George Massenburg; Nonesuch Records President Robert Hurwitz (whose prestigious indie label roster includes David Byrne, Buena Vista Social Club, Ry Cooder, Kronos Quartet, Wilco and Brian Wilson) and Billboard magazine legal and music publishing editor Susan Butler.
The Recording Academy and the Producers & Engineers Wing is exhibiting at Booth #941 during the 119th AES Convention in New York, NY.
Currently, 6,000 professionals comprise the P&E Wing. This organized voice for the creative and technical recording community addresses issues that affect the craft of recorded music, while ensuring its role in the development of new technologies, recording and mastering recommendations, and archiving and preservation initiatives. The Wing builds on the existing regional professional development activities of the Academy, which include workshops, forums and panel discussions, and other recording technology-related events, all occurring locally and nationally throughout the year. For more information, please visit www.grammy.com/pe_wing.
Established in 1957, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., also known as The Recording Academy, is an organization of musicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY® Awards, The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs — including the creation of the national public education campaign What’s The Download® (www.WhatsTheDownload.com). For more information about the Academy, please visit www.grammy.com.
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