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5 Minute Pitch to Buyers Here is your opportunity to “pitch” your music to buyers and guest delegates attending Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week. Your audience will be buyers from the International Program, Bringin’ it Home, Atlantic Universities, and the Atlantic Presenters Association. Volunteers and Festivals: The Milwaukee Irish Fest Story Volunteers involved in many non-profit festivals and arts presenting organizations serve every facet of the operation, from board of directors to garbage collection at events. Given the crucial and varied roles played by volunteers, public interest in volunteering is critical to the success of non-profit festivals and arts presenters. Ed Ward, Founder of the Milwaukee Irish Fest, will be on hand to discuss how his organization recruits, motivates, trains, rewards and retains volunteers. The Milwaukee Irish Fest is the largest Irish festival in North America attracting over 100,000 spectators over four days and requires 4000 volunteers to make it work. You have to see it to believe it. Interviewer – Jonny Stevens, Halifax Pop Explosion The State of Independence: Selling out ... every seat in the house This panel will discuss the past, present and future of independent music and seek to answer questions like: How can an independent artist make a living without signing to a major? Can you get rich being an independent artist? Are the “big” independent labels financially stable? Are the independent labels becoming the new majors? Where is the fine line between “indie” label artist support and selling out? Panelists Attracting an Audience and Keeping Them – Part 1 Where do you find your audience? How do you bring them to your activity? How do keep and expand this audience – in numbers and in programming interest? These are the essential elements of presenting. This workshop is limited to BIH Buyers only. Lunch Break Host Community Event Committee Presents Unleash The Icon The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia -
Copyright Reform in Canada For over ten years, many in the music industry have made copyright reform a focal point of their advocacy efforts, arguing that Canadian copyright law lags behind much of the rest of the world and that changes are crucial to future success of the industry. Michael Geist will offer a different perspective, making the case that the effect of copyright reform is greatly exaggerated and that the industry would do better to emphasize new business models, streamlined licensing, and an embrace of the internet and new technologies. Attracting an Audience and Keeping Them – Part 2 Industry Roundtable: The Acadian and Francophone Music Industry Discussion on the Acadian and Francophone music industry in Nova Scotia as well as the arts in general; its challenges, its positioning, how to better develop the industry, its relationship with the English sector and how to increase participation of French artists in Music Nova Scotia. Guest Speakers Artist Legal Aid Clinic For most artists, acquiring and defending legal rights are costly, and the various legal mechanisms can be complex and difficult to understand. Starting up and running a music business can pose very unique and sometime complex legal challenges. This panel aims to give artists free useful summary legal information. Please bring along any documents (contracts, letters, visual aids, etc.) that you feel may be relevant to your issue and provide context for the lawyers. Delegates are encouraged to prepare questions in advance and highlight problematic areas in documents to help to make the most of this session Your legal issue must relate to your career or capacity as an artist or artist manager/support team. Panelists Moderator – Serge Samson, Music Nova Scotia *This panel is not designed to provide authoritative information. It is to be viewed with the understanding that neither the lawyers are engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional advice in the contents of this panel. If legal advice or other legal assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Data is the New Oil! Data is just like crude. It’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down and analyzed for it to have value. The issue is how do we deal with the massive amounts of data that are available to us? How can we change this crude into a valuable commodity – the insight we need to make actionable decisions? Data is now one of the world’s most valuable assets and understanding it is essential not just for number crunchers but for artists and managers. Accurate analytics and data management can tell you who’s listening, how to market to an audience, how to get yourself a gig and, all importantly, help you to get paid. Our representatives from the music and data worlds are on hand for this panel to provide guidance on effective tools and tips on how data can enrich your music career. Panelists Moderator - Erik Nielsen – Wingnut Music How to Really Get Your Music on Blogs with Chris Bracco Music blogs have become an extremely effective medium for artists to garner positive and sometimes career-changing exposure. Getting featured on a blog can cause significant boosts in music and ticket sales for an artist. The potential reach for your music in the blogosphere is HUGE! However, getting featured on blogs is a very meticulous and time-consuming process. Blog promotion can be frustrating, but if you are persistent and work hard at it, the benefits for your music career can be astronomical. Join Chris Bracco, author of the popular e-book How to Really Get Your Music on Blogs for an informative session that will cover topics like defining your music, lifestyle and fans; finding the best blogs for your music, how to become an active community member, crafting a killer pitch, and tracking results. The Bloggers’ Round Table The music will be played, the beer will be consumed, and the feedback won’t be sugar coated. Music Nova Scotia is excited to introduce a panel of music bloggers and digital tastemakers enlisted to review your work, no holds barred. If you think you can handle the ‘circle of truth’ and would like to have your music analyzed by a painfully honest panel, we invite you. The only rule? No crying like a sissy. Bloggers
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