UPCOMING EVENTS She Rocks calendar release party - Elysium - Thur, Nov 8 | 11.02.04 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Austin, TX) Once again, Austin Music Foundation is invading the Red Eyed Fly with its last Music Industry Boot Camp seminar of 2004 on Monday November15th, at 6:30pm. The panel entitled "Downloading for Dollars: Getting your Tunes on iTunes & Beyond," will discuss the new online economy - working with digital aggregators, for-fee digital downloading, online streaming radio royalties, online retail, and ringtones - and how the digital world has leveled the playing field for independent artists. We will discuss how to get your music to iTunes, MusicNet, MSN, and many others, and then how to make the most of it! As always, Boot Camp is free to the public and open to everyone. Audience members are encouraged to attend the panel and to be prepared to participate in the question and answer period that follows. This amazing opportunity to interact with local entrepreneurs, artists, and digital aggregators is not to be missed. Panelists: The panel will provide a step-by-step tutorial on the various ways in which musicians can transmit music for free or for a fee using the internet. Numerous online access points are available to artists at a variety of costs and we will be sure to highlight the safeguarding of legal rights protection in each instance. Be sure to catch AMF's most technologically savvy MIBC panel discussion on the digital revolution. Local Vendor Expo! As a way to end this year's Boot Camp series, AMF is supporting local companies by giving them a place to show artists and industry professionals their wares. After the MIBC panel and the question & answer period, the Red Eyed Fly will host Austin-based companies who offer services related to promotion, merchandising, CD reproduction, digitizing, and more! If you're a vendor who would like to participate in this event, please contact the Austin Music Foundation by Friday, November 5th by emailing [email protected] or call 512.323.0787. Panelist Biographies: Gigi Greco - Over 15 years in the entertainment industry has led Ms. Greco to major and indie labels' marketing and publicity, producing for TV, and directing and producing award winning music videos. Now president of Art Attack Productions, her clients include Sony/Epic, Universal Records, V2 Records, Launch.com, and Country Music Television. Previously, she produced and marketed Nashville artists, including Garth Brooks, Shania Twain and Reba McEntire, and pioneered Latin Music marketing with Enrique Iglesias and Shakira. She created the term DPK (Digital Press Kit), the EPK for the Digital Age. Ms. Greco is also co-creator and co-executive producer of a weekly syndicated concert series, All Access Live, a voting member of NARAS and the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Who's Who of Women in Business, the National Association of Professional Television Executives and the AMF. Information on Art Attack Productions, the full service production company specializing in TV programs, commercials, music videos, and multimedia presentations: www.programmingarts.com/art_attack/aa_flash_ver.htm Richard Rees - Now co-owner of Psychobaby, a unique music management and promotion company with over 3,000 songs in the iTunes catalogues, Rees works with both record labels and artists to maximize the career of the artist and their records. Mr. Rees capitalized on the digital music revolution due to his practical experience and perspective from the worlds of radio and marketing. Co-founding the first commercial alternative station in the country in Salt Lake City, Rees went on to transform KNNC-FM in Austin into a legendary alternative radio station KNACK through his ownership. Currently, Rees acts as co-founder, co-president of Psychobaby and is also a member of UNCLE Radio Promotions and co-founder of Rio Bravo Entertainment. Information on the Psychobaby services can be found at: http://www.psychobaby.com/ Sal Silva III - As the president and owner of CD Fuse.com, Silva prides himself on making easier the purchase of independent releases and supporting the artists involved. He sees the site as representing the next level for listening, reviewing and buying music online and he must be onto something with an average of almost 3 thousand new hits to the site every month. It provides an exceptional one-stop multimedia outlet for indie artists and labels. Information on the CDFuse services can be found at: http://www.cdfuse.com/ FOR MORE INFORMATION:
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