2021 Talks Archive

New Music USA welcomes featured guests Andrew Jervis, Bandcamp’s chief curator and host of Bandcamp Weekly, along with harpist Brandee Younger and co-founder of International Anthem Recording Co. Scottie McNiece to talk about how they use Bandcamp to support their musical lives. 

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is pleased to present a series of events showcasing new recordings, music videos, and panel discussions with industry professionals to celebrate women-identifying artists and recipients of the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre.

Panelists will discuss their career trajectories in the music industry and the roadblocks that they have overcome along the way. The panel will showcase the expertise of Nikisha Bailey, Vice President of A&R Admin + Operations for Artist Partner Group; Christal Jerez, audio engineer; and Marietta Ulacia, Executive Director of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance of New York. 

The Tony Award-winning musical HADESTOWN celebrates the best of American folk and New Orleans-inspired jazz. Listen as these Broadway artists discuss their roots in the music world, creating music for theater, and the blurring and creative interplay between theater and live music. Panel will include Todd Sickafoose, the Tony-winning co-orchestrator and two of the women in the band: Marika Hughes (cello) and Dana Lyn (violin). Imogen Lloyd Webber will be the moderator.

Join veteran music lawyer Karl Fowlkes and Songtrust’s Anna Bond, who will help you understand your rights as a songwriter and music creator, and, most importantly, how you can make sure you’re set up to collect all the royalties you earn. They’ll also be available for your questions about music publishing, new technologies, the global picture, and any other pressing issues you have about rights and royalties.

Oana Ruxandra, EVP, Business Development and Chief Digital Officer at Warner Music Group (WMG) will chat with NYU Music Business professor Larry Miller about innovation and the continued digital transformation of the music industry. The session will explore how innovative technologies create exciting new opportunities for recorded music, including fitness, virtual concerts, virtual/augmented reality and social networks, as well as some of the challenges these new technologies create for artists and labels.

In this introductory hands-on workshop with instructor Izzi Ramkissoon, Electronic Music Program at the College of Staten Island, participants will learn about how to create music using everyday sound in the style of musique concrete.  In the workshop attendees will learn about this history of musique concrete, listen to examples, record sounds using a computer or phone, edit and process sounds using free software (audacity), create a piece of music that can be shared after the workshop.

Concord’s international publishing team discusses working in A&R in the age of Zoom. The team will share their experiences with signing new talent, setting up writing sessions and pitching songs, all from their living rooms. Learn about the pros and cons of connecting through the screen and predictions for the future. Get an international view at the business through the lens of experts working in London, Nashville, New York and LA. Whether you are an aspiring songwriter/producer or music industry peer, you’ll learn from this powerhouse team, connecting the dots to churn out the hits of 2021 and beyond.

Delve into the workings of booking in NYC, the live music capital. Led by Drom talent buyer and educator Mehmet Dede, this online presentation is an essential primer for independent artists and performers who will be introduced to tools, tactics and insider tips on how the independent booking world operates. The presentation will cover an introduction to booking NYC venues, crafting the perfect pitch email and an overview of setting up virtual shows in the age of a pandemic.

Join this unique conversation which will be live-streamed, and also held in virtual reality. You will learn about the latest technologies, integrations, and the future of VR & Music from artists, DJs, tech experts, world builders, and musicians already creating immersive and engaging experiences – and how to incorporate them into your career.

Have you ever wondered how music is chosen and licensed for commercials, films, TV shows and video games?  Did you know that there is an entire industry dedicated to licensing songs for these opportunities?  This seminar for high school and college students, taught by Tom Eaton, will introduce you to how the industry works, as well as the many different job opportunities available within it.  

Tom Eaton, Senior VP of Music for Advertising, works to create new opportunities for UMPG’s current roster of writers and to serve as a liaison between the writers, advertising agencies and the publishing group in order to place songs and writers on upcoming advertising campaigns.  During his 22 years with UMPG, Eaton has placed songs in commercials for Apple, Google, Ford, KFC, Nissan, Target, Chrysler and many more well-known global brands.

The ways in which we live and work have transformed over the last year, especially in the music industry. Social distancing has placed new restrictions on travel and studio operations, leading many engineers and producers to completely transform their workflow and explore effective solutions for remote collaboration. A number of digital tools have been discovered by creatives looking to quickly pivot from in-person collaboration to a remote workflow. Nevertheless, there have been a number of technical challenges that have impeded the efficiency and effectiveness of this. 

During the Remote Recording for the Modern Creative, Audio Engineer and Producer Ebonie Smith will explore the different applications that allow creatives to collaborate remotely and analyze the problems and potential solutions that come with them.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is pleased to present a series of events showcasing new recordings, music videos, and panel discussions with industry professionals to celebrate women-identifying artists and recipients of the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre.

KAYE (Charlene Kaye) will showcase her new music video for single “Conscious Control” on NYFA’s Instagram. Conscious Control was funded by MOME initiative, NYC Women’s Fund for Media. Music and Theatre. Kaye is a singer-songwriter and former front woman of critically acclaimed group San Fermin, with whom Kaye has played network television and has toured with St. Vincent, Arctic Monkeys, and alt-J.

As part of New York Music Month Extended Play Anti Social Producers Club — the working music producers collective of NYC — hosted a virtual Q&A on June 21, 2021 with a panel of hit female producers and engineers including Ebonie Smith, Rachel Alina, Erin Tonkon, Bryn Bliska and Kiri Stensby with organizational support from ASPC Founder Danny Ross. Students attended from educational programs like Sound Thinking NYC, The Creators Suite, Building Beats, Beats By Girlz, WIMN, She Is The Music, AES and Gender Amplified. The panel shared insights into navigating the modern music industry, gender inequity, engineering and production. Students also had a chance to submit their songs for live feedback from the panel.

What does it take to reopen New York City’s newest arts center on the heels of a pandemic? Located in Hudson Yards, the Shed was not even a year old when it was forced to close due to Covid-19. The organization would celebrate its second anniversary by welcoming back New Yorkers with a five-performance series, An Audience With, which was a celebration of the irreplaceable, communal experience of an audience with live music and comedy. Join members of the Shed’s production team as they reflect on how they made it happen.

Renee Goust joins NYFA’s Program Officer Anna Wang in conversation as they talk about the creative process of Goust’s new album, Resister.

Resister, funded by the The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre, combines Mexican and American folk traditions with queer forward lyrics to express personal and political empowerment. Performed and engineered by a team of women and queer identifying artists, Renee and Anna discuss the creative process of the creating album and reflect on the challenges and successes along the way. Resister was released on May 29.

What is digital marketing? How do you connect and engage with your fans online? Do you have strategies in place to grow your audience? Learn the nuts and bolts of digital marketing, so that you too can stand out from the crowd.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is pleased to present a series of events showcasing new recordings, music videos, and panel discussions with industry professionals to celebrate women-identifying artists and recipients of the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre.

Cellist Amanda Gookin will walk through the steps to self releasing an album in this written interview on NYFA’s blog, NYFACurrent. Gookin’s new album was funded by NYC Women’s Fund for Media. Music and Theatre

Gookin is an educator, activist, and musician whose 2020 album “Forward Music Project” has been featured in The New York Times, The LA Times, and I Care If You Listen by the American Composers Forum.

Bronx Music Heritage Center Artistic Directors Bobby Sanabria and Elena Martinez interview authors of recent books with topics covering all things musical. The authors will take questions from viewers during the program.

Prof. Ivor Miller will discuss his new book, The Sacred Language of the Abakua, and discuss the references to rumba and other forms of Afro Cuban music.

Bronx Music Heritage Center Artistic Directors Bobby Sanabria and Elena Martinez interview authors of recent books with topics covering all things musical. The authors will take questions from viewers during the program.

Musician and educator Ben Lapidus, will discuss the Latin music scene in NYC with his latest book, New York and the International Sound of Music.

Even seasoned independent labels and artists can find the world of metadata registration and management tricky at the best of times, and nightmarish at the worst. One mistake can cost an artist thousands of dollars in lost sync license revenue opportunities, or bury their music at the bottom of an algorithmic pile. In addition to this, data standards and registration bodies move quickly — leaving creators feeling left behind and frustrated. Verifi Media has run a series of research projects into deconstructing the myth and mystery of metadata in order to help creators, labels and publishers win the data game and mitigate against disaster. Join Chloe Johnson of Verifi Media and Anya Marina, independent artist and label owner, for a presentation and discussion on metadata best practices using real-life examples and practical steps. The webinar will conclude with a Q&A. 

Bronx Music Heritage Center Artistic Directors Bobby Sanabria and Elena Martinez interview authors of recent books with topics covering all things musical. The authors will take questions from viewers during the program.

Puerto Rican composer Prof. Rafael Aponte Ledee, considered one of the most important contemporary classical composers of our times, will discuss his book, El Ombligo de la Plena.  This interview will be conducted in Spanish.

Any musician who wants to improve their income and learn to navigate how to build their music business, especially during the pandemic, should sign up before the limited slots run out. In it, you will learn to:

• Tap 45+ revenue streams for your music business which do NOT require you to play live in-person.
• Boost your audience and income.
• Reduce your expenses to take home more $

The workshop is run by noted music business authors Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan (The Indie Band Survival Guide, Making Money With Music), which Billboard Magazine calls “the ideal mentors for aspiring indie musicians who want to navigate an ever-changing music industry.” 

This panel will talk about hip-hop’s roots and why it continues to be one of New York City’s great contributions to global culture. It will feature stories from the pioneering hip-hop family of DJ Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell, whose August 1973 party is commonly cited as the beginning of the hip-hop movement. And from Davey D and Rob Kenner, who almost half a century later work through hip-hop to advance social change 

Panelists:

• Davey D, hip-hop journalist, activist and historian, co-author of “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of Hip-Hop, Young Adult Edition”
• DJ Kool Herc, “the Father of Hip-Hop”
• Cindy Campbell, the “Mother of Hip-Hop”
• Rob Kenner – hip-hop/dancehall journalist and filmmaker, author of “The Marathon Don’t Stop”
• Moderated by Jeff Chang, co-author of “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of Hip-Hop, Young Adult Edition”