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Music Discovery: Man vs. Machine
by Richard Slatter, Philipp Eibach, Heather Browne, Anil Dewan and Scott Perry
Spotify, Pandora, MOG, Aweditorium and many more aim to provide the ultimate experience in music discovery -- they claim to have the "winning strategy" with their unique combination of an extensive catalog, social media integration, and algorithms. But what about the human element in music discovery? Not just your friend who tells you what’s cool -- which is cool -- but real DJs, with a passion for music and the evolution of an artist. What about websites and blogs like Pitchfork and Stereogum -- humans who write about music and even present the music they write about? In the age of machines, is the human dead? Is there still a need for the knowledgeable, passionate, quirky but unpredictable human?Are hybrid models like We Are Hunted and WahWah.fm the future?In "Man vs. Machine for Music Discovery" KCRW, the noted station in Los Angeles, CA will convene a diverse panel to discuss their potential for success and what they might portend for the future of man vs. machine.
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Can Printed Electronics Save the Music Industry?
by Kate Stone, Tommy Perman, Jon Rogers, Kenny Anderson and Pete Thomas
We’re going to debate and show prototypes of how printed electronics could save digital music in the context of connecting communities to record labels and artists.
Printed Electronics is an emerging technology with the potential to change how we interact. We can now reliably print basic electronic components onto paper and card; and when connected to conventional electronics, has the potential to re-connect digital to physical for album covers, fanzines, merchandise, and getting new music heard.
We will bring physical prototypes as props in a discussion of what this technology could do and collaborate with the audience to test reaction and potential through hands in thinking.
Raising questions of what does digital mean to independent hyper-local record labels that want to connect with their community and how bespoke digital printed electronics on paper could achieve this and alter the future of digital music and how artists can connect to people.
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Can Social Music Save the Music Industry?
by Seth Hubbard, Jason Herskowitz, Michelle You, J Sider and Mike McGuire
Can making the musical experience more social and shareable help the music industry survive? The degree to which any new digital music company will be successful will be based on their ability to engage people. Music is a social construct, and while people still sit at home listening to music alone, they are more likely to share their music experiences if given the tools.
The cloud has enabled people to do much more with music from interacting with the art, songs, and ephemera around their music, to being able to create their own content and layers around their music discoveries.
Will rich social functions - discovery, visualization, playlists, interactivity, maybe even game aspects, coupled with ease of use around multiple connected devices (i.e., go seamlessly from computer to phone to car to living room), find enough success to save the music industry?
This panel will investigate the different social and interactivity tools the music industry can use to add to their bottom line. -
Music 2.0: Engaging Fans with Mobile Social Apps
by Michael Schneider, Steve Cheney, Brenna Ehrlich, Glenn Miller and Matthew Thomas
In the intersecting worlds of music and social, how are startups and artists working together to enhance the music experience? By embracing mobile and social networks, bands are able to connect with their fans and interact with them directly. Companies like GroupMe, Mobile Roadie and GetGlue provide platforms for direct communication between fans and music labels, artists and festivals, fans use them to pull in info about their favorites and share the experience with their friends. During live events, mobile networking apps are helping people connect, coordinate plans and interact with their favorite musical personalities. By using technologies like these, artists and festivals can grow their fanbase, maintain loyalty and utilize a direct channel to provide relevant information to their fans, wherever they are, in real-time. These panelists will share their experiences working with music labels and how they went about building apps to provide consumers with the best music experience.
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Turntable.fm: The Future of Music Is Social
by Billy Chasen, Seth Goldstein and Jesse Kirshbaum
Turntable.fm came from out of nowhere to become the most addictive new music service. The success of the service shows how we are entering a stage where owning music as an individual is less important than playing it together as a community. Artists are embracing the service as a way to connect directly with their best fans in a live synchronous environment; Talib Kweli, Diplo, ?uestlove, Manchester Orchestra and Ra Ra Riot have all been seen spinning tracks.
In this fireside chat, we will discuss the evolution of and vision for turntable- how can users, artists, agents, managers, labels and advertisers all participate in and benefit from this social music experience.
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Artists Scoring Film: New Trends in Composing
by Todd Bozung, Kier Lehman, Robert Kraft, Mark Nishita, Joseph Trapanese and Mike Shinoda
What do Trent Reznor, Daft Punk, Linkin Park and The Chemical Brothers have in common? They are recording artists who have crossed over into the world of film composing. This panel will discuss why more filmmakers and studios are turning to musical acts to give their project a distinct original sound and the importance of diversifying as an artist. From collaborating with filmmakers vs. band mates, developing soundtracks and blending their unique sound into score, artists will give a first hand account of their experiences and their significance in the marketing of the film. Key players will be defined, what role they play in the scoring process, how to grab their attention and land the gig.
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Forget Radio. Let Your Fans Market Your Music
by Kevin Monty, Chris Mortimer, David Bell, Sanjay Dholakia and Cyndi Lynott
Radio no longer drives music sales - social does. In fact, if you get your strategy right, you can drive sales almost entirely through your existing fans.This panel session will be led by Crowd Factory CEO Sanjay Dholakia along with 4 other Music Industry Leaders who specialize in Social Media in order to look at new social marketing techniques that mobilize a fan base to rapidly build awareness and buzz around new music and artists. The discussion will focus around fan-fueled social marketing strategies being used by top artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears and Robin Thicke as well as emerging artists such as Cady Groves. The panel will examine group deals in the music industry and as well as how radio has shifted to social. In addition panel members will provide tips for social marketing that work for both established and emerging artists including insights into the group deal that helped land Britney Spears' "Femme Fatale" at #1 on the Billboard charts.
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How The X Factor USA "Got Social" in Season One
by Sam Decker, Olivier Delfosse, Chloe Sladden, Jill Johnson and Don Wilcox
Producing X Factor US for the first season was no small task. Wrap new social TV strategies around the promotion and production and you've got quite an act! In this session you will learn how social was integrated into the X Factor on Fox across production companies, broadcasters, and social integration partners. Learn about the impact and payoff from social integration in the show and digital, and how TV and social industry leaders see this changing the way TV is produced in the future.
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Mobile Ads: Best Practices for the Music Industry
by John Bolton, Bobby Rosenbloum, Archie O'Connor, Aaron Ray and Jeff Roberto
Navigating the mobile-digital music landscape is difficult at best. The growing number of mobile music providers who is focused on or struggle with - how to distribute, monetize, drive downloads, and engage in consumer behaviors. This session will feature insights from key stakeholders in the mobile music space, including service providers, managers, musicians, lawyers, and platform technologies. We will discuss pain points within this space and effective best practices to minimizing barriers. Music downloads to mobile phones is a $2.4 billion industry today and is expected to hit $5.5 billion by 2015 (Jupiter Research), yet the discourse between the stakeholders has yet to mature. Come join the conversation and be at the forefront of the mobile music revolution. This session is sponsored by InMobi.
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