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MUSIC + MEDIA CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL 2013 PRESENTED BY: OFFICIAL PROGRAM WWW.SANDIEGOMUSICTHING.COM 2013 San Diego Music Thing • Official Program 2013 San Diego Music Thing • Official Program The San Diego Music Thing is... The San Diego Music Thing is an annual 2-day sessions, a trade show, happy hour parties, music and media conference that takes place listening stations, an instrument petting zoo and September 13th and 14th at the Sheraton Hotel, pop up live performances as well as a chance to Mission Valley, and various venues around San meet and mingle with top industry professionals Diego. Venues include Bar Pink, The Birch North and artists. Park Theatre, The Casbah, Claire Evening activities include the De Lune Coffee Lounge, The Music Fest, with over 150 local, Griffin, The Irenic, The Office, regional and national bands Queen Bee’s, Seven Grand, Soda performing at 16 stages around Bar, Sunset Temple Room, U-31, San Diego. This year, The San The Void and The Whistle Stop. Diego Music Thing will feature Registrants have the opportunity the brand new 91X The Local to improve their knowledge of Break Street Stage, which will be the music business through located on Ohio St. at University interactive and roundtable Ave. in North Park. sessions with nationally-known The San Diego Music Thing is panelists and featured speakers produced by the San Diego Music who represent the best and most Foundation and proceeds benefit the Foundation’s innovative aspects of the music business. experiential music programs in 65 schools around Day time activities include pool stages, artist San Diego County. Thanks to all of our Sponsors 2013 San Diego Music Thing • Official Program 2013 San Diego Music Thing • Official Program FEATURED SPEAKERS Most people know Mike Hererra as the tattooed and pierced punk stalwart who’s spent the last two decades pounding out one tuneful but tough album after another as the frontman for MxPx. Full-fledged fans who have followed Herrera’s twists and turns may also be aware of the eclectic singer’s exploits with alt-country outfit Tumbledown. But even if all of the above are old hat to you, the secret identity that might still take you by surprise is that of Mike Herrera the acoustic troubadour. It’s not an unprecedented phenomenon for a punk-rock firebrand to take a solo singer/ songwriter turn, but this phase in Herrera’s musical evolution occurs at a particularly crucial point in Jered Scott Kim Althea Gordon is a musician, artist, filmmaker, actress and fashion designer. She is perhaps most well known for being part of one of the most respected alt-indie rock bands of the 90s and early 2000s, Sonic Youth. In her extensive music career, she has collaborated with musicians such as Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, William Winant, Lydia Lunch, Yoko Ono, Raymond Pettibon, Courtney Love, and Chris Corsano. Gordon moved to New York in the late 70s, and it was there that she discovered the “no-wave” music scene, a rebellious, and short lived punk rock subgroup that was popular in the late 70s. Gordon joined the band CKM, with Christine Hahn and Stanton Miranda, through which she met future Sonic Youth bandmates Lee Ronaldo and Thurston Moore. Sonic Youth was formed in 1981, with Gordon as bassist, vocalist, and guitarist. his career. This year marks the 20th anniversary of MxPx, and the trio has been celebrating that In addition to being one of the most respected milestone through touring and the release of their musicians of this decade, Gordon is also an 9th studio album, Plans Within Plans. Herrera established visual artist and curator, showing her happens to write most of his songs on acoustic work in the U.S. and abroad. She has also worked guitar to begin with, even the MxPx tunes, so it’s in film and television, co-directing the music video only natural for him to explore additional outlets for for The Breeders’ “Cannonball”, and appearing his unrelenting creativity. Although he is putting in Gus Van Sant’s fictionalized Kurt Cobain biopic, energy into his solo work, Herrera continues to “Last Days”. Currently, Gordon performs in her storm stages all over the world. experimental project Body/Head, with guitarist Bill Nace. 2013 San Diego Music Thing • Official Program ARTIST SESSIONS Scott Page Scott Page is a multi-tasking musician who Cry” in the US) “Seventeen Seconds”, “Faith” played with the most remarkable bands of all time and “Pornography”, as the Cure’s drummer. He during his long and successful career. Multi- changed to keyboards in the mid-eighties until his instrumentalist, departure from the band in 1989. Scott can play guitar, sax, Brett Anderson flute and other Brett Anderson is best known as the frontwoman instruments of 90s punk rock girl band The Donnas. The band with a natural was formed in 1992, in Palo Alto, CA, when they taste for great were still in the 8th grade. In 1995, Anderson and melodies. her bandmates His most famous developed music act was their unique being additional Ramones- guitar player meets-the- and saxophonist Runaways with Supertramp sound, (during their last and began tour with Roger) performing and Pink Floyd live as The during their 1987 Donnas. As record tour. During his career Scott Page also they continued played and recorded with James Brown, Chuck to gain Berry, Steve Miller and many others including recognition in touring with the band TOTO for their Isolation tour. the late 90s, The Donnas Lol Tolhurst toured Japan, and following Lol Tolhurst is a musician/ composer and writer. high school graduation, they signed to indie label He is perhaps best known as a founding member Lookout. They quickly became recognized in the of the band that virtually invented Alternative underground punk scene, and in 2001, they were music, The Cure. signed to the major record label Atlantic. Their Started in the label debut Spend the Night broke into the Top 100 late seventies of the pop charts, and their single “Take It Off” in England and became their biggest radio hit to date. still going strong Anderson is currently part of the Stripminers, a today, The Cure band she formed with the Radishes’ Paul Stinson. are one of the Their latest album, Frail Hope Ranch, was released most influential, in November 2012. She is also part of indie duo successful Alpha/Beta, with Asa Ferry (from Kind Hearts and and critically Coronets, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti). acclaimed bands of their generation. As part of The Cure, Lol toured the globe several times over playing in the worlds major cities and helped write and record the groundbreaking albums “Three Imaginary Boys”, (renamed “Boys Don’t 2013 San Diego Music Thing • Official Program booking agent and everything else you need to take it to CONFERENCE SCHEDULE the next level. Panelists Include: Allison Shaw, Manic Monkee MGMT and FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Marketing; Karen Allen, Tag Strategic; Ben Watson, Us vs. Them; Jay Warsinski, indiepower.com; Marcus Spence, 10am - 7pm Registration open at the Mosley Group; David Bason, MGMT Company Sheraton Hotel, Mission Valley 2:00pm - 3:00pm 10:45am - 11:45am New Music Tech Music Industry 101: The Basics 2013 The latest and greatest apps and technology to help you Everything you need to know about getting started in get the word out and connect with your fans. the business of music. Panelists will discuss recording Panelists Include: Rynda Laurel, 1968 Media; Andy a quality demo, developing an effective promo package Pickens, Jamplify; Benji Rogers, PledgeMusic; Sarah and how to market your band, booking and promoting Wefald, Relentless Artist Management; Michael Schneider, consistent gigs, releasing your first record, and more. BandPage This panel is sure to offer something for everyone. 2:45pm - 3:30pm Panelists Include: Tim Mays, The Casbah; Fiona Bloom, Artist Sessions: The Bloom Effect; Chelsea Schwartz, High Voltage Mag; Brett Anderson, The Donnas Robert Bray, The Locust; Tim Pyles, FM 94/9; Marc Wilson, Warner Chappell 2:45pm - 3:45pm 11:00am - 5:00pm Dos and Don’ts of Music Distribution The panel will discuss easy strategies for independent SDMT Tradeshow musicians and labels to maximize online sales. 11:30am - 12:30pm Including setting up your music for sale in all formats, Shout It Out: PR & Promoting Your Music why YouTube is important to all performing musicians Learn how to tell the world about your band from some and physical sales in a digital world- the cd, vinyl of the industry’s top marketers and publicists. and dvd in 2013 . We will also tackle the controversy Panelists Include: Stefan Goldby, Chemistry Productions; over low payouts from Pandora and other streaming Marni Wandner, Sneak Attack Media; Inge Colsen, Girlie platforms and should this matter to the independent Action; Sarah Landy, ‘stache media; Nicole Poulos, artist? Panelists Include: Ray Farrell, finetunes, USA; Pat Sideways Media Magnarella, Pat Magnarella Management; Timothy Trudeau, 11:45am - 12:30pm Syntax Distribution Mentoring: Songwriting 3:30pm - 4:30pm Paul Zollo wrote the book on songwriting, literally - Management for Emerging Artists: Keys to Songwriters On Songwriting . This session will discuss Success wisdom on the art and craft of songwriting. It’s not a Managers from some of the coolest up and coming discussion of the business ‚ but the creative side of acts talk about how to break emerging artists. Find out songwriting. what managers are looking for when signing an artist With Paul Zollo and what you should be looking for when selecting 12:30pm - 1:30pm representation, how to get a record deal and the best Secrets of Synchronization ways to build locally and tour. Licensing your songs for Synchronization (Film / Panelists Include: Garrett Capone, Crush Management; Isaac Television / Video Games / Commercials / Trailers etc.) Heymann, 108 Management; Josh Terry, Aware Records & is the last frontier for big bottom line numbers.