Arlington, VA (Top40 Charts/ NMS PR) - New
Music Seminar, the future of music conference for artists, industry, entrepreneurs, technologists, labels, brands/agencies, investors and more concluded yesterday with a packed audience at the sold out New
Music Seminar NYC 2010 at Webster Hall in New York City.
The three-day event featured five high-level NMS Movements focused on key industry issues, 18-minute NMS Intensives featuring new music services, technologies and solutions, all day NMS Mentoring sessions, the NMS Closed-Door Industry Summits (The New Deal, Brands & Music 2.1 and Technology), plus nightly live musical performances.
A number of companies attending NMS made key announcements during the conference including BigChampagne's launch of the Ultimate Chart and Pandora's milestone news in now reaching 60 million registered listeners.
Superstar producer and music executive Nile Rodgers; Swizz Beatz; Actress/Comedian Margaret Cho; Kelly Cutrone, Founder of People's Revolution; Mega Producer Just Blaze; Little Steven Van Zandt, Vinnie Brown of Naughty by Nature, Jesse Malin and Alex Suarez from Cobra Starship were among the key artists/personalities speaking and participating this year's NMS NYC event.
CEOs, Founders and heads of the most important music technologies were also in attendance at NMS including: Joe Kennedy, CEO/Pandora, Courtney Holt, President/MySpace Music; Mike Doernberg, CEO/ReverbNation, Eric Garland, CEO/Big Champagne; Tony Van Veen, CEO/Diskmakers; Ted Cohen, CEO/TAG Strategic; Bill Wilson of NARM; Josh Gertz and Brad Josling of HipDigital; Jay Frank, Senior VP/CMT; Richard Yaffa, CEO/Group M; David Goodman, President/CBS Interactive, Phil Antoniades and Bob Cramer, Nimbit; Martin Atkins, Author, Tour: Smart; Alex Cameron, SVP Marketing, Emmis NY; Jim Glancy, Bowery Presents and many more.
NMS is ground zero for the new architects of the next music business, whether you are an artist or industry executive. New Music Seminar laid out a vision for a new music business that forges a union between artists and their managers, labels and support teams along with web technologies to help artists achieve maximum exposure and maximum revenues, in service of their fans.
Live performances at New Music Seminar took place each night showcasing a cross section of established and new artists on the verge of breaking.
The NMS Opening Night Party on Monday night at Webster Hall kicked off with performances by Comedians Margaret Cho and Rob Cantrell, Hip-Hop Icons Naughty by Nature, R&B/Pop artist Kat DeLuna, Latin Star CuCu Diamantes, Singer/songwriter Matt White and Jive Hip-Hop phenom Mickey Factz. Tuesday night 101.9 RXP radio personalities, Leslie Fram, Matt Pinfield, Brian Phillips, Paul Cavalconte, and Rich Russo hosted the NMS Artist on the Verge Party at Santos Party House featured the NMS AOV finalists Comic Book Heroes, Yonas and the Grand Prize/Reflection Award Winner Hotspur. Indie artists Das Racist, Oxana, Six Volt, Creep and Hank & Cupcakes wrapped up the conference at the NMS After Party also at Santos Party House hosted by actor and fellow music fan, Josh Lucas.
