NEW
YORK (IMW) Indie
Music Week has announced that Mitch Gallagher, Editor
of EQ Magazine, will be participating as an Indie
Music Week panelist.
IMW, taking place in Nashville March 11-12, will feature three industry
panels of Major and Independent A&R, promoters, label executives,
producers, journalists, and entertainment attorneys, and will wrap up
with a
Music Industry Summit.
Mitch Gallagher, the Editor of EQ
Magazine, began his music career almost 25 years ago with a background
including degrees in music and graduate studies in electronic music
composition and classical guitar. Author, journalist, teacher, touring
and studio musician, recording engineer, project studio/multimedia
production company owner, studio consultant, and award-winning
composer; Mitch is considered one of the leading experts in music
technology and recording. After serving as Senior Technical Editor of
Keyboard magazine from 1998 to January 2000, Mitch assumed the Editor's
chair at EQ. A published books author as well, his books Make Music
Now! (Backbeat Books) and Pro Tools Clinic: Demystifying LE For Mac and
PC (Schirmer Trade Books) are available in fine bookstores everywhere.
"Mitch
Gallagher has been helping unsigned and Indie artists for years through
his work at EQ Magazine, his books, and his unrelenting desire to
advance the creation of great music. We're honored to have him as a
panelist," says Indie
Music Week President Jonell Polansky.
Other
confirmed panelists include Nashville Star and Sony Music's Tracy
Gershon,
Danny Kee from Warner Bros. Records, Performing Songwriter
magazine's Abby White, Amy
Stevens of Vivaton Records, Lyric Street
Records' Kirk Boyer, Larry Shell of Broken Bow Records, Bradley Collins
of BMI, international music rights expert Marghie Evans, and the
Nashville Association of Professional Recording Services (NAPRS). In
addition to the industry panels, Indie
Music Week will also feature two
Artist Showcases to be held at Nashville's famous
Douglas Corner Caf�.
