Rethink Next

Digital / Human Landscape
2020-09-24 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)

5 Changes Impacting Music
2020-08-10 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Maremel Events

August 13, 2020
Virtual

Private Event – 5 Changes Facing Music
This private session will share 5 transformations affecting the music business — locally and globally — and how young creators and future business leaders can prepare for careers in this changing world.

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Amplify Music 2020 Virtual Conference - April 23/24
2020-04-15 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
We have joined UCLA Alpert, CU Denver, and many other organizations for a Virtual Gathering/Conference on April 23/24 and pilot session April 17.
Website: AmplifyMusic.org
Free Registration Link (Eventbrite): https://amplifymusic2020.eventbrite.com
Event Mission: A gathering of lived experiences and workable ideas
This event brings together diverse music leaders and creators online to learn and share from local community response, emergent solutions, and heroic efforts to support local artists, venues, creative communities, and support networks in the surge/challenges of the COVID-19.

Unique practices that may transfer to other areas
Ways to learn between great ecosystems and communities of communities
New combinations of business and community models – bridges beyond streaming
“After” – rebuilding trust, conflicts for space/time/funds, challenges of funding in a community rebuilding mode

Please reach out if you have other ideas as well. This is a Big Tent project, meant to connect groups and great ideas.
Lead Co-Hosts:

Dr. Gigi Louisa Johnson, President, Maremel Institute; Faculty, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Storm Gloor, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver College of Arts & Media

List of Collaborating Organizations: See the ever-updating list at AmplifyMusic.org.
Inquiries: Please reach out for speaking or collaborating at the links above. You also can email us at amplifymusic@maremel.com.
FAQ:
Speakers and Schedule: In planning stages now
Cost to Attend: Free. You may contribute toward the event at Eventbrite, but no payment is required to attend, speak, or share.
Cost to Collaborate: None required, though various collaborators are bringing their community emails, in-kind resources, volunteers, and great ideas.
Technology Needs to Participate:

Speakers will need a webcam, microphone, and optimally a headset, along with Internet access from their computer, tablet, or smartphone.
Participants and Speakers will be on Zoom or another webconference platform, so will need to be able to access the platform we chose (based on attendance); the sessions also will be recorded and shared online afterwards, and may be livestreamed as well.

Current Draft Schedule (to be shared with more detail by April 16):
April 23/24, 2020
Online – Details to be shared via Eventbrite

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EDT-4
Mumbai+5.5
Tokyo+9
NZST+12
CEST+2
Type
Session Name

1:00 PM
4:00 PM

8:00 AM

Welcome
Welcome

1:15 PM
4:15 PM

8:15 AM

Panel
What is Resilience?

1:45 PM
4:45 PM

8:45 AM

Panel
Challenges to Date

2:15 PM
5:15 PM

9:15 AM

Break
Break

2:30 PM
5:30 PM

9:30 AM

Futures 15
Future of Live Music

2:45 PM

9:45 AM

Panel
Practical Actions from the Front Lines in Seattle, New York, and San Francisco

3:15 PM

10:15 AM

Panel
What have been Nonprofit, Govt, and Organizational Main Actions in Local Music Communities?

3:45 PM

10:45 AM

Break
Break

4:00 PM

8:00 AM
11:00 AM

Panel
How can local organizations and foundations help?

4:30 PM

8:30 AM
11:30 AM

Panel
How have Local Radio and Media Stepped Up?

5:00 PM

9:00 AM
12:00 PM

Break
Break

5:15 PM

9:15 AM
12:15 PM

Panel
Music Education — The Intertwining of Educational Disruption and Music Disruption

5:45 PM

9:45 AM
12:45 PM

Panel
Night Mayors – West Coast and Asia

10:15 AM
1:15 PM

Break
Break

10:30 AM
1:30 PM

Futures 15
Future Music Trends Impacting Asia, Australia, and New Zealand

10:45 AM
1:45 PM

Panel
Tokyo & Japan: Practical Actions and Challenges

11:15 AM
2:15 PM

Panel
China & Hong Kong: Practical Actions and Challenges

11:45 AM
2:45 PM

Break
Break

8:30 AM
12:00 PM
3:00 PM

Panel
New Zealand & Australia: Practical Actions and Challenges

9:00 AM
12:30 PM
3:30 PM

Panel
New Zealand & Australia: Practical Actions and Challenges

9:30 AM
1:00 PM
4:00 PM

Break

9:45 AM
1:15 PM
4:15 PM

Futurist 15
TBA

10:00 AM
1:30 PM
4:30 PM

Panel
TBA

10:30 AM
2:00 PM
5:00 PM

Panel
TBA

11:00 AM
2:30 PM
5:30 PM

Break

11:15 AM
2:45 PM
5:45 PM

Panel
India: Practical Actions and Challenges

11:45 AM
3:15 PM

8:15
Panel
India: Practical Actions and Challenges

12:15 PM
3:45 PM

8:45
Break

12:30 PM
4:00 PM

9:00
Panel
Advocacy Approached from Europe

1:00 PM
4:30 PM

9:30
Panel
European Nightlife: Practical Actions and Challenges

1:30 PM
5:00 PM

10:00
Break

1:45 PM
12/31/1899 17:15:00

10:15
Futurist 15
Beyond Music: Bigger Trends in a Changing Society

2:00 PM
5:30 PM

10:30
Panel
Working with Government in Recovery

2:30 PM

11:00
Panel
Europe: Practical Actions and Challenges

3:00 PM

11:30
Panel
Music Cities: How Can Information and Social Structures Support Current and Future Challenges?

3:30 PM

12:00
Break

3:45 PM

12:15
Panel
Diversity of the Live Music Sector

4:15 PM

12:45
Panel
COVID-19, and then what?

4:45 PM

13:15
Break

5:00 PM

13:30
Panel
TBD Europe

8:00 AM
5:30 PM

14:00
Panel
TBD Europe

8:30 AM
6:00 PM

14:30
Break

8:45 AM

14:45
Futurist 15
TBD

9:00 AM

15:00
Panel
Latin America: Practical Actions and Challenges

9:30 AM

15:30
Panel
Latin America: Practical Actions and Challenges

10:00 AM

16:00
Break

10:15 AM

16:15
Panel
How Data is Collectable/Collected Toward Local Action and Recovery

10:45 AM

16:45
Panel
Role of Technology in Our Transitions

8:15 AM
11:15 AM

17:15
Break

8:30 AM
11:30 AM

Panel
Important Takeaways from Katrina: The Challanges of New Orleans’ are the World’s Challenges

9:00 AM
12:00 PM

Panel
Archiving Music History and Culture

9:30 AM
12:30 PM

Break

9:45 AM
12:45 PM

Futurist 15
TBA

10:00 AM
1:00 PM

Panel
Future Cities: Working Together for Government Structured Support for Recovery

10:30 AM
1:30 PM

Panel
Recovery: How To Support One Another Through Music and Vice Versa

11:00 AM
2:00 PM

Break

11:15 AM
2:15 PM

Panel
Future of Live Venues and Events

12:15 PM
3:15 PM

Panel
Future of Live Experience and Music in Future Disasters and Social Challenges

12:45 PM
3:45 PM

Panel
Roles of the Individual in Society – Inequalities, Anonymity and Rights

1:15 PM
4:15 PM

Panel
Where the Next Year May Take Us

1:45 PM
4:45 PM

Panel
Closing Conversation: How To Stay Connected and Share Insights Going Forward

Futures and Challenges: Music Cities & Scenes — at SXSW
2020-03-19 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Austin Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX, 78701, United States
5:00-6:00 pm Panel

FUTURES AND CHALLENGES: MUSIC CITIES & SCENES
SXSW has showcased innovative Music Cities and their leaders for years now. Many cities have stepped into new organizing models for local change — and these have both worked and stumbled. We will discuss with the audience the impacts of these movements in both big cities and small scenes. We will share examples of best practices and big changes vs. policy recommendations, including Night Mayor implementations and ways small cities are organizing around their live music scenes. The session will prompt the audience to think about their own work and communities with examples of how venues and organizations are programming, co-creating, organizing, and educating artists for a great, healthy local music scene.

SXSW

The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference & Festivals celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW® is the premier destination for discovery.
An essential destination for global professionals, the event features sessions, showcases, screenings, exhibitions, and a variety of networking opportunities. SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together.
Throughout SXSWeek®, experience 10 days of unparalleled discovery, learning, and networking with creatives across interactive, film, and music industries.
Make plans to join the world’s brightest creators March 13-22 at the 2020 SXSW Conference & Festivals in Austin, TX.

Storm Gloor
Associate Professor, Music and Entertainment Industry Studies,University of Colorado, Denver

Gigi Louisa Johnson
Exec Dir, Center for Music Innovation,UCLA

Together: Master + Pub Under 1 Roof & Artist Impact — at SXSW
2020-03-18 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Austin Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX, 78701, United States
12:30-1:30 pm Panel

TOGETHER: MASTER+PUB UNDER 1 ROOF & ARTIST IMPACT
In the past, the longstanding advice for artists was to keep your publishing and master rights in different companies to mitigate risk. Now, increasingly we are seeing labels buying publishing rights and publishers administering masters and artists retaining either or both – why is this happening? In a world of transparency and digital uses such as synch that need both rights, the fragmentation of rights is problematic and the traditional practice of keeping them separate is going by the wayside. Join a panel of experts to understand how artists can get the most out of their intellectual property, choose the best partners, and learn how labels and publishers are evolving their thinking.

PANELISTS:
Bob Bruderman, Kobalt MusicGigi Johnson, Center for Creative Futures / UCLAVickie Nauman, CrossBorderWorksAndrew Sparkler, Downtown Music Publishing

SXSW

Experience 10 days of unparalleled discovery, learning, and networking with creatives across tech, film, and music industries at the 2020 SXSW Conference & Festivals from March 13-22, 2020 in Austin, Texas.

Bob Bruderman
EVP, Partnerships,Kobalt Music

Vickie Nauman
Founder,CrossBorderWorks

Andrew Sparkler
SVP/Business Development,Downtown Music Publishing

Gigi Louisa Johnson
President,Maremel Institute

Music Workforce Development: Hiring Post-College — at SXSWedu
2020-03-12 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | Austin Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX, 78701, United States
3:30-4:30 pm Panel

MUSIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: HIRING POST-COLLEGE
Music Workforce Development is an important yet undiscussed topic.The relationship between employers and educators is crucial. Better-educated students lead to more qualified applicants entering the workforce, easing the burden and cost of hiring new employees. Local economies depend on these new jobs to create revenue, attract talent, and investment. Join our panel to learn how experts in education, economic development, and top employers are creating solutions, value, and more jobs.

PANELISTS:
Ted Cohen, MediaTech VenturesGigi Johnson, Center for Creative Futures / UCLANatalie Perardi, Electronic ArtsDon Pitts, Sound Music Cities

SXSWedu

The South by Southwest Education Conference & Festival is an annual event that fosters innovation in learning.
The SXSW EDU (pronounced South by Southwest E-D-U) community is optimistic, forward-thinking, and purpose-driven with a shared goal of impacting the future of teaching and learning.
The tenth annual SXSW EDU will return to Austin, March 9-12, 2020. The four-day event offers compelling sessions, in-depth workshops, engaging learning experiences, mentorship, film screenings, future-focused competitions, an expo, networking opportunities, and so much more.
Through opportunities for collaboration, creativity, and engagement, SXSW EDU empowers its global community to connect, discover, and impact.
SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSW EDU extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

Ted Cohen
Head of Corporate Development,MediaTech Ventures

Natalie Perardi
Global Operations for Influencer Marketing,Electronic Arts

Don Pitts
Founder,Sound Music Cities

Gigi Louisa Johnson
President,Maremel Institute

RightsTech: Tools for DIY Artists — at Digital Entertainment World
2020-02-07 | Marriott Marina del Rey, 4100 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, 90292, United States
4:00-4:30 pm Panel

RIGHTSTECH: TOOLS FOR DIY ARTISTS
From music, to filmmaking, to publishing, new technologies and platforms are creating ever-more tools for creators to go it alone, without a label, studio or publisher. This panel will examine how artists can the newest tools to take control of their careers.

PANELISTS:
Dae Bogan, Co-Founder and CEO, TuneRegistryRian Bosak, Founder and CEO, SuperBamAlex Riggs-Miller, Founder / CEO, iProdoos, Inc.Georgii Speakman, Founder, Outlier Co.MODERATOR: Gigi Johnson, Exec. Director, Center for Creative Futures, Maremel Institute; Faculty, Music Industry, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Digital Entertainment World

Described by Hollywood insiders, digital influencers, and industry leaders throughout the world as a “must-attend” event, now in its 7th year Digital Entertainment World (DEW) is where you want to be if you are in the business of creating or monetizing digital entertainment content. DEW 2020 will cover topics from OTT to Innovation to eSports to Millennials to Content Marketing to VR/AR to Music Rights to Startups, etc., as this theme guides all talks, discussions, meetings and presentations over the two days. This year’s event will be held in the hip and modern Marina del Rey Marriott just steps from the beach and located in the heart of LA’s thriving Silicon Beach with easy access to Santa Monica, Venice and Playa Vista. The event includes keynotes, fireside chats, presentations, panel discussions, tech demos, exhibitions, and the best networking in the the hotel’s Sinder Lounge.

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Dae Bogan
Co-Founder and CEO,TuneRegistry

Rian Bosak
Founder and CEO,SuperBam

Georgii Speakman
Founder,Outlier Co

Alex Riggs-Miller
Founder & CEO,iProdoos

Gigi JohnsonExec. Director, Center for Creative Futures, Maremel Institute; Faculty, Music Industry, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Pixelating Reality: Smartphones Shift Now — at SXSW
2014-03-11 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | SXSW, Austin, TX, United States
Session Description
Many of us carry smartphones wherever we go. Increasingly, we are leaning on them as active and passive gathering devices of data and images. Google Glass and other recording devices bring the question further front and center—how is our recording and perpetually digitally checking in affecting our everyday lives? How are those check-ins and recordings shifting our being “present” in our shared Now and Here? Are we increasingly taking the opportunity to be digitally Elsewhere and not Present?
Reflection
We enjoyed sharing insights at SXSW Interactive 2014 on this question — How is smartphone use pixelating reality, blowing it up and turning it into shiftable bits of data so we are making different decisions with its Time and Place?

We are experiencing a massive change in social and personal behavior, catalyzed by the increasing penetration of smartphones. We have had digital cameras and cell phones for many years. The intriguing shift stems from both (a) casual photography with no lag time to distribute and immediate connectivity, and (b) instant connecting with small screens wherever we go.

What has shifted? This direction of thought looks at how this affects our Here and Now, as well as the question of being Together.

How are we Present if we are always checking in to other information and places?
Are we shifting our energies to auto-documenting our activities through pictures and other actions to the detriment of the activity and connections that we are experiencing live?

You can enjoy two elements of the presentation below.

First, this video outlines some of the questions we examined:

Second, here’s the SlideShare of the presentation from SXSW, without any audio.
Pixelating Reality: How Smartphones Shift Now @SXSW from Gigi Johnson
