SanFran MusicTech Summit Blog

Looking forward to seeing several dozen folks tonight between 5 and 7 at O
Izakaya, 1625 Post Street, San Francisco, inside the Hotel Kabuki to
sample Izakaya, Japanese small plate dishes. Last time folks averaged
just under $20 including tax and tip, pretty reasonable for one of San
Francisco’s top 100 restaurants. Everyone pays their own way, but if you’d
like to participate and that is undoable, shoot me an email (or
ping me at the event) and we will arrange a simple way for your tab to be
covered. everyone is invited.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/o-izakaya-lounge-san-francisco?rpp=40&sort_by=rating_desc

We’re looking very much forward to seeing a bunch of folks there, and are
totally psyched that tomorrow’s SanFran MusicTech Summit (with over 400
folks registered) is looking so good. Looking forward to seeing a bunch of
you tonight, and tomorrow….

Brian Zisk
http://www.sanfranmusictech.com

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Though it’s still only tentative, we are thrilled to mention that the tentative schedule for the SanFran MusicTech Summit is now online at http://www.sanfranmusictech.com/SanFranMusicTech_schedule.pdf .

We’ve still got a number of invites out to some top notch folks, and even have a surprise or two who we believe will be participating, but since they’re known to be flaky, we’re going to pass on letting folks know until we actually see them at the summit.

Look very much forward to seeing you there…

http://www.sanfranmusictech.com

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Lawyers will be psyched that we are offering 2 Continuing Legal Education credits in conjunction with the ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries for our “Lawyers in the Morning” sessions, “Legal Issues in Searching Linking & Blogging” and “Copyright Issues in Music Law”.

Lawyers, techies, musicians, entrepreneurs, press, investors, service providers, organizations…

We have something for everyone at the May 8th SanFran MusicTech Summit.

http://www.sanfranmusictech.com

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Wanted to update folks on the panelists we’re adding. It keeps looking better and better. Just added Tim Ferriss in a conversation with Derek Sivers, Folks like Ethan Kaplan of Warner Bros Music and Lars Murray of SONY BMG, as well as tons of top tech folks like Ty Roberts of Gracenote and Paul Lamere of Sun.

The current list follows, and we hope to add even more top folks in the next day or two.
Panelists include Dave Allen - Gang of Four, Bassist / Pampelmoose / Nemo Design, Director of Insights & Digital Media, Paul Anthony - RumbleFish, Big Fish,Kevin Barenblatt - [context] optional, Co-Founder/CEO, Rich Bengloff - A2IM, President; SoundExchange, Board Member; AARC, Board Member, Andrew Bridges, Esq. - Attorney, Winston & Strawn LLP, Colin Brumelle - Rilli, Co-Founder; Web Developing, Blogging, Guitar Strumming, Code Ninja, Whitney Broussard, Esq. - Attorney, Selverne, Manelbaum, and Mintz, Ann Chaitovitz - Future of Music Coalition, Executive Director,, Tim Chang - Norwest Venture Partners, Howie Cockrill, Esq. - Attorney, B.E.A.T Law / Blogger, Eddie Codel - Geek Entertainment TV (GETV), Producer, Ted Cohen - TAG Strategic, CEO / Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas, Chair, Richard Conlon - BMI, VP New Media & Strategic Development, Tom Conrad - Pandora, CTO/Head of Product, Corey Denis - Rumblefish, Director of Marketing, Tim Ferriss - The 4-Hour Work Week, Author, Kasian Franks - SeeqPod, CEO and Co-Founder, David Gratton - Project Opus, CEO / Donat Group, President, Joe Gratz, Esq - Keker & Van Nest LLP, Chris Grigg - Beatnik, Head of Standards / Midi Manufacturers Association, Chairman / Mobile Working Group, Chairman / Technical Standards Board / ex-Negativland, Adam Haft - Kadoink, Partnerships / New Monsoon, Manager / Event Promoter & Producer, Rusty Hodge - SomaFM , Founder / Coder, Richard Idell, Esq. - Idell & Seitel LLP, Steve Jang - iMeem, CMO & Head of Business Development / Future Primitive Sounds Collective, Ethan Kaplan - Warner Bros Records, VP of Technology, Ted Kartzman - IODA, VP of Label Relations, David Katznelson - Owner, Birdman Recordings, Matthew King Kaufman - Fun Fun Fun Recordings, Co-Founder, Beserkley Records, Owner and Chief Producer, Paul Lamere - Sun, Principal Investigator, Search Inside The Music Project, Zahavah Levine, Esq. - YouTube, Head Counsel, Kevin Marks - Google, Software Engineer, Lars Murray - SONY BMG, Senior Director Digital Media and Marketing, Dave McClure - Master of 500 Hats, Jack Moffitt - Chesspark, CEO & Lead Developer / IceCast Streaming Media Server, Creator / Xiph Foundation, Co-Founder, Greg Ogonowski - Orban, VP of New Product Development, Mark Palermo, Esq. - ASCAP, Director of Special Projects / Professional Vocalist, Michael Petricone - Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Sr. VP of Government Affairs, Dorian Porter, Esq. - Mozes, CEO & Founder, Jon Potter, Esq. - Digital Media Association, Executive Director, Erin Potts - be+cause strategies, Founding Partner / Air Traffic Control, Executive Director, Tim Pozar - UnitedLayer VP of Engineering, Tim Quirk - Rhapsody, VP Music Programming / Too Much Joy, Lead Singer, Aza Raskin - Songza, Founder / Mozilla, User Interface Designer / French Horn Soloist, John Richey - Apple, Wireless Music Delivery Expert, Jeremy Riney - Playlist.com, Ty Roberts - Gracenote, Co-Founder, CTO, Jia Shen - RockYou!, Co-Founder & CTO, John Shinal - Vator.TV, Managing Editor, Derek Sivers - CD Baby, Founder / Coder, Chris Skarakis - Fuzz, Co-Founder/VP Biz Dev, Project-Noise, Cofounder, Kanye West Foundation, Board Member, Maia Spilman, Esq. - INgrooves, Director of Legal & Business Affairs, T-Kash - Rapper, Guerrilla Funk Records; Host, Friday Night Vibe, Nationally Syndicated Hip Hop Radio Show, Michael Troiano - matchmine, CEO, Marc Urbaitel - In Ticketing, CTO, Fred von Lohmann, Esq. - Electronic Frontier Foundation, Senior Intellectual Property Attorney, Tim Westergren - Pandora, Chief Strategy Officer and Founder, Brian Zisk - Future of Music Coalition, Co-Founder & Technologies Director / SanFran MusicTech Summit, Producer, and the attendees (including hopefully you) are just as impressive…

Look forward to (hopefully) seeing you there…

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In addition to numerous traditional press folks who will be attending the SanFran MusicTech Summit, such as the L.A. Times, NPR, etc we are thrilled that many of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Leading Tech Bloggers will be attending. With registrants such TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington, GigaOm’s Om Malik, Mashable’s Pete Cashmore, folks from Venturebeat, Bub.blicio.us, Geek Entertainment TV and many more, the summit will be packed with many of the leading influencers in the online venture space, out to cover the hottest stories in online music and technology.

Look forward to seeing a whole bunch of you there…

http://www.sanfranmusictech.com

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In a bid to set up a system to reduce spam, we accidentally overwrote our unresponded to emails. If we haven’t gotten back to you, it was not intentional, and feel free to email us again…

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Though we are still nailing down the tech and general sessions, we have nailed down the morning legal sessions. We are hoping to offer CLE credits like we did last time, but that is still being approved. A number of the top lawyers in the music and music/technology space will be appearing, and these sessions should be interesting to both lawyers and non-lawyers alike.

Legal Issues in Searching Linking & Blogging

Howie Cockrill, BEAT-LAW
Andrew Bridges, Esq. – Winston & Strawn
Mark Palermo, Esq. - ASCAP
Jon Potter, Esq. – Digital Media Association
Moderated by Joe Gratz, Esq. – Keker & Van Nest

Copyright Issues in Music Law

Richard Idell, Esq. – Idell Seitel
Fred Von Lohman, Esq. - EFF
Zahavah Levine, Esq. - YouTube
Maia Spilman, Esq. – INgrooves
Moderated by: Whitney Broussard, Esq. – Selverne, Mandelbaum, and Mintz

We all hope to see you at the Summit!

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A Vator.TV interview with Brian Zisk regarding the SanFran MusicTech Summit can be found at http://vator.tv/news/show/music-tech-summit-3-lesson-040708-7

Vator.TV shot a lot of interviews at the first SanFran MusicTech Summit, and we look forward to welcoming them back for the next one.

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Hi everyone.

Those of you who were at the last one know how awesome the SanFran MusicTech Summit will be. But we need your help in getting the word out to the appropriate folks. So please let them know in any way you can. If you happen to have a blog, please post about it, and if you happen to be on Facebook, please pop on over the the event page and let everyone there know that you’re going to attend to help continue building the momentum.

We look very much forward to seeing you there, as together we continue to build a sustainable Northern California music and music technology marketplace.

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We’ve partnered with the National Association of Recording Merchandisers to offer a discounted rate for folks who will be attending both the SanFran MusicTech Summit and NARM. NARM focuses on the traditional music merchandisers, while the SanFran MusicTech Summit focuses on th leading technologists, entrepreneurs and the ecosystem surrounding Music and Music Distribution Technologies. If you are already signed up for NARM, use the discount code “NARM” to receive a special $199 rate to the SanFran MusicTech Summit. And if you wish to attend both, instructions follow below. Hope to see a dozen or two folks from NARM at the SanFran MusicTech Summit!

NARM is coming to San Francisco May 4th-7th to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The National Association of Recording Merchandisers brings together 1000+ Music Professionals at the industry’s longest standing conference. NARM, featuring Digital NARM, on May 6th & 7th at the San Francisco Marriott, is a unique experience designed to improve your bottom line. Receive targeted information from the industries top leaders. Take advantage of NARM’s partnership with the SanFran MusicTech Summit on May 8th for discounted registration. After registering for the SanFran MusicTech Summit using discount code “NARM”, you can attend the 2 day Digital NARM event for only $299, or attend the entire 4 day NARM Convention for only $499. Send an e-mail to narm-musictech@narm.com to receive your registration materials.

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