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New Music Seminar 2010

NEW YORK CITY JULY 19th – JULY 21st

About The New Music Seminar

From the co-founder and director of the original legendary New Music Seminar comes a conference for the Next Music Business.  Artists have never had so much power to control their own careers and build their success. This affordable event gives artists and their representatives the knowledge, tools and connections to step into the tomorrow’s music business today. Delegates all receive the New Music Business Guidebook filled with important do’s and don’ts by the experts, tips, information, forms and essential websites and blogs.  Important exhibits by sponsoring companies will help artists with their careers and there will be amazing networking opportunities throughout the event.

The conference includes five “movements” (focused discussions) over the course of two days, 8 TED-style presentations from key industry leaders, 22 mentoring sessions, nightly musical performances and ongoing networking opportunities. Additional speakers, musical performers and keynote speaker to be announced.

The Breakout/Mentoring Sessions will allow delegates to have brief one-on-one conversations with professionals from all of the various professionals in attendance during each session and get answers to their questions as it pertains to their career.  Sign up for these sessions are on a first come, first serve basis when registration opens beginning Monday evening, July 19th at the NMS Opening Night Party and are limited to the first 180 delegates who sign up for each session.  *Limit of one Mentoring Session per paid delegate attending NMS.

*All delegates who register to attend NMS NYC 2010 by June 29th will automatically be registered in a drawing to win a Gibson SG Guitar and receive the original NMS NYC 2009 New Music Business Guidebook free of charge while supplies last.

For more info and/or to get the NMS tickets please go to www.newmusicseminar.com.

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Guitar Center Sessions Presents: Kenny Wayne Shepherd

More news from Guitar Center: their “Guitar Center Sessions” series provides inspiration from iconic artists in the industry to aspiring musicians.

Sorry ladies, Kenny married Mel Gibson's daughter Hannah in 2006, and they had a child in 2007.
Sorry ladies, Kenny married Mel Gibson’s daughter Hannah in 2006, and they had a child in 2007.

 

This time, their speaker is four time Grammy nominated, blues rock musician, Kenny Wayne Shepherd. This free event is being held in Pasadena, CA at the local Guitar Center. It’s next Wednesday, the 18th, at 7:00 pm. Highlights from the session include secrets from Kenny on topics ranging from technique to songwriting. He’s also going to talk about his own new guitar design for Fender, called the Fender Signature Series Stratocaster.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd has received two Billboard Music Awards, two Orville H. Gibson awards, and the Blues Foundation’s Keeping The Blues Alive Award. At the age of 21, he opened for The Rolling Stones!  He has sold millions of albums with his most recent release being a DVD/CD project entitled 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads, which follows Kenny as he travels the country to jam with and interview the last of the authentic blues musicians. 

Some of his best known songs include, “In 2 Deep”, “Last Goodbye”, and “True Lies”. But, as usual, you can go to his website for any more information.

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