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Canadian Music Week, Billboard Music &
Money, Jazz Appreciation Month, Spotlight March Calendar for
Show Business Events
by Actorschecklist
Cinequest Film Festival opens with a Gala party featuring appetizers,
desserts, cocktails and entertainment, and continues its run
through March 13 in San Jose. During Canadian Music Week, up
to 150 artists will be selected to play in CMW's Official Breakthrough
Showcase Series in selected downtown Toronto venues through
March 5. The 4th Annual Billboard Music & Money Symposium
conducts an in-depth examination of the financial realities
in the music industry for a one-time only March 3 session in
New York City. The Academy of Country Music Awards Nominees
host a press conference for its upcoming awards show on March
3 in Nashville. Alameda Writers Group which presents lectures
by novelists, screenwriters, agents, producers and other industry
professionals, besides offering support and feedback for works-in-progress,
has its free monthly meeting March 5 at Glendale Central Library
in Glendale. A weekend workshop for actors of all experience
and capability with instructor Kirk Baltz takes place March
5 and 6 in Los Angeles. An Audition Science Seminar at Burt
Reynold's Museum located in Jupiter, will be held March 6-8.
A BMI Round Table examines how the Nashville music industry
operates, as well as other topics, when it meets March 7 in
Nashville. UCLA-WINMEC Mobile Media/Entertainment Forum hosts
professionals from Hollywood’s entertainment and media
industry analyzing Mobile/Wireless proliferation. The RockstarImage.com
Seminar features author, speaker, and image coach John Battaglia
for the evening of March 8. National Association of Black Owned
Broadcasters 21st Annual Communications Awards Dinner honors
Michael Schultz, Melvin Van Peebles, Vanessa Williams and others
at a March 11 engagement in Washington, DC. The International
Live Music Conference at Kensington London is "by invitation
only", and seeks to bring together key figures involved
in the presentation of live entertainment around the globe for
meetings on March 11-13. TV Land Awards Will be taped on Sunday,
March 13 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, and air on TV
Land and Nick at Nite on Wednesday, March 16. A Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is set for March 14 at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel in New York City. IRMA's 35th Annual Recording Media Forum
addresses need-to-know issues for content owners and their replicating/duplicating
business partners in its sessions March 14-16 in Palm Springs.
Following the 25th Annual Tejano Music Awards will be the "Official
After Awards Party" at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino
March 19 in Eagle Pass. NAACP Image Awards will be taped for
broadcast over the FOX Network on March 19 in Universal Amphitheater,
Universal City. Pool parties, artist showcasing in Miami nightspots,
intense networking, underscore the Miami Winter Music Conference
focused on the dance music industry, from March 22-26. Writers
Guild of America/West hosts a "Writers on Writing"
session March 23 in Los Angeles. At an Entertainment Industry
Business Council session, March 24 in Los Angeles, a panel of
Hollywood experts discuss how soundtracks are becoming a huge
revenue source for record labels. JAM: Jazz Appreciation Month
has a kick-off event at the Smithsonion Institution Jazz Café,
March 28, in Washington, DC.
Many of events above have a submission process for indie and/or
performing artists to take part in. Complete details are on
the "Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry
News and Events" page at
http://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html.
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Music for Film and
TV:
A Report from the Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Conference
By Scott G (The G-Man)
"Forget the name of this thing," one audience
member said of The Hollywood Reporter Billboard Film and
TV Music Conference, "it's really all about the politics
and money it takes to put your music in a flick."
More than one attendee privately agreed.
The underlying truth of that position may explain the
conflicting points made by the more than two dozen speakers.
For example, Glen Ballard was optimistic while maintaining
a healthy dose of pessimism. Mark Mothersbaugh was elated
yet often reliant on quietly humorous sarcasm. Chris Douridas
was excited while being realistic and determined. And
so it went during the two-day event held at the Renaissance
Hotel in Hollywood, with every panel member upbeat about
many aspects of the industry while acknowledging that
there are lots of problems.
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