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2012: The Year Dance Music Killed Rock & Roll (Michael Cohen, mod.)
Advertising IS the New Radio (Josh Rabinowitz, mod.)
Age of the Benefactor: The 21st Century Fan Club (Scott Perry, mod.)
Another Look at Recovery: Music & Community (Michael Bracy, mod.)
ATM In Your Pocket–Apps are Driving Real Dollars (Michael Schneider, mod.)
Badass Guitar Apps (Laura Whitmore, mod.)
Banded Together: Touring as a Standup Comedy Group (Julie Seabaugh, mod.)
Banking Beats: Africa’s Music Economy (Ngozi Odita, mod.)
Beethoven + Social Media = Crowdfunding Patronage (Brian Meece, mod.)
Beyond Just Music Licensing in Advertising (Eric David Johnson aka DJ Bunny Ears, mod.)
Beyond Sync: Turning Placements Into Partnerships (Eric Shaw, mod.)
Beyond the Kitchen SYNC: Music/Brand Collaboration (Mike Boris, mod.)
Blood Music Sex Magick (Howard Wuelfing, mod.)
Boys and Girls 'N the Hood: Regional Music Scenes, Then and Now (Will Hermes, mod.)
Brass in Pocket: Accessing More Musician Income (Kristin Thomson, mod.)
Bringing the Arena to Your Phone (William Mills, mod.)
Cash For Songs: Insider Secrets of Music Placement (Sherry Orson, mod.)
Composing for TV - Get Started and Build a Career (Cindy Badell-Slaughter, mod.)
Confessions of a Dynamic Pricing Vendor (Barry Kahn, solo presenter)
Cool Garage Recording Tools and the Crap to Avoid (Barry Rudolph, mod.)
Cover Songs to Karaoke: Alternate Revenue Streams (Patrick Sullivan, mod.)
Creating a Scene in 2012 (Nick Bodor, mod.)
Crowd Dynamics and Safety (Keith Still, mod.)
Digital Musicologists: Online Music's Tastemakers (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, mod.)
Do Music Moguls Know a Secret About K-Pop? (Adam Ware, mod.)
Doing Good, Only Better (Erin Potts, mod.)
Facebook Music Marketing: Pages, Feeds, Games (Josh Constine, mod.)
Feel Better! Treating Performance-Related Pain (Renata Marinaro, mod.)
Format Shmormat: Radio Breaks Bands (Mike Jacobs, mod.)
From The Blocks To The Blogs (Ryan Ford, mod.)
Gatekeepers: Tales Of The Pitch (Steven Scharf,mod.)
Getting Your Music/Tech Startup Funded (Brian Zisk, mod.)
Give Fans A Reason To Buy; Make Direct-to-Fan Work (Brendan Moore, mod.)
Has Digital Music Made Indie Labels Go Mainstream? (Matt Rosoff, mod.)
Hometown to National: How to Grow Your Band (Michael Creamer, mod.)
How Artists Work with Big Media to Grow Fanbase (Shannon Connolly, mod.)
How Indie Metal is Surviving and Thriving (Eric German, mod.)
How Stella Got Her Masters Back: Reversion Rights (Daryl Friedman, mod.)
How To Make A Great Record (Victor Van Vugt, mod.)
How YouTube Festival Webcasts Changed the World (Hank Neuberger, mod.)
Importance of Online Video and Social Media (Andrew Hampp, mod.)
In the iCloud Era Who Can You Trust to Find Music? (Elliot Aronow, mod.)
Indie Labels-The Best Career Path for Artists (Richard Bengloff, mod.)
Indies Going Mobile (Ted Verani, mod.)
International Touring (Christian Bernhardt, mod.)
Is Pop Music Post-Racial? (Dan Charnas, mod.)
It Takes a Village to Break an Artist (Dez Dickerson, mod.)
Legendary or Forgotten? 6 Degrees Of Gram Parsons (Erika Pinktipps, mod.)
Live Music-The NEW Formula For Filling The House (Jordan Glazier, mod.)
Managing Publicity (Suzanne Cadgene, mod.)
MANDATE, MY ASS: Gil Scott-Heron’s Activist Legacy (Kandia Crazy Horse, mod.)
Marketing, Partnerships and Festivals (Sean O'Connell, mod.)
Music Biz Models: What Works & What Doesn't (Jim Cady, mod.)
Music Collecting Societies: What's the Point? (Peter Bradbury, mod.)
Music In Mobile, Tablets and Laptops: What's Next? (Vickie Nauman, mod.)
Music in TV Pilots: Sales Tool or Strategy? (Amanda Krieg, mod.)
Music Industry Higher Education (Justin Sinkovich, mod.)

Music Publishing 101 (Andrew Krents, mod.)
Napster Changed Everything (Alex Winter, mod.)
Navigating the Middle (Brad Navin, mod.)
New Digs: A Rock and Roll Library and Archives (Jim Henke, mod.)
No Label, No Manager, No Problem? (Nani Stoick, mod.)
Not Your Father’s House Concert (Susan Tanner, mod.)
Obsession of the Dealmaker (Sara Qazi, mod.)
On the Web, Biggest Opportunities That Others Miss (Elizabeth Leahy, mod.)
Pandora Live Music DNA Analysis (Tim Westergren, mod.)
Pathway to Placement: A Live Music Supervision Session (Rebecca Rienks, mod.)
Pennies From The Celestial Jukebox (John Strohm, mod.)
Producer to Producer (Tim Palmer, mod.)
Promoting Music with Social Media (Nathan Hoy, mod.)
Public Media & Digital Music Innovation: A Debate (Jonas Woost, mod.)
Publishing 101: A Beginner's Guide to Music Publishing (Marc Emert-Hutner, mod.)
Reaching Today's Digital Music Consumers (Adam Klein, mod.)
Reblog Culture: Tumblr and Social Music Fandom (Rae Votta, mod.)
Secrets to Fan Engagement: Innovative Strategies (Valerie Gurka, mod.)
Set Your Content Free (It's Harder Than You Think) (Michael Petricone, mod.)
Side B: How the Internet Revived Mixtapes (John Verrochi, mod.)

Single And Ready To Mingle (Judy Tint, mod.)
Small Markets Can Build Careers (Stephen Clair, mod.)
Snacky Tunes: Food, Music & Internet Radio (Darin Bresnitz,mod.)

Social Media Band Camp (Kyra Reed, mod.)
Social Music Strategies: Viral & the Power of Free (Eliot Van Buskirk, mod.)
Song of The Wicker Man (Will Hodgkinson, mod.)
Songwriters Panel (Jody Williams, mod.)
Starting Your Own Studio Business (Howie Weinberg, mod.)
The Artist's Own Brand (Reginald Williams, mod.)
The Evolution Of Music Discovery In The Cloud (Andrea Leonelli, mod.)

The Influence of Reggae Music in Britain and Beyond (Mykaell Riley, mod.)
The Many Faces of Songwriting (Justin Kalifowitz, mod.)
The More Music Services Change… (Mike McGuire, mod.)
The Musician's Survival Guide (Adam Natale,mod.)
The Recipe For Success: Old School vs. New School (Allison Shaw, mod.)

The United States of Americana (Jesse Lauter, mod.)
The Unspoken Code of the Music Blogosphere (Jason Sigal, mod.)
They Used to Call It Classical (Ed Ward, mod.)
Tour Design - Creating the Live Experience (Jake Jorgovan, mod.)

Transnational Beats: Muslim Americans and Hip Hop (Sana Saeed, mod.)

UK Confidential: Success strategies for the UK (Jules Parker, mod.)
Website Demolition Derby (Chris Vinson, mod.)
What Happened to the Big Idea in Music Technology? (Dave Allen, mod.)
Woody Guthrie at 100 (Bob Santelli, mod.)
Who Said You Could Use My Name?(Brian Rosenblatt, mod.)


All programming subject to change.