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11AM TO 5PM
How do I get an agent? What is the best way to get the word out about my CD? Do I need to be signed to a major label? What resources are available to independent artsts? I wrote a play, now what?
Go from "struggling artist" to "superstar" with the information provided by industry insiders from the community who can provide you with the tools you need to jumpstart your career. Come even if you don't consider yourself an artist, come to learn and support other artists. We will begin with a panel discussion on Being Out in the Entertainment Industry - are you an artist on the DL in front of the cameras? Does it bother you when gay artists pretend to be straight? Is your fear of how you will be received as an artist keeping you launching your carer? Sound off at the 11AM panel discussion.
11-12:30
Panel: Being Out in the Entertainment Industry – invited artists and panelists
12:30-1:30
The Current State Of The Music Business: A New Dawn For The Independent Recording Artist by Deepa Soul
Paradigm Shift In The Music Industry:
It's A New Dawn and a Slow Death
Major Record Labels Are Terminally Ill
Advantages of The Independent Artist Today
New Standard Contracts Being Offered
Stick To Your Guns
Do Like They Do
Business & Artistic Tips for Independent Recording Artists
Be In The Know:
Read read read.....your trade magazines/blogs/websites
The Components Needed To Be A Success:
Develop yourself/band
Your Product Development
How to get heard
Image: Presentation Is Everything - Stand Out!
Why Recording Artist and Bands Fail
You Got To Believe!!
Marketing, Advertising = Sales
Persistence Audacity Tenacity
Design Your Own Formula...What Works Best For You or Your Band
Divine Manifestation: A poetry workshop by Imani Tolliver
Workshop participants will be guided through a series of writing exercises [inspired by the words of Rumi, Audre Lorde, Prince, Lau Tzu and others] to reveal their own sacred voice and illuminate the ways in which poetry can manifest great change in our lives. Considering that everyone is a storyteller and poet in their own way, this workshop is open to all who wish to engage in some divine poetry play!
1:30-2:30 -- Lunch
2:30-3:30
Playwrighting 101 by Zina Camblin
Increasing your Brand image with Fashion by Latesha Tyner (cancelled)
3:30-4:30
Music Advertising & Marketing 101 by Tamiko Umoren and Chonsie Bullock
Writing Spanish Poetry by Cyn Da Poet
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Out&About
Out&About is a social, networking and activist organization for bisexual and lesbian women of color.