Los Angeles Music Industry Upcoming Networking Events

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Becoming A Modern Music Entrepreneur
Breaking Artists Through Video: Your How-To Guide
Right On! – Real developments in rights technology
The Future of (meta)Data
Join Me At SCMIP’s Music Industry Happy Hour 10th Edition Hosted by Dae Bogan

SoCal Music Industry Professionals & TuneRegistry present
Music Industry Happy Hour (10th Edition)
An evening of mingling and networking with musicians, songwriters, producers, and music ndustry professionals from across Southern California hosted by Dae Bogan.
Thursday, August 9th | 6pm to 9pm | 21 and over
at The Bungalow Santa Monica
101 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA
RSVP at www.SCMIP10.eventbrite.com
Dae Bogan To Join Panel On The Future Of Rights Technology At A2IM Indie Week In New York

Dae Bogan will join Shanna Jade (Director of Brand Strategy, Stem) and Rob Weitzner (Head of North America, The state51 Music Group) on the panel “Future of Rights Technology” on Wednesday, June 20th at A2IM (American Association of Independent Music) Indie Week conference taking place at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center in New York. The panel will be moderated by Anna Siegal, SVP FUGA North America.
For more details, visit https://a2im.org/event/a2im-indie-week-2018/
Here’s What I’m Checking Out At ASCAP’s “I Create Music” Expo
Are you attending the ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo next week? With so many great panels this year, it’s definitely a task to curate your own schedule. As a music rights enthusiast, my curated schedule is full of panels on topics I care about the most: copyrights, publishing, royalties, and metadata. Check out the full details of each panel, including speaker bios, here.
SCMIP May 2018 Music Industry Mixer [ASCAP Expo Edition]

We’re back with an amazing free music industry mixer. SoCal Music Industry Professionals (SCMIP) May 2018 Music Industry Mixer will take place next week during ASCAP Expo Week. Join music industry professionals for a night of drinks and mingling at Harlowe in West Hollywood.
I am the organizer of SCMIP. For the last 2+years, I’ve been hosting these networking mixers at different bars every few months to help music industry professionals in SoCal network (recording artists, songwriters, musicians, music producers & engineers, record company and music publishing reps, touring agents and venue bookers, artist managers and lawyers, etc.).
Say “Hi” At ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo And Music Biz 2018
If you’re planning to attend the ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo or Music Biz 2018, please add these panels to your schedule. I’m looking forward to re-connecting with industry colleagues to discuss topics around music rights, royalties, and being a kick-ass business-savvy DIY music creator in the ever-changing digital music landscape.
Here’s my Spring 2018 music conference schedule:

Panel: Revolutionizing Rights Management for Artists
Panel Date/Time: Monday, May 7 • 4:15pm – 5:30pm
Panel Description: Understanding how to manage and make money with digital rights is key to an artist’s financial success. New technologies are dominating the news across industries, and music is no exception. These new technologies promise to empower entrepreneurial artists with affordable, revolutionary rights management and monetization tools. Immediate benefits include fair compensation and transparency around ownership, but the full potential of this technology remains untapped. Join our expert panel to hear more about how new technology and other alternative financing options are revolutionizing the industry.
Panelists:
- Edward Gennis – Founder & CEO, OpenPlay
- Dae Bogan – Music Industry Consultant
- Shari Hoffman – CEO, Transparence
- Ray Young – CEO, RightsLedger
Panel: New Industry. New Rules: The Songwriter’s Guide to Earning a Living in the Digital Age
Panel Date/Time: Wednesday, May 9 • 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Panel Description: The way fans pay for music has changed fundamentally. And that’s had major ramifications on how songwriters and other music creators make a living. Fortunately, there are many new paths to revenue in today’s new music industry. This panel will compile them all, with examples of how artists at every stage is taking advantage, and what that means for your career.
Panelists:
- DeDe Burns – Director, Strategy Services, Royalty Exchange
- Dae Bogan – Music Industry Consultant
- Vickie Nauma – 23 Capital
- Tracy Maddux – CEO, CD Baby
Moderator:
- Andy Hermann – Former LA Weekly Music Reporter

Panel: Shining A Light On The Black Box: Best Practices For Reducing Unclaimed Royalties
Panel Date/Time: Tuesday, May 15 • 1:45pm – 2:45pm
Panel Description: In recent years, issues related to unattributed and unpaid royalties have made more headlines than ever before. As the digital music ecosystem continues to grow the licensing mechanisms, data flow infrastructure, and royalty attribution and payment methods have been challenged to keep up with and support an insurmountable aggregate of transactions, often leading to unclaimed royalties. This panel will discuss perspectives around unclaimed royalties and review best practices that rights-holders can implement to better capture all of their earned royalties.
Panelists:
- Bill Colitre – VP & General Counsel, Music Reports, Inc
- Kayce Laine – Publicist & Musician, Gold Sky Music
- John Raso – HFA & Rumblefish, SVP of Client Services
Moderator:
- Dae Bogan – Founder, TuneRegistry & RoyaltyClaim
[Podcast] Copyright Clearance Center Adds Recording Of “View From The Top: The Future Of Machine-To-Machine Rights Management” Panel Discussion From RightsTech Summit 2017 To Its Beyond The Book Podcast

“View From The Top: The Future Of Machine-To-Machine Rights Management” panel at RightsTech Summit in New York

Left to Right: Dae Bogan (CEO, TuneRegistry), Benji Rogers (CEO, dotBlockchain Music), Michael S. Simon (President of Rumblefish & CEO of Harry Fox Agency), Michael Shanley (Vice President of IT Business Development, Music Reports)
Machine-to-machine communication is the ideal scenario if we want to enable on a global scale, with as little friction as possible and at a reasonable cost, the licensing of works and the payment of royalties to rightsholders. That at least is the stated premise for a recent discussion at the annual RightsTech Summit conference.
But how far have we come? How close are we to achieving a digitized business environment for rights and royalties that is as fully realized as we see today in media distribution and consumption? Until code entirely does away with contracts will human beings will continue to add a value that no machine ever can?
“I think all of this starts with a human being. No matter what technology we apply to these systems, if a person doesn’t know how to interact or create the data that they need to disseminate, it’s just not going to get there,” said Michael Shanley of Music Reports. Technology evolves all the time, and I think we’re getting to great places in technology. But education and information is, I think, paramount.”
Panelists for the session moderated by CCC’s Chris Kenneally included Dae Bogan co-founder & CEO of TuneRegistry, a music and rights metadata management platform; Benji Rogers, a British-born, New York-based entrepreneur, who co-founded the Dot Blockchain Music Project, an attempt to create a de-centralized global registry of music rights using blockchain technology; Michael S. Simon, President of Rumblefish, a world leader in music micro-licensing and YouTube monetization and also CEO of the Harry Fox Agency LLC, the nation’s leading provider of rights management, licensing and royalty services for the music industry; and Michael Shanley, Vice President of IT Business Development at Music Reports, developers of proprietary databases and software applications that facilitate music rights administration.
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