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| Lou Plaia to participate at Cutting Edge music conference in New Orleans  The Cutting Edge CE (formerly Music Business Conference) announces that ReverbNation's Co-founder will participate as a panelist at its annual music business conference in New Orleans. The Cutting Edge CE which includes the Cutting Edge Film and Interactive Media Workshop, and Roots Music Gathering will be held September 26 -30, 2011 at Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. Cutting Edge CE brings together music industry personnel from across the country; including representatives from ASCAP, BMI, ReverbNation, Music Connection, eOne Music, and many others. The conference also includes Cutting Edge's NOLA Downtown Music and Arts Festival and the Cruisin' New Orleans Specialty Car Show which is scheduled for that Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29, 2012. In 2006, Plaia co-founded ReverbNation which acts as the global "home base" for more than 2.5 million artists/bands, managers, labels, venues, festival/tour promoters and other music industry professionals. ReverbNation provides each of them with powerful marketing and business tools as well as offering artists/bands high quality opportunities in the form of licensing deals, lucrative brand sponsorship programs, and high-profile concert bookings. The company operates worldwide with customers on every continent. Over 30 million visitors come to ReverbNation.com every month. Prior to ReverbNation, Plaia worked twelve years at Atlantic Records before becoming the Head of Marketing and Artist Development for Atlantic imprint, Lava Records, where he worked for four years with artists such as Kid Rock, O.A.R., Simple Plan, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Matchbox 20, Uncle Kracker, Unwritten Law, Skindred, Nonpoint and many others. He was also responsible for negotiating strategic partnerships such as Nascar's Chevy Rock n Roll 400, Schick's Intuition Tour, Disney's Grad Night and many other sponsorship deals. Plaia has been a guest speaker at SXSW, CMJ, Canadian Music Week, NARM, Americana Music Conference, The Future of Music Summit, New Music Seminar, Dewey Beach Music Conference, Dubai Sound City, Millennium Music Conference and many others. Started in 1993 as a conference dedicated to educating musicians and music professionals about the latest trends in the music industry, Cutting Edge CE has evolved into entertainment workshops; the areas of interest covered are the Cutting Edge Business Sessions, Cutting Edge Entertainment Law Seminar, and Cutting Edge Film Workshop. The sessions also includes the NewWorks Showcase held throughout the CBD for new and emerging artists seeking special exposure to record executives, booking agents, managers and the media. The seminar topics includes new trends and hot topics in music, film and interactive contracts including; Publishing, Copyrights and Trademark Update and other visual medias (TV, Video games, Internet, Advertising, etc.). Cutting Edge aims to present a concise examination of the legal paperwork practicing attorneys or entertainment executives may use in protecting or enforcing the rights of their clients or understanding their professional responsibility. The Conference has also secured Vans Warped Tours' Kevin Lyman and Michael Koch of Entertainment One US as keynote speakers. Mr. Lyman is best known as the producer and creator of the hugely successful Vans Warped Tour, the longest running traveling music and extreme sports festival in the world today while Koch's eOne Music is the largest independent record company in the United States. Other experts from around the country fill out a roster of some of the best minds in the entertainment industry for the other workshops. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Jazz News :: home page |