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Today's music landscape is filled with both excitement and foreboding. With so many new technologies and ways to promote and distribute music, how do performers, composers, songwriters and independent labels know how to participate, who to trust, and what is most effective?FMC is working with The Public Theater and other musician organizations to program our sixth "What's the Future for Musicians?" educational event, this one in New York City on October 6, 2008.This seminar will educate musicians and label owners from a range of genres – classical, jazz, rock, folk and hip-hop – about the critical issues at the intersection of music, law, technology and policy, with the goal of better preparing musicians to participate in the issues that affect their livelihood.register | apply for scholarshipUpdate 09/09/08: Your registration for this event also guarantees you access to a 6:00 PM cocktail party in the lobby of the Public Theater, and our evening event, Creative License: A Conversation about Music, Sampling and Fair Use. |
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Building a Musicians' Middle Class
Eight years ago, Future of Music Coalition was conceived as an organization that would work to build structures to create a musicians' middle class. It was clear to us that, while the music industry has made a handful of artists very wealthy, the vast majority of musicians live gig-to-gig, unable to afford the basic protections and securities of life that allow them to continue making their art and, equally important, without a way to educate themselves to break out of this cycle.
Since our 2000 founding, we have focused on elements that would allow musicians to better participate in the issues that affect their livelihood: encouraging the development of digital distribution models that reduce costs and increase connections between musicians and their fans; examining new business models that create more equal partnerships between creators, labels and consumers; fighting against payola and media consolidation that reduce artists' chances of radio airplay; advocating for net neutrality provisions to ensure that all legal Internet traffic is treated equally; and helping musicians navigate the often-confusing world of health insurance coverage. We want musicians' labor to be valued, we want them to be compensated for their work, we want them to understand how the myriad laws and regulations affect them, and we want them to have access to basic health insurance and medical services.
About FMC Events
Since 2001, FMC has organized seven Policy Summits and two DC Policy Days in Washington, DC, each bringing together a spectacular mixture of technologists, attorneys, musicians, managers and industry leaders for discussions about the most compelling music/technology/policy matters. In October 2006 we held our sixth annual Policy Summit in Montreal, Quebec in partnership with McGill University's Schulich School of Music and Pop Montreal where, over the course of three days, 120 panelists and 550 participants debated the issues that are emerging as music promotion and distribution moves to a global, digital platform. In September 2007, the Future of Music Policy Summit returned to Washington, DC. For updates about FMC events, subscribe to our newsletters.
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Rhapsody's Tim Quirk on making sure your music reaches its audience at 2008's
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FMC's Michael Bracy on Low Power FM Radio at 2008's What's the Future for Musicians? |
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