Conference season is definitely upon us! As excited as we are about the upcoming Future of Music Policy Summit (Oct. 3-4, Georgetown University, Washington, DC), we wanted to tell you about another East Coast happening we’re looking forward to: the IMSTA FESTA in NYC. Read on for more details about this FREE event.

IMSTA FESTA
Saturday September 24th
NYC’s Largest Free Music Technology Event

We’re celebrating the future of music technology in NYC at IMSTA FESTA on Saturday September 24 and we’re calling all music makers, music entrepreneurs, music & audio app developers, platform builders and startup companies to come meet us at this FREE one-day event. Join us at this day long networking festival and meet exhibitors from all the major audio software companies on the market today, attend The Shocklee Innertainment Panel Series which include some excellent masterclasses and sessions including one by our very own Hank Shocklee and a very special guest keynote presentation opening up the day at 12:00pm from Jeff Price, CEO & Founder of TuneCore who will give some key info on the one topic on everybody’s mind…MONEY.

Come hang with us and your favorite audio heroes – Ableton, Avid, Broadjam, Cakewalk, Celemony, Create Digital Music, Disk Makers, Electronic Musician, Evolver.FM, Future of Music Coalition, Gobbler, Grammy P&E Wing, IK Multimedia, Image Line, Keyboard Magazine, McDSP, Music Connection Mag, MusicLab, Native Instruments, Pianoteq, Propellerhead, ProStudioApp, Samplelab, Steinberg, SonicScoop, SoundExchange, SSL, Swift.FM, Tomahawk, Topspin, TuneCore, Waves, Wire To The Ear + more being added every day!

IMSTA FESTA registered visitors will receive software prizes and be able to choose from a pool of products, including Image Line Poizone, Steinberg Sequel, IK Multimedia T-Racks Classic EQ, Cakewalk SONAR X1, Propellerhead Reason 6, Celemony Melodyne Editor, MusicLab RealGuitar, and Native Instruments $50 Voucher for their web store.

A couple of FMC peeps will be on hand for the following conversation:

12:30-1:30pm
360° Money: The Info You Need To Know On, Publishing, Rights Management, Licensing, Merch & Live Performance

Moderated By:
Jo-Ann Nina, GM, Shocklee Entertainment;

Featuring: Casey Rae-Hunter, Deputy Director; Future Of Music Coalition; Jeff Price, Founder & CEO; TuneCore; Joyce S. Dollinger, ESQ., of Counsel, Dollinger, Gonski & Grossman; Bryan Calhoun, VP New Media & External Affairs, SoundExchange, FMC Board; Roy Elkins,
CEO, Broadjam; Bridget Unger, Director; MusicResources, EMI Music Publishing.

Here are some more highlights:

- Special Guest Keynote Breakfast w/ Jeff Price, Founder & CEO of TuneCore - a must-see presentation: The Shift To Streaming – How To Make Money From Your Songs  [email RSVP to: IMSTAFESTABreakfast [at] shocklee [dot] com]

- Registered visitors will receive software prizes and be able to choose from a pool of products, including Image Line Poizone, Steinberg Sequel, IK Multimedia T-Racks Classic EQ, Cakewalk SONAR X1, Propellerhead Reason 6, Celemony Melodyne Editor, MusicLab RealGuitar, and Native Instruments $50 Voucher for their web store.

- The Shocklee Innertainment Panel Series will feature sessions and masterclasses all day

- TechCamp MeetUp Presented by Shocklee.com
Stop by TechCamp and meet & network with the community of future music, audio & creative technologies.  The founders of some of New York City’s best up & coming companies will be in the building and presenting their organizations, concepts and tech.  All day long @ IMSTA FESTA 11am-7pm.

Hope to see you there!