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DIY CONVENTION - LAST CALL FOR SPECIAL DISCOUNTS

TUNECORE CEO JEFF PRICE TO KEYNOTE EVENT

The DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books is in its final phase for early-bird discounts on its Sat. Oct. 7 show at the historic Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave in New York.

Tickets are on sale at http://www.diyconvention.com for the event focused on creating, promoting, protecting and distributing independent film, music and books. Members of CDBaby, the Orchard and TuneCore can get $10 tickets until Sept. 30.

The day-long event, which includes DIY Film Festival screenings, will be followed by an after-party at Arlene's Grocery featuring music from DIY Music Festival entrants.

Keynote speaker Jeff Price has been part of the cutting edge for the last two decades. As GM / President of the New York-based independent record label spinART, he helped distribute such artists as Frank Black, You Am I, The Pixies, John Doe, Apples In Stereo, Vic Chesnutt, Jason Falkner, Richard Thompson and many more music luminaries. The label was among the first to offer its catalog via MP3 for paid downloads.

Price has now further immersed himself in the digital realm as CEO of TuneCore, a new service that allows artists to gain access to the channels of music distribution while keeping control of all of their rights, their masters and 100% of the money from the sale of their music. Artists can monitor how their music is selling and get their money the moment it becomes available.

He will discuss his new service and other facets of digital distribution as part of the program.

Performance and screening slots for the 2007 DIY Music Festival and 2007 DIY Film Festival are being accepted until Jan. 25, 2007. Interested artists can register online at http://www.diyconvention.com or call the DIY offices at 323-665-8080 with a credit card.

The DIY Convention is sponsored by IndieGate.com, Final Draft Screenplay Software, The Hollywood Creative Directory, BMI, ASCAP,
SESAC, Sonicbids, Withoutabox, Westside Websites, CDBaby, Film Baby and the DIYReporter.com. Sponsorship inquires and more information can be obtained at 323-665-8080.

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THE DIY CONVENTION in NEW YORK CITY

PANEL LINEUP:

9 am DOORS OPEN

10 am-11 am DIY Marketing – A big budget isn't a necessity. We'll talk about some tricks….

Bruce Haring, DIY Convention, moderator

*** Steve Levesque, Luck Media & Marketing

*** Buzz Poole, book marketing

*** Jeff Nordstedt, musician/publishing consultant

*** Howard Rosen, radio promoter

*** John Cusimano, attorney/film distrib / musician

11:15-12:15 pm Using Technology – The new promotional tools that are making marketing and publicity easier than ever…..

*** Margee Fagelson, entertainment attorney

*** Tom Cherniak, CDBaby

*** Noel Ramos, IndieGate

*** Phil Antoniades, Nimbit

*** Paul Wright, MediaGuide

BREAK

KEYNOTE: 1-1:30 Jeff Price, TuneCore

2 pm- 3 pm Licensing – How to get music into film, tv and more, or get music for your film, TV show or more…

Bruce Haring, moderator

*** Jeff Cohen, songwriter

*** Josh Kessler, Mastersource

*** Michelle Bayer/Shelley Bay Music/Sugaroo

*** Annie Lin, The Orchard

3 pm-4 pm The Pitch – Audience members have a chance to pitch the panelists on their project and hear criticism

Moderator: Ellyn Solis, PRLady.com

*** Fiona Bloom, president/The Bloom Effect

*** Jim Testa, Jersey Beat/songwriter

*** Lisa Vandeveer, Sundance filmmaker/producer

*** Andy Adelewitz, Little Big Man

*** Mat Hall, artist manager, Maine Road Management

4 pm - 5 pm Indie, Major, Studio or DIY – War stories from the field

*** Blag, The Dwarves

*** Chris Butler, The Waitresses

*** Jonathan Chang, STM Records

*** Graham Russell, Air Supply

*** Josie Cotton, recording artist

5 pm-6 pm DIY Film Festival highlights

AFTER-PARTY with DIY Music Festival – Arlene's Grocery 6 pm-8 pm

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