AUSTIN MUSIC FOUNDATION PRESENTS MUSIC INDUSTRY BOOT CAMP

“MAKING MONEY AS A SONGWRITER AND MUSIC PUBLISHER”

Featuring National Best Selling Authors Todd and Jeff Brabec

Austin Music Foundation (AMF) and Christian L. Castle, Attorneys will present the 34th of its Music Industry Boot Camp (MIBC) seminar series on Monday, August 27, 2007 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at The Parish. This Boot Camp panel entitled "Making Money as a Songwriter and Music Publisher” will feature nationally-known speakers Todd and Jeff Brabec.  The Brabecs are authors of the best selling industry guide Music, Money and Success: The Insider’s Guide To Making Money in the Music Business.

Musicians need to know the many different avenues where they can generate income and the types of deals common to these areas.  This one-stop primer on music and money covers how music generates income from use in videogames, motion pictures and television licensing, CD sales, ringtones and ring backs, advertising commercials, downloads, conditional downloads, streaming, Broadway, music boxes, dolls, toys, greeting cards, webcasting, mobile devices, digital distribution, remixes and samples, foreign countries, and much more.

The Brabecs are former recording artists, as well as entertainment lawyers, and are graduates of the New York University School of Law. They are Adjunct Associate Professors/Music Industry Department at the USC Thornton School of Music where they teach the course on the business of music publishing, motion pictures, television, and recording. They both lecture extensively on all aspects of the business, legal and money side of music.

Todd Brabec is Executive Vice President and Director of Membership for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the world’s largest performing rights organization.

Jeff Brabec is Vice President of Business Affairs for The Chrysalis Music Group where he specializes in evaluating, analyzing, and negotiating music publishing acquisitions. 

ABOUT AUSTIN MUSIC FOUNDATION:

Austin Music Foundation strengthens and connects the local music community with innovative programs that empower musicians and fuel Austin’s creative economy.

AMF provides programs and services to strengthen and unite the local music community through…

• Education tailored to today’s music business climate;
• Outreach efforts to determine artists’ concerns, combined with public awareness initiatives to inform the wider audience about music related issues; and
• Unification of local artists and music businesses to foster a sustainable music community.

Fuel the music.  For more information, please visit www.austinmusicfoundation.org.

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