The Rock Star Revolution

Tim Westergren, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Pandora
Nion McEvoy, Chief Executive Officer, Spin magazine
Steve Jang, Chief Marketing Officer, imeem
Dana LoPiccolo-Giles, Co-founder and Managing Director, Amazon’s CreateSpace
Riaz Karamali, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Martine Paris, Director, Business Development, Strategic Content Partnerships – Moderator

It’s nothing short of revolutionary. Within minutes, and with little upfront cost, today’s budding rock star can go online to sell CDs and downloads on Amazon; submit music for play on Pandora internet radio; aggregate fans on the hip social network imeem alongside chart-topping megastars; and become involved with the myspacemusic/spinmagazine community. Industry experts discuss the democratization of the music industry, digital pathways to fame, and the business and legal issues facing this new societal phenomenon.