DIY CONVENTION RETURNS TO NEW YORK CITY

TUNECORE CEO JEFF PRICE TO KEYNOTE EVENT

NEW YORK _ The DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books
has named its first round of panelists for its New York City event
on Oct. 7.

Tickets are on sale at www.diyconvention.com for the event, which
will be held at the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, in
Manhattan. The day-long event 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.

Early-bird tickets for the DIY Convention in New York are now on
sale at www.diyconvention.com or by calling the DIY Convention
offices at 323-665-8080. Ticket price is $20, but members of CDBaby,
The Orchard and TuneCore can get tickets for $10 by registering
before Sept. 25.

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 www.diyconvention.com or
call the DIY offices at 323-665-8080 with a credit card.

The DIY Convention is sponsored by IndieGate, Final Draft Screenplay
Software, The Hollywood Creative Directory, BMI, ASCAP, SESAC,
Sonicbids, Withoutabox, Westside Websites, CDBaby, Film Baby and the
DIYReporter.com.

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Panels and Panelists as of Sept. 12:

9 a.m. DOORS OPEN

10 a.m. -11 a.m. 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


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

*** Margee Fagelson, music manager/attorney
*** Tom Cherniak, CDBaby
*** Noel Ramos, IndieGate
*** Phil Antoniades, Nimbit

BREAK

KEYNOTE: 1-1:30 Jeff Price, TuneCore

2 p.m. - 3 p.m. 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, director creative licensing, The Orchard

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

Moderator: Ellyn Solis, PRWoman.com

*** Fiona Bloom, publicist
*** Jim Testa, Jersey Beat/songwriter
*** Lisa Vandeveer, Sundance filmmaker/producer

4 p.m. 5 p.m. Indie, Major, Studio or DIY – War stories from the
field

Blag, The Dwarves
Chris Butler, The Waitresses
Jonathan Chang, STM Records

5 p.m .6 p.m. DIY Film Festival highlights

AFTER-PARTY with DIY Music Festival acts - Arlene's Grocery
6 p.m-8 p.m.

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 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.

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