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MUSIC INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL SUMMIT
IS A HUGE SUCCESS
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Photo Caption: The Producers & Engineers Wing (P&E
Wing) of The Recording Academy®, Nashville's Belmont University
(Mike Curb College Of Entertainment and Music Business) and the Music
& Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA) hosted a
two day series of workshops and educational seminars focusing on the
current and future direction of the music industry. Titled "Music
Industry Education Summit" the event brought key music educators
from around the country to Music City on November 10-11 to interact
with leading publishers, lawyers, artist management, record label executives,
music marketing professionals and GRAMMY® Award-winning Producers
and Engineers with the goal of improving the quality of music and entertainment
education.
Shown are the panelists from Session IV – Record
Technology/Production with P&E Wing Executive Director Maureen Droney.
Pictured (L-R) are George Massenburg (Little Feat, James Taylor, Journey),
Maureen Droney, Jeff Balding (Keith Urban, Megadeth, Jewel), Justin
Niebank (Rascal Flatts, Los Lonely Boys, Bon Jovi) and Trina Shoemaker
(Sheryl Crow, Queens of the Stone Age, Blues Traveler).
Photo courtesy of The Recording Academy®
Photographed by: Tim Jackson/WireImage.com ©2006
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Established in 1957, the National Academy of Recording
Arts & Sciences, Inc., also known as The Recording Academy, is an
organization of musicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals
that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of
life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY
Awards, The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional
development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services
programs — including the creation of the national public education
campaign What's The Download® (www.WhatsTheDownload.com). For more
information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com.
Currently, 6,000 professionals comprise the Producers
& Engineers Wing, which was established for producers, engineers,
remixers, manufacturers, technologists, and other related creative and
technical professionals in the recording community. This organized voice
for the creative and technical recording community addresses issues
that affect the craft of recorded music, while ensuring its role in
the development of new technologies, recording and mastering recommendations,
and archiving and preservation initiatives. The Wing builds on the existing
regional professional development activities of The Recording Academy,
which include workshops, forums and panel discussions, and other recording
technology-related events, all occurring locally and nationally throughout
the year. For more information, please visit www.grammy.com.
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Media Contacts:
Robert Clyne/Neilson Clyne Inc./615.662.1616/rclyne@neilsonclyne.com
Lisa Roy/626.395.0163/lisaroyaudio@mac.com
Barb Dehgan/The Recording Academy/310.392.3777