Soul Music by the Bay Conference-June 25, 2010 – June 26, 2010

Maryam will be speaking at the Soul Music by the Bay Conference on June 25, 2010 – June 26, 2010.
About Soul Music by the Bay Conference:
TraMaí Entertainment presents The First Annual Soul Music By The Bay Conference. This will be the first Soul Music Conference event of its kind in the Bay Area. The event will consist of showcases and workshops with artist managers, business managers, self-managed artists, producers, marketing executives, music publishers, entertainment attorneys, concert promoters and artists seeking management representation. This event will bring together hundreds of attendees to experience the convergence of the music industry’s most compelling ideas and to create a more powerful network. Attendees will engross themselves in strategically centered workshops by day, along with social mixers, and networking artist showcases by night.

Adventures In LA: Team Rights Workshop Talks About Music, Movies & Numbers

Dear Filmmakers & Friends,
Team Rights Workshop is enjoying this particularly foggy San Francisco summer and getting ready to head south for the Los Angeles Film Festival at the end of the month. Here are some updates from our world of demo CDs, cue sheets, deadlines and “I’d like to license The Rolling Stones, pretty please”.
Let’s Talk Numbers: Music Budgeting Sessions In LA
Do you have questions about the cost of music? Are you worried about the cost of temp tracks? In response to popular demand, our team will be holding another round of one-on-one music budgeting sessions with filmmakers in Los Angeles during the 2010 LA Film Festival. Bring song lists, film descriptions and any questions you may have about the music licensing process.
Meetings are 100% free and available on a first-come, first-served bases between the dates of Tuesday June 22 through Friday June 25. Please email Jenna Levy at jenna@rightsworkshop.com to arrange a time.
LA Film Festival
The Rights Workshop is a proud sponsor of the 2010 LA Film Festival. Please sign up for our LA Film Festival party list to receive updates about events, parties and screenings in Los Angeles during the week of the festival.
Also, be sure to catch screenings of these great films we’ve enjoyed working on recently.

• Marwencol. “Marwencol” is a documentary film about the fantasy world of Mark Hogancamp, who was left with brain damage after several men attacked him outside of a bar in 2000 and coped by creating a 1/6th scale World War II-era town in his backyard. Mark populates the town he dubs “Marwencol” with figurines representing his friends and family and creates life-like photographs detailing the town’s many relationships and dramas.
• The Two Escobars. “Two Escobars” pairs the soccer mania of the notorious Medellín crime lord Pablo Escobar and the fate of Andrés Escobar, one of the players for the national Colombian soccer team.
• Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone. “Everyday Sunshine” traces the band Fishbone’s history, influence, and struggle as individualistic, genre-blending artists up against an unforgiving music industry that threatens to pass them by. Featuring interviews with Flea, Gwen Stefani, Ice-T, Perry Farrell, Branford Marsalis, George Clinton, Tim Robbins, Gogol Bordello, ?uestlove, and others.

If you’re reading this, we think you tell great stories and want to hear about the movies you’ve making recently. Please tell us what you’re working on and what you’re listening to! Send us love letters, mixtapes, song clearance requests, creative music search requests, and music emergency S.O.S. requests.
Your sincerely,
The Rights Workshop

Music Startup Rdio Kicks Off US Launchusic Startup Rdio Kicks Off US Launch

Most of the coverage of Rdio’s launch was focused on its subscription-based model. Basically, you can gain access to more than 5 million songs online for $4.99 a month, or $9.99 a month if you also want to be able to access your music collection from your mobile device. Apps for the iPhone and BlackBerry are on the way, with an Android version also scheduled for release ‘very soon’.
The service is being launched in the US first, then Canada, the UK and parts of Western Europe later on. Management is hopeful that the international roll-out will be carried out largely before the end of this year, but declined to discuss specific launch dates.
What’s been left out of most coverage is that Rdio also doubles as an à la carte store that could potentially rival Apple’s iTunes and Amazon’s MP3 store. That means you’re also able to purchase individual songs and albums through Rdio and download them to your computer.
- Music Startup Rdio Kicks Off US Launch