Tune in tonight THURSDAY, MARCH 22 @ 7:00pm (EST) for the keynote live coverage “powered by watchitoo” of the EMP’s 2012 POP Conference featuring:

OPENING KEYNOTE: THE ARTIST IN THE CITY

• ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO (Grammy Winning global pop music icon) @angeliquekidjo
• ESPERANZA SPALDING (Grammy Winner for Best New Artist 2010 @EspeSpalding
• SANTIGOLD (Roc Nation and Jay-Z, Kanye and Major Lazer collaborator) @Santigold
• HEEMS of DAS RACIST (critically-praised Hip Hop group.) @DasRacist
• moderated by ANN POWERS (NPR Pop Critic) @annkpowers

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The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
Tisch School of the Arts
New York University

presents

The Rise of the Artist/Mogul: 
How Hip-Hop Artists Turned the Tables on the Music Business

WHEN: Tuesday, March 6, 12:45-1:45 pm
WHERE: 721 Broadway, Room 006

ABOUT THE EVENT:

For most of music business history, artists remained serfs; suffering financially until they sold at a superstar-level. In the 1990s and 2000s, hip-hop artists and industry advocates transformed the relationship between master and servant. In this lecture, we’ll explore the roles of four key players in this transformation: the Wu-Tang Clan, Cash Money Records, Roc-A-Fella (Jay-Z and Damon Dash), and a little-known activist and artist advocate named Wendy Day.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Dan Charnas is the author of The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop (New American Library/Penguin) and the coauthor of Def Jam: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label (Rizzoli). Charnas was one of the first writers for The Source and part of a generation of young writers who helped create hip-hop journalism; he also served as VP of A&R for Rick Rubin’s American Recordings. Charnas is currently Editorial Director for InteractiveOne and an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

RSVP is required. This event is open to all New York University students, faculty, staff, & alumni. A valid NYU ID is required for entrance to the building. Seating is first-come, first-served.

RSVP: http://clivedavisinst.tisch.nyu.edu/object/dancharnas

The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
Tisch School of the Arts
New York University

presents

Patrick Derivaz on Music and Sound Design

Friday, March 9th from 4:00PM – 5:30PM
194 Mercer Street, Dennis Riese Family Recording Studio 510

Sound and music influence, enrich and are an integral part of most aspects of our daily life.  They are almost always part of a visual experience.  During this workshop, we will take a short video and add to it sonic elements from musical instruments, voices, various natural or industrial sources.  These sounds will then be manipulated to create different “soundtracks” conveying various moods to the visual depending on their arrangements and juxtaposition to it.  We will also make sure during the entire process that we are getting proper audio levels.  Students will be encouraged to participate and express their creativity.

Patrick composes, produces, performs, records and mixes a wide range of innovative and cross-cultural styles of music.  He has worked with many artists, including Erikah Badu, Jeff Buckley, De La Soul, Barry Manilow, and Charles Mingus Band to name a few, and his music has been featured in films, TV (Discovery and Travel Channels) and jingles (Burger King, McDonald’s).  In addition to teaching and chairing multiple committees, Patrick also works as the FOH engineer if major US clubs, including Summerstage (Central Park, NYC).

This event is ONLY open to NYU students, faculty, staff and alumni.
A valid NYU ID is required to enter the building.
This is a FREE event, but an RSVP is required. Seats are limited. First-come first-served.

RSVP: http://clivedavisinst.tisch.nyu.edu/object/marchevents

The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
Tisch School of the Arts
New York University

presents

Music & Visuals: A Special Screening and Discussion with Kenzo Digital

Tuesday, March 6th from 6:00PM – 8:00PM
721 Broadway, Room 006

In this Q&A discussion event with Recorded Music Artistic Director Jason King, KENZO DIGITAL will present his work and talk about his creative process.

KENZO DIGITAL is an innovative director and artist based in New York who is noted for creating eye-popping visuals for music icons like BEYONCÉ and KANYE WEST and sports stars like DWAYNE WADE and the NIKE/JORDAN BRAND. He recently received acclaim in 2011 for creating Beyoncé’s much-discussed interactive BillboardAwards live performance, and for developing Kanye West’s Heineken video art concert series. He has recently had a string of successful viral video art projects that have gained him notoriety: including “Vote Obama”, “Super Ultra Karatay” and “City of God’s Son,” a revolutionary new audio driven cinematic experience with ‘sampled’ appearances by NAS and JAY-Z that has received accolades from the Huffington Post, Kanye West, Complex Magazine, Fader Magazine, Nahright.com and others.KENZO DIGITAL is the video director of world famous video artist NAM JUNE PAIK’s studio (the father of video art), and has done video art installations for him at the Guggenheim, Tate Museum, and National Gallery of Art.  He has had films in the Tribeca Film Festival and Mill Valley Film Festival, and was a nominee for the Rockefeller Film Fellowship. He has several film and new media projects currently in development.

This event is ONLY open to NYU students, faculty, staff and alumni.
A valid NYU ID is required to enter the building.
This is a FREE event, but an RSVP is required. Seats are limited. First-come first-served.

RSVP: http://clivedavisinst.tisch.nyu.edu/object/marchevents

Please contact Tisch-Special Programs for more information.
721 Broadway, 12th Floor
212.998.1500
http://clivedavisinst.tisch.nyu.edu/object/remujamaica.html

Starting February 2010, The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music will be inaugurating a new intensive 12-week workshop for high school students, called Future Music Moguls.

This innovative new workshop program is designed to introduce talented high school juniors to all aspects of the contemporary music business – including songwriting, production, marketing, promotion, publicity, branding and mobile and digital music – with a special focus on developing entrepreneurial and leadership skills. In learning about music entrepreneurship, students receive a basic introduction to issues in financial literacy that can be applied to a wide range of future activities.

The lead instructor for the twelve-week workshop is Jayson Jackson – a leading music executive (Bad Boy, Virgin Records) and Broadway producer (Bridge & Tunnel) who has also served as artist manager to platinum-selling recording superstars ranging from Lauryn Hill, Mos Def, Q-tip, Spank Rock and Santigold.

FREE to participants, the program is held at the department’s state-of-the-art facilities on Saturdays starting in February and ending in May. Applicants, typically in the middle of their junior year, hail from high schools in the five boroughs of New York City as well as from Westchester County, Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Approximately 12-15 students will be selected to attend the workshop.

Did we mention that it’s FREE for chosen participants???? Why, yes, I think we did!

Priority application deadline is Friday, October 16, 2009. Wow, that date is coming right up. For more on requirements, dates, deadlines and how to apply click here.