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Wednesday, March 18
 

2:00pm CDT

Mentor Session: Tim Palmer
Mentor Sessions provide an opportunity to receive more personalized input than a larger panel can offer. Sessions are scheduled in ten-minute increments. Online sign-ups for Mentor Sessions will close the day before each session occurs. On the day of the session, you can still sign up in person if slots are available.

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Speakers
TP

Tim Palmer

Producer/Mixer, TP Songs

Wednesday March 18, 2015 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
ACC Room 8AB
  Music, Mentor Session

3:30pm CDT

AES Mastering Workshop for Musicians and Home Studio Owners
With over 25 years in the mastering field, Mayo has first-hand experience in the dramatic changes of the recording process. With technology becoming cheaper and easier to use than ever, most artists are willing to create at least a part of their records at home. This workshop shows the difficulties that will appear and how to handle them in an efficient way. Esta sesión también se presentará en español.

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Speakers
avatar for Andres Mayo

Andres Mayo

Chief Engineer/Producer/AES President, Andres Mayo Mastering & Audio Post
Pioneering the art of mastering since 1990, Andres Mayo runs his own facility in Buenos Aires, with stereo and 5.1 audio production capabilities. Awarded with 2 Latin Grammys as a producer and 6 Carlos Gardel Awards for Best Sound Engineering, Andres boasts credits in over 2,000 productions... Read More →

Wednesday March 18, 2015 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
ACC Room 9BC
  Music, Panel

3:30pm CDT

Mentor Session: Robin Danar
Mentor Sessions provide an opportunity to receive more personalized input than a larger panel can offer. Sessions are scheduled in ten-minute increments. Online sign-ups for Mentor Sessions will close the day before each session occurs. On the day of the session, you can still sign up in person if slots are available.

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Speakers
avatar for Robin Danar

Robin Danar

Producer/Artist, Squid Productions
Robin Danar is a music producer, engineer, artist and mixer. He started his career engineering records in New York City with artists like Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Steely Dan, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Carly Simon and Chaka Khan for producers including Phil Ramone, Steve Lillywhite... Read More →

Wednesday March 18, 2015 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
ACC Room 8AB
  Music, Mentor Session

3:30pm CDT

Producer or Songwriter?
Recording budgets are shrinking. Making money on back-end royalties is less and less common. How does a record producer keep his/her doors open for business while the traditional revenue streams are drying up? The answer lies in a shift toward publishing participation and producers are starting to demand songwriting participation in return for their services. Has this type of compensation always been due to the producer? Did producers let it slide for years, foregoing publishing participation in return for large producer fees? Or is this yet another party now inserting themselves in the only game still generating income...publishing?

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Speakers
avatar for Paul Adams

Paul Adams

Lawyer, Bang The Drum
A career that has seen Paul move from Manchester to London to New York and work with artists as diverse as Tool to Justin Timberlake and Radiohead to Jay-Z with the songwriters and producers that he represents at the company he founded Bang The Drum, Paul helps navigate the careers... Read More →
KA

Kevin Augunas

CEO, Fairfax Recordings
DB

David Bason

PRES, Hundred Handed
JD

Jimmy Douglass

PRES, Hundred Handed
JG

Jeff Gandel

Lawyer, Law Office of Jeffrey B Gandel
avatar for Chris Shaw

Chris Shaw

Lawyer, Bang The Drum
Chris Shaw is a four time Grammy Award winning American producer, engineer, mixer, and musician. Beginning his career at Greene Street Recording, he quickly worked his way from his start as an NYU intern, to assistant engineer, to a position as a staff engineer working with influential... Read More →

Wednesday March 18, 2015 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
ACC Room 17A
  Music, Panel
 
Thursday, March 19
 

12:30pm CDT

Mentor Session: Jody Stephens
Mentor Sessions provide an opportunity to receive more personalized input than a larger panel can offer. Sessions are scheduled in ten-minute increments. Online sign-ups for Mentor Sessions will close the day before each session occurs. On the day of the session, you can still sign up in person if slots are available.

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Speakers
JS

Jody Stephens

GM, Ardent Music LLC

Thursday March 19, 2015 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
ACC Room 8AB
  Music, Mentor Session

2:00pm CDT

AES Platinum Producers & Engineers
The Audio Engineering Society brings together the top-notch music producers & engineers from the Latin scene. Multiple Grammy-winning pros will discuss the current status of the industry and will open the debate for Q&A´s from the audience. Esta sesión también se presentará en español.

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Speakers
RA

Rafa Arcaute

Producer, Rafa Arcaute
EC

Eduardo Cabra

Producer, La Casa Del Sombrero
TG

Tweety Gonzalez

Owner/Producer, Twitin Records
avatar for Hugo Manzi

Hugo Manzi

Owner, HM Productor Discografico
avatar for Andres Mayo

Andres Mayo

Chief Engineer/Producer/AES President, Andres Mayo Mastering & Audio Post
Pioneering the art of mastering since 1990, Andres Mayo runs his own facility in Buenos Aires, with stereo and 5.1 audio production capabilities. Awarded with 2 Latin Grammys as a producer and 6 Carlos Gardel Awards for Best Sound Engineering, Andres boasts credits in over 2,000 productions... Read More →
avatar for Stefano Vieni

Stefano Vieni

Principle, KIVA Music Inc
Stefano Vieni is an Italian/Mexican Producer, Singer & Songwriter he has produced artists like Kalimba, Armando Manzanero, Reik, Samo, Carla Mauri, Cesar Robles, Jaime Camil, Playa Limbo, Anna Sophia, Sydney Wright, Kittie Harloe, Fie Laursen, Mario Guerrero, etc.

Thursday March 19, 2015 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
ACC Room 11AB
  Music, Panel

2:00pm CDT

Building the Beat: A Conversation with Music’s Most Influential Producers
Presented by BMI in collaboration with The Beat Summit, hear from the super producers who have created hits for the likes of Lil Wayne, Jay Z, Kanye West, Beyoncé, T.I., Snoop Dogg, Mystikal, and Ludacris, to name a few. They’ll discuss their career experiences, music technology, the production process, and more.

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Speakers
avatar for Just Blaze

Just Blaze

Artist, AM Only
avatar for Mannie Fresh

Mannie Fresh

The Beat Summit LLC
avatar for Young Guru

Young Guru

Mix Engineer, MIT Sloan School of Management
Legendary mix engineer, Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton is the man behind the iconic sound of world-renowned artist Jay-Z. Over the course of the last twenty years Guru has become one of the most influential minds in audio engineering. Initially known for his award-winning audio mixes... Read More →
K

KLC

The Beat Summit LLC
PR

Peter Rosenberg

Hot 97

Thursday March 19, 2015 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
ACC Room 18ABC
  Music, Panel

2:00pm CDT

Vinyl, Tape, Lathe: Thriving with Vintage Technology
In 2011, United Record Pressing teamed up with all analog studio Welcome to 1979 to create a series of live recordings above the presses at United. This series is an homage to all things analog and is recorded in United's "Motown Suite" - an apartment above the plant that hosted black artists and executives who were otherwise denied hotel accommodations in a segregated Nashville. Hear audio from the original tapes of these sessions and learn about the historical and technical aspects of analog recordings as well as the resurgence of vinyl.

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Speakers
avatar for Cameron Henry

Cameron Henry

Lacquer Cutting Engineer, Welcome To 1979 Studio
Cameron Henry is the house vinyl mastering engineer at Welcome To 1979, located in Nashville, TN. He cuts master lacquers for independent artists & various labels both nationally and internationally. He began his career in 2006 when he relocated from Toledo, OH in search of more opportunity... Read More →
CM

Chris Mara

Owner, Welcome To 1979 Studio
Chris Mara moved to Nashville in 1995 from a small town in northern Wisconsin (population 800), to pursue a career in the music industry. Mara took the traditional route from intern to apprentice recording engineer to recording engineer. Seeking a more organic way to record, Mara... Read More →
RM

Rob Maushund

Dir of Mktg, Stoughton Printing
avatar for Jay Millar

Jay Millar

Dir of Mktg, United Record Pressing LLC

Thursday March 19, 2015 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
ACC Room 8C
  Music, Panel

3:30pm CDT

GRAMMY Producers on the Record
Join GRAMMY-winning and –nominated producers for a discussion about some of their great studio creations – and the behind-the-scenes stories about how they were made. Session will include playing of never-before heard demos of well-known recordings. Then learn about a new nationwide movement to pass legislation that will ensure royalties flow to the men and women behind the glass.

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Speakers
avatar for John Alagia

John Alagia

Producer, The Village Recorder
Louisville-born producer John Alagia splits his time between his room at LA’s iconic Village Studios and his studio on the Maryland Eastern Shore. A multi-instrumentalist, engineer, mixer and singer/songwriter, he established his reputation by recognizing and developing talent from... Read More →
avatar for Christine Albert

Christine Albert

Producer, The Recording Academy/The GRAMMYs
RB

Ray Benson

Founder, Asleep at the Wheel
avatar for Daryl Friedman

Daryl Friedman

Chief Advocacy & Industry Rel Officer, The Recording Academy
Daryl P. Friedman is Chief Advocacy & Industry Relations Officer for The Recording Academy (The GRAMMY organization). Called “the D.C. chief for music’s creative community” by Daily Variety, Friedman serves as the Washington representative for the 20,000 members of The Academy... Read More →
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Alex Da Kid

Founder, Asleep at the Wheel

Thursday March 19, 2015 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
ACC Room 16AB
  Music, Panel
 
Friday, March 20
 

12:30pm CDT

Mentor Session: Lawrence Gelburd
Mentor Sessions provide an opportunity to receive more personalized input than a larger panel can offer. Sessions are scheduled in ten-minute increments. Online sign-ups for Mentor Sessions will close the day before each session occurs. On the day of the session, you can still sign up in person if slots are available.

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Speakers
avatar for Lawrence Gelburd

Lawrence Gelburd

Pres, Gelburd Consulting LLC
Record producer and entrepreneur Lawrence “Gelboni” Gelburd is a voting member of NARAS, the Grammy organization. He worked at EMI Music Publishing in the Business Affairs and A&R departments, then at SBK records in the A&R department, leaving to form Integrated Entertainment... Read More →

Friday March 20, 2015 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
ACC Room 8AB
  Music, Mentor Session

2:00pm CDT

Mentor Session: Don B
Mentor Sessions provide an opportunity to receive more personalized input than a larger panel can offer. Sessions are scheduled in ten-minute increments. Online sign-ups for Mentor Sessions will close the day before each session occurs. On the day of the session, you can still sign up in person if slots are available.

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Speakers
avatar for Don B

Don B

Bang-N-Records/Bartholomew Boys

Friday March 20, 2015 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
ACC Room 8AB
  Music, Mentor Session
 
Saturday, March 21
 

12:30pm CDT

Demystifying Mastering
The first in the Premier Mastering series, this panel will address the question "What is Mastering?" as well as how mastering has evolved to address modern technology issues such as the compression process on audio that happens after the music has left the mastering studio. Other topics include the resurgence of Hi-Res audio and vinyl.

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Speakers
avatar for Gavin Lurssen

Gavin Lurssen

Owner/Chief Mastering Engineer, Lurssen Mastering
Since 1991, Gavin has established himself as a prominent mastering engineer in the industry having earned 3 Grammy Awards including 2 for Album of the Year for “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” And Alison Krauss/Robert Plant’s “Raising Sand”. He also won a Latin Grammy for Diego... Read More →
avatar for Andres Mayo

Andres Mayo

Chief Engineer/Producer/AES President, Andres Mayo Mastering & Audio Post
Pioneering the art of mastering since 1990, Andres Mayo runs his own facility in Buenos Aires, with stereo and 5.1 audio production capabilities. Awarded with 2 Latin Grammys as a producer and 6 Carlos Gardel Awards for Best Sound Engineering, Andres boasts credits in over 2,000 productions... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Mendelson

Andrew Mendelson

Owner/Chief Mastering Engineer, Georgetown Masters
Andrew Mendelson is the owner and Grammy Nominated Chief Mastering Engineer of Georgetown Masters in Nashville, Tennessee. Following a three-year stint at the highly regarded Telarc Records, Mendelson moved to Nashville to apprentice under Georgetown’s storied co-founder Denny Purcell... Read More →
avatar for Michael Romanowski

Michael Romanowski

Chief Engineer/Owner, Lurssen Mastering
Michael Romanowski is the owner and chief mastering engineer at Michael Romanowski Mastering, based in San Francisco. Since 2002, Michael has worked to support the tradition of the San Francisco sound (having trained with Paul Stubblebine, who apprenticed with George Horn) and has... Read More →

Saturday March 21, 2015 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
ACC Room 12AB
  Music, Panel

12:30pm CDT

Mentor Session: Stuart Sullivan
Mentor Sessions provide an opportunity to receive more personalized input than a larger panel can offer. Sessions are scheduled in ten-minute increments. Online sign-ups for Mentor Sessions will close the day before each session occurs. On the day of the session, you can still sign up in person if slots are available.

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Speakers
SS

Stuart Sullivan

Owner, Wire Recording Studios

Saturday March 21, 2015 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
ACC Room 8AB
  Music, Mentor Session

3:30pm CDT

What is Record Production and Why Do You Need It?
With so many artists taking a DIY approach to record production, what is the actual necessity for a record producer in 2015? Producers and artists alike will discuss how a producer can enhance an artist's creativity and help your music get heard.

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Speakers
MB

Michael Beinhorn

Pres, Behavioral Strategies Group, Inc
avatar for Stewart Lerman

Stewart Lerman

Producer, Righteous Sound, Inc
Bronx born, NY based Music Producer/Engineer/Mixer for Audio and Film. Over 100 albums, Grammy Winner, 56 Episodes of Boardwalk Empire, Regina Spektor, Elvis Costello, Noah Jones, Rufus Wainwright, The Roches, David Johansen, Patti Smith, Marshall Crenshaw, Liza Minelli, etc.
avatar for Tarek Musa

Tarek Musa

Artist, Spring King
Tarek Musa is an up coming young producer, mix engineer and songwriter. Tarek also plays and writes/produces for Spring King (UK) who will be playing 6 shows at this years SXSW (2015) Festival. Having graduated from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), picking up the... Read More →
avatar for Claire Southwick

Claire Southwick

Artist & Producer Mgr, Transgressive
Beginning her career at an indie label called Blue Dog, a subsidiary of V2 Records, Claire worked in PR, publishing and management before dipping her toe into producer management at Sanctuary Music and progressing to set up her own Producer management company. Claire then became partners... Read More →

Saturday March 21, 2015 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
ACC Artist Central in Ballroom E
  Music, Panel