After a productive day at SF Music Tech, some cocktails with friends, and a few hours sleep, head over to Rdio headquarters for digitalmusic.org’s Music Startup Academy.

“The future of the music business is dependent upon technology innovation, but there are very few opportunities that provide the fundamentals of the industry for these entrepreneurs,” said Bill Wilson, VP, Digital Strategy & Business Development, NARM/digitalmusic.org. “Here in San Francisco, it is our goal to build a bridge between these groups so more great new music-focused start-ups get to market quickly and achieve success.”

Tuesday, February 14
1-5:30 PM PST

Rdio Headquarters
Hamm’s Building Penthouse Suite
1550 Bryant Street, San Francisco

Registration

The pre-regsitration fee for this event is $79. Onsite registrations will be accepted and individuals will be charged $99 to register onsite.

Click here to pre-register for the event.

Event Agenda

• Label and Publishing Basics for Entrepreneurs
  A deeper dive into the economics of the music industry, including performance rights, including understanding the various rights for master recordings and songwriting. We will also go over the various legal issues surrounding music product development.
  - Bryn Boughton, CMO, IRIS Distribution/BlickerActive/NoiseClerk
  - Whitney Broussard, The Law Offices OF Whitney Broussard
   
• Music Industry Content Acquisition and Business Development
  Want Lady Gaga for your music service? A cool product isn’t enough. What are the “dos and don’ts” in licensing vast libraries of major content. Learn the third rails and how to manage navigating around the barriers to entry.
  - YiPing Ho, Sr. Dir., Digital Strategy & Business Development, Warner Music Group
  - Shane Tobin, Dir., Strategic Partnerships, The Echo Nest
   
• Getting Under The Hood: Music Operations For CTOs and Developers
  Once a deal is done on the legal side, technical teams need to work out content delivery and royalty reporting mechanisms. This course will discuss industry XML standards for content delivery, and royalty reporting, metadata, best practices, and troubleshooting.
  - Josh Builder, CTO, The Orchard
  - Gregor Dodson, Dir., Product Management, IODA