PAST MEIEA CONFERENCES

Past MEIEA Conferences

Conference 2009 Breaks Records
The New Entertainment Economy

The Biggest Names in the Music Industry came to MEIEA.

March 27-28, 2009. Almost 400 attendees at the 2009 MEIEA conference at Berklee College of Music in Boston broke records for both student and active member participation. Approximately 300 students and 100 faculty from more than 70 colleges and universities from all over the US, including 36 students and 2 faculty from Jewel & Esk (Edinburgh, Scotland), gathered at Berklee College of Music to attend sessions, workshops, and clinics on topics ranging from the “new” entertainment economy with Harold Vogel and Peter Gotcher to turntable techniques with Stephen Webber.

Featuring some of the biggest names in the music industry including Hunter Williams, Vice President of Royalty Distribution & Research SESAC; Keyvan Peymani, COO, Nettwerk Music Group; Jim D'Addario Chairman & CEO, D’Addario Strings; and Danny Goldberg, Manager of Nirvana and founder of Artemis Records, this year’s conference was a rousing success for all that attended.

Along with thought provoking dual keynote speeches on Friday and Saturday the conference featured panel discussions as well as a broad range of academic paper sessions. Two new features for 2009 were a series of workshops for faculty called “Hot Topics In Faculty Development” that focused on a wide range of interests including preparing for tenure, budgeting a music business program, and developing online curriculum and a series of clinics for students that included contract negotiations, twittering, and digital production. Congratulations go to the NYU MEISA chapter for winning the MEISA National Marketing Contest for the second year running. Thanks to all that attended and made this year an uncontested success.

View 2009 Conference Schedule (pdf)

Keynote Session 2009

First Annual Faculty Jam Rocks Berklee Club 939

March 28 & 29, 2008 Dix Hills, NY. A major music industry conference including representatives from over 50 educational institutions and over 200 students came to Five Towns College to attend sessions about the future of the recorded music industry, live event production, and audio engineering featuring senior executives and leaders in their fields. There were also events to bolster participants knowledge and career aspirations with panels on law schools for entertainment law and graduate music business programs. Speakers included Lee Trink (President of Capitol Music), David Miller (Senior VP, EMI Music), Adam Mirabella (Senior VP, Sony BMG), Chuck Randall (Tour Manager Greatful Dead & Alice in Chains), and Jim Digby (Production Manager Linkin Park). Click here for program.

March 23 & 24, 2007 Los Angeles/Pamona, CA - The 2007 conference convened March 23 & 24 at the New Otani Hotel, Los Angeles, CA by Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona CA. Professionals from all aspects of the music industry came together to discuss the future of the entertainment industry, as well as give insight into current trends. Some of the biggest names in music and music industry education were on hand to offer insights into the future of the music business the future of education within the music and entertainment industry.

Saturday, November 11, 2006 Nashville, TN - A cooperative effort by THE RECORDING ACADEMY® and MEIEA® presented a dynamic all day program of panels and discussions between educators and practitioners in the music and entertainment industry.

March 24-25, 2006, Stockton, CA - The annual Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA®) conference convened on Friday, March 24th and Saturday, March 25th on the University of the Pacific’s Stockton campus, presented by Pacific’s Music Management/MEISA® Club and the Conservatory of Music, in association with the Eberhardt School of Business and Associated Students of University of the Pacific. Two of the key themes of this year’s conference was entrepreneurship in the music industry and artists giving back to the community.

Featured speakers included Jacob Slichter, drummer from the platinum-selling trio, Semisonic, and author of the best-selling music industry confidential, “So You Wanna Be a Rock And Roll Star;” Leonard Richardson, Pacific alum and VP of Music for The WB, which has introduced America to a range of new artists via effective integration of Indie music into their hit TV shows such as Smallville, The Gilmore Girls and Everwood; and Sandy Sohcot, Executive Director of the Rex Foundation, which was founded by members of the Grateful Dead in 1983 and has granted more than $7.7 million in funds to more than 1,000 worthy recipients.

The conference also provided attendees with an up-close perspective on a variety of music industry topics including:

• Blazing Your Own Trail: How to Start a Successful Music Company
• Breaking a New Artist
• Hot, Hot, Hot: Digital Media Opportunities
• Life Behind The Glass: Recording Engineers Panel
• Marketing the Arts in an MTV World
• Careers in Entertainment Law

The conference concluded Saturday night with a concert produced by ASUOP at Stockton’s Bob Hope Theater featuring Grammy-nominated hip hop star, Common, sharing his unique brand of socially and politically aware rhymes for the conference attendees and the greater Stockton community. In an effort to further strengthen the University’s ties to the community, Pacific students completing 10 or more hours of local community service received a complimentary ticket to the show.