Editor

The sixth annual DIY Convention: Do It Yourself In Film, Music and Books has set the first panelists for its 2006 education sessions, to be held February 5-12, 2006 at the Egyptian Theatre in the heart of Hollywood.

Keynotes by Derek Sivers of CDBaby; Chris Vrenna, soundtrack composer for “Doom 3’ and ‘Quake 4”; and songwriter Peter Himmelman are on tap during the two days of panels.

The 2006 DIY Convention features live music performances from national and regional independent acts at various venus across Los Angeles, presented by Spaceland Productions; cutting-edge film screenings, an extensive lineup of panels, workshops and keynote speakers focusing on creating, promoting, protecting and distributing independent film, music and books – and parties, parties, parties!

2006 DIY CONVENTION EVENT LINEUP

# *** Sun. Feb. 5-12 – National/Regional Music Acts (various venues)

# *** Friday, Feb. 10th – DIY Convention Kickoff Party at Egyptian Theatre

# *** Saturday, Feb. 11th - DIY Film Festival Finals at Egyptian Theatre

DIY CONVENTION PANEL LINEUP

SATURDAY, FEB. 11 – Egyptian Theatre

# 9:30 a.m. KEYNOTE: Derek Sivers of CDBaby - "Getting More Attention for Your Music"



# 10:15 a.m. DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION AND OTHER CONTENT PATHS

Moderator: Bruce Haring, DIY Convention

Panelists:

# Derek Sivers, CD Baby
# Mark Roemer, FilmBaby
# Darren Giles, CustomFlix
# Evan Saxon, producer
# Brian Zisk, Future of Music Coalition
# Noel Ramos, IndieGate
# Dave Richards, ClickPop Records


# 11:30 a.m. LICENSING YOUR MUSIC

Moderator: Ray Yee, BMI

Panelists:

# Michelle Belcher, BMG Publishing
# Season Kent, music supervisor, Houlihan Film Music
# JoJo Villanueva, music supervisor, Format Entertainment
# Shannon Madden, Format Entertainment
# Louis Clark, MTV's "The Real World

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# 1:15 KEYNOTE: A Conversation With…Chris Vrenna, moderated by Bruce Haring. The composer of the themes to "Doom 3" and "Quake 4" talks about the DIY way in music, film and video games.


# 2 p.m. INDIE, MAJOR OR DIY?

Moderator: Bruce Haring, DIY Convention

Panelists:

# Tony Gilkyson, formerly X/Rolling Sea Records
# Joi Marshall, Jade
# Pete Anderson, producer
# Lisa Fancher, Frontier Records



# 3 p.m. HOW TO SELL 10,000 CDs NEXT YEAR...OR STILL MAKE MONEY IF YOU DON'T

Moderator: Bruce Haring, DIY Convention

Panelists:

# Bob Bernstein, Little Dog Records
# Jeff Semones, m80 interactive
# Cary Baker, Conqueroo
# Pete Kronowits, Intel/songwriter


# 4 p.m. GETTING MUSIC IN VIDEO GAMES

Moderator: Mara Schwartz, Bug Music

Panelists:

# David Kim, Vivendi-Universal Games
# Jonathan Palmer, Sony Publishing
# Sasha Ross, Bicycle Music
# Brad Rains, Windswept Pacific


# 5 p.m. DIY DEMO DERBY

Moderator: Mitchell Frank, Spaceland Productions

Panelists:

# Liz Garo, The Echo
# Heather Peggs, A&R, Capitol
# Joe Rinaldi, booker, The Viper Room
# Brian McPherson, attorney



DIY CONVENTION PANEL LINEUP

SUNDAY, FEB. 12 – Egyptian Theatre

# 9:30 a.m. MUSIC MARKETING, PUBLICITY, PROMOTION

Moderator: Maria Armoudian, KPFK/songwriter

Panelists:

# Steve Levesque, Luck Media & Marketing
# Howard Rosenberg, radio promoter
# Panos Panay, Sonicbids/artist manager
# Tess Taylor, NARIP



# YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE - TOURING

Moderator: Noel Ramos, InterMixx

Panelists:

# Kat Parsons, songwriter
# James Leach, SESAC
# Chris Fletcher, author
# Dave Richards, ClickPop Records
# Jason Muller, The Nervous Return
# Chris Nilsson, artist manager



# 12:30 p.m. KEYNOTE: A Conversation With.... Peter Himmelman, moderated by Ethlie Ann Vare. He's been an independent stalwart and released 12 albums while dealing with the strict tenets of Orthodox Judaism. Here how he balances his career with his spiritual side.


# 1:30 pm. INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING 101

Moderator: Bruce Haring, DIY Convention

Panelists:

# Richard Martini, director/DIY Film Festival
# Tara Veneruso, director
# Geoff Pepos, director
# Randy Turow, Director's Guild


# 2:30 p.m. FILM MARKETING/DISTRIBUTION

Moderator: Bruce Haring, DIY Convention

Panelists:

# Mark Roemer, FilmBaby
# Darren Giles, CustomFlix
# Evan Saxon, Evan Saxon Productions
# Margot Gerber, American Cinematheque


# 3:30 p.m. HIDDEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR SONGWRITERS

Moderator: Mike Todd, ASCAP

Panelists;

# Tyler Bacon, Position Music
# Michael Eames, Pen Music Group
# Marc Ferrari, MasterSource Music Catalog
# Rich Goldman, RipTide Music
# Matt Kierscht, Quiet on the Set
# Bob Kaminsky, RipTide Music

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# 4:30 p.m. INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS AND ARTIST RIGHTS

Moderator: Anita Rivas, attorney

Panelists:

# Joe Escalante, The Vandals/Barely Legal
# Brian Zisk, Future of Music Coalition
# Rory Felton, The Militia Group
# Ron Gertz, Music Reports Inc.