The Production Music Association (PMA) will bring its Production Music Conference (PMC) back for a third consecutive year, taking place at the Le Méridien Delfina in Santa Monica Oct. 17-18. The newly expanded two-day conference will host business, creative and technology panels featuring leaders in the production music world and will consist of industry panels, educational seminars with music professionals, and networking events. The goal of the conference is to bring the production music community together. The conference will educate on current trends and tools, supply valuable information, share the creation of industry-wide technology standards and provide a state of the industry to the composing, songwriting and publishing communities.
This year, the PMC will have Joel Goodman (PMA board member) host a discussion with musician and outspoken artists’ rights activist David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker) and industry expert Brian McNelis (Lakeshore Records), about the ongoing challenges regarding how music is valued in today’s market.
The topics covered this year at PMC will include:
•Recording, Mixing, and Mastering techniques for production music
•The Future of Global Rights and Global Licensing
•The Future of Television: Emerging Revenue Streams for a New Era
•Hack-A-Thon: 60 Minutes to Solve the Future of Music Monitoring and Monetization
•Production Music Piracy and How to Know if your Music is being Pirated
•The Pros and Cons of Covers, Remixes, Custom Tracks for Music in Movie Trailers
•Advertising: Sync’ing Up the Ins and Outs of Music in Ads
Hosted Roundtable Discussions
•1-1 Meetings With A Pro (attendees will get to sign up for meetings)
•Hosted Roundtables (join tables hosted by various production music pros)
For registration info, click here.
The conference will conclude with the Mark Awards, the one-of-a-kind awards ceremony that honors outstanding production music in 24 categories. Production music is the sonic lifeblood of so many audiovisual productions, from television programs, to promotional campaigns, to major theatrical releases. Named in honor of the late Andy Mark, who was a library owner and founding member of the PMA, The Mark Awards recognize the very best in production music.
Submissions are now open. Entries can be submitted here.
Canada orders TikTok’s Canadian business to be dissolved but won’t block app
Canada announced Wednesday it won't block access to the popular video-sharing app TikTok but is ordering the dissolution of its Canadian business after a national security review of the Chinese company behind it.
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said it is meant to address risks related to ByteDance Ltd.'s establishment of TikTok Technology Canada Inc.
"The government is not blocking Canadians' access to the TikTok application or their ability to create content. The decision to use a social media application or platform is a personal choice," Champagne said.
Champagne said it is important for Canadians to adopt good cybersecurity practices, including protecting their personal information.
He said the dissolution order was made in accordance with the Investment Canada Act, which allows for the review of foreign investments that may harm Canada's national security. He said the decision was based on information and evidence collected over the course of the review and on the advice of Canada's security and intelligence community and other government partners.
A TikTok spokesperson said in a statement that the shutdown of its Canadian offices will mean the loss of hundreds of local jobs.
"We will challenge this order in court," the spokesperson said. "The TikTok platform will remain available for creators to find an audience, explore new interests and for businesses to thrive."
TikTok is wildly popular with young people, but its Chinese ownership has raised fears that Beijing could use it to collect data on Western users or push pro-China narratives and misinformation. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company that moved its headquarters to Singapore in 2020.
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