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.
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTE®,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
“SMPTE’s membership has spoken,” said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann D’Amato. “These officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!”
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More