This is about 75% of the Music and Technology panel from Twiistup 6…definitely must see TV.

PART DUEX

The discussion features prominent hip-hop bloggers such as Meka Udoh (2 Dope Boyz), Dallas Penn ( Dallas Penn & the Internets Celebrities), Jason Reynolds (), Frank William Miller Junior (FWMJ of rappersiknow.com ) and Casey Rae-Hunter (Future of Music Coalition) talking about why they do what they do and what they’re looking for to create compelling content.

These dedicated champions of hip-hop will address questions like: “How do I get attention for my project?” “What should I be thinking about in terms of web presence?” “What kinds technologies exist to help me do all this?”FMC will be on hand to talk about how policy shapes what the hip-hop community does, where it goes and what it says on the online.

FMC also present information that bloggers, artists, and fans can use to protect their right to free speech and entrepreneurship via the open Internet.

This is such a dope idea…lets keep it solid, historically artists never caked up soley off just the music. Merch has always been a big source of revenue for artists.

What do you think?

Former president of the storied Rykodisc label and founder of Slow River Records, George Howard is an accomplished musician, producer, executive, and educator. He currently holds posts as Assistant Professor of Management at Loyola University, Instructor and lecturer at Berklee College of Music’s BerkleeMusic program, and editor and frequent contributor to Artists House. He is the author of Getting Signed! An Insider’s Guide to the Record Industry, and Publishing 101, both aimed at educating aspiring artists in how to succeed in a music industry game that at times seems rigged against them.

A panel from the 140 Characters Conference moderated by Ted Cohen & with Steve Greenberg of S-Curve Records, Syd Schwartz of EMI & musician Matthew Ebe.

Props to Bruce