POP Symposium launches its 2023 program!
POP Symposium has an incredible program this year with local and international artists, industry professionals and community members discussing the biggest issues in the music industry today. From AI and music, to digital marketing, and POP’s first ever Music Video Showcase, Sympo has something for everyone. Whether you’re an emerging artist, industry pro, or just a music lover, we’re glad to have you. The panels will take place at Rialto Hall.
About the curator
Eve Parker Finley is a noted Montreal multi-instrumentalist, producer, and comedian. Braiding a dense and deliberate web of string arrangements and alt-pop soundscapes, she rose to minor internet notoriety over the last years for her music and sardonic sketches on contemporary life as a transgender millennial. Finley has been a mainstay in the Montreal independent scene for nearly a decade.
All the panels:
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023
2H00: Music Royalties 101: TURN YOUR PASSION INTO A PAYCHECK!
Eric Cohen
3H30: Sampling as Storytelling: a history across genres
Mags | Peggy Hogan | Bliberation | Mario Reyes
Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023
12H30: Do Androids Dream of Electronic Music? Artificial Intelligence and the Music Industry
Fannie Crépin (House of Supercool) | Jonathan Sterne (Professeur, McGill University) | Jocelyn Maclure (Professeure, McGill University) | Paul Tao (Promoteur, I Am Sound)
2H00: Influencing the Influencers: Social Media Music Marketing
David Schellenberg (Signal Noise Marketing) | Nick Younes (Secret City Records) | Kelley Linn (True Panther) | Dorothée Parent-Roy (House of Supercool)
3H30: Lights! Camera! Action? The Future of the Music Video
Neil Haverty (MVP Project, Prism Prize) | Brittney Canda (Producer, Director) | Simon Fauteux (Six Media)
5H00: POP Montreal Music Video Night
Friday, Sept. 29, 2023
12H30: Planes, Trains, and Tourvans: Live Music’s Travel Environmental Impact
Kim Fry (Music Declares Emergency)
2H00: Language & Reconciliation (Co-presented by The David Suzuki Foundation)
Severen Suzuki | Chief Kahsennénhawe Sky-Deer
3H00: Bahamadia & Shabazz Palaces: Hip-Hop Legends in Conversation
Bahamadia | Ishmael Butler (Shabazz Palaces) | Dalton Higgins
Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023
2H00: Building Bridges: Solidarity of Musicians & Music Journalists
Rosie Long Decter | Luke Ottenhof | Rusell Louder | Cedric Noel
3H30: The Team behind the Booth: Making the most of Soundcheck
Nick Schofield | Ky Brooks
Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023
12H30: The Tuba Thieves Artist Talk
Alison O’Daniel
2H00: Living off Live Music: The Economic Realities of Touring
Michael Bardier (Heavy Trip) | Thanya Iyer | Sergio Da Silva (Turbo Haus)
3H30: The Changing Grant Landscape for Music Companies
Peggy Hogan (Next Door Records) | Sebastian Cowan (Arbutus Records)