Schedule
Wednesday, October 3
Thursday, October 4
Friday, October 5
Saturday, October 6
2007
Wednesday, October 3
12:45pm - 5:00pm
PANEL: 12:45pm-1:15pm - Info Wars: Digital and Analog Futures, Who’s Buying? (in two parts)
(Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
(Pt. 1) 1:15pm-2:45pm - The Future of Digital...
Sound Quality; Low or No Expectations in the Empire of MP3...
(Pt. 2) 3:00pm-5:00pm - The Future of Analog...
Info Wars; Analogue = Unlimited Information...
[Panelists & Full Description]
5:00pm
COCKTAIL: Pop Opening Party at Ecole Musee
Thursday, October 4
9:00am - 10:30am
PANEL: Creating, Generating Revenues and Sharing: How Law Is Responding To New Forms of Exploitation and Distribution?
(Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
...legal and economic issues involved in the negotiation of tariffs before the Copyright Board of Canada will be presented through case studies (e.g. ring tones, CSI, Tariff22)...
[Panelists & Full Description]
10:45am - 12:15pm
PANEL: Copyright and Collaboration: Problems and Creative Solutions
(Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
...how different fields of the arts deal with copyright issues when works are collaborative...
1:00pm – 3:00pm
KEYNOTE & PANEL: Dr. Daniel Levitin, Author of This is Your Brain on Music; Max Bell Chair in the Psychology of the Information Sciences
(Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
Keynote followed by discussion on ‘Infinite Storage’.
[Panelists & Full Descriptions]
3:00pm – 4:30pm
SPECIAL SESSION: Guitar Hero: Transcendental Air Guitar and the Object Lesson of the gaming phenomenon
(Pollack Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
...The rising phenomenon of the game Guitar Hero and giant distribution potential in gaming…or not? -- Panel followed by show-down between a Guitar Hero game pro and a guitar guru...
NOTE: General Admission to Guitar Hero vs "Guitar Hero available for $5, like a Workshop.
[Panelists & Full Descriptions]
4:30pm – 5:30pm
WORKSHOP*: Music Publishing
(C201, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
(Pt. 1) Music Publishing 101
An introduction to publishing with lawyer Fred Pinto and Murray Lightburn of the Dears...
(Pt. 2) The Future of Music Publishing
A response panel on the future of the music publishing industry...
[Panelists & Full Descriptions]
7:00pm
McGill Jazz Fundraiser - Thu., October 4, 2007
NOTE: Separate ticketing for this affiliated programming; ticket prices and contact information listed below.
Gordon Foote, coordinator. Friends of McGill Jazz and the National Bank of Canada present Ranee Lee, the McGill Jazz Faculty and the McGill Jazz Orchestra I. Reception at 6:15 pm.
Sponsor: Schulich School of Music (McGill Jazz Area)
Location: Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill University Schulich School of Music
Cost: $100
More information: Tickets, 514-398-4547; Information, 514-398-8157
8:00pm
McGill Symphony Orchestra - Thu., October 4, 2007
NOTE: Separate ticketing for this affiliated programming; ticket prices and contact information listed below.
As part of "Pop & Policy 2007 - Music Fast Forward" conference. Alexis Hauser, conductor. Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor (1877 version)
Sponsor: Schulich School of Music (McGill Symphony Orchestra)
Location: Pollack Hall, McGill University Schulich School of Music
Cost: $10
More information: Contact, 514-398-4547
*Workshop tickets available for $5 at the door.
Friday, October 5
9:00am – 10:30am
PANEL: “Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control…”
(Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
Student business plan presentations.
10:30am – 12:00pm
SPECIAL SESSION: S.A.C. Panel - Monetization of Peer-to-Peer networks.
(Pollack Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
NOTE: Open admission for the public, FREE
"Join the revolution - a proposal from the songwriters and recording artists of Canada for the monetization of the sharing of music files.
[Panelists & Full Descriptions]
10:30am
SPECIAL ON-SITE DEMO of NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (1st of 3)
(MMR, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
From the CIRMMT labs (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology), rotating on-site demo in the MMR.
12:00pm – 1:00pm
WORKSHOP*: How to access online distribution and get your own cut of the deal
(C201, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
How to make use of online distribution channels and get music to the fans, with or without a middleman...
[Panelists & Full Description]
12:00pm
SPECIAL ON-SITE DEMO of NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (2nd of 3)
(MMR, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
From the CIRMMT labs (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology), rotating on-site demo in the MMR.
1:00pm – 2:30pm
PANEL: “Cramping my Sampling: Rewriting Copyright": Sampling, mashing and IP law
(Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
How do sampling, remixing, mash-ups and other similar creative techniques drive the development of new models for business and law as well as the impact of such developments on the creative process itself and the artistic product?...
[Panelists & Full Description]
1:00pm
SPECIAL ON-SITE DEMO of NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (3rd of 3)
(MMR, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
From the CIRMMT labs (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology), rotating on-site demo in the MMR.
1:15pm – 2:15pm
WORKSHOP: International Markets – Festivals and Labels
This panel brings together a solid group of international festival buyers and labels reps who work to book their talent internationally to give you the scoop of how to get your band out into the wide, wide world. ( *Avec l'appui du ministere des Affaires estranger et du Commerce international / With the assistance of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade )
2:30pm – 4:00pm
WORKSHOP*: Music Industry 101
(C201, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
Experienced cats from all walks of the biz get together to reveal the inside scoop and answer your pressing questions...
[Panelists & Full Description]
2:30pm – 4:00pm
PANEL: Oh, Canada!
(Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
...It can happen here! Or, how of all the countries in the world, Canada could (and should) launch the business model that reduces the cost of acquiring music to almost nothing and saves the world wide Music Business from itself...
[Panel Description]
4:00pm – 5:30pm
KEYNOTE: Patti Smith
(Pollack Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
The “Poet Laureate of Punk” in a keynote conversation with John Nichols (Washington Editor of The Nation).
[Panel Description]
5:00pm – 7:30pm
S.A.C. sponsored COCKTAIL
(MMR, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
8:00pm
McGill Symphony Orchestra - Fri., October 5, 2007
NOTE: Separate ticketing for this affiliated programming; ticket prices and contact information listed below.
As part of "Pop & Policy 2007 - Music Fast Forward" conference. Alexis Hauser, conductor. Wagner: Overture from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor (1877 version).
Sponsor: Schulich School of Music (McGill Symphony Orchestra)
Location: Pollack Hall, McGill University Schilich School of Music
Cost: $10
More information: Contact, 514-398-4547
*Single workshop tickets available for $5 at the door.
Saturday, October 6
10:30am – 12:00pm
PANEL: Recommendation Engine: Conceptualizing the Universe
(Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
How will recommendation engines rise to the challenge to impose taste-based availability upon the ungraspable chaos of music overload?
[Panelists & Full Description]
12:00pm – 1:00pm
WORKSHOP*: Doing it Outside: Public Art and Interventions
(C201, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
In partnership with Art Pop; a discussion of contemporary public art making and theory wwith representatives from DARE-DARE, Pavilion Projects, The Anti-Graffiti Squad, the gig poster community and academia ...
[Panelists & Full Description]
1:00pm – 2:30pm
PANEL: The Archival Restoration Preservation Society: Keeping the Music of the Past Around for the Future (When it Just Doesn’t Want to Stand Still)
(Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
What do you do when the Clock keeps ticking and the Tape keeps shredding on the Amazing, Disappearing Analogue Data Base of virtually All the Music in the History of the World...
[Panelists & Full Description]
1:00 – 2:30pm
WORKSHOP*: Open Source and Wiki Platforms
(C201, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
You’ve heard the buzz words... What happens when you put them all together? Participation, reformulation, and innovation!...
2:30pm – 4:00pm
WORKSHOP*: Media Training: How to get ink and use it to your advantage?
(C201, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
A discussion with artists who have seen the ups and downs of media attention, media insiders and publicists who can all give helpful hints for building the right kind of buzz.
[Panelists & Full Description]
2:30pm - 6:00pm
SPECIAL SESSION: Albert Maysles Master Class
(Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill's Schulich School of Music)
NOTE: Separate Registration. Please visit http://popmontreal.com/film/en for details.
Legendary American filmmaker Albert Maysles has been invited to the upcoming Film Pop Festival, in conjunction with the Pop Montreal International Music Festival. The highlight of this visit will be a three-hour master class presented by the National Film Board of Canada, and in collaboration with les RIDM and FASA, made accessible for both students and professionals on Saturday, October 6th, 2007, from x hour at the Tanna Schulich Hall. Visit popmontreal.com/film/en for ticketing information.
8:00pm
European Jazz Orchestra Reunion Concert (1992 tour) - Sat., October 6, 2007
NOTE: Separate ticketing for this affiliated programming; ticket prices and contact information listed below.
As part of "Pop & Policy 2007 - Music Fast Forward." Gordon Foote, director.
Sponsor: Schulich School of Music (McGill Staff and Guests Series)
Sponsor: Schulich School of Music (McGill Jazz Area)
Location: Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill University Schulich School of Music
Cost: $5
More information: Contact, 514-398-4547
*Single workshop tickets available for $5 at the door.
