Georgia Law to host annual music industry conference

Georgia Law to host annual music industry conference Monday, February 16, 2015 Writer: Lona Panter, 706/542-5172, lonap@uga.edu Contact: Payton Bradford, 706/506-6394, paytonb@uga.edu UGA law school to host annual music industry conference Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia School of Law’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society will host the 5th Annual Protect Athens Music Conference Tuesday, March 3, starting at 4:30 p.m., to be held at the 40 Watt Club in downtown Athens. The event is free and open to the public. The conference will address issues relevant to the intersection of law, music and business for musicians, students, professionals and anyone interested in music or the music business. “This event is perfect for anyone who wants to know more about the business and legal side of the music industry,” conference organizer and second-year law student Payton Bradford said. “The conference will address issues affecting the ever-evolving music scene and celebrate the rich music scene that exists in Athens.” There will be two panel sessions featuring industry professionals, local musicians, publicists and journalists. Discussions will center on issues related to publicity and promotion, with an emphasis on crowdsourcing and public relations, and the role of record labels today, with topics ranging from types of agreements to strengths and weaknesses of various sized labels to the role of labels in a largely digital area. The panels, which will feature Q&A sessions following each discussion, will be moderated by David Barbe, director of the UGA Terry College of Business Music Business Program and third-year law student Michelle Gilzenrat Davis, the former music editor for Flagpole magazine. The Terry College Music Business Program assisted with the organization of this year’s conference. For more information, please visit www.protectathensmusic.com or contact Bradford at paytonb@uga.edu. UGA School of Law Consistently regarded as one of the nation’s top public law schools, the UGA School of Law was established in 1859. With an accomplished faculty, which includes authors of some of the country’s leading legal scholarship, Georgia Law offers three degrees – the Juris Doctor, the Master of Laws and the Master in the Study of Law – and is home to the renowned Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy. Its advocacy program is counted among the nation’s best, winning four national championships in 2013-14 alone. For more information, see www.law.uga.edu. #