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FULL PLAY MUSIC CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

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THURSDAY 2/16/23

7:00PM-1:00AM

PLAY VIP KICK-OFF PARTY

PRESENTED BY MYXT & THE MLC (THE MECHANICAL LICENSING COLLECTIVE)

for VIP Badge Holders, Speakers, Moderators, & Sponsors Only. (21 and older only)

SPECIAL AWARD CEREMONY FOR PLAY RECOGNIZED CHAMPIONS OF MUSIC 

 * DYANA WILLIAMS *

 * COUNCILMAN DAVID OH *

 * DAVID IVORY *

 * JOHN HARRIS *

and special performances from:

*SERENE SALINAS*

*MARO DĒLO*

*EM*

*JACK FANSELAU*

*MONA MEE*

at MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut Street – Philadelphia, PA 19107)

 

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FRIDAY 2/17/23

10:00AM-5:00PM

PLAY Music Conference Daytime Education

for Daily, Full, Student, & VIP Badge Holders 

(SEE FULL PANEL SCHEDULE BELOW)

University of the Arts – Levitt Auditorium at Gershman Hall
(401 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19147)

 

 5:30PM-7:30PM

PLAY Networking Event

for Full, Student, & VIP Badge Holders, plus Speakers, Moderators, & Sponsors

MUST BE 21+ TO ATTEND PLAY NETWORKING EVENTS

DoubleTree by Hilton (237 South Broad Street, Philadelphia)

 

8:00PM-1:00AM

PLAY Music Artist Showcases

for Daily, Full, Student, Artist Showcase Only, & VIP Badge Holders at the following venues on/around South Street:

REEF Restaurant & Lounge (Upstairs) – 605 S 3rd Street
His & Hers Lounge (Upstairs) – 216 South Street
O’Neals Pub (Upstairs) – 611 S 3rd Street

 

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SATURDAY 2/18/23

10:00AM-5:00PM

PLAY Music Conference Daytime Education

for Daily, Full, Student, & VIP Badge Holders 

(**SEE FULL PANEL SCHEDULE BELOW**)

University of the Arts – Levitt Auditorium at Gershman Hall
(401 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19147)

 

 5:30PM-7:30PM

PLAY Networking Event (Presented by PLUSH Vodka)

for Full, Student, & VIP Badge Holders, plus Speakers, Moderators, & Sponsors

MUST BE 21+ TO ATTEND PLAY ARTIST SHOWCASE EVENTS

His & Hers Lounge (Upstairs) (216 South Street, Philadelphia)

 

8:00PM-1:00AM

PLAY Music Artist Showcases

for Daily, Full, Student, Artist Showcase Only, & VIP Badge Holders at the following venues on/around South Street:

His & Hers Lounge (Upstairs) – 216 South Street
MilkBoy South Street (Upstairs) – 401 South Street
O’Neals Pub (Upstairs) – 611 S 3rd Street

PLAY MUSIC CONFERENCE

ARTIST PERFORMANCES

BADGE HOLDERS MUST BE 21+ TO ATTEND

THURSDAY – FEBRUARY 16TH

PLAY VIP KICKOFF PARTY & AWARDS CEREMONY

PRESENTED BY THE MECHANICAL LICENSING COLLECTIVE & MYXT

MILKBOY PHILLY (1100 CHESTNUT STREET)

7:00PM – 12:00AM

*OPENING ACT*   Serene Salinas

*HONORING LOCAL MUSIC CHAMPIONS AWARD CEREMONY*

Dyana Williams

Councilman David Oh

David Ivory

John Harris

*CLOSING ACTS*   Maro DēLo // Em // Jack Fanselau // Mona Mee

FRIDAY – FEBRUARY 17TH – 8:00PM – 2:00AM

SOUTH STREET & SOUTH 3RD STREET

 

REEF LOUNGE (UPSTAIRS) – 605 South 3rd Street

*5 Management Showcase (ft: Dreartist // CL Sounds)

*All Bout Business Showcase (ft: Spookvocals // Env0ux // Sth Madness) 

*Clowette

*Mill of Fire Showcase (ft: Fire Nation Flamez // Moody 1400000 // Lights Out) 

*Othawurld Muzik Group Showcase (ft: Spadeone the Redd*OMEGGa // K.N.O.T.S. 

Landing Headstrong // CAL XI // RHYMRCKA // V.Lov)

*Supreem Da Rezarekta’

*Katherine Swain

 

HIS & HERS LOUNGE (UPSTAIRS) – 216 South Street

Big Rick Energy // KNUCKLËHEAD // Madison Ryan Band // Violet Fire //

Nitro Nitra // The Warhawks

 

O’NEALS PUB (UPSTAIRS) – 611 South 3rd Street 

Ash Bird // Laura Cheadle // Kevin Roy Correll // Sean Eric // Dina Layzis & Artem 

Tenkeli // Trav Torch

SATURDAY – FEBRUARY 18TH – 8:00PM – 2:00AM

SOUTH STREET & SOUTH 3RD STREET

 

HIS & HERS LOUNGE (UPSTAIRS) – 216 South Street

Big Fat Meanies // Mystik Fool // Native Sons // Shame Penguin //

Sick Century // Mob Rock Records Showcase (ft: Test Human // Rotten Rollin // 

Slokill // RAH NRG // Talmadge Pearsall)

 

MILKBOY SOUTH STREET (UPSTAIRS) – 401 South Street

Don’t Call Me Tina // Jeff Ehling // The Fourth Son // Freez Da Iceman // Craig 

Greenberg // Lady Boss // Erin Porter

 

O’NEALS PUB (UPSTAIRS) – 611 South 3rd Street

Maria Arroyo // Kate Assiran // Minerva // Pep Rally

PLAY MUSIC CONFERENCE

PANEL TOPICS & SPEAKERS

FRIDAY 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM

Music Biz U (M.B.U)

Featuring Top Regional University Music Professors

  • Barry Heyman (Moderator) – Entertainment Attorney & Adjunct Professor at Five Town College
  • Linda Lorence-Critelli – Asst. Professor at Rider University, former VP of SESAC, Former NYC Grammy Chapter President
  • Joe Rapolla – Chair of the Music & Theatre Arts Department at Monmouth University
  • Brooke Mailhiot – Program Chair & Asst. Professor of Entertainment Tech at Rowan College (RCBC)
  • Stephen Cirino – Asst. Professor at University of the Arts – formerly of SONY RED Distribution

FRIDAY 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM

Hitting the Road: The Touring Panel

  • David Lory (Moderator) – Director of Canis Talent Mgmt/Former manager of Jeff Buckley
  • Walt Reader – CEO of Big Bloc Entertainment
  • Brother Hassan Sharif – CEO of Sharif Tour, Tour manager for Ashanti, Ja Rule, The Lox, & more
  • John Harris – Talent Buyer at XL Live & Harrisburg University,  Exec Director of Millennium Music Conference & S.S. Cape May
  • Nick DiRoma – VP of DEGY Booking International

FRIDAY 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM

Web3, NFTs, and the Metaverse (Presented by Band NFTs)

  • Rob Schwartz (Moderator) – CEO of WHOMAG Multimedia, CEO of NFT brand “The WHOMEEZ”, CCO of Band Royalty
  • Noble DraKoln – Co-Founder of Band Royalty NFTs and CEO of Wareplay Games
  • Kwasi Asare – Media Technology Visionary, CEO of FEEDIA, Fast Company Exec Board
  • Andrew Antar – CEO of Tune.FM
  • Corey “CL” Llewellyn – President of Digiwaxx Media /Spinworld

FRIDAY 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM

How to Grow Your Network (Presented by Upliftful)

  • Brian Cronin (Moderator) – Co-Founder of PLAY Music Conference, CEO of Mirror Image Media, Publisher of  THAT MAG
  • Peter Schwinge – CEO of NYBAC Media – Music Industry City
  • Suzann Christine – Recording Academy Governor (The Grammys), Founder of Music Artist University
  • Dustin Edlehertz – Co-Founder of Upliftful
  • Sharon Tapper – Executive Director of the Music Managers Forum-US
  • Nikisha Bailey – Global Co Chair D&I of Women in Music & Executive Board of the Recording Academy (NY Grammy Chapter)

FRIDAY 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM

Collecting Royalties: Distribution, Publishing Admin, & Mechanical

  • Matthew Galizia – VP of Music Publishing Services at SONY Music Publishing
  • Lindsey Major – Head of Customer Experience for The MLC (Mechanical Licensing Collective)
  • Mitch Dudley – Senior Label Management Director at The Orchard
  • Jennifer Costello – Director of Music Licensing & Clearance for JC3 Publishing, LLC
  • Lou Plaia – A&R Director for Sentric Publishing, Co-Founder of ReverbNation
  • Tim Pattison – Director, Creative at BMI

FRIDAY 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM

Getting in Front of Music Supervisors & Film Directors

  • Benjamin Barnett (Moderator) – Founder of Philly Indie Film Festival
  • Joe Rudge – Music Supervisor for The Big Sick, Midsommar, Room, Blue Valentine, & More
  • Bridget Smith – Co-Founder of PhillyBorn Films
  • Mike Walsh – Co-Founder of PhillyBorn Films
  • Mark Frieser – CEO of Sync Summit
  • Gr8 TRakx –Music Producer with credits including “Black Panther” & “The Greatest Showman”
  • Carvin Haggins – Multi-Grammy Award Winning Music Producer and Music Supervisor

FRIDAY 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM

Creative Financing: Crowdfunding and Artist Finance (Presented by Hammer Forte)

  • David Hazan (Moderator) – Founder of DLH Strategic Marketing
  • Jeff Hammer – Wealth Management Advisor for Northwestern Mutual/Hammer Forte
  • Meredith Graves – Director of Music for Kickstarter
  • Peter Harvey – CEO of RoyFi
  • Adam Scherzer – CEO of Scherzer Financial

SATURDAY 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM

RadioActive: The Power of Radio (Presented by Powderfinger Promotions)

  • Big Cuz (Moderator) – Program Director of 98.5FM
  • Dan Reed – Music Director at WXPN 88.5FM & Afternoon host
  • Michael DeBarge – Founder and President of Midtown Radio & Records
  • David Avery – President of Powderfinger Promotions
  • Joe McGinnis – VP of Radio Promotion at The Syndicate

SATURDAY 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM

The Legacy of Music Panel

  • J Hatch (Moderator) – Founder of Mogulstatus Media and Co Founder of MadeByUs Music
  • Rotten Rollin – Former Drummer of Crazytown
  • Shawn Rivera – Former Singer of AZ Yet (“Last Night” and “Hard To Say I’m Sorry”)
  • Khalil Lundy – Singer from Force MD’s (“Tender Love” and “Love Is A House”)
  • Playboy Mikey D – Legendary rapper/member of Main Source
  • Cozmo D – Legendary rapper from Newcleus (“Jam On It”)

SATURDAY 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM

Music Videos and Visuals (Presented by Obie Records)

  • Rob Schwartz  (Moderator) – Co-Founder of PLAY Music Conference, CEO of WHO?MAG Multimedia, WHO?MAG TV, Video Vision, and MusicSups
  • Andy Gesner – Founder of HIP Video Promo
  • Dwayne McClary – CEO of Uplifted Inc. 
  • Rob Fitzgerald – Music Video Director
  • Anthony Flores – Obie Records

SATURDAY 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM

Marketing Music 101 (Presented by MYXT)

  • David Hazan (Moderator) – CEO of DLH Strategic Marketing
  • Chris Wetherall – CEO/Founder of MYXT, creator of Google Reader & Twitter’s Retweet Function
  • Mike McCready – Founder of MusicXray
  • Corey “CL” Llewellyn – President of Digiwaxx Media /Spinworld
  • Gino Caporale – CEO of 418 Music & Co-founder of HeadHunter Promotion

SATURDAY 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM

Producers Headquarters (Presented by DPA Microphones)

  • Tommy Joyner (Moderator) – Co-Owner of MilkBoy Recordings & MilkBoy Music Venues
  • Steve “Mr. Mig” Migliore – 40x Multi-Platinum Billboard Chart Topping Producer/Remixer/Writer (LeAnn Rimes, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Sam Smith) 
  • David Ivory – Grammy Nominated and Multi-Platinum Engineer and Producer (Erykah Badu, The Roots, Halestorm, Syleena Johnson)
  • Fantom of the Beat – Grammy Nominated producer Fantom of the Beat and 1/2 of hip hop group The UMCs (50 Cent, Lil Kim, Busta Rhymes, Ghostface)
  • J Hatch – Founder of Mogulstatus Media and Co Founder of MadeByUs Music
  • BabyPaul – Grammy Nominated Producer (AZ, Monie Love, Da Beatminerz)
  • Vic Steffens – Engineer and Producer (Bobby Brown, Sly Stone, The Incredible Scratch Band)

SATURDAY 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM

Know When to Need A Team (Manager, Publicist, Attorney, etc.)

  • Jim Logrando (Moderator) – Co-Founder of PLAY Music Conference, Co Founder of Craft Services Music Strategy
  • Fiona Bloom – Founder of The Bloom Effect (PR Agency), Marketing at EMI Records (Digable Planets, Gang Starr, Shara Nelson)
  • Michael Caplan- Founder of Crows Feet Records, Former SVP of EPIC Records, Former head A&R of SONY Records
  • Simon Rosen – Entertainment Attorney – The Law Offices of Simon Rosen
  • Barry Heyman – Entertainment Attorney, Former Copyright/Business Affairs department of PolyGram and Universal Records
  • Nicholas Mishko – President of 10 and 8 Management Agency