Aspiring and current music industry professionals will converge on San Francisco for the SanFran MusicTech Summit Monday, Oct. 20. The day-long conference will cover several pressing music industry and technology related including licensing and commercial deals, marketing, generating revenue, and harnessing the power of social networking sites. MySpace Music, iTunes, and Google executives are scheduled to attend and participate in the panel discussions. Click here for more information about the conference.
Russell Simmons brought together mortgage consultants and Hip Hop stars this past Friday for the Hip Hop Summit at Clark Atlanta University. Ludacris, Yung Joc, and Kevin Liles were among the music industry participants. The summit focused on the importance of home ownership, with Simmons stressing the idea that the time to buy a home is now—despite the slump in the economy. “There are opportunities out there, but people just don’t know about it,”Simmons told the Associated Press. “With financial stability, it’s a great time to buy when it’s low. It’ll pick back up in the long run.” Students who attended the summit took home a booklet about home ownership, maintaining good credit and first time home buying. The event was held in conjunction with the BET Hip Hop Awards.
