I got him candid.
Our days were a little different Thursday.
I went to the international panel.
What's It Like Over There? This Panel of International Artists and music industry professionals will be discussing their respective international music scenes in depth. The goal here is to expose resources, programs, and information for aspiring international artists and industry professionals. I
MODERATOR:
Jean Cook
PANELISTS:
Rio Farabi
Joel McDonald
Paulo Andre Moraes Pires
Rachelle Van Zantan
I got to meet someone who's in a hard rock band from Australia that really helped me understand the music and job scene down under and let me in on some of the good companies to work for. His best advice was to do something niche and stand out. That's how most people are successful there.
The next one we both went to.The Basics Of An Effective Online Ad Campaign Online advertising campaigns are in their infancy stage with regards to the future of music. In an open discussion form, this panel will start with the basics and continue on to discuss more in-depth info and strategies. M
MODERATOR:
Robert Cukierman
PANELISTS:
Adam La Rue
Doug Perlson
Scott Portugal
Derek Sentner
We got some great ideas in promoting our artists and being creative in our grass roots world.
Everyday our set itinerary changes in one way or the other. It's an adventure.
Artist Lounge
French Horn Rebellion lead vocalist, Robert decided to meet with Zack and I and take us to the Red Bull Space Artist Lounge. I came to find that Red bull Cola and PBR is a good mix. Go Milwaukee! There was also an artist showcase here and you could play with the koog boards, guitars, more. They were doing star interviews, having competitions, and everyone was branding. It was the first time of the week Robert used his badge and we explored a great time.
Zack and I split up from here.
Kevin Smith and Zack and Miri Make a Porno
If you haven't heard of Kevin Smith, you really have. He's made all the Jay and Silent Bob Movies, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Jersey Girl, The Clerks and more of your favorites. In fact, he is Silent Bob. He also made Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Kevin Smith is one of my film idols and I could not miss this production. The line to get in was wrapped around the theater almost twice over! Rob accompanied me to this event. First they played the movie which was comic, witty, and essentially a romance story if you can believe that. Seth Rogan and romance...
The second half of this event was a Q&A with Kevin Smith. People asked him silly questions in the nature of Kevin such as "do you wipe from the front of back" and how he's influenced them in potty words and where does he think of these things , etc. Some of the more music related questions were basically how did you choose these songs? He said instead of hiring a music supervisor he just checked out his ipod and put in songs that he liked. That tells you something about the possible dangers of that music business position. It was funny to hear that some artists didn't give him permission like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs because they felt that particular song is too played out for them. "Being artsy!" Kevin said. Other songs he cannot release on the soundtrack because the artist themselves would like to do this. Another insight is the idea behind this movie has been thought of since he was 13 and this is very self-explanatory.
Potty Jokes of Kevin Smith
I just want to add in some great stories and potty jokes he instilled us with so you have the option not to read this. Kevin was talking about him getting fatter eating Permanti Brothers Sandwiches in Pittsburgh where the film was filmed essentially. He said he pretty much broke a toilet in half but after he'd poop (poop stories are his favorite). The contents were swishing around in the bowl dangerously so he decided to launch off the toilet to save himself. Unfortunately, after all of that, someone was knocking on his door, a business friend of his. Now he couldn't say "Who did this?! He opened the door and gave a horrified face and pointed to the toilet speechless. His friend says "No one has to know."
Sony gave Kevin Smith a 103 inch flat screen TV which he decided to put 2 feet away from his bed. Smith is one to be associated with pot jokes so he was saying only recently has he engaged in this sort of activity. He never left his bed with this flat screen. He would put his own movie in and stand next to himself being very upset that him on the screen was ignoring him in real life. The were the same size on the screen basically is what he said. An alternate reality.
Ben Affleck jokes are the best but here's one that Ben told Kevin. Kevin references Star Wars a lot in his films including Zack and Miri with a film they created or wanted to create called "Star Whores." He's always been a little weary as to if George Lucas would care so Ben called him because he happened to go to a thanksgiving dinner with George there. He said the experience was really geeky. All he did was talk about his websites with his friends and then they would go look at the websites and then look for porn. It was pretty geeky. When Ben asked what he thought of Clerks, all he had to say was "haha Death Star right" referring to the movie.
Monologue here: http://www.whysanity.net/monos/clerks5.html
Off to the shows!
We checked out some great showcases at Webster Hall with some great Djs but we also checked out local life and hung out at Odessa while networking with musicians, booking agents, and more.
Rob introduced me to a lot of great contacts and then he tried to eat me.
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