LOS
ANGELES (Recording Academy) Top music industry professionals discuss
the realities of the music business and available careers in music with
more than 1,300 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and
surrounding area high school students at GRAMMY Career Day. Hosted by
the USC Thornton School of Music, the event will feature panel
discussions and will be followed by a variety of workshops addressing
various fields in the music industry. A concluding concert performance
will feature the 2005 Gibson/Baldwin GRAMMY High School Jazz Ensemble.
WHO:
Artist/Creative Participants include: Current GRAMMY-nominated
producer/engineer Shamar Daugherty (The TrakStarz); GRAMMY
Award-winning songwriter Lamont Dozier; renowned bass player Nathan
East; Concord recording artist Gregg Field; DJ/remixer Tom "Junkie XL"
Holkenborg; current GRAMMY nominee Dave Koz; current GRAMMY-nominated
producer/engineer
Alonzo Lee Jr. (The TrakStarz); GRAMMY-nominated
Maroon5 vocalist Adam Levine; current GRAMMY-nominated songwriter
Harold Lilly; current GRAMMY-nominated engineer Manny Marroquin; noted
musician Greg Phillinganes; producer/remixer/recording artist Carmen
Rizzo; Latin GRAMMY winner Robi Draco Rosa; current GRAMMY-nominated
producer/songwriter John Shanks; recording engineer Ralph Sutton;
current GRAMMY nominee Maroon5 guitarist
James Valentine; current
GRAMMY nominee Kanye West.
Industry Professionals include: Teen
People
Music Editor Zena Burns; USC Thornton School of
Music Dean
Robert Cutietta; Interscope A&R executive Erica Grayson; "Access
Hollywood" Senior
Music Producer Nancy Harrison; Paramount Senior Vice
President, Business and Legal Affairs for Music, Motion Pictures
Division
David Helfant; "American Idol" co-host Randy Jackson; Music
Attorney
Channing Johnson; Electronic Arts Los Angeles Senior Audio
Director Erik Kraber; MTV News Vice President Ocean MacAdams; Jive
Records Vice President of Creative Development and Los Angeles Chapter
President Jonathan McHugh;
Music Video
Director Dave Meyers; Senior
Vice President, Creative-West Coast for EMI
Music Publishing, Senior
Vice President of A&R, Virgin Records and President of Montbello
Records Big Jon Platt; Electronic Arts Worldwide Vice President Steve
Schnur; Universal
Music Publishing Creative Affairs Executive Tom
Sturges; Founder/President of Tommy Tallarico Studios Tommy Tallarico.
Moderators
include: Recording Academy* Chairman
Daniel Carlin; three-time
GRAMMY-winning producer and Los Angeles Chapter Trustee Jimmy Jam; and
Recording Academy President Neil Portnow.
WHERE:
University of Southern California Campus
Gate 3, Parking Structure C
(Enter off of Figueroa, between Exposition Blvd. and Jefferson Blvd.)
WHEN:
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
9:30 - 11a.m.
Super Panels
(Bing Theatre, Bovard Auditorium, Newman Auditorium)
11:10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Career Workshops
"American
Idol" Junior; The Art of the Song; Behind the Artist: The Team of
Advisors; DJ/Remixer; Image is Everything: Art and Photography in
Music; Meet the Press:
Music Journalism; Music: It's In The Games;
Plug-In To Pro Tools; So...You Want To Be A
Music Major?; and When
Musicians and Genres Collide.
12:30 - 1p.m.
Lunch
1:05 - 2 p.m.
Concert featuring 2005 Gibson/Baldwin GRAMMY Jazz Band (Bovard Auditorium)
WHY:
To encourage careers in the music business, GRAMMY Career Day provides
high school students an opportunity to interact with music industry
professionals in educational settings throughout the country.
The
GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1989 to cultivate the
understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution
recorded music has made to American culture - from the artistic and
technical legends of the past to the still unimagined musical
breakthroughs of the future generations of music professionals. The
Foundation accomplishes this mission through programs and activities
designed to engage the music industry and cultural community as well as
the general public. The Foundation works in partnership year-round with
The Recording Academy and its regional offices to bring national
attention to important issues such as the value and impact of music and
arts education and the urgency of preserving our rich cultural legacy.
