ROCKRGRL Music Conference

Just a reminder that the ROCKRGRL Music Conference in Seattle is
only 6 weeks away. November 10-12. Here are some of the highlights:

* The Woman of Valor Dinner - honoring Patti Smith - November 10.
This is the kick-off for the conference. Industry luminaries (including Ann Powers)
will be on hand to honor Patti, and she and Lenny Kaye will perform an acoustic set.
This is $100/person and not included with conference registration.

* Keynote addresses by Patti Smith and Johnette Napolitano

* A Shop Talk Q&A between Bonnie Raitt and Ann Wilson

* Ann Powers interviews Cris Williamson on 30 years since Changer & The Changed

* Panel topics include: Women on Air; How to Get Endorsements; Ho Ho Ho:
Lyrics As Humor; Options in Audio; Life After Birth: Can You Be A Mom and a Musician
Too; Financing Your Music: How Much Cash Does It Take; How Do Girls Learn;
Women's Voices In Film; Writing A Hit; Racism In Rock; Press Releases That Rock;
Does Media Coverage Matter; Ladies of the Labels; Second Acts: Surviving
Career Set-Backs and much more

* Partial list of more than 200 showcasing artists include: Johnette
Napolitano (solo), Erin McKeown, Amy Rigby, Wendy Waldman, FOUR Japanese girl
bands (including Megababe), Scarling, Ms Led, Lillix, The Girls (from Tel Aviv), Sara
Hickman, The Shocker (Jennifer Finch from L7's new band), Stiffed, Barbara
Manning, The Brain Surgeons NYC, Texas Terri, Jessy Greene (violin player from
Geraldine Fibbers, Jayhawks), Sonia and Disappear Fear, The Randies, Sarah
Dougher, Leni Stern, Jen Foster, Mind Your Pig Latoya, Buttersprites, Lauren
Hoffman, The Juliet Dagger, Sam Shaber, Jenny Yates (Garth Brooks co-writer),
Magneto, Nicky Click, Shelley Doty, Los Abandoned, Lourds, Placenta, Kegels, Man
ofthe Year, Free Verse, Pin Boys (from Denmark), Ruby Dee and the Snake
Handlers, Narrows, Susan and the Surftones, Modicum, Stereovision, Hazard County
Girls, Lesley & the Ly's, Megan Slankard, Secs, Alice Stuart, Rachel Harrington,
Black Horse and Rosie Flores.

* PLUS a trade show, mixers, and the City of Seattle's Musical History Tour
bus!

Please support this important event.

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[via Girlgroup]  ¶ 9/27/2005 09:29:00 AM