Russell Simmons to Be Keynote Speaker at the Power 105.1 Music Summit

Thursday, April 15, 2004
By: brooklyniteOne

Clear Channel New York's Power 105.1 (WWPR-FM), New York's New #1 for Hip Hop & R&B, is proud to announce that hip hop impresario Russell Simmons will be the keynote speaker at the "Power 105.1 Music Summit." The announcement was made today by Michael Saunders, Power 105.1 Program Director.
Russell Simmons stated: "Hip-Hop is about empowerment and the opportunity and responsibility to end poverty and ignorance. We in the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network salute the Power 105.1 Music Summit and are happy to be a part of it."

The event will take place from 9am-6pm on Saturday, April 24th in the Grand Ballroom of the Manhattan Center, 311 West 34th Street, NYC. Executives of the music industry will participate in this day long event that will serve as a forum for aspiring artists and business executives. Panelists will discuss how they got their big break, the ups and downs of the business, and share tips on what they wish they would have known when they got started. Individual workshops include: Putting Your Team Together, Inside the Record Label, Current State of the Industry, Where Does the $$ Come From, and The Radio Business.
Tickets to the Power 105.1 Music Summit are $299 and includes breakfast and lunch. Tickets are currently on sale at http://www.power1051fm.com

Power 105.1 panelists include:

Fat Joe (Atlantic Artist), Irv Gotti (CEO of The Inc. Records,) Blue Williams (Family Tree Management; artists include Outkast), Chris Lighty (Co-owner Violator Management/Violator Records), Kevin Liles (President of Def Jam Records), Michael Kyser (SVP Def Jam Records), Troy Carter (Eve's Manager), Matthew Knowles (Manager of Destiny's Child & Beyonce), Jonathan Schwartz (Gudvi, Chapnick & Oppenheim Business Management), Steve Shapiro (Davis, Shapiro & Lewit LLP), David Benjamin (SVP Music Piracy, Universal Music), Kevin Law (SVP A&R, Universal Music), Michael Saunders (Program Director, Power 105.1) Doc Wynter (VP Urban Programming, Clear Channel) John Meneilly (Manager of Jay), CC McClendon (SVP/Urban Promotion, Arista Records), Tom Bennett (World Online Merchandise) & more to be announced.

About the Power 105.1 Music Summit
Participants in the Power 105.1 Music Summit will be able to network with people within the industry and discuss the latest trends and developments in the industry. CD's and demo handouts are permitted inside the venue only. Ten of the lucky registrants will win a full day recording session with an engineer at Manhattan Center Productions.

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