New Music Seminar
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The New Music Seminar was a series of multi-venue music
showcases held annually in New York City
, in the month of June, from 1980 to 1995, then relaunched in 2009.
In addition to music industry panels and exhibits, which mostly took place in hotel conference rooms, the NMS hosted hundreds of bands every year, who would come from around the world to perform for music industry insiders.
Performances were held in upwards of 30 New York City area clubs and venues for a week, and eventually, passes to this festival were made publicly available.
The music festival itself was initially called "New York Nights" and later, "New Music Nights."
and Dave Lory, as a touring series.
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
showcases held annually in New York City
New York City
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, in the month of June, from 1980 to 1995, then relaunched in 2009.
In addition to music industry panels and exhibits, which mostly took place in hotel conference rooms, the NMS hosted hundreds of bands every year, who would come from around the world to perform for music industry insiders.
Performances were held in upwards of 30 New York City area clubs and venues for a week, and eventually, passes to this festival were made publicly available.
The music festival itself was initially called "New York Nights" and later, "New Music Nights."
2009 relaunch
In 2009, the New Music Seminar was relaunched by two of its original organizers, Tom SilvermanTom Silverman
Tom Silverman is the founder, chairman and CEO of the record label Tommy Boy Records , and he is co-founder of the independent film and television company Tommy Boy Films. Silverman co-founded Dance Music Report magazine, which ran from 1978 to 1992, and he co-founded the Dance Music Hall of Fame,...
and Dave Lory, as a touring series.
- 2009 dates & locations: July 21 in New York City, and October 6 in Chicago
- 2010 dates & locations: February 2 in Los Angeles, and July 19/20/21 in New York City
- 2011 dates & locations: February 14/15/16 in Los Angeles
Similar events
A "first annual" showcase with the name New Music Seminar was held October 31 & November 1, 2008, in Cleveland, Ohio. A second event was announced for May 2009 in New York City. These events, organized by New Music Seminar, LLC of New York, are not connected to the original seminar series or the relaunch by Silverman & Lory.External links
- New Music Seminar site promoting the relaunched series
- New Music Seminar site promoting the 2008 event