New Music Seminar

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New Music Seminar
New Music Seminar Official Logo
Frequency	Year-round events
Venue	New Yorker Hotel and Various Live Music Venues in NYC
Location(s)	New York City, New York, United States
Years active	20
Founded	1980–1995, 2009–present
Founder	Tom Silverman, Mark Josephson, Danny Heaps, Scott Anderson
People	Tom Silverman: Founder & Executive Director
Website	newmusicseminar.com

The New Music Seminar (NMS) is a music conference and festival held annually each June in New York City. The New Music Seminar originally ran from 1980 to 1995 and was relaunched in 2009.^[1]

In 2012, NMS hosted the first New York Music Festival in collaboration with the New York City Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment declaration of the city’s first New York Music Week. The festival took place in 17 venues throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn.

In June 1980, Tom Silverman, Mark Josephson, Joel Webber, Danny Heaps, and Scott Anderson brought 220 people together at a New York City rehearsal studio to discuss challenges in the music business. The event grew in subsequent years.^[2] The New Music Seminar added music showcases and a festival, initially called "New York Nights" and later, "New Music Nights." These were held in various New York City clubs. At its peak, the first series of seminars attracted more than 8,000 participants from 35 countries.

On August 6, 1984, singer Madonna participated in the seminar.

Haoui Montaug was panel director of the NMS at the time of his 1991 death.^[3] Following his death, the NMS inaugurated the Haoui Montag New Music Awards in his honor.^[4]

In 2009, the New Music Seminar was relaunched by Tom Silverman and former New Music Seminar staffer Dave Lory.^[5]

The New Music Seminar returned as a one-day event to New York City on July 21, 2009. It was held at the New York University Steinhardt's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.^{[citation needed]} The program consisted of a keynote address, four educational sessions, and an artists' showcase.

The New Music Seminar went to Chicago for the first time on October 6, 2009 at the Park West.^[6] The event featured a keynote address by Michael Spiegelman of Yahoo! Music and four panel discussions.^[7]

New Music Seminar came to Los Angeles’s Henry Fonda Theater on February 2, 2010.^[8] Featured speakers included the CMO of Pepsi, Kevin Lyman of Warp Tour, Alexandra Patsavas, Justin Tranter of Semi Precious Weapons, Derek Sivers, and Jason Bentley.^[9]

From July 19 to 21, 2010, the New Music Seminar was held in New York City. The event included five panel discussions, presentations, mentoring sessions, and musical performances.

The New Music Seminar took place in Los Angeles from February 14–16, 2011, and in New York City from June 17–19, 2012. The 2012 event featured keynote speakers Bob Pittman and Sean Parker.^[10]

In 2013, the event was held at the New Yorker Hotel. Music showcases from France, Spain, and Sweden were included. An A&R listening room was added.

The New Music Seminar also took place in 2014 and 2015.^[11]

Similar music conferences include SXSW, Winter Music Conference, In the City, CMJ and Canadian Music Week.