FMQB Triple A Conference Schedule of Events
 (Keep checking FMQB.com for more events as they are announced)

Wednesday, August 5
4:00-5:00 PM
Opening Panel: And Interview with T Bone Burnett (Xanadu II & III)
Interviewer: David Dye
Musician, songwriter, recording artist, producer and music supervisor T Bone Burnett is one of the most important forces in the music scene today. In the world of triple A, he has produced some of the most successful albums the format has ever supported, from Counting Crows to The Wallflowers to last year's Robert Plant & Alison Krauss project, which won a Grammy for Album of the Year; Burnett also won Producer of the Year. In 2009 alone he has produced Elvis Costello with Robert Randolph and Grace Potter coming soon and who knows what else in the works!. Find out as WXPN/Philadelphia and World Café host David Dye questions Burnett in our Opening Panel.

 
Sponsor: Concord Music Group
Performance By: Playing For Change

5:00-6:30 PM
Opening Reception
Sponsor: West Avenue Records
Performance By: Michael Nappi

 8:30-Midnight
At The Fox Theatre
Paolo Nutini (Atlantic Records)
Ben Harper & Relentless7 (Virgin Records/Capitol Music Group)
Andrew Bird (Fat Possum Records/RED)

9:00-11:00 PM
Fox Second Stage
Marcy Playground (Woz Music)
Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons (Black Seal Records/RED)

12:30 AM
Pro.qb Late Night Lounge (Xanadu II & III)
Sponsor: Atlantic Records
Performance By: Needtobreathe

Thursday, August 6  
10:00-11:45 AM (Xanadu II & III)
New Horizons: Creating a Cooperative New Media Future
Moderator: Brian Glicklich of SoundMind
Everyone is talking about all the new ways people are connecting today and how technology continues to expand the horizons for communication and commerce. But perhaps the radio and record industries are not forming strategic alliances often enough. This panel explores ways to expand our capabilities and how to share them with each other in the right ways. Otherwise, we remain on opposite sides of the fence. If radio wins and music is losing, there is something structurally wrong, and vice versa. We have to win together and find new ways to make that happen.

 Sponsor: CO5/DeAngelis Records
Performance By: Jack Savoretti

Noon-1:45 PM (Tent)
Luncheon
Sponsors: Columbia Records/Brushfire Records/Universal Republic
Performances by:
Angel Taylor
Zee Avi

2:00-3:30 PM (Xanadu II & III)
The 2009 Triple A Listener Survey: How the music business competes with LIFE.
Moderated by John Bradley & Dave Rahn of SBR Creative Media
Listeners have more media choices and technology options than ever.  Their money is tight and their time is crunched.  They're stressed and hunkering down. Where does music fit in with people's life and lifestyle in 2009?  John Bradley and Dave Rahn of SBR Creative Media will present the results from a nationwide summer survey of Triple A listeners and discuss strategies for competing with life in "the new normal."

Sponsor: Blackledge Music
Performance by: Tim Brantley

4:15-5:30 PM (Tent)
Cocktail Party
Sponsor: 429 Records
Performance by: The Features

 8:30-Midnight
At The Fox Theatre
Gomez (ATO Records)
Howie Day (Epic Records)
Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam (Blix Street Records)

9:00-11:00 PM
Fox Second Stage
Matt Morris (Music Allies)
Bob Schneider (Kirtland Records)

12:30 AM
Pro.qb Late Night Lounge
Sponsor: Anti-
Performance By: The Swell Season

Friday, August 7
10:00-11:45 AM  (Xanadu II & III)
The Innovator's Dilemma
Moderator: Paul Marszalek of Media Mechanics
The Innovator's Dilemma suggests that as a business matures, it tends to concentrate on its best (most profitable) customers. Unfortunately, this strategy invites new competitors that get their start by serving the least profitable customers. Over time, those new competitors increasingly gain strength to challenge and often destroy the established companies.

            The Innovator's Dilemma applies directly to today's media. On one front, disruptive technologies are eroding audiences. And now on a second front, traditional advertising and revenue models are crumbling. How can radio and other media survive these disruptive changes? Thankfully, others have been here before us. In this session, we'll review how new technologies and products attacked the titans of the auto, computer and other businesses. And we'll take away some best practices for competing in the coming years.

 Sponsor:  True North
Performance by: Catherine McClellan

Noon-1:45 PM (Tent)
Luncheon
Sponsors: Jive Records/Thirty Tigers/RED
Performances by:
Crosby Loggins
Charlie Mars

2:00-3:30 PM (Xanadu II & III)
Pro.qb Music Meeting hosted by Rita Houston and Kelly Ransford
The Pro.qb Music Meeting will be hosted by WFUV/New York MD Rita Houston and KFOG/San Francisco APD/MD Kelly Ransford. In addition to soliciting the opinions of the radio and record communities, we have invited listeners from Conference host station KBCO to join us for the session. It will be a chance to preview some exciting new releases scheduled for late summer and early fall. Beverage service provided by Songlines Ltd., Right Arm Resource, Marathon Entertainment and The JB Brenner Company.

Sponsor: Justice Records/Fontana Distribution
Performance by: Nelo

4:00-5:30 PM (Tent)
Cocktail Party
Sponsor: Capitol Records/Warner Bros-Reprise Records
Performances by:
A Fine Frenzy
Screening of:
R.E.M. "Live at the Olympia" (see clips from the forthcoming release)
Hear brand new music by:
EMI artists Rosanne Cash, Beastie Boys, Hockey, Jet & Willie Nelson
WB/Reprise artists Mark Knopfler, Devendra Banhart & Meaghan Smith

6:00-8:00 PM
E-Town at The Boulder Theater
David Gray
Harper Simon

 8:30-Midnight
At The Fox Theatre
Yonder Mountain String Band (Frog Pad Records/Redlight Management)
Ingrid Michaelson (Cabin 24/Original Signal/Universal Motown)
Serena Ryder (Atlantic Records)

9:00-11:00 PM
Fox Second Stage
Will Hoge (Rykodisc)
Joshua James (Intelligent Noise/Music Allies)

12:30 AM
Pro.qb Late Night Lounge
Sponsor: Chop Shop/Atlantic Records
Performance by: Anya Marina