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Filed under: Music, Seattle City of Music Initiative, Seattle Music Commission
Music is a $2+ Billion industry in Seattle with over 20,000 jobs represented. African-Americans and the Central District have played a significant role in the development of Seattle’s rich musical legacy – from jazz and blues to funk and hip hop – yet have minimal representation in the industry economics and policy influence.
The Black Music Summit “A Motown in Seattle?” will take place this Saturday, January 31st from 11 am to 6 pm at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. This event is free and open to the public.
The purpose of this summit is to bring together stakeholders—musicians, artists, promoters, venue owners and operators, members of the media, educators, and other industry participants—to increase awareness of available opportunities and strengthen networks for action. The goal is to address the current state, and future growth, of Black Music in Seattle and the Central District and explore the opportunities and challenges in the context of Seattle’s City of Music Initiative to make Seattle a global music mecca by 2020.
The Roadshows were developed as an outreach tool for the annual City of Music Career Day to provide information, assess challenges and opportunities, and provide access to the music industry in underrepresented communities. These events showcase talent in these hyper-local communities and bring neighborhoods together to celebrate their vibrant and rich musical histories and cultures.
The Black Music Summit “A Motown in Seattle” program schedule features the following:
- 11:00am – 12pm Industry Stakeholders Meet & Greet Brunch
- 12:15pm Welcome & Opening Statements
• Kate Becker, Director Seattle Office of Film & Music
• Randy Engstrom, Director, Seattle Office of Art & Culture
- 12:30 State of Black Music in Seattle
• Ishmael Butler, Shabazz Palaces/SubPop Records
• Ouwar Arunga, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Arunga Music, LLC
• Dr. James Gore, Ariel Media/Jackson St. Music Program
• Jazmyn Scott, The Town Ent.
• Erinn “Ms. Urban 411” Renee, C89.5FM The Gospel Show/Rite Marketing
- 1:45pm – 2:45 Feast or Famine: Making Money In Today’s Music Biz
• LaTanya “Sista Luv” Horace, Singer/Songwriter
• Darryl Crews, Executive, Sky Movement (Tacoma, WA)
• Tendai Baba Maraire, Shabazz Palaces/Chimerunga Renaissance
• Larry Mizell, The Stranger
• Lara Davis, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
• Mark Henderson, International Musican & Band Leader (Hong Kong)
- 3:15-4:15 Using Music To Activate Neighborhoods Roundtable
• Royal Alley Barnes, Executive Director, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
• Evelyn Allen – Exec. Dir., Village Spirit Center for Community Change
• Felix Ngoussou, Owner – Lake Chad Cafe
• Liz Johnson, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
• Jason Davidson, Owner – Cortona Cafe & Parklet
• Robert Stevens – African American Veterans Group of Washington State/23rd Ave ACT/Garfield Community Council
• Savior Knowledge, Union Street Business Association
• Heidi Jackson, CEO Hidmo Cypher
• Suntonio Bandanaz – Artists, 206Zulu
- Young Artists Roundtable facilitated by Freshest Roots
- 4:30 -5:45 Music, Technology & Marketing presented by Hack The CD
The Roadshow events are produced by Seattle Music Commissioner K. Wyking Garrett of UMOJA PEACE Center in collaboration with the Office of Film + Music, Seattle Music Commission, and the Office of Arts & Culture.
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The Office of Film + Music has partnered with Northwest Film Forum, Washington Filmworks, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, and Seattle Public Library to present Scene on Screen: Film Production in the Northwest, two panels focusing on the business of filmmaking in Seattle, moderated by Warren Etheredge of The Warren Report.
On Location: The Economic Impact of Film Production
Warren Etheredge will moderate a panel discussion about the business of film adaptation and film production in Seattle, using the example of Amazon Studios’ recent filmed-in-Seattle adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel The Man In The High Castle. The 7:00 p.m. panel follows a 5:00 p.m. rare screening of the 35mm print of Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott and adapted from the novel by Philip K. Dick.
Panelists:
- Kate Becker, Director of Seattle’s Office of Film + Music
- Greg Smith, President, IATSE Local 488
- Kathy Hsieh, Cultural Partnerships & Grants Manager, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
- Lisa Dixon, Chief Operating Officer, Pioneer Square Alliance
Monday, February 2 at the Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Avenue, Capitol Hill
5:00 p.m. – Blade Runner (2007, Final Cut)
7:00 p.m. – Panel Discussion about the Economic Impact of Film Production on our Local Economy
From Script to Screen: Transforming Fiction into Film
Warren Etheredge will facilitate a discussion about the creative process of adaptation and film production in Seattle, using the example of Amazon Studios’ recent filmed-in-Seattle adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel The Man In The High Castle.
Thursday, February 12 at the Downtown Seattle Public Library, Central Auditorium, 1000 Fourth Ave., Downtown Seattle
7 p.m. – Discussion
- Warren Etheredge of The Warren Report
- Paul Constant, The Stranger
- Kathy Hsieh, Cultural Partnerships & Grants Manager, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
Filed under: Music
The Seattle City of Music Internship, a Seattle Music Commission program produced in partnership with Sub Pop and KEXP, launched in December 2014 with an open call for applicants to participate in the inaugural year. Over 100 applications were received and, after a rigorous interview and selection process, two City of Music interns were selected.
Bella Pham and Geran Landen were chosen as the inaugural City of Music interns and began their 12-month internship January 5th.
Bella is a junior at Seattle University where she’s majoring in Strategic Communications and working part-time as a DJ at the college radio station when she’s not holed up in the library focused on her studies.
Geran is also a student at Seattle University where he’s majoring in Creative Writing with a minor in Biology. Geran works as the Music Director for Seattle University campus radio station and spends his free time immersed in Seattle’s music scene – researching new bands and attending concerts.
The year-long City of Music internship program is divided into four experiences with each intern spending three months at four music focused businesses – KEXP, a Seattle-based non-profit radio station; Seattle Theatre Group (STG), a non-profit arts organization which operates historic theaters; Sub Pop Records, a record label that has been signing artists and selling records since 1988; and Rhapsody, an online music service.
The hope is that Bella and Geran will come away from the internship with a broadened perspective on Seattle’s music scene and the many organizations that maintain its importance as a staple of the city’s culture (and that they’ll have had a rockin’ fun time in the process!)
Congratulations Bella and Geran!
Seattle Office of Film + Music 