Dave Claassen of BMI submitted a SXSW panel called "Profiting from Technology: Online, Offline and On Tour" that features IndieHitMaker.com, and its now a finalist up for popular vote.

Take a second and vote by:

1.      Creating an account here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/users/register

2.      Click the link inside your confirmation email

3.      Then click on each link below and select the “Thumbs Up” for both INTERACTIVE and MUSIC

Music Panel: http://snipurl.com/musicprofit

Interactive Panel: http://snipurl.com/techprofit

(Note: If your vote is not accepted, try signing out and logging back in using the links at the top of the panel picker page)

Be sure to share this with everyone and anyone you know who loves music, this is open to the public and anyone can vote - thanks for your support.

To keep up with the campaign, follow IHM and their partenrs on Twitter at:

http://twitter.com/indiehitmaker  |  http://twitter.com/bram_rocks

ATHENS, GA — March 2010 — The University of Georgia Music Business Program will host the “START ME UP! – HOW TO GET YOUR MUSIC BUSINESS OFF THE GROUND” educational panel on Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 11:00 A.M to 3:00 P.M. at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, GA, located at 515 North McDonough Street, Decatur, GA 30030.   The panels are $5 at the door and will provide an opportunity for networking with leading music industry professionals.

Panel 1, “HOW I GOT MY MUSIC BUSINESS OFF THE GROUND” will run from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm and panel 2, “30 SECONDS TO PITCH YOUR PLAN” will run from 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm and will be moderated by Chris Hanks, Director, Terry College of Business Entrepreneurship Program, and Bruce Burch, founder and director of the UGA Music Business Program at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business and award winning songwriter.

Panelists include:  James Andrews, managing partner / co-founder of Everywhere Social Media, Aaron Arnold, CEO of MusicIsMyBusiness, former assistant to Sean “Diddy” Combs, Mark “Dill” Driscoll, founder of World Sports Promotions, McCann Event Marketing, Momentum Worldwide, and Ignition, Chris Esposito, president and CEO of Digital College Network, Duncan Freeman, founder of Band Metrics, Chris Hanks, Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Georgia Terry College of Business, Tammy Hurt, founder of Outsource Events, Inc, Placement Music, LLC, Clarkson Logan, co-founder of Maestro, Richard Nailling, co-founder, director and chief executive officer, Doria Roberts, singer / songwriter. 

 
From 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, the “SPEED NETWORKING LUNCH SESSION” will provide the opportunity for participants to interact with the panelists. 

UGA's Music Business Program was established by director Bruce Burch in January 2006 as an interdisciplinary certificate program organized and operated by the University's Terry College of Business.  Students take a comprehensive mixture of classes, including capstone courses MBUS 4100 and MBUS 5100.  In addition to guest lectures by prominent figures in the music industry, students gain real world music industry experience through class projects, such as marketing / promoting a concert from start to finish, and externships with organizations like record labels, entertainment law firms, recording studios, booking agencies and other entertainment industry firms. 

For more information:  www.terry.uga.edu/musicbusiness

OR Check the event on Eddie's Attic Website: http://www.ticketfusion.com/store/one/index.html?store_id=1553&page_type=ticket&show_id=499792&cid=&qid=9787413888

What is an ISRC and why do you need it? An International Sound Recording Code (ISRC) is a code issued by the RIAA (at www.USISRC.org) that is increasingly being used by "major download sites, digital distribution companies and collecting societies as a tool to manage digital repertoire and track commerce."  For example, if you have recorded music and want to distrubute it digitally online (on iTunes or other popular digital retail sites), you'll need to assign a unique ISRC to each song - for the life of the song - because most digital distribution companies require the code.

To register for ISRC codes, you can visit www.USISRC.org or go direct to the ISRC Application Page and follow the sites instructions.  

There is a $75 application fee and as the site notes, "All Registrants who apply through this site must own the rights to the recordings (as distinct from the rights to the songs) to which they would like to assign ISRCs."