Join us in exploring the future of the music industry from the studio and into the metaverse. Powered by Finessed Media, Inc. Sponsored by VEVO and Kaotica. Agenda - in Eastern Standard Time (EST) Friday, December 17th • 5:30pm - 7pm: Music Marketing Trends: Utilizing Data Analytics* • 7pm - 8pm: NFTs in the Music Economy Saturday, December 18th • 12pm - 1pm: The Connected Fan (Metaverse Edition) • 1pm - 2:30pm: Creating Music with AI* • 2:30pm - 3pm: Networking Break • 3pm - 4pm: The Impact of VR/AR in Music Experiences • 4pm - 4:30pm: [Keynote] Man and Machine ft. @cybrnetx Sunday, December 19th • 12pm - 1pm: Innovations in Live Music • 1pm - 2:30pm: The Future of Music Distribution* • 2:30pm - 3pm: Networking Break • 3pm - 4pm: New Studio Technologies • 4pm - 4:30pm: [Keynote] Technology vs. Our Environment Stay up-to-date @ https://www.finessed.media/ Finessed Media is a New York City based start-up focused on developing content in all things music entrepreneurship and creation. The company was founded in January 2020 with the mission to provide resources for a worldwide audience interested in making it in the music industry in any capacity. Our contributors spotlight music and stories of artists, A&R reps, DJs, music tech executives, radio hosts, and more to speak on their experiences and share insight for others to learn from. These stories are provided via videos, online lessons, news updates, and events. The Finessed community has grown into a global audience for its work in promoting all genres and for providing a platform for all aspiring music industry entrepreneurs.

Friday, Dec. 18, 10:00pm UTC in the TRU Band Room, join us for a live performance from multi-talented artist, SassyBlack. Catherine Harris-White is SassyBlack, a multifaceted creative force with a focus in the performing and literary arts. Hailing from Seattle, this Goddess of “psychedelic soul” & “hologram funk” explores sound through deep electronic compositions. ​A graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, Catherine has fostered a thriving solo career, writing, composing and producing all of her music with over 15 projects released since 2014. In addition to her own compositions, she has composed music for Microsoft, WNYC, University of Washington, 5th Ave Theatre (15 Minute Stories) and the film Seattle Women Black Panthers: Keepers of the Dream. ​As a writer, she has written interviews, reviews and opinion pieces for CRACK Magazine, Okayplayer & Tom Tom Magazine and used to co-write the column “Ladies First” for Seattle Weekly. Along with her music, which has been featured on Adult Swim, BET’s series Twenties as well as the Michelle Obama Spotify Playlist Vol. 1, her acting prowess has been featured on HBO’s Vinyl and Comedy Central’s Broad City. Her musical journey is available for listening and purchase through Bandcamp, Spotify & all other streaming platforms. https://zora.co/sassyblack https://www.sassyblack.com/ https://sassyblack.bandcamp.com/ https://twitter.com/SassyBlack_ The Rocking Uniquehorns (TRU) are 9,990 NFTs rocking on the Ethereum Blockchain, randomly generated by combining over 300 regular, legendary, and ultra-rare traits.

PolkaWorld Community Meet Up

Friday, Dec. 3, 10:00pm UTC in the TRU Band Room, join us for a live performance from the mind behind the project, AmbieNFT. AmbieNFT is a collection of 256 individually minted, single-edition generative music NFTs that combine hash-derived compositional rules with hardware based modular synthesis for unprecedented generative musicality. Everything from module selection to rhythm density and melodic range is seeded from a unique 16 digit hash. Once recorded, each composition resides on live video synthesis backed cassette tapes that proudly display Rare and Legendary attributes of the composition in addition to color-coded overall rarity. https://opensea.io/collection/ambienft https://twitter.com/AmbieNft https://ambienft.com/ The Rocking Uniquehorns (TRU) are 9,990 NFTs rocking on the Ethereum Blockchain, randomly generated by combining over 300 regular, legendary, and ultra-rare traits. https://rockinguniquehorns.com/