Nemo Music Festival September 29-October 2nd, 2005

CONFERENCE UPDATES
This year the NEMO Conference is being held at the Boston Center for the Arts. All daytime activities including the trade show, panel discussions, daytime indoor acoustic and outdoor plaza stages, mentor sessions and the NEMO Art Show will all be held at the BCA.

In addition to our new location, we have added several attractions to this year's conference including: an Apple Computers Classroom, The Gibson Guitars tour bus, The Budweiser True Music Lounge and The Jameson Irish Whiskey Outdoor stage. This is a lot of cool stuff to check out in only two days!

PERFORMERS ANNOUNCED:

Joss Stone, Los Lonely Boys, The Posies, Aqualung, Tracy Bonham, Stephen
Kellogg & the Sixers, deSol, Alien Ant Farm, Ashlee Simpson, Ellis
Paul, Doug Gillard, Love Is Laughter, The Electric Six, Jon Randall,
Cheerleader 666, Waltham, Kevin Hearn And Thin Buckle, Voicst, Robbers On
High Street, Zox, Dirty On Purpose, Diamond Nights, Matt Mays & El Torpedo,
Hero Pattern, Sam Bisbee, ps, Monofog, The Kin, Remains Of Brian
Borcherdt, aderbat, Woke Up In Vegas, Toussaint Yeshua, The Perishers,
Julian Velard, Heideroosjes, Rocketscience, Furvis, Army of Me, Black
Mountain, The Dirty Things, Josh Radin, The Emeralds, As Fast As, AM, The
Bon Savants, Dan Dyer, MinaMina Goodsong, Aberdeen City, Apollo 13, Jonny
Lives, BOY, Mieka Pauley, The Hot IQ's, Jimmy Ryan, Black Morning Star,
Rebekah Jordan, My Little Radio, Deathray Davies, The Plain Janes, Sarah
Borges, Taylor Hollingsworth, The Trews, Will Dailey And The
Rivals, The Bleedin' Bleedins, Robby Roadsteamer, Muck And The Mires, The
Pink Slips, Alternate Routes, Teenage Prayers, Kelli Scarr, Benzos, David
Ross McDonald, Trumystic, The Milwaukees, EJ Labb, Sucka Brown, Murdocks,
The Effects, Margot and the Nuclear So & So's, Cocked & Loaded, Doyle Lawson,
Bandcamp, East 146, Adelyn, The Waking Eyes, Cyanide Valentine, Skeleton & The Ghost
Faced Boy, Blizzard of '78, Nine Black Alps, Braddigan, Fluttr Effect,
Frank Smith, Christopher Jak, Andromeda, Bourbon Princess and many, many more to be announced shortly! Please check www.nemoboston.com for all showcase performer
updates.

2005 PANELS CONFIRMED
Representatives from the following companies, organizations and bands will
be participating on panels and mentor sessions: Universal Records, The
Madison Group, CD Baby, Fenway Recordings, Decent Xposure, Lunch Records,
NACA, Groupietunes.com, PKA Management, Immortal Records, GoGirls Music,
Garvan Management/Americana Music Association, IODAlliance, Undertow Music,
Berklee College of Music, Jupiter Sunrise, Pretty Polly Productions, ASCAP,
Heavy Rotation Records, Advent Music, The Phoenix Media Group, WBCN, The
Boston Metro and many, many more to be announced shortly!

Panel topics include:
State Of The Music Industry
The Local Scene: What's going on in New England
Women In The Music Industry
Touring Today
DIY-The Changing Face of the Industry
Building & Breaking A Band
Creating The Team
Studio Production Workshop Presented by M-Works Studio
The Keys to Creating a Buzz
Music Entrepreneurship presented by Berklee College of Music
Record Labels: What Are They Looking for Today?
CD Baby Workshop with Derek Sivers

More panels to be announced next week! Please check www.nemoboston.com

NEMO SHOWCASE SCHEDULE NOW UP AT www.nemoboston.com