LVCMIC 2004

 
 

The idea of the music industry conference sprang from the desire of music industry students, who were members of a national organization (MEISA), to host their own regional conference(s) in contrast to a national conference hosted primarily for academics.


Students of Albright College in Reading and Lebanon Valley College in Annville decided to jointly host the first of these conferences at Albright. This took place in 2003 with about 80 in attendance. LVC became the location of the  jointly-hosted conference the following year in 2004. 


In 2006, the students of Lebanon Valley College decided to withdraw from the national organization, changing the name from MEISA to MISA (Music Industry Students Association) and to host the conference every fall.

 

  1. • Speakers Included:

  2. •Nate Herr: VP Verve/UMG

  3. •Jamison Antoine: Def Jam A&R

  4. •Steve Penta: Island / Def Jam Records

  5. •Doug Gould: Shure Microphones

  6. •Paul Smith: Saturation Acres Recording Studio/ The Badlees

  7. •Tom Volpicelli: The Mastering House

  8. •Barry Sosnick: Earful.info

  9. •Craig Underwood: CSI Communications Systems

  10. •Frank Phobia: CEO DRP Records

  11. •Steve Rudolph: Musician

  12. •Mike McCoy: Engineer/ Hit Factory..

The First Music Industry Conference Hosted at LVC

Jamison Antoine (DefJam)

answers questions

Nate Herr VP Verve

Melissa Miller:Treasurer MISA

Sarah White:President MISA

Terrel Roper (now DJ at Power 99 FM in Philly) networks with DefJam.

Freddie Long provides lunch entertainment

Welcoming Committee


Melissa, Vanessa,

and Issac



John Harris (Millennium Music Conference)

Steve Rudolph (musician)




Craig Underwood (CSI Communications)

Doug Gould (Shure)

Nate Herr: VP of Verve Records with b-bird.

Mike McCoy: Hit Factory

Tom Volpicelli: The Mastering House




Frank Phobia: DRP Records

Steve Penta: Def Jam

Barry Sosnick: Earful.info

President, Sarah White, looking forward to just normal student pressures.

John Harris with Melissa Miller, who organized the next conference.

Anna Drozdowski (on left) drove all of the way from Boston. Here President White welcomes her.

Courtney with Paul Smith (Badlees)

SONY artists, Nevertheless spoke about being signed and played the benefit concert

Gene Perla (Miles Davis, Elvin Jones, etc.) bass workshop