meet the panelists

Robert Case NEW PANTS PUBLISHING

President of New Pants Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP) is a graduate of the Colorado Institute of Art, Denver, Colorado with an Associates Degree in Business with an emphasis in Music and Video Business. He completed studies at Community College of Denver in Business Administration and Marketing.  In the last 15 years Mr. Case has had extensive experience in the day-to-day operations of the Company including artist management, contracting, marketing, financing, scheduling tour and event administration, travel, production and distribution and film and TV music placement.Mr. Case has produced and released several CDs through the years that have been on the Grammy Entry List in 26 separate categories including Album of the Year, Rock Album of the Year, and Pop Album of the Year. Recently, Mr. Case's songwriters songs have appeared on TV shows One Life to live on the Soap Network and South Park on Comedy Central.

Paula Savastano SAVASTANO, SCHMEL and ASSOCIATES

Owner Savastano, Schmel & Associates, LLC. Savastano has worked in the Music Business for over 15 years. She began her career in the Opera Administration field working for such companies as Wolf Trap Opera, Central City Opera and The Greater Miami Opera.  She moved into the field of Copyright, Licensing and Royalties in 1994 when she was hired at Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) in the Writer and Publisher Relations Department.  Since then she has held numerous positions at several publishers and record companies including Editor and Copyright Coordinator for Cherry Lane Music’s print division, Product Licensing Manager at Turn up the Music, Director of Licensing and Royalties at Musical Heritage Society, Copyright and Licensing Manager at Rykomusic, the publishing division of Ryko Group, and Director of Royalties at Spirit Music Group, an independent music publisher based in New York City.

Matt Vucic  Even Tone Music

Originally from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Matt Vucic has spent the last 13 years performing, recording, and producing. He has had the opportunity to work with many talented artists. Liz Berlin, a solo artist who is also a part of the acclaimed National act Rusted Root called on Matt's drum talents for her recent release "AudioBioGraphical.”  Matt has played drums with Mark Dignam (Folk singer/songwriter) and has recorded with bass player / songwriter / producer Benjy Myaz (Rhythm Kings Band, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals, and Solo Artist). He was a cofounder of the Yves Jean Band with which he toured extensively and recorded drums on two of the bands albums - Been Many Days Empty and Rise above Your Surroundings. And presently Matt is playing drums with the Americana band The Wheels.  With these and various other projects, Matt has become a multifaceted talent in music.

Matt’s most recent venture is music publishing.  Even Tone Music was conceived in early 2007 with the purpose of putting a business face on his songwriting.  Since then, he has been spending time building a diverse catalog of music and developing relationships in the music industry.  

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lebanon valley college • music industry conference • 11/21/2009