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Saturday, April 25 • 2:30pm - 4:00pm
CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH? (AKA: The Empire Strikes Back)

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Our most popular panel returns!!! How confident are you in your music? How much do you want real feedback from people who have to work with music every day? Artists will submit their music and those submissions are reviewed PUBLICLY to the entire panel with brutally honest feedback from the panelists. Think of it like our version American Idol. Get the critique you crave from the experts.. IF you can handle the truth!

Speakers
avatar for Chuck Andrews

Chuck Andrews

Supreme Leader / President / VP of Operations / Mailroom / Creator of Titles, GOOD FIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
As a member of the management team at Good Fight Entertainment, Chuck Andrews manages the careers of artists such as AUGUST BURNS RED, BALANCE AND COMPUSRE, BEHEMOTH,CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEFEATER and more. In addition, Andrews also spent years of his life on the road tour managing bands... Read More →
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Tim Borror

Senior Vice President, THE AGENCY GROUP
Tim Borror is a Senior Vice President in the New York office of The Agency Group. In this role, Borror is responsible for discovering promising new talent, developing careers for his roster of artists and booking large scale tours for some of today’s most influential bands including... Read More →
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JB Brubaker

Guitarist, AUGUST BURNS RED
JB Brubaker is the lead guitarist and primary song writer for internationally renowned metal band August Burns Red.  He has toured over 40 countries and played over 1,300 shows in the band's 10+ years of existence.  Brubaker has also been actively involved in the management and... Read More →
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Vince Edwards

Head of Publicity / Social Media, METAL BLADE RECORDS
Vince Edwards started at Metal Blade during the summer of 2007. He serves as the head of publicity, in addition to handling radio promotions. Since joining the Metal Blade team, he's built the social media department, and tackled various projects involving: graphic design, video editing/directing... Read More →
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Howard Hertz

Co-Founder, HERTZ SCHRAM PC
Howard Hertz co-founded th law firm Hertz Schram PC in 1979. He specializes in entertainment law and is the lead attorney of Hertz Schram's Entertainment Practice Group. Since 1976 he has represented numerous artists and entities in the entertainment field, including authors, filmmakers... Read More →
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Kevin Lyman

Owner, THE VANS WARPED TOUR / ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM
A constant innovator, Kevin Lyman is best known as the producer and creator of the extremely successful Vans Warped Tour, the longest running traveling music festival in the world today. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the tour has played to over 9 million fans.  Kevin... Read More →
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Michelle Manghise

Associate Program Director, Music Industry; Assistant Teaching Professor, DREXEL UNIVERSITY
A music industry professional with more than 30 years of international experience representing songwriters and their intellectual property, Michelle has represented the catalogs of the world's most well-respected and influential songwriters, producers and recording artists.   A... Read More →
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Mike Mowery

Co-Founder & CEO, OUTERLOOP MANAGEMENT
Mike Mowery is the President and Managing Partner of Outerloop Management. He began the company with Jeff Cohen in 2004. With Mike's extensive knowledge of the road and what it takes to make a band survive along his partner's legal background and extensive network, Outerloop... Read More →
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Randy Nichols

Manager, FORCE MEDIA MANAGEMENT / ATVENU / BANDSINTOWN
Randy Nichols has guided my artists to several Gold records and Grammy nominations. Overseen releases and sold out tours on six continents. His acts have seen a combined sales of over 3 million records and $10 million plus dollars in merchandise sales. He manages or has managed Bayside... Read More →
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Lou Plaia

Co-Founder & CEO, REVERBNATION
In 2006, Plaia co-founded ReverbNation, the leading provider of marketing & business tools for more than 3 million solo artists and bands worldwide. ReverbNation’s innovation is in developing technologies that integrate the wide array of distribution, marketing, and promotional... Read More →
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David Silbaugh

Talent Buyer, SUMMERFEST / BANSHEE MUSIC / GIBSON GUITARS
David is known as a talent buyer for Summerfest ("The World's Largest Music Festival") and fulfills entertainment relations and production supervisor duties in addition to producing the Emerging Artists Series for the festival. He is also an A&R Consultant for Banshee Music, an Entertainment... Read More →
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Carson Slovak

Owner & Producer, ATRIUM AUDIO
Carson Slovak is a music producer and co-owner of Atrium Audio, a boutique recording studio based in Lancaster, PA. After years of touring nationally in his bands ArmsBendBack (Trustkill Records) and Century (Prosthetic Records), Slovak teamed up with fellow musician and producer... Read More →
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Mike Ziemer

Owner, THIRD STRING PRODUCTIONS / SOUTH BY SO WHAT?! MUSIC FESTIVAL
Mike Ziemer is a young entrepreneur responsible for founding Third String Productions, South By So What?! Music Festival, and Evolve Music Management. Ziemer started his career in the music industry at the age of 16 helping out friends in local bands & writing for a small online... Read More →

Saturday April 25, 2015 2:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Lancaster County Convention Center - Vine Street Annex 25 S Queen Street, Lancaster, PA 17602
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