February 23, 2010 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
You are invited to join us February 23rd for an up close and personal event with Megan West who handles artist relations and music marketing for Zune. Pacific Northwest Chapter Executive Director Ben London will start things off with an interview and then open the conversation to questions from GRAMMY U members. This is your chance to get a behind the scenes look at marketing and online music distribution at Zune as well as a chance to talk about gender in the music industry, starting your own business, and artist management. Come ready to gain perspective on different music career paths in the Pacific Northwest and to talk one on one with a successful member of the Seattle music community. RSVP today to pacificnw@grammy.com. See you there!
Megan West handles Music Marketing for Zune. Her role is focused on negotiating with major and independent labels on programming and promotional opportunities within Zune Marketplace, and she manages the Ignition program (highlighting new artists each month on Zune, Xbox®, MSN®, and WindowsMedia.com®). Prior to Zune, Megan spent 6+ years in LA working in artist management. Initially at 3 Artist Management, where she represented artists including: Henry Rollins, The Crystal Method, and Grandaddy. She opened her own management company, Invisible Inc. in 2006 - focused on “up and coming” artists including: Silversun Pickups, Eleni Mandell, Midnight Movies, Space Mtn, and producer/mixer/engineer: Kevin Harp.
