NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s 10th annual Sync Up conference, bringing together leaders in music, film and digital media for educational and networking sessions during Jazz Fest, will include:
• Sync Up Music – April 28-29 and May 5
These events also will be live streamed at www.WWOZ.org
• Sync Up Cinema – May 1-3
Presented in partnership with the New Orleans Video Access Center
• Sync Up Media Reception – May 6.
Admission to the entertainment industry conference, that takes place at The George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center, 1225 N. Rampart St., is free, but advance registration is required.
Sync Up brings together leaders in music, film and digital media for educational and networking events from April 28 through May 6.
With panel discussions, interviews, screenings and social events, Sync Up approaches the entertainment business from the perspective of the independent artist, organizers said.
Highlights of Sync Up Music 2017:
• A keynote interview with Derek Vincent Smith, a.k.a. the electronic music megastar Pretty Lights
• “Case study” discussions with two New Orleans groups who broke big in 2017: The Revivalists and Tank & the Bangas
• Panels on women at the helm of major event production and a clear-eyed look at the cost of making indie records and licensing music to nontraditional film outlets
• An “entrepreneur focus” on O.G. Blake Owens, who masterfully cross-promotes his businesses in hip-hop and night bike touring
Highlights of Sync Up Cinema 2017:
• A keynote from production designer Hannah Beachler, a veteran of work on “Moonlight,” Beyoncé’s "Lemonade” and Marvel’s upcoming “Black Panther”
• Lots of film screenings, including “Nos Amis,” an HBO Documentary on the rock band Eagles of Death Metal returning to Paris’ Bataclan theater a year after the infamous terrorist attack during their concert there
• Panels on breaking into the film festival world and an intro to the Louisiana Film Prize
• Films spotlighting the cultures of Cuba and Jamaica
On Saturday, May 6, there will be a media reception for local and visiting journalists covering New Orleans’ culture during Jazz Fest.
View the complete schedule of panels, keynotes and screenings here