Saturday, April 25 As a part of Coventry Village's Spark Something: A Springtime Celebration of Creativity and Activation, this Music Creator Mini-Conference at the Grog Shop will bring together international and regional music industry leaders to help musicians and producers level up their revenue, rolodex, and skillset. Alongside a Who’s Who of Northeast Ohio leaders will be digital guru and artist advocate Kyle McEvoy who’s helped hundreds of artists gain monthly revenue through streaming platforms, as well as Billboard-recognized music executive Dae Bogan, who’s pioneering work in tech, legislation, and workshops has put $3B into music creators pockets. SCHEDULE (all discussions before 5:30 PM are hosted/MC'd by Teddy Eisenberg): 3:00 PM Generating A Spark - Techniques and Resources for Starting Something New, Songwriting Cohorts Retreats and Showcases, Producer Retreats, Grants for New Work, Artist Toolkits WITH: Deidre McPherson of Assembly for the Arts, Elijah Bisbee of Terra Songwriting, David Kennedy of Cleveland Rocks 3:30 PM Growing A Studio - From Bedroom to Studio Suite, From Solo Venture to Building an Army of Engineers, and From Word of Mouth to Planned Marketing WITH: Charles Pratt and Kyra Wells of Breakthrough Sounds, Nate Saggio of 78th Street Studios 4:00 PM Power of Story - Connecting With Journalists, Writers, and New Audiences Through WITH: Anne Zaleski, Malcolm X Abram 4:30 PM Coventry Music History - Rock n' Roll, Hip Hop, Scenes over the Years WITH: Kathy Blackman, DJ KNyce Keenan Williams, Rob Love 5:00 PM Building Independent - When Does Touring Work, Growing Revenue Close to Home, Adding to Cleveland's Ecosystem / Music Industry WITH: Kyle McEvoy, Cindy Barber, David Kennedy, Matt Moore 5:30 PM Make More With MLC - Music Royalties, Being Your Own Music Publisher, Metadata into Dollars, Multiple Revenue Streams from One Release WITH: Dae Bogan A free night of music will follow with AKA & Co, Quenton Rubin & Friends, Frida and the Mann, and DJ What’s His Face later that evening!