The Connective Series hosts its next panel on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 in Manhattan at ASCAP, One Lincoln Plaza, ASCAP Building, 5th Floor Cafeteria in New York City at 7:00 p.m. The Connective Series educates emerging artists, musicians and music business professionals on, serves as a networking opportunity, and raise awareness and funds for charity. The Artist Against Hunger & Poverty Program of WHY (World Hunger Year) will benefit from this event.

The Panel "How International Bands Can Break in the US Market" will cover issues such as management, touring, booking, publishing and recording contracts. Panelists include: Paul Adams of Magus Entertainment, a full service artist management firm, Millie Milgate, Creative Director of MusicNSW (Australia), Ari Nisman, President & CEO of Degy Entertainment, an artist management and booking firm, Jim Powers, owner of Minty Fresh, a Chicago-based music label, David Rothblatt, Owner of Hypnote Recording Concern, a multi-purpose music services organization based in NY and London, Robert Singerman of the French Music Export Office (North America), and Michael Lee Stack, President, A&R for Verse Music Publishing, a full service publishing firm. Jennie is a member of WHY's Artists Against Hunger & Poverty Program (AAHP) & ASCAP. Panelists will accept artists CDs. Please submit a 3-4 song CD only with your contact information included on the CD. No Press Kits.

Media Sponsors: ASCAP, Los Angeles Music Network "LAMN Jam", Music Connection, SESAC, UK Trade & Investment, MusicDish. Event Sponsors: Overplay, Music Connection, Sonicbids. Silent Auction Sponsor: The Indie Bible and The Music Business Registry.

Panel fee is $20.00. $15.00 for ASCAP & SESAC members and NYU, SAE Institute & Juilliard students. Up to 50% of profits from the Connective Series will go to charity (WHY and Opus 118, Harlem School of Music.) RSVP at jennie@jenniewalker.com. Registration and Payments must be made in advance. Purchase tickets at www.jenniewalker.com on the Nimbit feature or at www.theconnectiveseries.com or http://theconnective.ning.com. Registration and check in is from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. The Panel runs from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with networking afterwards. A limited number of walk-ins allowed.

Participants receive a free 6 month trial subscription to Sonicbids and a free issue of Music Connection magazine. A one year Sonicbids membership will be up for auction, a one year subscription to Music Connection, as well as a copy of The Indie Bible, and The Music Business Registry.

For more information, please contact Jennie Walker at 212-541-7456 or via email at jennie@jenniewalker.com. For more information on our charitable partners, please go to:

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PANELIST BIOS

PAUL ADAMS

Paul Adams - Starting as a promoter in his native city of Manchester, in the UK, at the height of 'Madchester' (which spawned bands such as the Happy Mondays, the Stone Roses and Inspiral Carpets in the late '80s/early '90s), Paul relocated to London to take a position with the legendary Bron Agency in 1991. After two years successfully booking bands in and around Great Britain, Paul joined the world of producer management. A whirlwind six years followed with worldwide hits from acts as diverse as Radiohead and Tool. In 1999, Paul established Real Producers with an exciting client list that gradually led him to spend more and more time in the United States. In 2001 he sold his company to Worlds End (one of the leading producer management companies in America) and relocated to run their New York operation.

After two years at Worlds End, Paul joined the team at Magus Entertainment to work on their existing roster of artist clients and to add a new string to the company's bow with the additional of a few key producers/mixers including Jimmy Douglass, Ben H. Allen and Ed Raso amongst others.

In addition to his activities in the music industry, in 1995 Paul founded and ran Big P.A. Productions in the UK that was a sporting events company that provided Match Day presentation services to clubs around the country. The company continues to trade although he is no longer involved.

MILLIE MILLGATE

Millie Millgate

Millie has been employed as the Creative Director for MusicNSW (www.musicnsw.com) since September 2005. In this position she is responsible for overseeing the Associations' key projects, in
particular, VROOM (Venue Resource of Original Music), Indent (Youth Network for All Ages Event Organisers), SXSW Tour Manager and Sound Summit (Electronic and hip-hop Conference).

Millie is the recently appointed Executive Director of the Association of Artist Managers (Australia) and an active member of the Australian Music Industry Network (AMIN), heading up their international initiatives.

Simultaneous to her role with MusicNSW, Millie is also the Music Director for Garage Industries Pty Ltd, an entertainment company whose management roster includes Sydney artists The Camels and 3Seven7 as well as producing the record-breaking film "Bra Boys", which she also Music
Supervised.

Millie has been a member of the Australian Music Industry for over twelve years. Predominately in the live arena, she has been engaged asthe venue booker for The Hopetoun and Annandale Hotels, the
Entertainment Manager at Macquarie University Union and undertaken a number of positions for various Festivals (Homebake, Big Day Out, Livid,Cockatoo Island, Legs 11, Equinox and Summersault).

As well as employed positions, Millie has held volunteer roles on various boards that include; Arts Training NSW, FBi Radio, Association Of Campus Activities (AACA) and MusicNSW. In 2004, Millie was contracted by the Canadian Consulate General to write a handbook for Canadian
artists which resulted in the creation of The Southern Compass - A "HowTo" Guide To Touring Australia.

ARI NISMAN

Ari Nisman is the President & CEO of Degy Entertainment, the umbrella entity for Degy Booking International, Inc. and Degy Management Services, Inc. A graduate from the University of Michigan in Business Communications, Ari signed his first music client at age 21. Since then, he has helped shape the careers of nearly 300 music acts who have gone on to sell over 10 million albums combined. Currently one of the leading booking agencies in the college and military markets, along with an exclusive roster of acts racing up the charts, Degy Booking prides itself on developing talent through "smart and educated touring". Ari's current, exclusive booking roster includes nationally touring acts such as Rehab (Universal/Republic), Street Drum Corps (Universal/Interscope), Jupiter One (Warner/Ryko), National Product (R&M), Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root, and over 50 others.

JIM POWERS

Owner of the Chicago-based music label Minty Fresh. Artists past and present include the Cardigans (Sweden) White Shoes & the Couples Co. (Indonesia), Prototypes and Hushpuppies (France), Cowboy Junkies (Canada), Liz Phair (single), Veruca Salt, (US) and many others. Minty Fresh bands have been featured on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show and The Late Show With David Letterman, ... and their music is licensed around the world. Jim previously worked as an A&R Director at Geffen where projects included the Waterboys and the hit compilation for the ABC show Sabrina the Teenage Witch. He also worked in New York as International A&R Director for BMG, and earlier started out as a talent buyer for Jam Productions in Chicago.

Apple recently used Minty Fresh music for their iconic iPod television campaign and they have placed music in spots for Mitsubishi, Smirnoff, Dentyne Ice...Television shows featuring their music include Grey's Anatomy, the Sopranos, Six Feet Under, One Tree Hill, the OC... Projects featuring Minty Fresh songs include the films: 'Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery', 'Chasing Amy', 'Natural Born Killers', and 'Sidewalks of New York'.

Following his entry into parenthood Jim formed an additional imprint, the children's music label Mini-Fresh, whose first project was the Grammy nominated 'Ralph's World' series of CD's and DVD which was sold to the Walt Disney Company in 2005.

Minty Fresh music is distributed by Warner/ADA in the States, iTunes throughout the world and others. He lives in Chicago with his wife and 2 sons.

MICHAEL LEE-STACK

Michael Lee-Stack is President/A&R for Verse Music Publishing. Launching FAMOUS MUSIC in the UK, Mr. Lee-Stack has subsequently held Senior positions at BMG Music Publishing and ASCAP, both in New York and London. He is responsible for the signings of such global artists as Radiohead, Alanis Morissette, John Mayer and Ringo Starr.

ROBERT SINGERMAN

Robert has worked in the music business for 30 years as an entrepreneur, agent, manager, label executive, consultant, producer, programmer and music supervisor. Known for discovering and developing talent, he's represented R.E.M., Gipsy Kings, James Brown, Suzanne Vega, Sun Ra, 10,000 Maniacs, Smithereens, Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Professor Longhair and many others from punk, dance, metal, jazz, world, rap to rock. He's been instrumental in creating many businesses and non-profit organizations and was one of the proponents of new jazz, new wave and world music in
the late 70's and '80's. From 2004, he created a pilot program for the European Commission of the European Union: European Music Office, US and continues to direct The French Music Export Office in North America, while consulting new technology companies, especially dedicated to eliminating the language barrier in music.

JENNIE WALKER

Jennie Walker, President & CEO of J. Walker, Inc., a New York based licensing, special event and charity consulting firm, is a singer, songwriter and volunteer who believes in the triple bottom line approach to business. As a member of the prestigious Artists Against Hunger & Poverty Program of World Hunger Year, she made a personal pledge to ensure that all of her musical performances, and music business activities have a charitable component, where she can give back to the creative community. The Connective (tm) Panel Series is her latest effort to provide quality education for the creative community and also raise awareness and funds for important charities. The Connective (tm) Panel Series continues to work as a bridge between Ms. Walker's two loves: music and charity.

Jennie Walker is currently working with Grammy nominated producer, Tommy Faragher, on her debut album, due in 2008. They have received national and international recognition for their song, "It's Our Time", which was inspired by Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire Primary Win and gained an enormous following among Clinton supporters and was written about in Time Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe, French Daily papers La Croix and Le Libre, and regional publications Temple Daily Telegram, Columbus Ledger Enquirer. They had a #1 song placement on top UK indie band site, Overplay, as well as the new Japanese indie band site, YouMusic. She won the Overplay Play & Rate competition in 2007 for their song "Black Hat." Their song "Simon" is on the "Pure Sounds from the Underground" CD, which is soon to have national distribution through music retailers. The Artists Forum in New York named her one of the Top 10 Artists to Watch in May 2008. Jennie won the Indie Artist Award 2008 from Starliners Internet Radio in The Netherlands in September 2008.

Jennie Walker is an Advisor and President Emeritus of the Georgia Music Industry Association (GMIA) where she produced monthly music education panels, song critiques, Open Mic Night's as well as an annual Country Music Songwriters Showcase and an all genre Songwriters Showcase, during Georgia Music Week Festivities. Ms. Walker is working with Grammy nominated producer, Tommy Faragher, on her debut CD, with a Fall 2008 release date.

She was awarded GMIA's President's Award for volunteer service in 1997. She has also appeared on top radio and TV programs such as WBAI 99.5 FM New York, HOT 97.5 FM Atlanta, Good News Broadcast, and Good Day Atlanta. She has been written about in numbers international publications including China Today. Walker also helped to produce the 2006 charity album "Serve" for World Hunger Year and The Hard Rock Café, which features the artists Bruce Springsteen and Aerosmith, as well as numerous other top recording artists.

Jennie Walker is a member of ASCAP, The Recording Academy, The National Association of Record Industry Professionals, and The Association of Independent Music Publishers.