Detroit Sound Conservancy Conference will be happening at the downtown branch of the Detroit Public Library this Friday from 10-6. Here is the link:
http://detroitsoundconservancy.org/conference/ Here is the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/589866551096972/ Here is a description: Please join the Detroit Sound Conservancy for their first conference on Detroit music entitled “Conserving Sounds, Telling Stories.” The conference will feature local, national, and international journalists, scholars, archivists, and sound activists presenting papers on the history and culture of Detroit music. Topics will include the history and practice of Detroit music journalism, historical designation efforts related to Detroit music history, Wikiing about Detroit music, Detroit’s historic ballrooms, the history of Detroit radio mix shows, and the compelling need to attend to Detroit’s diverse musical legacies. Presenters will also discuss music genres such as jazz, rhythm & blues, Latin, house, techno, rock, punk, and more. The conference will take place in the Music, Arts, and Literature Department and the E. Azalia Hackley Reading Room at the Main Branch of the Detroit Public Library. The deadline for presentation/workshop proposals was Friday, February 28, 2014. Single presentations will be 15-20 minutes long and panels will be 60-75 minutes plus Q&A. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Schedule Times and speakers subject to change. All Day Special Black History 101 Mobile Museum display on Detroit music Detroit Music Book Display by Cully Sommers of the Music, Arts, and Literature Department 10:15 – 10:30: Introductions Welcome by Carleton S. Gholz Opening Remarks by Denise Dalphond 10:30 – 11:45: Panel 1 Michelle McKinney, “Planning for a Detroit Sound Legacy” Rebecca Binno Savage, “A United Sound Systems Designation Update” Madelynn Shackelford Washington, “The Detroit Techno Ontology: A Tool for Describing the Digital Diaspora” Edward Vielmetti, “Wiking for Detroit Sound: Problems and Possibilities” 12:00 – 1:15 Panel 2 Veronica Grandison & Richard Marcil, “The Graystone Ballroom Legacy” Leo Early, “Space is the place: From the Village to the Michigan Palace” Consuela Lopez and Osvaldo “Ozzie” Rivera, “The Impact of Latin Artists and Music in Detroit” Panel 3 Mike Rubin, “Life After Death: Towards An Understanding of Detroit’s Punk Diaspora” John Williams, “All My Friends are Legends” Cliff Helm, “Recapturing Lost Sounds” Mark Slobin, “Subcultures Meet the Superculture in High School, 1940s-60s” 2:00 – 3:15 Panel 4 Detroit Music Journalism Past, Present, Future Moderated by Walter Wasacz Panelists will include: W. Kim Heron, Keith Owens, Veronica Grandison, and Susan Whitall 3:30 – 4:45 Panel 5 Brendan Gillen, “Chicago Underground: The True Story of House Music” Marlon Bailey, “Black Queer Ballroom” Bernardo Attias, “Sounds of the City in Distress: Sonic Appropriation and Cultural Hybridity in Detroit Techno” Denise Dalphond, “Detroit Players: Wax, Trax, and Soul in Electronic Music.” Panel 6 Khary Turner, “What is Hip Hop Journalism?” Carleton Gholz, “The Rise and Fall of the Detroit Radio Mix Show” Alex Blue V, “Illuminating Detroit’s Place in the Hip-Hop Narrative” Matthew Chicoine, “The Detroit Way: Creative Exchange in Music Production, 1950-2000” 5 – 5:45 Edgar Arceneaux, “A Time to Break Silence, MLK, UR & 2001 A Space Odyssey” 5:45 – 6 pm Lauren Murtagh, “The Dan Sicko Papers” In addition, on Saturday, May 24th, DSC Founder Carleton Gholz will be helping guide a tour of Detroit beyond Hart Plaza for music lovers in town for Movement Electronic Music Festival. Limited tickets are now available here. Please send inquiries to detroitsoundconservancyATgmail.com or leave questions at 313-444-8242 Please tweet to #detsound Updated 9 May 2014 -- Denise Dalphond, PhD Ethnomusicologist www.schoolcraftwax.com
