The 4th year of the
Revolt Music Conference was held this past weekend at the Eden Roc Renaissance
Hotel in Miami, Florida. RMC is a conference that was put together to serve as
a platform for those wanting to get into the music industry. The 4 day event
began with the #BeHeard event in which artist are granted the opportunity to
audition in front of some the music industries’ biggest names such as Vice Chairman
of Revolt Andre Harrel, Producer The Dream, and more. Following #BeHeard the
red carpet ceremony began outside of the hotel but was cut short due to unexpected
rain fall. The RMC staff was well prepared and continued the conference inside.
The opening ceremony began with Chairman of Revolt Media & TV Sean “Diddy”
Combs inviting Mayor of Miami Philip Levine on the stage to announce October 12th
as official French Montana Day in Miami, Florida. French Montana began as an
artist in the music industry and has expanded his brand while working closely
with entrepreneur Sean Combs. Montana now has his own flavor and shares of
Ciroc Vodka called French Vanilla. Following the announcement there were
performances from King Combs (son of Sean Combs), French Montana, and Rapper 21
Savage. The conference was sponsored by the official alcohol of the Bad Boy
Empire Ciroc Vodka.
Day 2 of the conference began bright and early with a
networking breakfast hosted by the very popular morning radio show The
Breakfast Club with Angela Yee and Dj Envy. The breakfast allowed attendees to
get to know one another as they gear up for a full day of panels and speakers.
Each panel that was put together covered a different area of the music
business. The panel topics went as follows: “F*ck A&R: I can Do it All
MYSELF”, “The Power of the Playlist”, “The New Record Business”, “The Influence
to influence the influencer”, “I’ll Make You Famous”, “One Mic”, “I Am the
Record Compnay: Going Indie”, and “Showtime White Famous: The Hustle is Real”. While
the panels were being held there were performances going on in the rear of the
hotel all day. It’s safe to say Revolt knows how to party and learn at the same
time!
Day 3 of the Revolt Music Conference 2017 began bright and
early as attendees wobbled into the first panel after attending the Revolt
Yacht Party the night before. The first panel was titled “Atlantic Records
Presents 1633” which was represented by Atlantic records marketing, promotions,
and publicity managers. The Atlantic representatives spoke on their new 1633
program that allows new hip hop and urban artist to “get a focus and a shine
on.” Prior to each panel closing the attendees are allowed to participate in a
Q&A session where they get to ask a variety of questions to help direct
their own endeavors in the right direction
During intermission breaks the performing stage outside at
the party was getting rocked by new emerging artist. RMC 2017 was able to
provide its attendees the best of both worlds: knowledge and a platform. When
you weren’t learning about the music industry at a panel you could be outside
by the pool listening to new music. They were performances by Buddy, B. Smyth,
T.I. & Hustle Gang, and many more.
Back inside of the Eden Roc Hotel the following panels were
put on: “Watch the Throne”, “How to Build Your Personal Brand in Corporate
America”, “Hip Hop vs. Trump”, and Sean Combs’s State of the Union: How to Get
The Bag.” Each panel was very unique in its own way but the Hip Hop vs. Trump
panel was a great display of leaders in the hip hop community coming together
as one with all the attendees to discuss the current political position that we
are in. Rapper turned activists David Banner, T.I., and Mysonne spoke heavily
on everybody using their platforms for change and not just celebrities.
Everybody with a voice and/or active social media account has the opportunity
to effect change. The first step is speaking out and the Revolt Music
Conference allowed like minds to come together and do just that.
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