Rhythm and Blues - Understanding the Economics of the Music Industry
1.0 CLE / 1.2 CPE / 1.2 CEU
Sponsored by Arch + Beam
Thursday, October 28 | 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

We’re in Music City! Tune in to top Nashville talent to gain an understanding of the economics and business side of the music industry. Find out how artists tapped into their creativity to survive the cancellation of live events. Has the music industry forever changed its tune as a result of COVID-19? Find out what Alan D. Valentine, President and CEO of the Nashville Symphony, has to say on the matter. Valentine presided over an unprecedented period of growth at the Symphony, highlighted by a total of 13 GRAMMY® Awards and 24 GRAMMY® nominations. Valentine shepherded the Nashville Symphony through the Great Recession of 2008-09, a catastrophic flood in 2010 which caused $40 million in damage to the Schermerhorn, and a troubled debt restructuring in 2013. Under his leadership, the institution emerged from these challenges with an unwavering commitment to its mission and artistic vision, subsequently achieving record-breaking ticket sales and fundraising.

Speakers:
Julie Boos, Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy, Inc.
Chris Creger, CohnReznick
Loren Mulraine, Spencer Fane LLP
Sarah Trahern, Country Music Association 
Alan Valentine, Nashville Symphony Orchestra

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About the Speakers:
 

Loren Mulraine, Spencer Fane LLP

Professor of Law, Director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies, Belmont University College of Law
Of Counsel, Spencer Fane, LLP

Loren Mulraine is a law professor, entertainment attorney, and advocate for creator’s rights.  As Director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies at Belmont University, his courses include Intellectual Property, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Entertainment Practice, Film & Television Transactions, Media Law, and Sports Law. His scholarship interests include the intersection of IP and social/economic justice, global IP rights, and entrepreneurship.  Mr. Mulraine’s transactional practice focuses on music, film and television clients and covers a full range of issues in IP, business, contracts, copyright terminations, business expansion and start-ups, and sales and purchase of publishing catalogs.  His clients have included Grammy and Dove award-winners, Gold and Platinum-selling artists and writers, management companies, producers, filmmakers, and indie record labels.  Prior to joining Belmont in 2012, he served as a professor at Middle Tennessee State University, where he chaired the Department of Recording Industry and served as interim Associate Dean of the College of Mass Communication.  He previously worked as a government contracts attorney with the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Mulraine is also a noted gospel artist, songwriter and producer with six solo recordings.  His studio credits include performing as a vocalist on the Grammy award-winning "Tribute: The Songs of Andrae' Crouch."

Alan Valentine, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Alan D. Valentine joined the Nashville Symphony as its President and CEO in June 1998. Since then, he has presided over an unprecedented period of growth at the Symphony, highlighted by a total of 14 GRAMMY® Awards and 26 GRAMMY® nominations; 39 highly regarded and best-selling CD releases on the Naxos, Decca and New West labels; nine national television broadcasts, one of which won an Emmy Award; multiple national radio appearances, including the internationally syndicated series American Encores; two Carnegie Hall appearances; an East Coast tour; two successful capital and endowment campaigns in which a total of $145 million was raised; and the construction of the acoustically superb Schermerhorn Symphony Center, which opened in September 2006.

Valentine shepherded the Nashville Symphony through the Great Recession of 2008-09, a catastrophic flood in 2010 which caused $40 million in damage to the Schermerhorn, and a troubled debt restructuring in 2013. Under his leadership, the institution emerged from these challenges with an unwavering commitment to its mission and artistic vision, subsequently achieving record-breaking ticket sales and fundraising.

Valentine currently serves on the Board of Directors of the League of American Orchestras and the Steering Committee for Nashville's Agenda. He is a former member of the boards of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Nashville Chapter), the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, the Nashville Arts Coalition, the Association of Non-Profit Executives, Center for Nonprofit Management, Nashville Downtown Partnership and the Nashville City Club. In addition, he is a member of the Rotary Club of Nashville, a 2002 graduate of Leadership Nashville and a 2008 graduate of Leadership Music.