Martin Atkins Lecture @ Loyola - New Orleans, LA

Martin Atkins presents "Free is the New Black - Packaging for the Future"  @ Loyola Univeristy - New Orleans

The world of touring musicians is filled with dangers, obstacles, and roadblocks, both literal and metaphorical. Join TOUR:Smart and Break the Band author Martin Atkins for a candid discussion about how giving your stuff away can turn out to be just as beneficial as actually selling it!  Attending this presentation will teach you how to maximize your potential as an artist and as an entrepreneur.

 "Martin Atkins is the best speaker on the planet" - Paul Natkin, Chicago Music Commission

For over three decades, Martin Atkins has been at the cutting edge of where the entertainment industry is and where it's headed, whether through his work with Johnny Rotten's band, Public Image Limited, playing with Nine Inch Nails, touring the world with his own band, Pigface, or working with Beijing's emerging indie rock scene. Martin was a member of Public Image Ltd and Killing Joke, has contributed to Nine Inch Nails and Ministry and founded industrial supergroup Pigface, The Damage Manual, and Murder Inc. Martin is a producer, drummer, documentary film maker, DJ, professor (Madison Media Institute, Columbia College) and most recently started his own entrepreneurial school, revolution number three. He has been organizing, booking, and managing multi-band package tours for over a decade. In discussing his definitive book on touring, Martin will not only share valuable insight into his methods on booking and touring, but also a discussion of mistakes and failures.

If you want to thrive - not just survive - in the music industry, you can't afford to miss this informative and entertaining event.

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