Sound Museum Music Networking Event & Casey Desmond EP Release Party 7/28/10

Casey Desmond is a noted singer/songwriter and film/tv composer whos credits include dozens of songwriting awards, composing for Harpo productions, tv shows, movies,commercials, & film libraries.She was also chosen as a 2010 NMS Artist to Watch, is currently co-writing with Robert Ellis Orrall (Ke$ha,Taylor Swift, Lindsay Lohan) and is currently composing a commercial for the World Bank Tiger Initiative as well as providing Branding Modeling for DieselU's upcoming ad campaign this Fall, and for Sonicbids.com July 28th marks the release of her brand-new single, "Rendevous" as well as the launch of her new website. The night will feature a live visual set by Steve Grise and a DJ-set by DJ Brendan Fallis (RKM Management-- Avenue, Tenjune, etc.) whose remix of Casey's new single will also be released that night. Opening support will be an introduction to singer Jillian Kelleher.

Legal & Ethical Obligations of Musical Content Production & Distribution Companies

The main questions this article addresses are below: Do entertainment producers (especially record companies) have either a legal or an ethical obligation to control the violent, hateful or sexual content of their products, or is there something to be said for the concept of "giving the public what it wants?" What should the music industry's response be to criticism that tragedies such as the Columbine High School shootings and other grotesque acts of sociopaths are sometimes instigated, or perhaps just made more likely, by the lyrics of so-called Goth, Neo-Nazi and even Rap bands?