Diddy, Russell Simmons & More Inspires Guests at REVOLT Music Conference [PHOTOS]

This past weekend, REVOLT TV kicked-off their inaugural REVOLT Music Conference in the beautiful Miami Beach, Florida. Nearly one thousand people attended the conference, which took place at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel. The conference was held as also a celebratory event for REVOLT’s one-year anniversary.  Guests had the opportunity to see their favorite artists perform like SZA, G-Eazy, Travis Scott, and Jhene Aiko. There was also a special gala held in honor of Jimmy Iovine, in which R&B artist Ne-Yo performed.

Sean Combs and Jimmy Iovine

The main attraction for the weekend were, however, the panel discussions. To kick off the conference weekend, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine welcomed REVOLT to Miami on Thursday and later presented CEO Keith Clinkscales with a key to the city. Friday morning Clinkscales officially kicked off the conference followed by rousing keynote addresses from Guy Oseary (Manager and Founder of Maverick) and Bob Pittman (Chairman and CEO of IHeartMedia). REVOLT Chairman Sean Combs sat in the audience for a few of the afternoon’s panels, including the “Disruptors: The Future of Business” discussion where he engaged panelists Rio Caraeff (President & CEO of Vevo), Kevin McGurn (Chief Revenue Officer of Shazam), Britt Morgan-Saks (Artist Services at Spotify), Alex Ljung (CEO of SoundCloud), Lars Murray (VP of Music Industry Relations at Pandora) and moderator Kenna about the future of the record business. Music industry titans such as LA Reid, DJ Khaled and Craig Kallman determined that A&R is not dead after all.

Russell Simmons received a standing ovation at the start of an inspirational keynote address to kick off Day Two before leading a packed house in a group meditation. The day’s panels featured some of the biggest titans of their perspective industries including Frank Cooper (CMO of Pepsico) and Marc Ecko (Founder & Chief Brand Officer of Complex Media) discussing “The New Deal: Brands and Artists” and legendary music producers Dallas Austin and Rodney Jerkins debating “The Business of Music Publishing” with singer-songwriter James Fauntleroy and Jessica Rivera (SVP, Head of East Coast Operations of Universal Music Publishing).  REVOLT founder Sean “Diddy” Combs led a rousing keynote address entitled “#AskDiddy” in front of a packed house, offering invaluable career insight and advice to the standing-room-only crowd.

WATCH #ASKDIDDY Q&A SESSION

Additional speakers at the REVOLT Music Conference included executives from Apple (Larry Jackson, BOH Specialist), Facebook & Instagram (Jonathan Hull, Music Partnerships); Def Jam (Sickamore, A&R) and Epic (Sylvia Rhone, President); Atlantic (Julie Greenwald, Chairman and COO); and Glassnotes Records (Daniel Glass, CEO) among many more.

Conference sponsors included Honda, Pepsi, Beats by Dre, Olay, COVERGIRL, Pantene, CÎROC, TW Steel, Mahala 360 and Caesarstone. Combs and other panelists and performers signed speakers cased in Caesarstone quartz that will be auctioned off from October 20 to November 14 at www.biddingforgood.com/turnitup with all proceeds going directly to the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem. Technology partners Intercast and LiveCube provided video support and event app engagement, respectively, while music industry organizations ASCAP, The Recording Academy, Scratch DJ Academy and SAE partnered with the network as well.

#RMC2014

Source: REVOLT

Photo Credit: Eitan Miskevich