Introducing FoCoMA: ProDev, and an Open House at our new Office!

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Hi all,

You are invited to participate in the first ever FoCoMA: ProDev. A
professional development series for Northern Colorado musicians.

The workshop is free and open to the public and musicians of all
calibers are invited to attend. Seats are filling up quickly, so to
reserve a seat please RSVP as soon as possible at
http://www.bohemianfoundation.org/ProDev-RSVP

The goal of the series is to find ways to help the music community of
Fort Collins to become one of the best places in the country, in
reputation and in fact, for the creation of music. The series will
strengthen the skills local musicians need to master the tricks and
traps of an increasingly digital and complicated creative market.

The first FoCoMA: ProDev workshop will take place Tuesday, November 2,
2010 at 6:00 pm in the Mantz Ballroom at the Armstrong Hotel in
Downtown Fort Collins, CO. This first FoCoMA: ProDev event will
feature the expertise of nationally renowned entertainment lawyer
Kenneth Abdo (See bio below).

Ken will bring his expertise to local musicians for advice in all
manners of topics including:
- Band legal and business structures - are LLC’s the way to go;
- Understanding the tricks and traps of management / public relations
agreements;
- Protecting intellectual property rights, for signed and unsigned
artists;
- Negotiating venue contracts;
- National legal and legislative issues of importance.

WHO: FoCoMA
WHAT: FoCoMA: ProDev Series featuring Entertainment Attorney Ken Abdo
WHEN: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
6-8 PM Mr. Ken Abdo’s Formal Presentation
8-10 PM guests can schedule 10 minutes to personally
speak with Mr. Abdo
WHERE: Mantz Ballroom, Armstrong Hotel
259 S. College Ave.
Fort Collins, CO 80524

Speaker:
Ken Abdo is a Vice President of the Lommen Abdo Law Firm and Chair of
the Entertainment Law Department. In over more than 20 years of
practice, he has helped build the largest, most visible and successful
entertainment law practice in the Midwest. Ken’s practice is limited
to entertainment law, and his primary focus is on all music law
transactions. He is a known artist advocate and leader within the
national entertainment law community. He is a popular author and
lecturer. A life-long multi-instrumentalist/ songwriter and former
disc jockey, Ken has a love and deep knowledge of music, music
business and music law. He has served as legal counsel to artists
which most recently include, among others, Jonny Lang, The
Replacements, Garrison Keillor, Anna Nalick, Johnny Rivers, Sugarland,
writer/performer, Kristen Hall, Austin City Limits, Owl City, Three
Dog Night and Hall & Oates.

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FoCoMA will be hosting an open house at our new office space! We're
very excited to have a place to call home, and a huge thanks to
Bohemian Foundation for donating the space. We'd like to let everyone
in the music community come see the new place, and more importantly,
hear your ideas for how we can help make the music scene in and around
Fort Collins even better. We'll be providing refreshments (beer,
soda, etc.) and pizza, so come hungry and bring all the ideas you have
for improving the Fort Collins music scene.

WHAT: Open House at the new FoCoMA office
WHEN: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 6-8 PM
WHERE: FoCoMA Office (next door to KRFC)
619 S College Ave #5
Fort Collins, CO 80524


Thanks for reading and have a great day!

FoCoMA