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Hollywood Publicist Michael Conley Confirmed to Speak at Indie Music Week

Nashville, Tennessee - Indie Music Week has announced that Michael Conley, veteran entertainment publicist based in Hollywood, CA, will be participating as an Indie Music Week panelist. IMW, taking place in Nashville March 11-12, will feature three industry panels of Major and Independent A&R, promoters, label executives, producers, managers and lawyers, and will wrap up with a Music Industry Summit.

Michael Conley represents many well-known personalities such as Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skating Champion Tara Lipinski, Roland Kickinger (former Mister Austria and Mister Universe) who recently starred as Arnold Schwarzenegger in the A&E movie “See Arnold Run”, fitness model/actor Morten Kublick, Robert Amstler, and teen model Jason Maves (Versace, Polo, Abercrombie & Fitch). Conley also works with identical twin brothers/soap stars, Seth Hall (Passions) and Bruce Michael Hall (One Life to Live), and most recently Mageina Tovah (Spider-Man 2), Michael Welch (Joan of Arcadia), and two-time Super Bowl Champion Dwight Hicks of the San Francisco 49ers. Conley also has the immense distinction of having been one of the youngest writers for the late Bob Hope, penning some 960 minutes of sketch comedy for his television specials.

Other confirmed panelists include Sony Music/Nashville Star’s Tracy Gershon, Danny Kee of Warner Bros. Records, Amy Stevents of Vivaton Records, Lyric Street Records’ Kirk Boyer, Larry Shell of Broken Bow Records, Abby White of Performing Songwriter magazine, Mitch Gallagher of EQ Magazine, Bradley Collins of BMI, and the Nashville Association of Professional Recording Services (NAPRS). In addition to the industry panels, Indie Music Week will also feature two Artist Showcases to be held at Nashville’s famous Douglas Corner Café.

To attend Indie Music Week 2005, please visit IndieMusicWeek.org for registration information. The registration fee for Indie Music Week is $99, with 50% fee discounts for music industry students or artists that showcase. To be an Indie Music Week sponsor, please visit IndieMusicWeek.org or call 615-292-1337.

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