Dream On. Dream Until Your Dreams Come True
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Event has ended"Dream On. Dream Until Your Dream Comes True" Panel Saturday, October 6th, at 10am Join us for "Dream On. Dream Until Your Dreams Come True" panel discussion hosted by Musical Legacy Commemorative Project: 1960-1990 in Corey Union, on the SUNY Cortland campus, in the seating area next to the Union Station (bottom level). This event is free and open to the public with complimentary coffee served at 9:30am. How did musicians like Billy Joel and The Grateful Dead help SUNY Cortland become an upstate New York hub for music entrepreneurship? Billy Joel, The Grateful Dead, Jackson Browne, Judy Collins and The Eagles all performed early in their careers at SUNY Cortland, and they are still performing to sold out crowds in 2018! Join us as we chronicle SUNY Cortland's storied musical past and its role in launching legendary entertainment careers. Learn from musicians, agents and promoters who were involved in that golden era of campus concerts about entrepreneurial survival through passion and staying relevant. Discover what success looks like for musicians and artist managers today and how you can benefit from their wisdom. PANELISTS: Dave Frisina '77, Moderator - program director and afternoon drive DJ of Syracuse classic rock station 105.9, The Rebel. Frisina, who has long promoted Central New York musicians through his "Soundcheck" radio show, was a Billboard magazine nominee for Personality of the Year, Music Director of the Year and Program Director of the Year and received a SAMMY for Lifetime Achievement in 2018. He started his career at Cortland with the campus radio station and was a founding member of WSUC-FM. Jack Samuels '73 - professor of recreation, tourism, events and sports management at Montclair State Universiry who, as a Cortland student, was instrumental in bringing acts like the Beach Boys, Billy Joel and the Grateful Dead to campus. Todd Hobin - a legendary CNY singer, songwriter and leader of a wildly popular regional band that opened for chart-topping artists such as the Beach Boys, Allman Brothers, and the Kinks and performed at SUNY Cortland several times. Hobin's career has since expanded to include music producer, studio musician, musical director of children's television, movie scores ("King Kong"), audio books and writing and producing commercials for clients such as Coca Cola, ABC Television and Tri-Star Pictures. In addition to continuing to tour with his band, he is an Adjunct Professor at LeMoyne College's Department of Music. Dave Rezak - founder of DMR Artist Booking Agency and founding director of Syracuse University's Bandier Program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the first academic program of its kind to focus on the business of music. In 2015 he won both Variety magazine's Media Mentor Award and the SAMMY (Syracuse Area Music Award) for Music Educator of the Year. David "Rock" Feinstein - former bandmate (and cousin) of Cortland's legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, who replaced Ozzy Osborne in Black Sabbath, founded Dio and is credited with creating the iconic, heavy metal "devil horns" hand symbol. David was a 2011 SAMMY Hall of Fame inductee and guitarist of the bands Ronnie Dio and The Prophets, The Electric Elves, Elf and The Rods. Feinstein wrote Ronnie James Dio's last recorded song, "Metal Will Never Die" and has been part of the Upstate New York music scene since the 1960s. In addition to playing music, Feinstein owns Cortland's fabled Hollywood Restaurant. Jim Pantas - Ronnie James Dio's manager until 1972 and an artist manager and booking agent until 1975. In the latter role he helped students bring notable acts to campus. PARKING: Complimentary parking will be available in the ASC lot across from Corey Union. Share with the parking attendant in the booth that you will be attending the panel for admittance.