1. Anticipating the end of the Seminar, at least three different groups are trying to start music conventions to take its place. 2. The conference may be the strangest, most sprawling, most confusing and most exhausting music convention in the country, and that is part of its charm. 3. The Music Marathon is the largest and longest-running music convention in New York City, having outlived the New Music Seminar. 4. The year after Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered, Penn attended a music convention. 5. Unlike the many music conventions in Manhattan, this festival is not geared toward the music industry. 6. Unlike other recent New York music conventions and even previous CMJ events, this one has so many good bands that planning an itinerary is nearly impossible. |