I tend to write this site more with the consumers of kids music -- parents, benevolent aunts and uncles, grandparents desperately searching for something new -- in mind than the practitioners. Which isn't to say that kids musicians don't read it, just that it's not my main audience. But every now and then I'll play a little inside baseball, and so that's why I'm mentioning the latest event from an professional group called Women's In Children's Media. The Sept. 17th NYC event's called "Behind the (Children's) Music," and will feature a chat with Laurie Berkner, Liz Nealon (general manager of KidzBop), and Jeffrey Lesser (musical director, Little Airplane productions -- hi, Wonder Pets!), moderated by Sirius-XM's Kids Place Live's program director Mindy Thomas.
I'm guessing that a lot of what the panelists will say won't be news for experienced kids musicians, but I do suspect that the opportunity to network with other folks who use children's music in their own work may be worth the $20 non-member entry fee...
