Overview: We are pleased to announce that Jerry ‘Wonda’ Duplessis will deliver the keynote speech at IMSTA FESTA New York on Sept 28 at the SAE Institute. Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum super music producer Jerry ‘Wonda’ Duplessis is one of the most highly regarded and musically adept producers to emerge from the hip-hop era since the early 1990s.

Today he is an entrepreneur and philanthropist whose stellar music career includes three Grammy Awards and over 16 nominations, a publishing catalog of 300+ titles, and 300+ million single and album copies sold.

His 2006 hit “Hips Don’t Lie” with Shakira and Wyclef Jean broke music records globally and is regarded as one of the best songs of all time. Jerry has also produced songs for feature films including the Golden Globe-nominated “Million Voices” for Hotel Rwanda and scored ten films and documentaries.

Overview: Join Scott Hull, Owner and Chief Engineer of New York's legendary Masterdisk Studios, as he shares 40+ years of audio mastering knowledge. Scott's presentation will focus on Differences Between “Loud” and “Good”; Special Considerations for Vinyl – What I Call UN-mastering; Some Advice on Tapping into Your Own Reference: The First Steps to Being a Professional Mastering Engineer; and Who Needs a Premastering Mix Review?

Speaker: The list of records mastered by Scott Hull contains 10,000+ albums, spanning nearly every genre of music. His work is especially notable for artists such as Garbage, John Mayer, Steely Dan, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Snarky Puppy, and hundreds of reissued and remastered titles from the '80s and '90s.

Overview: A beat making FL Studio masterclass with Chambers.

Speaker: Based in New York, Chambers first began producing, recording, mixing and mastering music in 2016. Now working with artists all over the world, he has experience from Hip-Hop to R&B to movie scores. The 21 year old certified multi-gold Billboard #1 producer has developed an extensive discography, boasting names such as Future, 21 Savage, Lil Durk, and KSI among others, even producing for the #1 box office movie, Space Jam: A New Legacy.

His work has accumulated hundreds of millions of streams, earned plaques, made it to the top charts of the music industry, and more. Dedicated to helping the producer community, Chambers is now growing an online production school to provide educational resources for producers of all levels and backgrounds.

Overview: Moderated by L'ay Green, the "Business of Music" panel offers a comprehensive look at turning creative skills into a thriving music business. It covers business management, establishing a viable music career, and financial aspects of the industry. The panel explores key elements of music publishing, including differences from the recorded music industry, copyright, licensing, and various publishing agreements. Attendees will learn about collection societies/PROs and the importance of a global network for royalty distribution, gaining a well-rounded understanding of music business management and publishing.

Speaker: Michelle's personalized approach has established her as a leading figure in the field, earning recognition as one of Billboard’s “Top Business Managers” for 2020 - 2023, as well as a spot on the “R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players” list for those same years.
Speaker: Mia Florival is a music publishing professional who has been working in music business for 5+ years. Mia is currently a Manager, Royalties at Downtown Music Publishing.

Overview: Join this exciting master class and learn how to use AI to sing your songs and even rap on your beats, taking songwriting to a whole new level. If you're a songwriter or music producer who can't sing but want to hear your music with vocals, this class is for you. Producer, vocal producer, and audio engineer Joshua Weinfield will show you how to create amazing-sounding vocals for your demos or final productions. Josh will cover the key features of the Synthesizer V AI Vocal Synth and demonstrate how to use and tweak them to create professional-quality vocals.

Speaker: Joshua Weinfeld, co-founder of Continuous Motion Productions, LLC, holds a master’s degree in Music Technology and Digital Media from the University of Toronto and graduated from Vanderbilt University with a focus on percussion performance. A New York City native, Joshua has received accolades including the Downbeat Magazine award for best collegiate-engineered live recording and 1st place in the Audio Engineering Society Recording Competition in 2023. At Continuous Motion, he has collaborated with artists worldwide and contributed to hundreds of audiovisual projects.

Overview: This Master Class will consist of Archie Beatz showing you how to achieve mixed quality music production within minutes. He will discuss Equalization, Compression, Reverb & Limiting overall master bus techniques that your beat production and composition can benefit from. He will also show you how to utilize these techniques in real time in one of his actual music production/beat sessions. Additional talking points include Making space with instruments is the most important thing you will ever do; and The importance of quality sonic presentation overall.

Speaker: Archie Beatz is a composer, producer, YouTube personality, and audio engineer. He has composed music for major brands like T-Mobile and Covergirl, as well as NBA star Spencer Dinwiddie’s K8iros Mark II, establishing himself as a key figure in the music and pro audio industry. Archie is also a prominent YouTube personality with over 100,000 subscribers and more than 9 million views.