The 5th Annual International Soul Music Summit | Aug. 19th – 22nd, 2010

Soul Culture, Lifestyle and Networking expands to coincide with
Peachtree Village International Film Festival August 19th to 22nd in
Atlanta, GA

February 8, 2010, Atlanta, GA

The 5th Annual International Soul Music Summit was announced today for
2010. The Soul Summit or ISMS as it has become known, is the largest
music conference in the world dedicated to the Independent Soul genre
with an emphasis on culture, lifestyle and business networking. For
details visit www.soulmusicsummit.net.

The 2010 International Soul Music Summit moves to the Hyatt Regency,
Atlanta Aug 19th to 22nd and will be held in conjunction with the
Peachtree Village International Film festival expanding the business
networking opportunities for participants. Registrants for ISMS will be
able to participate in PVIFF workshops providing direct contact with
film and TV business leaders creating opportunities for original
collaborations and music licensing. The 2009 PVIFF featured Malcolm Lee
– Director, Roger Bobb – Executive Producer Tyler Perry Productions and
Spike Lee Protégé, Jeff Byrd.

“We are very excited about our
strategic alliance this year with the Peachtree Village International
Film Festival.” said Terry Bello, ISMS Executive Producer and Creator.
“We are confident that through this collaboration Soul Summit
participants will develop strategic creative relationships that will
impact the overall commercial viability for Soul Music, bringing a new
level of awareness and attention to this community of artists who
regularly lack this level of access.”

The International Soul
Music Summit began in 2006 as The Soul Summit under the direction of
veteran Radio Programmer/host Terry Bello with a volunteer staff and
500 participants. Popularity and attendance has grown 50% annually to
serve over 2500 in 2009. ISMS provides high-impact panels and workshops
with mainstream, emerging and independent soul artist, retailers,
tastemakers, executives and consumers. With global influence, past
sponsor participants have included The Recording Academy,
SoundExchange, HBO, The BBC, and The US Census Bureau.

Conceived as a globally influenced, urban focused music forum to
showcase new and emerging Neo-Soul artists and discuss trends in Soul
Music, the first conference was launched in only four weeks proving an
existence of a pent up demand for a conference of this kind. . The
marketplace had just begun to notice the shift of artists from Major
record labels to Independent operations. Remaining an industry leader
on this issue, ISMS has continued to be a platform to introduce artists
to emerging methods and technologies that allow Independent artists to
promote and market their music.
The edge on new marketing tactics
and forward thinking concepts has drawn a wide variety of artists in
various stages of their careers to the ISMS. One supporter since its
inception, and 2009 ISMS Conference Headliner, Eric Roberson –
universally acknowledged as the most successful Indie Soul artist in
the USA – was nominated for a Grammy® Award in the Best Urban
Alternative Performance category this past year. Other past
participants who are Grammy® Award Nominees or Winners include Raphael
Saadiq, Dionne Farris, The Tony Rich Project, Ann Nesby, Calvin
Richardson, Van Hunt, Vikter Duplaix, Foreign Exchange, Wayna, Anthony
David and Jaguar Wright whose obscure debut album, Denials, Delusions
and Decisions (2002) was crowned best CD of the Decade by Associated
Press.
About ISMS Founder Terry Bello

Terry Bello,
Executive Producer and Creator of the International Soul Music Summit
is a veteran Radio Programmer and Host. He is the 2006 Billboard Music
Director of the Year and the Executive Producer and Host of the
syndicated radio show The Soul Lounge. A graduate of NYU in Mass
Communications and a JD from Emory Law School (1996), Bello is an
entrepreneur who creates value in the music community.