The Art and Business of Music

March 30, 2009
The Art and Business of Song: Ann Powers in Conversation with Wendy & Lisa
Geoffrey Cowan Forum (ASC 207), 7:00 p.m.
Video Runtime: 01:28:00



The LA Times pop music critic Ann Powers talks about the business of making music, past and present, with Wendy and Lisa. Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman are best known for their collaborations with Prince in the early-mid 1980s. They began their career as a duo in 1986 and currently score the music for the NBC series Heroes as well as the upcoming Fox series Virtuality and Showtime’s Nurse Jackie.


Ann Powers has been writing about popular music and society since the early 1980s. She is the author of Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America and coeditor of Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Pop, and Rap.


In 2005, Powers co-wrote the book Piece by Piece with musician Tori Amos. The book discusses the role of women in the modern music industry, and features information about composing, touring, performance, and the realities of the music business. Powers and Amos complemented the publication of the book with the event "An Evening with Tori Amos" in New York City on February 24, 2005, where they discussed themes explored in the book.