Presented in partnership with Josh’s Fund and National Independent Venue Association (NIVA).

PRICE OF PERFORMANCE: CORPORATE CONTROL OF LIVE MUSIC

Featuring Dean Wareham, Bob Mould, Lisa Gottheil, Rose Marshack, and Andre Perry.

Rose Marshack is Interim Director of the School of Creative Technologies, and a Professor of Music at Illinois State University. She teaches Computer Programming for Creatives and Music Business, and has developed courses with topics as varied as virtual and augmented reality, psychogeography, sustainability and hacktivism. Rose loves teaching code “as another language” and enjoys incorporating collaboration, mindfulness, and movement into her classes. Before coming to ISU, Rose engineered VR projects connected with the fine arts at UIUC. She holds degrees in Computer Science and an MFA in Narrative Media from UIUC. 

Rose and her partner Rick Valentin founded the bands Poster Children and Salaryman, releasing 12 albums on various indie and major labels in the US and overseas. They are pioneers in digital media communications, having created the first Enhanced-CDs (on Sire/Reprise) and written some of the earliest blogs (Rose’s tour reports, 1995). In 1998, they launched the podcast Radiozero, which they continue to this day. The bands have appeared on MTV, Wired, CNN, and the New York Times, have recorded a Peel Session, and have played over 800 shows including Lollapalooza (back when it travelled). In 2023, Rose released her first book titled “Play Like A Man, My Life in Poster Children” on University of Illinois Press.