The songwriter and musician is at the conference which started on Wednesday and runs until February 18.
Mrs Cole-Baker said the conference is attended by all types of people from the industry - booking agents, festival bookers, house concert bookers, people who licence music for TV, radio and movies, performers and many more.
"Everything you can imagine in the music industry. They're all trying to find new talent."
She had nine "showcases" booked - a 30 to 45-minute performance where anyone can see and hear her.
She will be performing alongside her friend Chris Beland from California. The pair will take turns singing their own songs, with the other singing the harmony and playing guitar.
"Going to this conference I'm hoping will help me make better contacts to tour the west coast of the US.
"I'd like to be able to go back once a year and bring my family and be on tour and have it pay for itself."
Mrs Cole-Baker was also hoping to sell a couple of songs.
The 36-year-old was born in California and moved to NZ when she was 6, and grew up in Whangarei Heads.
She moved to Oregon for six years and spent some time performing there. She moved back to New Zealand to start her family five and a half years ago and has spent most of that time raising her two daughters.
She described her genre as folk rock and she usually performs with a band - but she is the only one attending the conference.
In the past year she has recorded a new album, titled Till the feeling's right.
"It's not released yet but I'll have it at the Folk Alliance to hand out to people."
She plans to officially release her album around April.
