Association & Member Updates
Here you’ll find the latest announcements on Music Biz events & partnerships, our most recent podcasts & thought leadership articles, and updates on the newest companies to join our Association. If you’d like to receive updates like these sent directly to your inbox, sign up for our weekly news feed email today!
July 15, 2020 – Music Biz Member Music Millennium Donates Shopping Appointment Income to Local Venues
As various states begin implementing strategies to reopen local businesses, Music Biz member Music Millennium has started a unique program that both enforces social distancing practices and gives back to the local community. This independent record store, which has called Portland, OR home for more than 50 years, offered customers the opportunity to shop privately… Read More
July 13, 2020 – Music Biz Member Vydia Empowers Creators to Donate Royalties Percentage to Charities
Music Biz member Vydia has expanded their Royalty Center to include a new Charity Function, allowing artists to share streaming and download revenue from a project to a verified charity on a monthly basis. This opens them up to sharing part of the proceeds earned from an album to charity, or releasing a new single… Read More
July 13, 2020 – [MEMBER DISCOUNT] — VEVA Collect from VEVA Sound
Last week, Music Biz member VEVA Sound introduced VEVA Collect, the premier platform for project collaboration in the audio space. Ensure all of your credits are accurate for every stage of production from songwriting to mastering, keep your files safe, and collaborate in new ways. From podcasts to song catalogs to mixed and mastered projects,… Read More
July 6, 2020 – NEW MEMBER PROFILE: Dare Records
Please welcome Dare Records, a record label distributed by Warner Music Group’s ADA group, to the Music Biz member community! Dare has projects in Jazz, Rap, Gospel, Rock, Country and Pop genres that “dare to challenge the listener’s discerning ear,” taking today’s music listeners on a musical odyssey. Dare Records chose to become Music Biz… Read More
July 2, 2020 – Music Biz President Portia Sabin Featured on UCLA Innovating Music Podcast
On this week’s Innovating Music podcast, Music Business Association President Portia Sabin talks about the ways the music business is connected as a community, as well her journey through the music industry from performing as an artist to running a record label. The episode also looks at other aspects of the music business and how… Read More
June 29, 2020 – Music Biz Member UnitedMasters Launches “Cash for Change” Social Justice Grant Program
In an effort to continue the current conversations around advancing social justice initiatives, Music Biz member UnitedMasters and partner Cash App will give $4,000 a day to artists who write the best protest music — $2,000 to the winning artist and $2,000 to a social justice organization of their choice. “Every day, thousands of artists… Read More
June 22, 2020 – NEW MEMBER PROFILE: Sound Diplomacy
This week, we welcome Sound Diplomacy to the Music Biz member community! By offering research, financial impact and social impact work focused on music and nightlife, the company assists in the economic growth of cities and regions, as well as for the tourism and real estate sectors. While not selling products and services to the… Read More
June 16, 2020 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Managing Content Discovery During the Podcast Explosion with Gracenote
The Podcast renaissance is in full swing, with many fan favorite celebrities and hosts taking the helm of their own shows and even some interesting projects debuting from within the music industry as a way to cross-promote new music. The result of the format’s increased popularity is a boom in content that is daunting to… Read More
June 15, 2020 – Billboard Releases 2020 Indie Power Players List
Billboard this week has published its 2020 Indie Power Players list, recognizing those executives from the indie community who have helped the business segment rise above the challenges its artists and labels have faced in the past year. Congratulations to all those Music Biz members and past Conference speakers featured on this edition of the… Read More
July 7, 2020 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Staying Safe, Sane and Productive: A Conversation with Symphonic Distribution’s Jorge Brea
Established as a forward-thinking distribution company, Symphonic has in many ways helped give a sneak peak into a future music industry guided by an “artist-first” strategy that bolsters everything from personal brand to release schedules. This tendency to look and plan ahead for the challenges of tomorrow has helped the company respond to the challenges… Read More
