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!
October 21, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #269 — Reinventing Music Search: AIMS’ Solution for Precision and Unbiased Results
Searching large catalogs via tags can be time-consuming, reinforce biases toward what we already know to save time, and leave a large portion of artist works unexplored. AIMS API looks to utilize AI as an assistive tool for objective and accurate full-catalog discovery via search options that include natural language prompts, similar audio matching, and… Listen
October 15, 2025 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Maintaining Fierce Independence: An Interview with Timothy Trudeau of Syntax Creative
From humble beginnings nearly three decades ago, Syntax Creative has grown into a major player in indie music digital distribution with exclusive worldwide rights to 150+ labels. However, according to Syntax CEO Timothy Trudeau, the time and experiences over the last 28 years have only strengthened the company’s ethos: doing good work for its clients… Read More
October 14, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #268 — How Bootleg is Super-Serving Superfans With a New Kind of Merch
Superfans have been discussed as a promising new revenue stream for artists, and Bootleg is leaning into this concept with an app designed to allow fans to purchase limited release, high-quality audio merch captured from live shows. This platform not only creates direct revenue for touring artists, but helps fans across genres build a community… Listen
October 7, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #267 — Gut Instincts and Data: The Constants of A&R’s Evolution
Killphonic Rights is a creator-founded, full-service music company, with Michelle Fantus serving as Head of A&R. Michelle has witnessed the evolution of artists and repertoire over her tenure in the industry, seeing music consumption go from iTunes downloads to streaming, and now music discovery being redefined by AI & algorithms. While some things have changed… Listen
October 1, 2025 – MUSIC BIZ 2026: Join Us In Atlanta Next May!
Our debut Conference in Atlanta hosted 2,000+ music professionals from 800 companies and over 30 countries, proving to us that this event is about more than just the place we meet each year. Music Biz creates a space where collaboration between trendsetters like you shapes what’s next for the global music industry. This hard work… Read More
September 30, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #266 — ONErpm’s Artist-First Approach to Business
As a distributor, publishing company, creator of DIY platform OFFstep and one of the world’s largest music MCNs on YouTube, ONErpm is considered a full-service, modern record label. The company puts artists at the forefront by emphasizing transparency and education at both the front end and back end, and even has its own CMS platform… Listen
September 25, 2025 – SAVE THE DATE: Trust & Safety Returns January 12th to NYC!
Now in its third year, Music Biz’s Trust & Safety in Music Symposium will kick 2026 off with a day full of panels & interactive sessions from those who sit at the intersection of music, technology and fraud prevention! We’re thrilled to partner with TuneCore and Believe once again, and will share more program, speaker… Read More
September 23, 2025 – Music Biz Is Officially RAMPD Stamped!
Music Biz recently partnered with RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities) to deepen our team’s understanding of disability culture and foster inclusive practices. Inspiring our industry to empower all, RAMPD is a consultancy and networking platform that leaves no person behind. Their mission is to create an inclusive music industry ecosystem through career… Read More
September 23, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #265 — What It Means to Win A Clio Award: A Chat With Michael Kauffman
The Clio Awards have celebrated advertising & creative works across industries dating back to the 1950s, diversifying into different programs over time, including Clio Music in 2014. In this episode, we speak with Michael Kauffman of Clio Music on the three pillars of The Clios, and break it down further into the three award areas… Listen
September 16, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #264 — How Has Music Evolved Into Such a Viable Asset Class?
In the past, artists needed to sign with record labels who would take out bank loans in order to provide financing. Now thanks to companies like Sound Royalties, artists can receive financing via advances without giving up any ownership. Possible income generating streams for artists have also grown from few to many, transforming music into… Listen
