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!
February 25, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #246 — Music Biz In Atlanta: Discussing the City’s Thriving Music & Tech Culture with Shachar Oren
With the Music Biz Conference coming to Atlanta for the first time this year, we’re continuing our series of interviews with local executives to learn more about the city’s thriving music & entertainment business scene. This month, we spoke with Atlanta-based Shachar Oren of a media technologies venture capital firm, Sound Media Ventures, on his… Listen
February 18, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #245 — New Mental Health Study from MusiCares & Amber Health
The music industry’s high-stress and ever-changing nature often leads to the development or exacerbation of mental health issues for artists & professionals alike. Particularly since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, music & research organizations have looked to study the effects being in this industry has on its workforce and develop resources to best… Listen
February 11, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #244 — Maintaining Ethics in AI-Generated Music
Generative AI has taken all creative industries by storm over the last few years, and the technology’s rapid adoption has already led to major headaches for the music industry. AI-developed “songs” have flooded streaming services, being used by bad actors to siphon royalties from hard-working artists and creating problems for music discovery. Jen, founded by… Listen
February 4, 2025 – Music Business Association Launches Music Biz 2025 Agenda
Four-day schedule features talks covering AI, music fraud, supporting our workforce and beyond February 4th, 2025 — The Music Business Association (Music Biz) today shares a first look at the agenda for Music Biz 2025, taking place May 12th – 15th at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly. As the organization brings its 2025 Annual Conference to… Read More
January 28, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #243 — Music Biz in Atlanta: Tobago Benito of DBS Sounds!
The Annual Music Biz Conference will take place in Atlanta for the FIRST TIME in 2025, gathering more than 2,200 global music professionals in a vital music hub city for four days of educational & networking opportunities to help inform the industry’s trajectory forward. This month, we’re kicking off a special series of interviews with… Listen
January 27, 2025 – Music Business Association To Honor Cindy Charles With 2025 Presidential Award
Award will be given during the 4th Annual Bizzy Awards Dinner on May 14th in Atlanta January 27, 2025 — The Music Business Association (Music Biz) today announces that Cindy Charles will posthumously receive its 2025 Presidential Award for Outstanding Executive Achievement. Charles held the role of Twitch’s Head of Music prior to her tragic… Read More
January 23, 2025 – Music Business Association to Present DDEX with 2025 Impact Award
Award will be given during the 4th Annual Bizzy Awards Dinner on May 14th in Atlanta January 23, 2025 — The Music Business Association today announces that Digital Data Exchange, LLC (DDEX) will receive its 2025 Impact Award for Technological Excellence. Recipients will be honored at the organization’s fourth annual Bizzy Awards dinner sponsored by… Read More
January 15, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #242 — The State of Music Publishing in 2025
The past decade has seen a vast uptick in the importance of the music publishing sector. Publishing rights now account for roughly 30-40% of rightsholder revenue, thanks in part to both the adoption of consistent digital revenue streams and major investments from the financial sector that have bolstered the value of music catalogs. In our… Listen
January 14, 2025 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Improving Metadata Management For All: An Interview with Noctil’s Jacob Varghese
Metadata continues to be a hot-button issue for the music industry, given its important role in ensuring that artists & rightsholders are properly paid when their works are streamed or purchased. In this conversation with Noctil Founder and Director, Jacob Varghese, we talk about some of the ways his company is streamlining & democratizing metadata… Read More
