Event Recording Archive
Music Biz is proud to provide you with industry-defining data and commentary from our members and trusted research partners via recordings of our Common Ground Webinar Series, Music Biz Passport events, and other one-off virtual events!
May 21, 2020 – B2B Thought Leadership in the Music Industry
Publicity and marketing for a business-to-business (B2B) company is very different from that for a fan-facing company. While your peers may be constantly studying up on playlist promotion, audience building, direct-to-fan merch, and VIP clubs, what you need are high dollar clients, legitimacy with potential partners that can drive leads to you, and awareness by investors before they ever hear from you directly. In this webinar, you will learn about the variety of opportunities to increase mind share with your targets, including public speaking, social media, owned content like your blog or podcast, and media coverage. You will come to understand how to think about topics that position you well, and think through actions you can take to increase your thought leadership. Finally, you will learn how to utilize media coverage to amplify thought leadership you are already doing.
May 14, 2020 – Music Biz LIVE: Aaron Bay-Schuck and Tom Corson of Warner Records
In the 18 months since this power duo jointly took the reigns at Warner Records, the iconic label has seen a name change, a new office location, an investment in exciting new talent, and seemingly, a rebrand. These industry veterans will take us inside what’s new at Warner Records (formerly Warner Bros.), as well as talk about their pivoted release strategy for one of their biggest projects – Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia.
May 13, 2020 – Music Biz LIVE: Troy Carter, J. Erving and Suzy Ryoo of Q&A/Human Re-Sources
Over the past year, this power trio has built a multifaceted music company that seeks to empower the next generation of artists through technology, tools and services. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, they instituted “The Panel” — a Zoom series featuring industry heavy-hitters that serves as a forum to support one another during this unusual time. Dozens of sessions later, we will turn the tables and interview them to get a first-hand look at what they have learned from their guests.
May 12, 2020 – Music Biz LIVE: Kris Ahrend, CEO of The Mechanical Licensing Collective
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) is a new non-profit designated to manage the licensing, administration and payments process for digital audio mechanicals in the U.S. and provide greater transparency to self-administered songwriters and music publishers. Starting in January 2021, The MLC will process and distribute mechanical royalties paid by digital audio services in the U.S. at no cost to songwriters or music publishers. In his first public address since taking his new position, The MLC Chief Executive Officer Kris Ahrend will update viewers on the progress and priorities of The MLC, and lay out his vision for the future of this brand-new, globally recognized data & technology startup.
May 11, 2020 – Music Biz LIVE: Marian Dicus and Jeremy Erlich, Global Co-Heads of Music of Spotify
In their first keynote conversation as Global Co-Heads of Music for one of the most influential companies in the modern music business, this duo will detail how they are leading the charge in their new roles and jointly overseeing programming, editorial, artist & label marketing, industry relations, and overall music initiatives. We will kick off our special presentation series by discussing what the company has worked on since the COVID-19 crisis first hit, including listening trends over the past two months, launching the Artist Fundraising Pick feature, and instituting the Spotify Covid-19 Music Relief project which matches dollar-for-dollar up to $10 million for a growing list of organizations offering financial relief to creators around the world.
May 6, 2020 – Music Biz LIVE: Music Consumption Metrics
Music Biz President Portia Sabin will interview David Bakula of MRC Data, Russ Crupnick of MusicWatch, Sania Haq of AudienceNet and Rutger Rosenborg of Chartmetric as they offer in-depth analysis of music consumption habits since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, and discuss the implications this data has for our industry long-term!
May 4, 2020 – Music Biz LIVE: Mental Health
Music Biz President Portia Sabin will lead a poignant conversation on mental health concerns in the music industry with Al Andrews of Porter's Call, Dr. Chayim Newman of THRIV, Ty Stiklorius of Friends At Work, and Ilana Zivkovich of Werq.
April 30, 2020 – Fitness and Music Education Fuel In-Home Music Experience Explosion
New ways to interact with music in the home have grown rapidly in the last few years, driven by new connected devices as well as compelling mobile & tablet applications that go beyond mere listening experiences. Fitness and music education are two categories seeing significant growth and executives from Peloton and Fender will share the creative ways they integrate music into their platforms to increase consumer engagement. This webinar – presented by Universal Music Group’s The Future Is Now initiative and moderated by UMG’s Bill Gagnon — will feature Gwen Bethel Riley, VP Music Partnerships at Peloton and Ethan Kaplan, General Manager at Fender Digital. Presenters will highlight the advancing landscape of the in-home experiences for fitness and music education, and how music integration strengthens the consumer experience. The Future Is Now experience debuted at the Annual Music Biz Conference in 2019. Be on the lookout for the experience to return to the Conference in August to showcase the newest technologies that are changing the way consumers experience music.
April 29, 2020 – Music Biz LIVE: Global Music Business
Music Biz President Portia Sabin talks with Helen Smith of IMPALA, Tobias Holzmüller of GEMA, Héloïse Fontanel of SACEM, John Mottram of PRS for Music, Kim Bayley of ERA, and Francesca Trainini of peermusic Italy about the impact COVID-19 has had on the global music business.
April 27, 2020 – Music Biz LIVE: Live Music Industry
Music Biz President Portia Sabin interviews Marauder's Rev. Moose and First Avenue's Dayna Frank (both from the National Independent Venue Association) and Nurit Smith of the House of Blues Music Forward Foundation, to discuss how COVID-19 has affected the live music market and support systems such as Live Nation Concerts' Crew Nation initiative.
