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!
February 22, 2021 – Music Biz LIVE: Billboard’s 2021 Change Agents + The NMAAM
In a special interview for Black History Month, Music Biz President Portia Sabin discuss where the music industry's racial justice efforts are now with Jonathan Azu of Culture Collective & the Diversity in Music Initiative, Michele Ballantyne of The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Kortney Toney of Nashville Music Equality. the session kicks off with a bonus conversation with Henry Beecher Hicks III of the National Museum of African American Music, hosted by TiVo.
February 4, 2021 – Uncovering Breakthrough Music and Trigger Cities with Data: Chartmetric’s 6MO Report (H2 2020)
Using its streaming and social data to unearth music trends for the past two years, music analytics firm Chartmetric is releasing its fourth free “6MO” semi-annual music industry report in January 2021. The Music Biz member company is excited to share their most recent findings: highlighting which artists and tracks broke out in the July-December 2020 timeframe, as well as delving deeper into its exploration of the concept of “trigger cities”, as coined by Chartmetric Chief Commercial Officer, Chaz Jenkins. Celebrating the global digital music environment, Chartmetric wrote extensively on the trigger cities concept in 2019, which discusses major cities in the Southeast Asian and Latin American regions as places to gain more exposure with effective ad spend, “trigger” social and streaming algorithmic benefits, and most importantly, win new fans from all cultures. This latest H2 2020 6MO report goes deeper into the music marketing concept, with the intent to make it more practical for artists of all sizes to take advantage of. Tune in as 6MO’s editors, Jason Joven (Manager, Content & Insights) and Rutger Ansley Rosenborg (Digital Marketing Lead) present the issue exclusively for Music Biz members and answer attendee questions!
January 14, 2021 – Streamlining Royalty Payments: Tips for Global Expansion from TuneCore & Payoneer
Many digital publishers, distributors, music labels and performing rights organizations are still finding it difficult to streamline their royalty payouts. Those who figure out the solution are finding that it can be their ticket to expanding their business on a global scale. In this webinar, TuneCore COO Matt Barrington and VP of International Faryal Khan-Thompson join music payments experts from Payoneer to discuss insights on TuneCore’s digital music distribution, publishing and licensing services; the company’s successes in the music space; and how they have overcome digital royalty payments challenges by leveraging Payoneer’s infrastructure. Presenters will also shed light on both the common roadblocks and specific issues music companies experience in this vertical, and the ways they have successfully navigated them. Finally, they will explore the benefits of offering automated international payments from a trusted source, and present the results each company has seen since implementing Payoneer.
January 14, 2021 – Music Biz LIVE: Nicole Wyskoarko and Caroline “Baroline” Diaz of Interscope
In this talk, we’ll get personal with one of Interscope’s rising A&R stars and her mentor, a senior executive in the organization, to understand how their relationship has helped them both develop their highly successful careers as women of color in a crowded and competitive record business. Each of these women have built successful track records — from Co-Head of A&R at the Number One label in the business, to nurturing the careers of some of the biggest artists in the world. We’ll share stories about how they supported each of their journeys in a dog-eat-dog industry.
December 9, 2020 – Article 17: Are We Ready?
To help us all get a handle on Article 17's sweeping changes, Music Biz partnered with Pex to host three virtual events programmed to clear up any confusion about the implications of copyright reforms, and discuss what improved legal protections and monetary gains it offers to songwriters and other stakeholders.
November 18, 2020 – Music Biz LIVE: Jac Holzman, Founder of Elektra Records
In the final LIVE interview of 2020, listen in as music industry legend and tech pioneer Jac Holzman talks about the founding of Elektra Records 70 years ago. And, learn more about Jac's life beyond Elektra as an executive, adviser, and technologist.
November 12, 2020 – Protecting Your Content: Copyright Changes You Need To Know About & The Tools To Help You Get It Done
Throw out that self-addressed, unopened envelope and get ready to toss out a few other things you thought you knew about copyright protection along with it. While it’s gotten easier to create, upload, and share content, protecting that content still seems unapproachable, complicated and expensive for most of the creative community. This session — hosted by Cosynd CEO Jessica Sobhraj and North Music Group President Abby North — tackles the misconceptions around copyright protection, the common practices that are now obsolete, and the critical changes that affect how you can safeguard your rights and revenue. You will also learn more about how companies like Cosynd and North Music Group provide tools and guidance to make copyright protection simpler and affordable for our community.
November 5, 2020 – Actionable Insights: Turn Music Data into Effective Marketing
Songstats is a comprehensive music data analytics app for artists, labels and industry professionals, that provides actionable insights across the most important streaming services and download stores. Solutions like this are key in tracking new industry metrics for success — such as playlist adds, chart positions and social milestones — based on the latest forms of digital music consumption. In Songstats’ debut seminar, learn how artists and their teams can use their music data to improve new release strategies and marketing campaigns.
October 20, 2020 – Driving Change — Diversity & Inclusion in the Music
This three-day virtual event featured important, action-based conversations about how we can take meaningful steps to support underrepresented communities in our industry.
