Association News
Below, you’ll find the latest Association press releases, updates on our upcoming events, introductions to our newest member companies, links to the latest content from Music Biz and our partners, and more.
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November 12, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #272 — Updates on Indie Music Retail from The Vinyl Groove Records, The Sound Garden and Zia Records!
In this episode, we caught up with David Wolfe of The Vinyl Groove Records, Bryan Burkert of The Sound Garden, and Mike Durham & Christina Wilson of Zia Records, who highlight the everlasting importance of physical music by diving into exciting happenings at each of their stores. Our guests discuss the impact of the recent Luminate + Street Pulse deal, how Black Friday serves as “Record Store Day Lite,” the resurgence of the CD, and the younger generation’s affinity for vinyl.... Click Here To Listen
November 4, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #271 — Safeguarding Our Industry: Inside Vobile’s Fight Against Fraud
The need for meaningful rights protection will always exist across both the video and audio content industries. Expanding their arm into the audio field with the acquisition of Pex, Vobile now provides solutions for both. We brought Vobile’s SVP of Sales, Larry Mills onto the podcast to discuss the robust sector of the music industry that is fighting against the mass scale of fraud occurring on a daily basis. Mills identifies the important differences between fraudulent assets and fraudulent behavior,... Click Here To Listen
October 28, 2025 – The Future of What Episode #270 — How Mamas In Music is Caring for Caregivers in Our Industry
Consideration of those in a caregiving role is often an afterthought in many industries, but creative industries add an extra layer of challenge due to inconsistent income and schedules. While looking for support in her journey of motherhood while maintaining a career in music, Mamas In Music co-founder Tiff Randol noticed a lack of community, and banded together with Mary Leay to create this support system. We connected with Tiff to discuss the events, partnerships and other initiatives Mamas In Music is looking to put forward,... Click Here To Listen
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 lyric search to benefit clients working as editors, sound designers, music supervisors, and beyond. In this episode, AIMS CTO Einar Helde unpacks the company’s origins,... Click Here To 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 while remaining nimble & independent. In our latest Keeping Tempo interview, we spoke with Trudeau about the company’s journey & growing legacy,... Click Here To Read
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 with fellow concert-goers. We spoke with founder Rod Yancy about the app’s offerings, the value The MLC provides in licensing music,... Click Here To 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 for A&R over the past decade, the practice remains the same at its core. In this episode, Michelle walks through the performance measures that A&Rs of both the past and present evaluate,... Click Here To 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 wouldn’t be possible without YOU, and we can’t wait to welcome you back to the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly for Music Biz 2026!... Click Here To Read
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 for artists to track spending & marketing plans. In this episode, Head of Marketing Jenna LoMonaco details how ONErpm supports &... Click Here To 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 & registration info with you soon – stay tuned! While you wait, check out our Trust & Safety webpage for a recap of our most recent fraud-focused event,... Click Here To Read
