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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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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 support their needs. A new study from MusiCares and Amber Health seeks to look beyond the need for mental health resources and instead analyze how access to these resources impacts those who receive them.... 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 tech entrepreneur Shara Senderoff, is an AI-driven creative platform that seeks to mitigate these ethical issues by putting artists’ needs &... 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 Atlanta for the first time, the four-day agenda features a blend of fan-favorite annual summits, all-new programs covering the most timely trends affecting the industry today,... 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 Atlanta-based music & entertainment executives to learn why it is the PERFECT place to bring our Annual Conference and all the things that make Atlanta’s music industry so special.... 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 passing in October 2024. Charles’ husband, Ricky Fishman will accept the award at Music Biz’s fourth annual Bizzy Awards Dinner sponsored by Warner Music Group,... 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 Warner Music Group, happening Wednesday, May 14 during Music Biz 2025 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly. DDEX is a not-for-profit membership organization formed in 2006 by a consortium of leading musical work CMOs,... 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 first podcast of 2025, we talk to Reservoir Media President & COO, Rell Lafargue about the evolution of the music publishing sector,... 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 processing tools for artists & music companies of all sizes, the applications & benefits of new AI tech in the metadata sector,... Read More
December 16, 2024 – The Future of What Episode #241 — Music & Tech’s Trajectory In The Year To Come
2024 was yet another transformative year for the music industry, bolstered by the widespread embrace of AI integration, challenges to the cornerstone that DSPs have become, and maturing integrations in gaming & VR. In our final conversation of 2024, we speak with Vickie Nauman of CrossBorderWorks about how as music consumption becomes more passive, more interactive experiences enabled by exciting new tech may define the music industry in the year to come!... Listen
December 4, 2024 – The Future of What Episode #240 — Managing Artists In 2024 & Beyond!
With the ever-changing landscape of the music industry, as well as new expectations from today’s artists, it’s time for us to check in on how the management field has evolved to meet the needs of today’s music makers. In our latest podcast, we talk to 10 and 8 Management’s Nicholas Mishko about what managers can do to best support their artists in the 2020s, when artists should enlist a manager & for what reasons, what new tech &... Listen
