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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October 31, 2023 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — The State of Music Publishing In 2023 & Beyond: Interview with Great South Bay Music Group’s Travis McFetridge
The advent of music streaming, changes in label service offerings, and other new technologies have led to major changes to the music publishing space in the last few years. In this month’s interview, we talked with Great South Bay Music Group President & CEO, Travis McFetridge to get a sense of how publishing professionals have adapted to operations in the modern music industry, what the institution of The MLC has meant for their day-to-day, and what the future may hold for this subset of the industry!... Read More
October 18, 2023 – The Future of What Episode #217 — DAACI Talks AI Tools To Enhance The Creative Process
Bad actors have already learned how to exploit generative AI to either pose as popular artists or misappropriate copyrighted material. However companies like DAACI are working with artists, songwriters & composers to develop tools that are additive to the creative process, helping to eliminate tedious parts of their job and overcome writer’s block. In our latest podcast, we talk to DAACI CEO, Rachel Lyske about her company’s mission to support composers with a tech suite backed by three decades of research and deep collaboration with members of the creative community to address their specific needs!... Listen
October 12, 2023 – Music Business Association & Downtown Music Holdings to Co-Host Trust & Safety in Music Symposium
The Music Business Association and Downtown Music Holdings today announce the launch of their Trust & Safety in Music Symposium, set to take place Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at New York University’s Rosenthal Pavilion. The inaugural event, which will run from 9:30 AM to 5 PM ET, will host a rich cross-section of music industry and public policy stakeholders for a candid discussion on how all sectors can collaborate to build trust and safety in the music community for artists &... Read More
October 4, 2023 – The Future of What Episode #216 — KYC Compliance To Fight Music Fraud: A Discussion With Too Lost’s Gregory Hirschhorn
After running a record label and finding common issues across several different music distribution platforms, Gregory Hirschhorn decided to enter the distribution space with Too Lost, paying extra attention to technologies and methods for combating fraud. The company uses Know Your Client (KYC) protocol, which has roots in the financial industry, to add extra security for users uploading their tracks for distribution to DSPs. This added measure helps to weed out bad actors who game the system to generate undue revenue.... Listen
October 3, 2023 – Music Biz 2024 Call For Presentations Opens TODAY!
We’re excited to announce that the Call for Presentations for Music Biz 2024 is NOW OPEN! Every year, the Music Business Association welcomes all industry executives to submit their ideas for panels and presentations to be part of the educational program at our Annual Conference. With over 2,100 attendees from more that 800 companies across 30 countries set to attend, Music Biz 2024 is proven to be THE PLACE to discuss the future of our global industry,... Read More
October 2, 2023 – NEW FROM MUSIC BIZ & THE MLC: Evolution, Empowerment & Earnings
Introducing a new, three-part webinar series co-hosted with The MLC — tune in as music industry experts share how today’s artists & rightsholders can best adapt to the ever-changing industry landscape, leverage income tracking tactics to optimize their income, and implement tried-and-true best practices to improve their careers both in the short and long term! Learn more about each webinar and register for all three via the links below: Tuesday, October 17th | 2 — 3 pm ETEmbracing the Ever-Changing Landscape of the Music Industry In an era of rapid technological advancements,... Read More
September 26, 2023 – The Future of What Episode #215 — Generative AI In Film, TV & Other Entertainment Spaces
While generative AI can be used to help human creators develop original works, concerns exist as major film & TV studios stand to reap huge financial benefits by using the technology to wholesale develop screenplays or substitute in digital recreations of actors. This is one of the pillars of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, as workers in the creative industry fight for regulations on the technology to ensure they are not exploited for the sake of corporate profits.... Listen
September 11, 2023 – NEW MEMBER ROUNDUP: Summer 2023
The Music Biz member community is home to more than 400 global companies, all working to collaborate to support the financial growth of our industry at large and create a more equitable, inclusive place to work! See below for the latest companies to join our Association since the start of the summer: Backstage Musica LLCLocation: Houston, TXYears In Business: 5Website: www.backstagemusica.com Backstage Musica supports artists by offering them tools to distribute their music and reach more potential fans.... Read More
September 6, 2023 – The Future of What Episode #214 — Music Fights Fraud: A Discussion on Streaming Fraud with CD Baby’s Christine Barnum
Recent months have shown an uptick in the frequency and variety of fraudulent music streaming practices, allowing bad actors to collect undue revenue by criminally inflating the number of streams for tracks they upload to DSPs. In the first of two episodes this Fall covering music streaming fraud, we talk to CD Baby’s Chief Revenue Officer, Christine Barnum about the history of fraudulent behavior since the start of digital music sales, CD Baby’s participation in the Music Fights Fraud initiative,... Listen
August 23, 2023 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] — Tackling the Challenges Presented by Generative AI in Music: An Interview with ARS Counsel’s Almuhtada Smith
As with the advent of most new technologies, the arrival of Generative AI tools poses unprecedented opportunities and challenges for the music industry ecosystem. While some artists are already using these tools as an additive element to their creative process, bad actors have found ways to exploit them by posting fake tracks modeled after, and attributed to, today’s most popular artists to DSPs for monetary gain. Moreover, there are serious ethical concerns over exploitation of culture and perpetuating stereotypes due to the nature of AI models being based on existing art.... Read More
