KEYNOTE: AN INSANE SPEED OF EVOLUTION: A MACRO VIEW AT MUSIC INDUSTRY + TECH TRENDS

17. Sep 11:00 | Radisson Blu Room 3

There are seemingly endless possibilities for our industry's future: change is occurring simultaneously, accelerating quickly, and creating so much complexity that even the savviest music folks question whether we’re prepared for the revolution ahead. In this session, we’ll give a macro overview of the movement of our industry, covering off on topics from business prioritization of the bigs (majors + streaming), following the money around the globe, rights management and the acquisition frenzy, the continued rise of the independent service ecosystem, the future relationship between live and content, artist economic diversification as well as the race for new audiences. We’re not going to solve for everything that’s coming in one hour, but at least you’ll have a clean windshield to look through while you’re driving into it.

GUEST: CHRIS COOKE & CMU SETLIST - LIVE @ SPOT+

17. Sep 15:00 | Radisson Blu Room 3

Chris Cooke, co-host of the weekly CMU podcast Setlist, is joined by a team of music industry experts to explain and discuss the very latest announcements, disputes and developments in the music industry. Topics up for discussion will be based on the previous week's music business news as reported in the CMU Daily, but could well include some streaming debates, a little COVID speculation, lots of NFT hype, and the biggest music industry lawsuit of the moment.