The Music Business Association (Music Biz) will host its first Philadelphia-based Music Startup Academy on Wednesday, October 28. The course curriculum will provide insights into key areas like licensing, business development and operations. Startups and entrepreneurs will also have the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a panel of industry experts for a constructive critique to better prepare them for when they score a real-life face-to-face meeting at a record label, VC firm and more. Click here for more information and registration.
*Additional details on speakers and sessions will be announced closer to the event.
4:30 PM
Registration & Networking Reception
5:15 PM
Welcome & Introduction to Music Biz’s Startup Services
- Bill Wilson, Music Biz
5:20 PM
Keynote Presentation
- Michael Fiebach, CEO, Fame House
5:40 PM
Licensing Landscape Discussion
Using Music Biz’s licensing grids and music royalties infographic as tools for discussion, we’ll step you through the licensing process, talking about the two basic rights for music as well as help you better understand the process for securing master, mechanical, and public performance/communication rights for the six most frequently requested types of music uses: download, non-interactive, on-demand, sync, lyrics, and karaoke.
6:25 PM
Dinner & Networking
7 PM
Music Operations: In-House or Outsource?
What is metadata? UPC? GRID? ISRC? Do you have a mechanism in place for content delivery and royalty reporting? This session will give you an overview of the music operations, helping you determine whether you should be outsourcing or build your operations in-house. We’ll review the questions to ask when looking for an outside vendor and review some of the players in the industry.
- Rob Weitzner, Consolidated Independent/Drexel University
- Bill Wilson, Music Biz
7:20 PM
Content Or Access? How To get The Best Biz Dev Deal
During this presentation, we’ll aim to help you determine if you need content or access to get your new music product up and running. We’ll get your ready for your meeting with the biz dev folks being sure you know the answers to the important questions that all biz dev folks are looking for you to answer.
8:10 PM
Elevator Pitch Shark Tank
Now that we’ve taught you all about meeting with the label’s biz dev folks and marketing your products, it’s your turn to incorporate what you’ve learned and pitch our team of experts on your product. The team and the audience will critique your pitch, offering constructive tips that everyone in the room can carry with them as they take their products and their pitches to the next level.
*If you are interested in pitching, you must submit this short form. After you register for the event, you must also complete your Startup/App profile in our Music Startup Network, if you have not done so already. Please complete as much detail as possible. Profiles without robust information will not awarded a pitch slot.
9:30 PM
Closing Remarks
- Bill Wilson, Music Biz
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