Selection Government Music Editor Jem Aswad kickstarts the Mondo 2025 convention.
DMN accomplice Open on Sunday has been on the bottom in Brooklyn to convey you the newest from Mondo 2025. Right here’s a rundown of the highlights.
(Pictures taken by Open On Sunday cofounder & President Malcolm Thompson, with Open On Sunday Copyright Specialist Kevin Dyndan additionally snapping pictures. Each have been on the ground on the Mondo NYC Music Convention, which befell October 14th-Seventeenth, 2025.)
On day one, Jem Aswad, Government Music Editor at Selection, kickstarted the Mondo 2025 Convention with a ‘State of the Music Enterprise’ panel.
The “Hearth Chat” between Harmony COO Victor Zaraya and Larry Miller, Scientific Professor of the Music Enterprise Program at NYU Steinhardt (and Government Director of Sony Audio Institute), included a dialogue on how unbiased artists are tackling the challenges introduced by a extremely interconnected world, whereas leveraging the alternatives it affords.
Panelists additionally mentioned the aftermath of recent expertise empowering artists to seek out and join with world audiences. Because of this, the music ecosystem has by no means been extra sophisticated or extra democratic. One other upbeat takeaway was that music revenues within the US and Europe have turn into extra secure, and belief within the music market is strengthening amongst buyers.
The staff additionally attended an interview by Jason Feinberg, head of KOSIGN at Kobalt, as he spoke to legendary artist Henry Rollins.
Jason Feinberg interviews Henry Rollins.
Titled “Constructing the Artist Enterprise,” the interview dove into the methods that flip artwork and creativity right into a profession. Rollins shared a behind-the-scenes have a look at constructing a enterprise round music, writing, and efficiency. Talking about making powerful monetary calls, defending rights, and staying artistic below strain, Rollins unpacked the realities of staying true to your imaginative and prescient, the teachings he’s discovered, and the methods he developed to make independence work.
On Day Two, the dialog with Pieter Van Rijn, CEO of Downtown Music, and Larry Miller delivered insights on how companies are supporting the rising wants of unbiased artists and the way expertise helps dynamic modifications.
Downtown Music CEO Pieter van Rijn in dialog with NYU Steinhardt’s Larry Miller.
After Downtown Music’s December 2024 announcement of its proposed acquisition by UMG-owned Virgin Music Group, the following step within the firm’s journey grows extra fascinating. Van Rijn and Miller make clear how a collaboration between Downtown and Virgin will provide various instruments that profit the present era of artists.
DMN TV additionally lined the one-on-one dialogue with RIAA CEO Mitch Glazier and freshly appointed co-head of Apple Music, Ole Obermann.
One on One: Apple Music’s Ole Obermann & RIAA’s CEO Mitch Glazier.
The 2 trade leaders joined heads to debate the state of the music trade and the place it’s headed.
Kickstarting Day 4 of Mondo 2025 convention as we speak, Mondo’s custom of keynote displays introduced collectively Jem Aswad (Government Music Editor at Selection) and Elizabeth Matthews (Chief Government Officer of ASCAP).
The dialogue lined the evolving music enterprise panorama and its wide-ranging impression on composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers. Attendees additionally brushed up on their collective licensing data, with ASCAP pointing to a string of improvements benefiting of songwriters, composers, music publishers, and licensees throughout all media platforms.
One Friday, attorneys and trade leaders engaged with matters corresponding to generative AI, valuation, litigation, ethics, contracts, touring, advocacy, superfans, status danger, rights administration, and extra as a part of Mondo’s Music & Tech Regulation Symposium.
