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Jaybird May 2023 Newsletter

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Come See Us at Music Biz 2023!

Jaybird clients Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME), Deborah Mannis-Gardner, Jessica and Ryan Vaughn, DDEX, Verifi Media, Reel Muzik Werks, and OpenPlay will be on panels at the Music Biz 2023 conference in Nashville from May 15-18. In addition, Jaybird President Laurie Jakobsen, Director Bill Greenwood, and Communication Specialists Ashley Friedman  and Zach Gulino will all be in attendance. See below for more information on the panels, and feel free to contact us if you are interested in setting up a meeting!

In addition to our panels, Jessica Vaughn and Laurie Jakobsen will be a part of the Allyship Sessions at Music Biz on Tuesday, May 16th and Wednesday, May 17th! This roundtable is sponsored by UMG’s Digital Innovation Team to provide an inclusive and collaborative environment to foster discussion around navigating the music industry. 

Finally, Don’t forget to attend the Bizzy Awards at 6pm on May 17, where DDEX Board Chair Kim Beauchamp is a finalist for the 2023 Master of Metadata Award!

Martin Clancy

David Hughes (top) interviewing Martin Clancy (bottom) for WHO KNEW Smartest People in the Room

Martin Clancy has had a whirlwind couple of months, being featured in various publications (NY Times, Wired), podcasts (Bobby Owsinski’s Inner Circle Podcast, Your Morning Coffee), and TV and radio interviews (BBC Radio, WCBS Newsradio 880, CGTN America) discussing generative AI, his new AI:OK initiative, the recent fake Drake and The Weeknd tracks on Spotify, and more. Click the links below to read or listen to his interviews! 

Martin was also recently interviewed by David Hughes on April 17, for the series WHO KNEW Smartest People in the Room. They had a lively conversation about generative AI, Martin’s illustrious career, as well as their new shared initiative, AI:OK. Click the link below to watch the interview in its entirety!

Articles 
NY TIMES
Wired

Podcasts
Bobby Owsinski Episode 468
Your Morning Coffee Episode 134

TV & Radio
WCBS Newsradio 880
CGTN America

Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP)

AIMP LA’s “Latin Music 101” event

We are excited to announce that the AIMP Global Music Publishing Summit is back, with the 6th annual event scheduled for June 13th at the 3 West Club in New York City. We hope you’ll join us for a full day of panels and keynotes on the business, sync, and creative areas of the independent music publishing industry. Registration is now open at aimpsummit.com.

In addition, the Nashville Chapter of the AIMP launched the sixth season of its podcast series, the AIMP Nashville Pubcast, on Monday, April 3. The 20-episode season kicked off with guests Hannah Babitt (Founder/CEO of BABZ INC) Brandon Perdue (SVP, A&R + Publishing, River House Entertainment), Jeffrey Hasson (Co-Head, UTA Nashville), and David Israelite (President & CEO, NMPA). Guests for the remainder of the season will be announced soon. Read more in Music Row.

The AIMP also announced that is has joined over 80 companies and organizations who have signed the Human Artistry Campaign’s petition to support human creativity amid the growth of AI. Michael Lau (AIMP National Chair and New York Chapter President), Marc Caruso (AIMP Los Angeles Chapter President), Ree Guyer (AIMP Nashville Chapter President), and Tony D. Alexander (AIMP Atlanta Chapter President) issued a joint statement on the decision, which you can read in HITS Daily Double.

Finally, the LA Chapter hosted events such as “Latin Music 101” and “AI and Copyright: Navigating the Intersections of Creativity, Technology and Copyright,” the NY Chapter hosted events such as “Digging Deeper: How Music Grows Brands” and “O Canada!,” and the Nashville Chapter hosted events such as “From Streams to Success: Best Practices for Digital Marketing and Digital Distribution” and the 8th Annual AIMP Country Music Awards.

Angry Mob Music

The Williamson
Paula Savastano presenting a workshop for Sigma Alpha Lota
Debra Delshad on her panel at MUSEXPO

In April, Angry Mob announced the opening of their new studio space at The Williamson in North Hollywood! Their team spent most of April setting up the new studio in preparation for the future sessions that will host a variety of songwriters, producers, and musicians.

Paula Savastano (Senior Director of Copyright and Royalties at Angry Mob) recently presented a workshop on fair use and copyright for Sigma Alpha Lota, a professional music fraternity. The workshop discussed the legal rights to share music under the Fair Use Statute of the U.S. Copyright Law and outlined the recent Copyright Law updates to come into place with the passage of the Music Modernization Act.

Debra Delshad (Senior Director of Licensing and Synch) and Kellen Smith (Coordinator, Licensing and Synch) attended the 2023 Guild of Music Supervisor Awards and this year’s MUSEXPO. Debra attended the MUSEXPO conference to speak on the panel “Licensing Your Content – What Are You Syncing? Repping and A&R’ing Your Music for Film, TV, Promos, Video Games, Film Trailers, and Advertising Opportunities.”

CCS Rights Management / Daytripper

Songwriters and Producers at the 2023 International Song Camp
SXSW 2023 Song Camp listening party

Daytripper hosted their international song camp at Bryan Adams’ Warehouse studio in Vancouver, BC from April 3-7! Songwriters and artists traveled from the United States, Denmark, and from different regions of Canada to collaborate and create new music.

CCS clients Spin Master Entertainment and Aircraft Pictures took home wins at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards! Spin Master Entertainment’s show Paw Patrol took home wins in three categories, including Best Preschool Program Series, Best Sound in an Animated Series for Paw Patrol‘s “Rescue Knights: Quest for the Dragons Truth,” and the Best Director award went to Charles E. Bastien for “Rescue Knights: Quest for the Dragons Truth.” Aircraft Pictures celebrated Saraa Chaudry’s win for Best Performance in a Children’s or Youth Program Series for their work in the hit show Holly Hobbie. 

In March, Daytripper sponsored the 2023 SXSW Songs camp, an international songwriting camp for established songwriters, producers, and artists with commercial co-writing credits, which took place at Arlyn Studios from March 14-16. Click here to check out ASCAP’s feature and recap video of the camp!

DDEX

(Left to right): Stefan Lindek, Susan Butler, Mark Isherwood, and Niels Rump at the DDEX Plenary
Secretariat Niels Rump speaking at his SXSW panel

From April 17-20, DDEX held their Spring Plenary and 2023 BIG Summit in London, UK at the offices of Meta Platforms. The Summit, which was the largest in DDEX history, covered and addressed topics including Web3, NFTs, fraudulent streams, suspicious behavior, and more. 

DDEX is looking forward to their next Plenary taking place in Washington, DC in November! 

DDEX also made an appearance at SXSW on March 15, where Secretariat Niels Rump spoke on the panel “A Growing Collaboration to Fight Bots & Spin Fraud” to discuss how collaboration has enabled the music industry to fight bots more efficiently together than they could on their own, while still balancing their own business commitments to their partners, artists, and fans.

Lastly, DDEX Secretariat Mark Isherwood made an appearance at Rio2C on April 21 on the panel “Metadata Music Streaming Matters” with Susan Butler and Fernando Marcos. They discussed music metadata’s importance and reverberation in music streaming.

Deborah Mannis-Gardner

Deborah Mannis-Gardner was recently invited as a guest on BBC’s The World Tonight in March! She was interviewed about her thoughts on Bad Bunny’s recent legal case about using an ex-girlfriend’s voice without permission. You can click here to listen to the interview – Deborah’s interview begins at 26:15.

Deborah was a panelist for the “Music Licensing Beyond Web2” panel at this year’s SXSW event! The discussion included insight and guidance on NFTs, the metaverse, fractionalization of rights, DAOs, and how virtual worlds are pushing the limits of how our licensing norms and copyright laws function.

The Neil Bogart biopic Spinning Gold also hit theaters on March 31st! Deborah served as the film’s music supervisor, selecting and clearing songs by iconic artists such as Donna Summer, KISS, Parliament, the Isley Brothers, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Bill Withers, and more for use in the film. You can read more about this project by clicking here.

Head Bitch Music

Welcome to our new clients Jessica Vaughn and Ryan Vaughn of Head Bitch Music! Jessica Vaughn took on SXSW as part of the “Music Licensing Beyond Web2” panel in March alongside Deborah Mannis-Gardner for an awesome discussion on music rights challenges and opportunities. Thank you to everyone who joined us! 

Jessica wrote a guest column in Billboard titled “Music’s New Secret Weapon? Creatives as Executives.” In the guest post, Jessica discusses how and why creatives are an asset and can improve the bottom line for music companies as well as highlights her own struggles landing a role in the music industry and fighting to be taken seriously. Jessica also ardently advocates for creatives whose potential has been disregarded even though they know how to speak the language of creatives, have huge drive and tenacity, are highly adaptable, and resourceful all because they didn’t take the “traditional” route into the industry. Click here to read her column! 

Authority Magazine recently featured Jessica for an interview piece, “Thriving As A Woman In a Male-Dominated Industry,” where she discussed her non-traditional career path and the most important traits that have led to her success. In addition, on April 27, Ryan was featured in a Q&A titled, “Second Chapters; How I Reinvented Myself In The Second Chapter Of My Life,” where he discussed his entry into the music industry as a professional drummer in NYC and his eventual transition to music industry executive. 

We also want to congratulate Jessica for several big sync deals! Jessica landed “Built For Greatness” by Marieme in a WNBA Draft promo and a trailer for the Michelle Obama Netflix special, The Light We Carry, “Gorgeous” by Olivia Knox in Saturdays on Disney+, and several other recent placements!

Made in Memphis Entertainment

Beatroot Music, part of the Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME) family of companies, has announced a new integration with RoyFi, a company working to solve the problem of access to money for musicians, producers, and songwriters. Qualified artists on the Beatroot roster will now have access to accelerated advance funding decisions from RoyFi, receiving an offer in as little as 60 seconds from submitting an application. It is RoyFi’s first such integration, with more to be announced soon. Read the full announcement here.

Music Connection Magazine recently featured a Songwriter Profile on MIME CEO David Porter! Read the full piece here.

Have you checked out Spotify’s Written By David Porter playlist? It features 153 songs spanning his entire career including hits performed by Sam & Dave, Will Smith, Wu-Tang Clan, Mariah Carey, and many others. Listen here!

Beatroot Music has signed a distribution deal with 7-year-old recording artist King Moore. Under the deal, Beatroot will ensure Moore’s singles and albums are available on all major DSPs, pitch his songs for playlist placements and sync opportunities, and provide his team access to advanced analytics. You can read about their new deal in Music Connection, Creative Industries News, and Record of the Day.

OpenPlay

Edward Ginis and Bill Wilson on the Common Ground webinar series
Justin Levinson, Professional Services Product Lead

OpenPlay recently hosted a webinar with Music Biz as part of their Common Ground Webinar Series titled “The OpenPlay Network Effect: Beyond Proprietary Systems.” During the webinar, OpenPlay Co-Founder, and Chief Client Officer Edward Ginis talked with Bill Wilson of MNRK about OpenPlay’s various features, learned how it works, and got a glimpse into a future beyond proprietary systems. Click here to view.

OpenPlay’s Edward Ginis recently wrote a guest article in Music Ally called “20 years after iTunes, moving past the ‘Pick, Pack & Ship’ distribution model.” In the article he breaks down how digital distribution has changed over time from the introduction of iTunes to now, the issues with it, how it needs to change, and how OpenPlay is working to make the process seamless for Indies. Click here to read it!

OpenPlay also recently announced the hiring of Justin Levinson as their Professional Services Product Lead. In this role, he’ll work with OpenPlay’s engineering team, clients, and other stakeholders to ensure the platform is operating properly and meeting client needs, help design new features to improve functionality, and more. Read more about his hiring and what he and Edward Ginis had to say, here.

NY Tech Alliance

Quemuel Arroyo (Chief Accessibility Officer, MTA)
The March 13th NYTA meetup celebrating Assistive Tech

On March 13, the NYTA held their most recent meetup celebrating Assistive Tech! Co-hosted by Doug Binette (Acting Director, NYTA), and Mariella Paulino-Peralta (Founder, Project Hearing), the March NY Tech Meetup featured multiple companies focuses on Assistive Technology including Adam David Jones (Founder & CEO, Zeer), Adriana Mallozzi (Founder and CEO, Puffin Innovations), Jane Lendingham (Cochlear Implant Consumer Specialist, Advanced Bionics), Kevin Yoo (CEO & Co-Founder, WearWorks ), Quemuel Arroyo (Chief Accessibility Officer, MTA), RJ Heller (Vice President Strategic Partnerships, AudioEye), Thomas Logan (Owner, Equal Entry), and Tomer Aharoni (Co-Founder & CEO, Nagish). You can watch the NY Tech Meetup by clicking here.

Reel Muzik Werks

Teri Nelson Carpenter interviewing Richie Ramone for the California Copyright Conference

Teri Nelson Carpenter recently hosted an intimate interview with Richie Ramone from the Ramones for the California Copyright Conference (CCC) on April 25. They talked about Richie’s illustrious career, his time with the Ramones, his current work, the current landscape of the industry, and childhood memories. He even read an excerpt from his new book for those in attendance. 

Reel Muzik Werks has partnered with India-based band Shor Police to launch Tunes Without Borders, an initiative to bring international music to English-speaking cultures. Founder & CEO of Reel Muzik Werks Teri Nelson Carpenter first became acquainted with Shor Police through the All About Music conference in Mumbai and loved their sound, sparking her passion to put them in front of a U.S. audience. The band is comprised of celebrated vocalist/composer Clinton Cerejo and powerhouse singer-songwriter Bianca Gomes, and draws from electro-pop, R&B, folk, Indian classical, jazz, funk, and soul to create their unique sound. Read the full announcement here.

Shark Attack Records

Welcome to one of our newest clients, Shark Attack Records! Shark Attack Records is a boutique label services company dedicated to taking artists to the next level of their careers by ensuring they have the tools and analytics they need to monetize their art. They offer services in campaign strategies, sync/licensing, graphic design, branding, marketing, and more. Shark Attack was founded by President Madelynn Elyse, who oversees the operations of the company, coaches artists to be truly independent, and shows them how to use analytics to grow their careers.

Madelynn was recently interviewed Authority Magazine for their series “How To Build A Large, Loyal, & Engaged Social Media Following or Community,” where she discussed her tips and tricks to cultivating an authentic community and connection through your online presence. Click here to read more!

rightsholder.io

rightsholder.io has been diving into hot topics and sharing them on their blog! Their blogs touch on what is driving so many catalogs to be bought and sold right now, AI-generated music and if it is a threat to songwriters, and who wants to buy a catalog and the risks and rewards of the investment. Click here to check out their blogs!

Verify Media

Verifi’s announcement of the next evolution of the VRDA initiative
Gregory Karachuk and Chloe Johnson at the DDEX plenary

Verifi’s latest blog post touches on the topic of derivative works and how you can derive value from them. The digital landscape is complicated and as more artists and music companies explore these new avenues, there are a lot of questions that are raised surrounding music rights and copyright infringement. Read their newest blog by clicking here.

Verifi recently announced the next evolution of its Verifi Rights Data Alliance (VRDA) initiative. VRDA members will now be able to selectively pool data to unlock new opportunities for licensing revenue, quickly clean up data and reduce black-box royalties for newly acquired catalogs, and collaborate with fellow members to ensure all parties always have the most up-to-date and authoritative data, all while maintaining separate data siloes. Read more about this announcement here.

Verifi’s Chief Client Officer Gregory Karachuk and Chief Product Officer Chloe Johnson attended the latest DDEX plenary and BIG Summit a few weeks ago in London, where they caught up with many of their clients, partners, and industry colleagues.

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