We had such a wonderful time hosting Music X NYC at the amazing Classic Car Club in Manhattan!
Music X NYC was a 1-day summit devoted to the business of music – for the business managers, attorneys, artist managers and trusted advisors that power the careers of top artists. They day consisted of 6 panel discussions about catalog sales and lending, collecting royalties, new artist opportunities, legal challenges, the rise of AI, technology solutions and more.
Speakers included Tom Smith of Prager Metis, Ashley Carman of Bloomberg, Jamie Dominguez of Sound Royalties, David Park and Christian Santaniello of Axos Bank, Cat Marcasciano of PSBM, Tony Smalls of MGO LLP, Charleton Lamb of Stem, Soy Kim of Spotify, Peter Sinclair of beatBread, Andrew Batey of Beatdapp, Lauren Mack of Masur Griffitts Avidor LLP, Rob Bonstein of HIFI and many more!
Thank you to our amazing title partner, Axos Bank and our sponsors: sliceNote, Prager Metis, Stem, Sound Royalties, HIFI, MGO, Rumblefish, and jump global.
Here are some pics from Music X NYC. We have some great events coming up and our next conference, Trusted X LA on June 8th! Stay tuned for details and we look forward to seeing you at our next event!


Willard Ahdritz, Kolbalt.

Morning arrival.

Managing the Soaring Costs of Touring in 2023: Tom Smith, Prager Metis; Jack Singer, Atlantic Records; Veli Udo-Uton, Veli Brand & Sounds Music Group; Ashley Carman, Bloomberg.

Managing the Soaring Costs of Touring in 2023: Tom Smith, Prager Metis; Jack Singer, Atlantic Records; Veli Udo-Uton, Veli Brand & Sounds Music Group.

Managing the Soaring Costs of Touring in 2023: Tom Smith, Prager Metis; Jack Singer, Atlantic Records; Veli Udo-Uton, Veli Brand & Sounds Music Group.

Where Finance Meets Music: Supporting Artists Through Innovative Financial Management: Drew de Leon, The Digilogue; Nikisha Bailey, Nvak Collective; Jamie Dominguez, Sound Royalties; Andrew Batey, Beatdapp; Tate Henshaw, ARC Business Management. This panel was presented by Sound Royalties.

Where Finance Meets Music: Supporting Artists Through Innovative Financial Management: Drew de Leon, The Digilogue; Nikisha Bailey, Nvak Collective; Jamie Dominguez, Sound Royalties; Andrew Batey, Beatdapp; Tate Henshaw, ARC Business Management. This panel was presented by Sound Royalties.

Where Finance Meets Music: Supporting Artists Through Innovative Financial Management. This panel was presented by Sound Royalties.

A Special Banking Message with Axos Bank: Matthew Hoffman, Trusted Advisor; Christian Santaniello, Axos Bank; David Park, Axos Bank. This panel was presented by Axos Bank.

A Special Banking Message with Axos Bank: Christian Santaniello, Axos Bank; David Park, Axos Bank. This panel was presented by Axos Bank.

A Special Banking Message with Axos Bank: Matthew Hoffman, Trusted Advisor; Christian Santaniello, Axos Bank; David Park, Axos Bank. This panel was presented by Axos Bank.

Money Talks: Insights from Top Business Managers: Tony Smalls, MGO LLP; Cat Marcasciano, PSBM; Rob Grubman, Schulman Lobel LLP; Maria del Pilar Lopez, Citrin Cooperman; Rochelle Yambao, Axos Bank. This panel was presented by Axos Bank.

Money Talks: Insights from Top Business Managers: Tony Smalls, MGO LLP; Cat Marcasciano, PSBM; Rob Grubman, Schulman Lobel LLP; Maria del Pilar Lopez, Citrin Cooperman; Rochelle Yambao, Axos Bank. This panel was presented by Axos Bank.

Tech, Transparency, Rights, Royalties – What’s Needed to Move Forward?: Michael Simon, Rumblefish; Karl Fowlkes, The Fowlkes Firm; Matt Barrington, TuneCore; Charleton Lamb, Stem; Soy Kim, Spotify. This panel was presented by Stem.

Tech, Transparency, Rights, Royalties – What’s Needed to Move Forward?: Michael Simon, Rumblefish; Karl Fowlkes, The Fowlkes Firm; Matt Barrington, TuneCore; Charleton Lamb, Stem; Soy Kim, Spotify. This panel was presented by Stem.

Data Over Instinct and Information Over Insiders – How Data Science can Expand Music as an Asset Class, and Help Artists Too: Suzy Ryoo, Venice Music; Peter Sinclair, beatBread; Gregory Hirschhorn, Too Lost; Izaic Blizzard, sliceNote. This panel was presented by sliceNote.

Data Over Instinct and Information Over Insiders – How Data Science can Expand Music as an Asset Class, and Help Artists Too: Suzy Ryoo, Venice Music; Peter Sinclair, beatBread. This panel was presented by sliceNote.

Data Over Instinct and Information Over Insiders – How Data Science can Expand Music as an Asset Class, and Help Artists Too: Gregory Hirschhorn, Too Lost; Izaic Blizzard, sliceNote. This panel was presented by sliceNote.

Music Rights in the Age of AI: Lauren Mack, Masur Griffitts Avidor LLP; Andrew Batey, Beatdapp; Rob Bonstein, HIFI; Elliot Resnik, Masur Griffitts Avidor LLP.

Music Rights in the Age of AI: Rob Bonstein, HIFI; Elliot Resnik, Masur Griffitts Avidor LLP.

Music Rights in the Age of AI: Lauren Mack, Masur Griffitts Avidor LLP; Andrew Batey, Beatdapp.










Cocktails to wrap up the evening! Until next time!
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