Music Managers Forum - US

📢Webinar Announcement!!! Music Managers Forum - US Presents: Building the Modern Artist Business: Growth, Revenue, and Superfans.

Explore how today's artists are developing sustainable careers by diversifying revenue streams, engaging their audiences, and building communities of superfans. This webinar will examine strategies, business models, and practical approaches that independent artists and their teams are using to grow their careers while maintaining creative and business control.

Featured Speakers:
Celena Fields, Head of Artist Relations, EVEN - leads artist acquisition and strategic partnerships. With nearly a decade across sports, music, and entertainment, she's built a career spanning artist management, streaming, labels, distribution, and brand partnerships, including prior leadership roles at LVRN, Sony/The Orchard, and Apple Music.

Litza Roumeliotis, Director of Artist and Partner Strategy, EVEN - helps artists build stronger fan relationships through innovative engagement strategies. More than a decade across radio, touring, and artist strategy, with leadership roles in fan engagement, release strategy, and industry partnerships, including hands-on work with artists such as TLC.

Matthew Tilley, Head of Artist & Industry Development, beatBread - helps artists access funding solutions that provide greater financial flexibility and creative independence. A music industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience, he's developed innovative marketing and artist development campaigns for some of the world's best-known artists; beatBread has provided advances to nearly 2,000 artists since its 2020 launch.

📅 Thursday, July 16, 2026
⏰ 12:00-1:00 PM ET

Register HERE: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WZu6xArYTCadOUUzVx530A #/registration

Don't miss this timely discussion. Register today to secure your spot!

Open to MMF-US members, non-members, and all music industry professionals.

🎤 Final Speaker Announcement!

We're excited to welcome Kei Henderson, Founder and CEO of Third & Hayden, as our last confirmed speaker at the Music Managers Forum - US New York Summit!

Join us Monday, June 8th at Reed Smith LLP offices in New York City for a full day of keynote conversations, panels, presentations, and networking designed for artist managers, self-managed artists, and music industry professionals looking to stay informed, connected, and inspired.

The 2026 MMF-US NY Summit will feature a special keynote conversation with Danny Goldberg, President of Gold Village Entertainment, in conversation with Jem Aswad, Executive Editor, Music at Variety, alongside key discussions including Know Your Rights: Managing Your Music Licensing Portfolio, Amplifying Impact: Driving Social Change Through Music, Music Managers: The New Power Brokers, The Business Behind the Artist: Infrastructure and the Modern Team, and AI: Friend or Foe? Protecting Music Creators in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, along with spotlight presentations from MusiCares and Road Recovery, and more.

The Summit includes representatives from ​KOSIGN​, Artist Growth, Linktree, SoundExchange, The Mechanical Licensing Collective, Gold Village Entertainment, Sureel.AI, SET , Variety, The Recording Academy, PPL, the rpm collective, Road Recovery, MusiCares, Magus Entertainment, Paladin Artists, Collective Entertainment​, Impact Data & Events​, The Rocks Management​, Future of Music Coalition​, Songwriters of North America - SONA , American University, When We All Vote, Civic Nation, Spinach Records, and more.

This curated, in-person gathering will feature insights from leading voices across the business, plus practical tools and follow-up resources you can take with you beyond the event.

📍 Reed Smith, 599 Lexington Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10022 (between 52nd & 53rd)
🕘 Doors open at 9:30 AM
🤝 Learn. Connect. Grow.

Secure your spot and stay tuned for additional speaker announcements!

Registration:
Free for current MMF-US members
$50 for new members with code NEWMEMBERNYC (includes one year of MMF)
$100 general admission
Breakfast, lunch & happy hour provided.
Space is limited

RSVP link in bio.



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