Measure of Music

That's a wrap on Measure of Music Year 5! Huge congrats to our winning team, Team 6, who's project "GigAtlas", simplified, data-driven tour planning that puts artists in control of their journey. HUGE CONGRATS Brittany Farrar, Tahsin Rakib Himi, Justina S., Rania Zakaria, Brian G., Suan Jung A full recap of the weekend is up now including all our winning teams plus a playlist of our project track artists: https://lnkd.in/es9HrDZ3 And you can re-watch (almost) everything you may have missed here: https://lnkd.in/g4JXcBve Big thanks to our sponsors: Abbey Road REDD, Abbey Road Institute, Berklee College of Music, The Orchard, OFFstep The ROSTR Group, Luminate, Chartmetric, jump.global, BandLab Technologies, Audoo

Our schedule is live now for this weekend's conference. Three days of talks, panels, keynotes, networking, and of course, ending in our hackathon/project presentations. Join in to watch our keynote speakers Martha Earls, Jennifer Tolman Hurst, Cherie Hu, and our founder, Christine Osazuwa. Plus, an incredibly talented, diverse, group of speakers from all over the world! The fun starts Friday, February 21 and runs all weekend through Sunday, February 23. We already have 1,400 people registered from 60+ countries, and there's still time to sign up to watch, engage & interact: https://lnkd.in/g4JXcBve Huge thanks to our sponsors: The Orchard, Songkick, The ROSTR Group, Luminate, BandLab Technologies, Audoo, Chartmetric, jump.global, Abbey Road, Abbey Road Institute, OFFstep & Berklee College of Music for making YEAR FIVE of Measure of Music possible. We couldn't do this all without you! (Oh, and if you're a company looking to hire or pitch your startup find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eanxpseR)

We've extended the deadline to contribute as a company until Tues, Feb 18 for Measure of Music 2025! So, for startups, nonprofits/communities, or companies in music/entertainment looking to hire, showcase their startup, find new members, and even more opportunities than outlined below, make sure to get your application in. Find out more & apply to get involved (it's all free & virtual!): https://lnkd.in/eJzzH_zz

Measure of Music is next week (Feb 21-23), so probably a good time to share some updates... First of all, would like to intro you to our incredible speakers from all over the world that will take the virtual stage to discuss research, data & insights on topics like mental health, A&R, marketing, sync, pop culture and so much. Like with every year, our speakers are majority-minority in gender and race because diversity, equity & inclusion will?never?stop being a priority for Measure of Music. And a special shout out to our keynote speakers Jennifer Tolman Hurst & Martha Earls to have a conversation about what a modern day music company looks like, Cherie Hu reprising her keynote role from Year 1 to have a look at the past & future of music tech and for the first time, myself, to do a retrospect of the past 5 years of Measure of Music. The full schedule will be live next week but you can have a look at our speakers now (as well as our hackathon mentors, hackathon judges & weekend staff) and sign up to join the virtual fun: https://lnkd.in/etA86vAN (more speakers in the comments!) Secondly, we also announced that Abbey Road Institute in London & Berklee College of Music in Boston will be our in-person hackathon locations this year! There's a handful of spaces left to join in on the hackathon (in-person or virtual), so if you're inclined to spend your weekend putting together a music data project, sign up while there's still space: https://lnkd.in/etA86vAN And finally, if you'd like to be involved as a company or an artist for Measure of Music as a company, you can still apply for a free virtual company or artist career fair booth, a virtual non-profit/community booth, to be part of our startup pitches, or to be the subject of a artist hackathon project for free marketing & operational support for indie artists. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/dtz3HpDV

Join in on a LinkedIn Live session to hear all about Measure of Music and get your questions answered!

Measure of Music is rapidly approaching (??) and now's the time for everyone to get involved! If you're a company, individual, nonprofit or artist that wants to be part of the conference & hackathon, please apply! (Those from underrepresented groups including geographically diverse individuals are strongly encouraged to apply). Oh, and it's all FREE! ?? -- WAYS TO BE INVOLVED -- ARTIST: You can take part in our artist career fair to find talented individuals to join your team temporarily or permanently, or you can be a subject of the artist hackathon to work along side a team to build out plans for marketing, finances and more for you. INDIVIDUALS: You can be a hackathon judge to help decide our winning teams, be a hackathon mentor to guide teams taking part or you can be weekend staff to help the event run smoothly. COMPANY: You can take part in our career fair to meet diverse talent from across the globe, you can provide data to our hackathon participants, or you can be part of our startup pitches to be in front of key players in the music industry. NONPROFITS: Have your own info booth to recruit new members or spread the word about your cause. -- MORE INFO & APPLY -- You can find out more information & find the links on how to apply here: https://lnkd.in/e4zt_Q9e

I may run a virtual conference but sometimes we like to hang IRL... Last night, Nick Maiale & I co-hosted a NO EGO Party for Measure of Music & jump.global in London. Wonderful to see so many familiar faces and to meet so many people for the first time. Just good vibes, great chat, and a fun excuse to hang out with people in the music industry that don't suck. Oh and if you missed out on the invite, it means you're not registered for Measure of Music 2025 yet (what are you waiting for?) -- https://lnkd.in/etA86vAN

Excited to launch YEAR FIVE of Measure of Music! Sign up to take part of the most fun music event you can attend without leaving your couch: https://lnkd.in/g4JXcBve Measure of Music is a virtual three-day weekend program to show the impact & importance of data across the music industry and to give current music execs, music industry hopefuls and industry career changers a crash course (and a finished project!) in music and data in collaboration with some of the most influential people and companies driving the democratization of music data around the world. We've also opened the call for speakers (those from underrepresented groups or little public speaking experience strongly encouraged to apply): https://lnkd.in/dXKRFvMM Big thank you to our sponsors Chartmetric, Songkick, jump.global & Jobs by ROSTR for joining us again this year! If you're interested in contributing to a better music industry, send an email to [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities.

Five years ago I came up with an idea to just put together a 'music data weekend' and created a form with 8 questions to see if anyone would be interested. When I created that little form, I didn't forsee 1000 people being interested in the first year, I didn't know that it would turn into the 7000+ strong community with almost $100K raised and hundreds of participants, mentors, judges, startups, artists, companies, and just generally great people all involved. With people from 90+ countries and speakers, hackathon participants, and even attendees all being majority-minority in gender and race, over these past 5 years I've done a tiny part in helping the music industry look like what the world looks like. Over these past 5 years, I've heard from so many companies, execs and artists about the opportunities they've gotten & given because of Measure of Music. Having a tiny hand in that success never stops being one of the best feelings in the world. ?? So with that being said, I'm thrilled to announce that YEAR FIVE of Measure of Music is now open for registrations: https://lnkd.in/etA86vAN If you'd like to get even more involved, the call for speakers has also opened up: https://lnkd.in/egMhC55s (those from underrepresented background and little speaking experience are strongly encouraged to apply!). Thank you to Songkick, Chartmetric, jump.global & Jobs by ROSTR for continuously being along for this ride. Your support is always immensely appreciated. If you'd like to discuss being the change you want to see in music, drop me a line. We're looking for 2025's sponsors and even have special rates for startups of all sizes.

Excited to announce the table hosts for Sessions 2 and 3 of Getting The Gig!