Music Biz conference runs May 13 — 16, 2024 at JW Marriott

Gina Miller hosts the 3rd Annual Bizzy Awards at Music Biz on Wednesday, May 24, 2024.

Music Biz 2024 takes place May 13 — 16, 2024 at the JW Marriott Nashville. The organization’s flagship event will deliver four days of industry-defining conversations and connections, plus important discussions on how the industry may evolve to better serve the needs of all music professionals.

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) is a not-for-profit membership organization that advances, promotes and invests in the future of the music business by providing a trusted forum where ideas and cooperation flourish. Through events, education and engagement, the Association brings together the full breadth of the industry for unparalleled access to networking, resources and thought leadership.

For more than six decades, the Music Biz Conference has been the point of origin for inspiration and collaboration in the music business, as attendees share the insights learned at our event with their peers and extend a ripple effect of change across the global industry.

The 3rd Annual Bizzy Awards dinner, honoring music companies & individuals who are advancing commerce in the music industry and making a difference in diversity, equity & inclusion efforts, is Wednesday, May 15. It will be hosted by Gina Miller, SVP & GM of MNRK Music Group, and feature a special performance by Angie K that will showcase her hard-hitting Country style with a nod to her Latin roots. Cameo Carlson of mtheory will receive their 2024 Presidential Award, and The MLC will receive their 2024 Impact Award for Technological Excellence.

Having spent nearly two decades with MNRK Music Group (formerly Entertainment One), Gina Miller’s current role as the label’s SVP and General Manager for Nashville has her overseeing day-to-day operations and creative output for Nashville, including MNRK subsidiaries Light Records and IndieBlu Music. Throughout her career, she has used her platform and voice to both improve the ways the music business operates and create opportunities for those who are marginalized in our industry.

Miller is a Governor of the Recording Academy’s Nashville Chapter, is Chair of the Music Business Association Board of Directors, and serves on the boards of Nashville Music Equality (which she helped found), The National Association of Black Female Executives in Media & Entertainment™ (NABFEME), The Americana Music Association, Creatives Day, and Harmonic South. She most recently received Music Biz’s 2023 Presidential Award for Outstanding Executive Achievement, and was also named to Leadership Music Nashville’s Class of 2022, Billboard’s Women in Music executive class in 2018 and 2020, and the Nashville Business Journal’s Women Of Influence 2021 Class.

After last year’s gathering of 2,100+ attendees from more than 800 companies across 30 countries, it’s clear that Music Biz is THE PLACE to be if you have a stake in the future of the music business. Whether you’re coming to hear expert viewpoints on the latest trends & tech, to seek out new business partnerships, or to celebrate those who are innovating the ways our industry operates, attending Music Biz 2024 is designed to set your company and its employees on the path to success.

For more about Music Biz, see their website: musicbiz.org

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