Mondo Industry Vanguard:
 Recognizing trailblazers shaping the future

Don’s music catalog experience spans the length of his career, and includes buy-side and sell-side catalog transactions across nearly every deal size, rights type, and genre in the marketplace, and involves clients including major and independent labels, private-equity backed buyers, top industry executives, hit-making songwriters, and key sources of debt and equity financing.

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1) You’ve spent years educating artists on how to build sustainable careers, from your bestselling book to your top-ranked podcast. What’s one fundamental piece of advice about digital tools and streaming that artists still struggle to grasp today?

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2) With streaming services and platforms constantly evolving, what’s one major shift in how artists should approach audience-building and revenue generation compared to five or ten years ago?

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3) Looking ahead, what’s one emerging trend in the artist-to-fan relationship that you believe will have the biggest impact on how musicians sustain their careers in the next decade?