Mondo.NYC Speaker


Emily White
Partner, Collective Entertainment, Inc.
Emily White is a longtime entrepreneur, music industry executive, innovator and thought leader. She’s an Amazon #1 best-selling author of How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams and hosts the #1 Music Business podcast globally of the same name. White is the CEO of #iVoted Concerts/Impact Data & Events, producing free data-driven events and activations that fans take tangible action to enter, statistically increasing non-partisan US voter turnout and more, including the largest digital concert in history that took place in 2020 during the pandemic. As a Founding Partner at Collective Entertainment in New York City, White’s career spans the entertainment industry while serving as Grounded Foundation’s Special Advisor on the Music Industry, positively impacting the nexus of climate and culture. White is a Fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s SNF Agora Institute, with the mission of strengthening global democracy, and is a Senior Fellow at The University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civil Engagement. She is a Well-Dunn Foundation board member, which provides paid internships and mentoring to underserved communities in the music industry, and is the Chair of + POOL’s Swim Advisory Council.
White’s name has graced the cover of Billboard magazine and she has been on the cover of Pollstar Magazine, the concert’s industry’s trade publication. She is a Billboard Women in Music Top Executive, with her work additionally profiled in Variety, Fast Company, Forbes, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Alternative Press, Brooklyn Vegan, The Fader, Stereogum, Relix, CNN, Vox, The Huffington Post, ESPN and more. White has proudly served on the boards, advisory councils and committees for Future of Music Coalition, SXSW, The David Lynch Foundation Live!, The Recording Academy/GRAMMYs®, Pandora’s Artist Advisory Council, CASH Music, as well as the Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival.
Building a Long Term Career in a World of Short Attention Spans
10/11/23, 2:00 PM
With distribution and reach no longer the preserve of the major label gatekeepers, the idea that everyone will achieve fifteen minutes of fame seems more achievable than ever. For those creators who want to maintain a more long-standing spell in the limelight without sacrificing control and ownership of their music, developing a world class a la carte team of individuals and services around them is critical. A new golden age of artist empowerment appears tantalizingly within reach – but how do artists make long-term decisions in a world where the system seems set up to celebrate the short term?
The Future of Financial Rights: Tackling the Information Imbalance in the Music Industry
10/14/21, 2:00 PM
The music industry is as defined by the dizzying pace of innovation as it is the opaque and convoluted business structures that have been entrenched in the industry for decades. Music professionals must keep their fingers on the pulse of cutting-edge business opportunities or risk being left behind. Managers, artists and other industry insiders have more options than ever to share, discover and debate industry news, trends and best practices. This panel will dig into the new wave of companies and leaders who are working to bridge the “information imbalance” in the music industry via Discord communities, newsletters and other new platforms and how they are helping to democratize the power structures in music today.
Climbing the Ladder to a Career in the Music Industry
Breaking into the music industry takes more than talent -- it requires strategy, persistence and a deep understanding of an ever-evolving business. This panel brings together young business executives from across the industry to share their unique career journeys and offer real-world advice on how to get started, stand out and grow in the field.