Location: 215 Lavaca St. Austin, TX 78701
Date: May 20, 2026
Time: 6:30 P.M.
Supported by KUTX
How do artists and songwriters make money from their music? 💸
Join Women in Music ATX for a real conversation breaking down how artists and songwriters get paid, build income streams, and create sustainable careers in today’s industry.
They’re bringing together professionals from YouTube’s publishing and rights management artist management department; BMI, a performing rights organization; and the MLC, the non-profit established after the Music Modernization Act of 2018 to collect royalties from DSPs and distribute them to songwriters, composers, lyricists, and music publishers to share real insight into how the money flows in today’s recorded music industry.
Come network, learn, and tap in.
Meet the panelists:
✨Kristen Townsend – BMI’s Creative Coordinator in Austin, TX,
✨Jamie Dominguez – National Director of Industry Relations at the Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC)
✨Philip Payne – Music Exec, Entrepreneur, and Educator at Good Money Global
Moderated by:
✨Amber Charania – Associate Music Counsel, Publishing and Rights Management, YouTube
