Here are five main takeaways from the “Music Publishing in the New Songwriter Economy” panel, moderated by Billboard’s Hannah Karp, at SXSW 2023.
On Thursday, March 16, Billboard’s editorial director Hannah Karp moderated a Featured Speaker panel called “Music Publishing in the New Songwriter Economy.” The compelling conversation featured a lineup that Karp called “music’s most entrepreneurial songwriters and publishers.”
Panelists included Warner Chappell Music’s co-chair and CEO Guy Moot alongside two of the publisher’s superstar producers, Murda Beatz and Nova Wav (the duo of Brittany “Chi” Coney and Denisia “Blu June” Andrews).
The foursome discussed the new songwriting economy, with Karp teasing “they promised to share secrets to make money — and it’s not using Chat GPT.” And as Moot noted, though the industry is “rapidly changing,” he believes songs are and always will be “the essence” of the music industry.
