Rethinking Ownership: Building New Models for Music

Friday, August 22, 2025
2:30 pm_3:45 pm

Monument-National

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85$

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Rethinking Ownership: Building New Models for Music is a two-part event that begins with a 20 min talk by music journalist Liz Pelly (Mood Machine) presenting an overview of takeaways from her best-selling book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, a work of reported criticism grappling with the effects of streaming on listeners and musicians alike. In this keynote talk she'll reflect on the book's big ideas and research processes, but also the radical rituals of critical investigation and power-mapping more broadly—showing how these can be tools in interrogating the culture industry as well as galvanizing music scenes towards alternatives.

Following her talk, a 45 min roundtable featuring Austin Robey (Subvert) and Peggy Hogan (Next Door Records) will dive deeper into cooperative models, co-ownership, and democratic governance in cultural infrastructure. Together, they will explore practical alternatives to extractive music platforms and highlight the need for systems-level interventions to reshape the business logic of the industry, and the need for deeper systems-level interventions in business logic.

Please note: this activity will be in English, with live transcription available.