The MLC’s BeatMix Returns to Miami

Attention Miami Songwriters & Music Producers

The Mechanical Licensing Collective presents BeatMix: Miami

Friday, October 23rd | 6pm-9pm

Mapa Studios
1550 NW 79th Ave
Doral, FL 33126

Join Dae Bogan, Head of Third-Party Partnerships, at Mapa Studios for an upbeat night to get to know The MLC. Come mix and mingle with Miami-area music creators and leave with new connections and key information about your rights as a music creator in the United States.

RSVP required. Register to attend at https://go.themlc.com/BeatMixMiami

Dae Bogan Fall 2026: Mondo.NYC, Billboard Latin Music Week, Music Tectonics, Unplugged Music Conference, and BeatMix in Miami and Los Angeles

Tap in! Fall is in session! I’m thrilled to announce my Fall 2026 schedule of in-person engagements at select music industry conferences as well as hosting The MLC’s BeatMix events in Miami and Los Angeles.

Let’s connect to explore the many ways that the Mechanical Licensing Collective empowers and supports self-administered songwriters, rightsholders, and music rights/royalties technology companies.

RSVP for BeatMix: Miami at go.themlc.com/BeatMixMiami

RSVP for BeatMix: Los Angeles at go.themlc.com/BeatMixLA

Dae Bogan’s Introduction to Music Royalties Forensics Workshop Now FREE On YouTube

Today, I made available for FREE the recording of my 2019 workshop on music royalties forensics:

Introduction to Music Royalties Forensics – A Beginner’s Workshop for Uncovering Unpaid Music Royalties in North America (USA and CAN)

Make sure to expand the video description to see links to related resources, such as my free ebook “The DIY Musician’s Starter Guide to Being Your Own Label and Publisher” and a list of US and Canada “black boxes” of unclaimed royalties, and much more.

Watch Here: https://youtu.be/yDYJbFPuO68?si=BPRBrPd8ja431VuS.

The MLC presents BeatMix: Atlanta

The Mechanical Licensing Collective presents

BeatMix: Atlanta

🗓️ Friday, May 15th | 6pm-9pm

📍 Bravo Ocean Studios
1040 Boulevard SE, Suite I
Atlanta, GA 30312

ℹ️ Join Dae Bogan, Head of Third-Party Partnerships, at Bravo Ocean Studios for an upbeat night to get to know The MLC. Come mix and mingle with Atlanta-area music creators and leave with new connections and key information about your rights as a music creator in the United States.

🎟️ RSVP required at https://go.themlc.com/BeatMixAtl2026

The MLC presents BeatMix: Detroit

The Mechanical Licensing Collective presents

BeatMix: Detroit

Friday, May 1st | 6pm-9pm

Star Factory
13650 W. Eight Mile Road
Oak Park, MI 48237

Join Dae Bogan, Head of Third-Party Partnerships, at Star Factory for an upbeat night to get to know The MLC. Come mix and mingle with Detroit-area music creators and leave with new connections and key information about your rights as a music creator in the United States.

RSVP required at https://go.themlc.com/BeatMixDetroit2026

The MLC presents BeatMix: Chicago

The Mechanical Licensing Collective presents
BeatMix: Chicago

Friday, April 17th | 6pm-9pm

Narwhal Studios
1644 North Honore Street
Chicago, IL 60622

Join Dae Bogan, Head of Third-Party Partnerships, at Narwhal Studios for an upbeat night to get to know The MLC. Come mix and mingle with Chicago-area music creators and leave with new connections and key information about your rights as a music creator in the United States.

RSVP Required at https://go.themlc.com/RSVP-BeatMix-Chicago

Dae Bogan Talks The MLC for A2IM Indiescussion Conversation Series

Are you an independent label, distributor, or music company navigating the U.S. streaming landscape?

Join us on Thursday, April 9 at 1 PM EST for an online conversation with Dae Bogan of The MLC.

In this session, we’ll break down how The MLC supports your songwriter and publishing partners by collecting and distributing U.S. mechanical streaming royalties, and what your team needs to know to ensure your catalog is properly registered and monetized. Learn how The MLC fits into the broader royalty ecosystem and how A2IM members can help maximize earnings for their creators.

Register at https://a2im.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U1PR5-QvSHiJTgxeu0QALw

Dae Bogan Joins Speakers List for Music Pro Conference in Los Angeles

Hey, Los Angeles Indie Artists! I will be speaking at Music Pro 2026…

🗓️ March 27-29
📍 Musicians Institute Hollywood

Friday, March 27th • ⏰ 4:30 PM
Panel: Understanding Your Royalty Streams: Making Sure You’re Getting Paid for Every Use of Your Music
(Moderator: Andrew Surmani, Panel: The MLC’s Dae Bogan, SoundExchange’s Doug Cohn, and Peer Music’s Steve Torres)
 
Saturday, March 28th • ⏰ 10:45 AM
Presentation: Understanding The Mechanical Licensing Collective, with Dae Bogan”

Learn more and register to attend at http://www.musicpro26.com

Infinite Licensing in Gen-AI Music Ecosystems will Create Fairer Music Value Calculations for Artists and Rightsholders

Dae Bogan excerpt from the webinar “The Permission Layer for AI Music: Consent, Attribution, and Getting Artists Paid” hosted by Abbi Press for The Double Helix on November 12, 2025

Infinite licensing (IL) will be the most effective and fair system of music rights licensing and remuneration in the gen-AI music era.

I believe we will see clear elements of it by 2030.

I appreciate Abbi Press’s perspective on the human element of music licensing. As a professional in the licensing space, she raises a number of important issues that would have to be acknowledged—then solved? ignored? or avoided?—for any compelling infinite licensing (IL) system to become widely adopted.

This is why I predict that we will not see a system close to my vision of IL until around 2030.

I believe that this is an important conversation, because at the core of it, the question is “Do current licensing frameworks benefit music creators?”

Even so-called ethically-sourced and ethically-trained AI music ecosystems do not fairly compensate the music creators whose music is contributing to gen-AI music.

IL will enable dynamic market-value calculations that smart contracts, opt-ins, royalty pools, and settlements cannot and have never fully captured.

Also watch:

Dae Bogan excerpt on the panel “Revolutionizing Rights Management for Artists“ at ASCAP Expo 2018