Futures Accelerator: Music
The Music Accelerator accelerates 3 API music artists, who will receive platform promotion, mentorship, masterclasses, and more offered by some of the biggest names in the industry.
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How It Works
The finalists will be selected by a committee of music industry executives (including Sulinna Ong of Spotify, Puja Patel of Pitchfork, Eric Wong of Warner Music Group, Ron Chiu of AEG Presents) and icons (including Far East Movement).
Awardees will receive:
- Firsthand support, amplification, masterclasses, and programming from industry executives
- Opportunity to record Spotify Singles–a series of original artist recordings in Spotify’s in-house studios–subsequently released for streaming
- Artist showcase hosted by AEG
- A Coachella masterclass experience with AEG
- On-going membership as a Gold House Future, including networking opportunities with other Futures across industries
2023
- 2023
- 2022
Futures
Selection Committee
Byron Atienza
Founder & Director, A Bunch of Savages
Caroline Yim
Partner & Co-Head of Hip-Hop/R&B, WME
Eric Wong
President & CMO, WMG
James Roh
Co-founder & Partner, Transparent Arts
Kevin Nishimura
Co-CEO, Transparent Arts & Governor/ Board, Recording Academy LAC
Marisa Pizarro
Partner & Manager, MWA Music, Beatclub
Puja Patel
Editor in Chief, Pitchfork
Ron Chiu
Chief Strategy Officer, AEG Presents
Ronny Ho
Head of Dance & Electronic Development, Spotify
Sulinna Ong
Global Head of Editorial, Spotify
Wendy Ong
President, TaP Music
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Applications for the Music Accelerator are now closed.