CRS 2025 Reveals Digital Music Summit Agenda Highlights and Expanded Diversity Breakfast Event

(Nashville, TN — October 16, 2024) Country Radio Seminar (CRS) is thrilled to announce the return of the Digital Music Summit (DMS), to be held during CRS 2025, bringing an expanded lineup of cutting-edge panels and events aimed at integrating the digital and radio worlds. 

In an exciting new development, DMS content will pivot from a concentrated, one-day program. It will now be thoughtfully incorporated across the three-day CRS agenda schedule, featuring thought-provoking panels, networking opportunities, and artist spotlights.

DMS will also bring back the popular “Cycle of A Song” series, which highlights tracks from three different artists spread over the three days of the seminar. This series showcases the journey of a song from creation to chart success, offering invaluable insights into the lifecycle of music.

For the second consecutive year, CRS 2025 will host the “Y’all Means All: Diversity Breakfast,” a powerful event designed to inspire attendees to promote diversity within their organizations. The War and Treaty will appear as panelists, with more exciting artist announcements to follow.

CRS 2025 will debut an all-new Thursday morning session, “Ask Me Anything: Speed Dating with DSPs.” This unique breakfast event gives attendees a one-of-a-kind opportunity to ask representatives from major streaming platforms any questions they have. Structured in a “speed dating” format, attendees will rotate through two-minute conversations, ensuring a direct and personal exchange of insights about data, back-end portals, and everything in between.

DMS Focused Panels at CRS 2025 Include:

Streaming 101: Everything You Want To Know - This comprehensive session is an evolution of past streaming discussions, diving deeper into the business structures of streaming platforms, free vs. premium tiers, and demystifying key myths. With leaders from each DSP speaking on behalf of their platforms, the panel will cover the current state of country music streaming and share best practices for labels, managers, and marketing teams. Moderated by a C-suite executive, this session aims to integrate the streaming and radio communities further, ensuring both thrive together.

Teamwork Makes The Dream Work: Capitalizing on the Country Moment in Streaming - Country music is experiencing unprecedented growth, with cross-genre collaborations, joint ventures, and major labels expanding into Nashville. This session will explore how the country genre reached this moment, how DSPs are handling the cross-genre boom, and what the future holds for labels, artists, and DSPs alike. The discussion will focus on working together to sustain this momentum.

Why Can’t We Be Friends? The Label, Radio, and Streaming Relationship - In this candid conversation, panelists will examine the current relationship between streaming, radio, and labels, addressing the challenges and opportunities for increased collaboration. How do these entities work together, and how can they do so more effectively to drive the genre forward? Attendees will gain insights into the differences in timelines between streaming and radio, and the strategies labels use to navigate both spaces.

Sustaining Momentum: How To Turn Moments Into a Career - This session will focus on the strategies and tools needed to maintain momentum for country artists, especially when working singles at country radio for extended periods. This panel will explore digital marketing strategies, DSP tools, and how to build a sustainable career in today’s music landscape.

For more information, visit www.CountryRadioSeminar.com and follow CRS on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also call 615-327-4487 for additional information.