The MLC's Kris Ahrend on the Complexities of Royalties

<p>Growing up as a musician and music fan, Kris Ahrend eventually leveraged his law degree into a career in the music industry. After working for Sony Music Entertainment, Rhino Entertainment Company, and Warner Music Group, he became the CEO of the nonprofit Mechanical Licensing Collective, established in response to the historic Music Modernization Act of 2018. Kris sits down with Brian and Nick to discuss the complexities and nuances of the royalty system, and how the MLC works to collect and distribute the money that many musicians might miss out on from their own mechanical royalties. To date, the MLC has already distributed over 139 million dollars in royalties to artists. Learn more about them <a href="https://www.themlc.com/">here</a>.</p>