Build the business behind the music
Twenty years in the business. 400+ touring acts. $25M in brand partnerships. An AI platform featured in the Los Angeles Times. Brad Stewart shows audiences what it actually takes to build a music career that lasts, and what the future of the industry looks like from the inside.
Keynotes, workshops, fireside chats and panels · In person or virtual
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The operator behind the mic
Brad Stewart has spent more than twenty years building and rebuilding the way music gets made into a business. He started as a booking agent and has worked with over 400 national and international touring acts, closing brand partnerships with companies like Netflix, NASCAR, Delta Air Lines, and Burton Snowboards along the way.
When the pandemic exposed how fragile the traditional model really was, Brad did not wait for the industry to fix itself. He built Music Mogul AI to give independent artists the same booking, marketing, and management infrastructure once reserved for acts already earning six figures a year. He is the founder and CEO of Mogul Talent Group, the author of The Music Business Playbook, and the host of the Music Industry Architects podcast.
2026 Recognition
Music Mogul AI was named the exclusive recipient of CIOReview.com's Top AI-Powered Music Career Management Platform 2026 award.
In the press and on the mic
Brad is a regular voice on where the music business is headed, from national press to the industry's podcasts.
Three talks. One mission: build the business behind the music.
Each talk runs 30 to 60 minutes and adapts into a workshop, fireside chat, or panel. Combine all three into a half-day or full-day session.
The Mogul Method: Building an Artist Career Like a Business
Why passion without a business foundation is just an expensive hobby.
Brad breaks down the Mogul Method, the same framework he uses inside Music Mogul AI and Mogul Talent Group to take an artist from Foundation to Momentum to Legacy. Every principle comes from deals he has closed, contracts he has negotiated, and mistakes he has watched cost real artists real money.
Best fit: Music industry conferences, artist development programs, college music business programs.
Audience walks away with
- →A practical framework for treating a creative career as a business, starting today.
- →The revenue streams most artists never activate, and what that gap is costing them.
- →How to read a contract well enough to know when to walk away.
- →What separates artists who build lasting value from those who burn bright and disappear.
Authenticity at Scale: How AI Is Rebuilding the Music Business
The agencies are not going anywhere. The artists who get left behind are the ones who ignore what just changed.
AI is reshaping how music is created, distributed, booked, and monetized. Brad built Music Mogul AI to solve this problem and speaks from the position of someone who has put the technology into production, not someone theorizing from the sidelines. This talk answers the question every promoter, agent, and artist is quietly asking.
Best fit: Music industry conferences, technology and innovation summits, association keynotes.
Audience walks away with
- →A clear, no-hype explanation of where AI is already changing booking, promotion, and management.
- →Why the agencies built to grow with this technology will out-earn the ones that resist it.
- →How independent artists can finally access infrastructure that used to require a full-time agent.
- →A framework for evaluating which AI tools deserve a place in a music business, and which are noise.
From Booking Agent to Founder: A Blueprint for Reinvention
Twenty years in one version of the music business. Then the floor moved, and so did I.
This is Brad's personal story, told in front of an audience instead of into a podcast microphone. It traces the arc from booking agent to agency owner to startup founder, and it does not skip the hard parts. Audiences leave with a decision-making framework for their own reinvention, whatever industry they sit in.
Best fit: Entrepreneurship conferences, corporate keynotes, college campuses, business school programs.
Audience walks away with
- →A specific account of identifying when a business model is dying and acting before it is too late.
- →How to build something new without abandoning relationships and reputation built over twenty years.
- →The mindset shift required to go from operator to founder.
- →Why reinvention is a skill that can be learned, not a trait some people are simply born with.
Additional topics available on request
From Artist to Entrepreneur: Making the Mindset Shift
Architecting Your Music Industry Network
The New Music Ecosystem: Navigating Labels, Independence, and Everything In Between
Results, not just talking points
Conference organizers and meeting planners book Brad because his content is built from work he has actually done, not slides assembled from secondhand research. A few of the numbers behind the name:
Brad's talks are built to leave a room with specific, usable takeaways rather than vague inspiration. His sessions are consistently requested back for return engagements and adapted into workshop formats for teams that want to go deeper after the keynote.
- ✓Over 20 years of hands-on experience as a booking agent, agency owner, and technology founder.
- ✓Worked with 400+ national and international touring acts.
- ✓Built and ran Stewart Entertainment Agency, the full-service agency that became Mogul Talent Group.
- ✓Closed brand partnerships with Netflix, NASCAR, Discovery, Delta Air Lines, and Burton Snowboards, generating $25M+ in partnership-driven revenue.
- ✓Founded Music Mogul AI in May 2025; the platform was profiled by the Los Angeles Times in February 2026.
- ✓Named the exclusive recipient of CIOReview.com's Top AI-Powered Music Career Management Platform 2026 award.
- ✓Author of The Music Business Playbook and host of the Music Industry Architects podcast.
- ✓Keeping the Blues Alive Award recipient.
- ✓Top 5 Finalist, Entrepreneurs of Impact competition, alongside Daymond John.
Booking information
Fees reflect the value of content built from direct industry experience rather than recycled material. Final fee depends on event scope, audience size, travel, and whether the engagement includes a workshop.
Travel is billed separately at cost outside the Nashville area. Multi-engagement bookings and season-long arrangements are available at a negotiated rate. Full technical and hospitality rider on request.
Bring Brad to your event
Share your event details below. Brad's team reviews every request and responds in writing. If a conversation makes sense, we will send a Google Meet invite so we can talk it through.
Nashville, Tennessee · brad@musicmogulai.com
For event planners
Where does Brad travel from?
Brad is based in Nashville, Tennessee and speaks nationally and internationally. Travel is billed separately at cost for engagements outside the Nashville area.
Can Brad speak virtually?
Yes. Keynotes and fireside sessions are delivered virtually as well as in person, at the same fee range.
How long are the talks, and can they be adapted?
Each talk runs 30 to 60 minutes and can be adapted into a workshop, fireside chat, or panel. All three signature talks can be combined into a half-day or full-day session.
Can the talk be customized to our audience?
Every signature talk is tailored to your event's format and audience, whether that room is full of artists, executives, students, or entrepreneurs.
How far in advance should we book?
Reach out as early as you can to secure your date. Some near-term dates may still be available, so it is always worth asking.
What is included, and can we go deeper afterward?
Your booking includes the talk plus pre-event coordination. Workshops and consulting add-ons are available for teams that want to go deeper after the keynote.