November 13–16, 2025 - Writing Sessions America is proud to announce The 12th Annual Unplugged Music Experience (UME) 2025 Virtual Conference, taking place on November 13–16, 2025. This premier event celebrates and empowers independent music creators with a focus on entrepreneurship in today's evolving music business, under the inspiring theme, "Era of the Indi-Preneur."
UME 2025 brings together a diverse community of over 250 singers, songwriters, producers, and music entrepreneurs for four days of innovative panels, workshops, artist showcases, pitch sessions, and live performances. The conference provides attendees with education, networking, mentorship, and industry insights designed to help them build sustainable careers on their own terms in this new era of music entrepreneurship called "Indi-preneurs."
A successful independent music entrepreneur—or “indi-preneur”—focuses on building a business ecosystem where products, services, and content ignite traffic, capture data, and unlock revenue beyond released music sales. By rediscovering the “equivalent of the dollar,” WSA inspires creatives to sharpen their skills, strengthen infrastructure, collaborate, and ignite community building through direct and digital marketing—securing leverage and lasting sustainability.
Highlighting the event is the iconic ICON Awards ceremony on November 14, where top executives and creatives in the music industry will be honored for their outstanding contributions. The conference also features Panel & Pitch Sync Listening Sessions with top music supervisors, sync agents, and libraries.
From emerging talent to veteran professionals, UME 2025 offers a unique platform for indi preneurs—musicians and business-minded creators—to partake in Live Radio virtual showcases and Quality Control listening sessions to highlight their skills in front of peers, attendees, and decision makers.
