SF MusicTech Summit IX

SF MusicTech Summit #9 took place on September 12, 2011

Past Speakers

Gabe Adiv
TuneUp Media, Founder & CEO

Music industry veteran, Gabe Adiv founded TuneUp Media in 2007 out of personal frustrations with the shortcomings of his own digital music library, filled with songs titled “Track 01”, no cover art and no easy means of accessing additional album, admits or concert information. Prior to TuneUp, Gabe spent five years in sales and channel marketing at Gracenote, the industry leader in global metadata and enriched content solutions. Before joining Gracenote, Gabe spent his career in sales, marketing and business development, playing pivotal roles in several entrepreneurial ventures including WebTV and MyPersonal.com. Coupling his invaluable insight and experience from Gracenote with his undying enthusiasm for music, Gabe has guided TuneUp Media to Series C funding and exponential growth. As Founder & CEO of TuneUp Media, his involvement ranges from the acquisition of funding, to the oversight of marketing and business relationships, as well as overall product strategy and vision. His leadership, entrepreneurial drive, taste-making instincts and passion for music have paved the way for TuneUp’s growing success.

During his time off, Gabe enjoys surfing, seeing live music, and spending time with his three-legged dog, Miles. Gabe has an inter-discplinary BA in Sociology, Business, and Eastern Religion from Michigan State University. Follow Gabe on Twitter: @TuneUp

Dave Allen
NORTH, Director, Insights & Digital Media

Dave Allen is the Director, Insights & Digital Media at NORTH, a Creative Brand Agency that forges connections between brands and people using music, film, interactive and design. Some of NORTH’s clients currently include Portland General Electric, KEEN, Regence BlueCross BlueShield and Deschutes Brewing.

As founding member and bass player for the post-punk band Gang of Four, and later a digital music consultant for Fortune Five Hundred companies, Dave Allen has been a frontline player in the music industry. Adjusting with industry evolution, Dave has been band founder, label owner, corporate advisor and a Digital Strategy pioneer. He has worked at companies such as Intel, eMusic and Nemo Design.

Dave is an adjunct professor teaching classes in digital brand strategy the University of Oregon, Eugene, working under the Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising, Deborah K. Morrison. Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveAtNorth

Darryl Ballantyne
LyricFind, CEO

At LyricFind, Darryl is responsible for the overall strategy and direction of the company, including licensing and distribution. Darryl pioneered the digital lyrics space, successfully negotiating the first-ever mass lyrics licensing deal with EMI Music Publishing in 2005.

Darryl Ballantyne originally conceived LyricFind in 2000 with Mohamed Moutadayne and Chris Book at Ontario’s University of Waterloo to be the largest, most accurate destination for lyrics on the Internet. Officially launched in 2004, the company pioneered the licensed digital lyrics space, successfully negotiating the first-ever mass lyrics licensing deal with EMI Music Publishing in 2005. Since then, Darryl has grown LyricFind to be the largest legal, licensed lyrics database in the world, with millions of licensed tracks available and thousands of lyrics sublicensing clients.

LyricFind has established licensing and content relationships with over 2,000 music publishers, AMG, The Harry Fox Agency and Rovi. The company now delivers services to over 1,000 website and mobile applications that want to enhance their music products with lyrics, including Microsoft’s Bing, Rhapsody, Lyrics.com, Slacker, Shazam, Virgin Media UK, Cox Radio, and mSpot. In addition, LyricFind offers two direct to consumer mobile applications, LyricFind Lite and LyricFind Pro for the iPhone, iPad, and Android platforms.

As an authority on licensing and digital content, Darryl has spoken at industry events including SF Music Tech and Canadian Music Week. Before launching LyricFind, Darryl was Manager of Digital Development & Distribution at EMI Music in Los Angeles, where he was involved in deals with companies such as MusicMatch, Napster, and iTunes. Darryl earned a Bachelor of Mathematics with a Business minor from the University of Waterloo. Follow on Twitter: @DBToronto

Todd Berman

Rdio, VP of Engineering

Todd is VP of Engineering at Rdio. Todd has ten years of experience writing software, and leading engineering teams for various consumer technology companies. Most recently he was VP of Technology for imeem, responsible for helping to create and scale one of the largest streaming music web sites of its time.

Kyle Bylin

Billboard, Social/Streaming Chart Manager

Kyle Bylin, a North Dakota native, is Billboard‘s Social/Streaming Media chart manager, overseeing the recently launched Social 50 and Uncharted rankings and further spearheading Billboard’s new media charting initiatives. Bylin arrives at Billboard from Hypebot, where he held the position of writer and editor for the music industry and technology website, which included editorial oversight of Music Think Tank, a forum for opinions and essays by music industry experts. As a writer, he covered the impact of technology on the music industry and how it changes our relationship to music. Bylin is based in Los Angeles. Follow on Twitter: @kbylin

Dalton Caldwell
App.net, CEO

Dalton was previously founder/CEO of imeem from its founding in 2003, until the acquisition by MySpace in 2009. Dalton graduated with honors from Stanford University in 2003 with a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Symbolic Systems. Follow on Twitter: @daltonc

Bryan Calhoun
SoundExchange, Vice President of New Media and External Affairs

As SoundExchange‘s VP of New Media and External Affairs, Bryan Calhoun is instrumental in reaching out to artists and rights holders, enhancing and strengthening SoundExchange’s role in the music business community. Bryan was once a disk jockey for the University of Georgia’s radio station, and was already active in the music business upon graduation. He went on to found a concert production company (producing Hip Hop shows in the early 90s with Cypress Hill, Tupac, Digable Planets, and many others) before moving into street promotions and retail marketing.

In 2003, Bryan founded Label Management Systems, which created business tools for indie labels and artists. He has consulted on new media issues for Kanye West, Ludacris and others including working closely with powerhouse management company Hip Hop Since 1978 (Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne, Drake and Young Jeezy). Follow Bryan on Twitter: @bryancalhoun

Christina Calio
Microsoft, Media & Entertainment Group
Director of Strategic Relationships & Business Strategy

Christina Calio is director of strategic relationships and business strategy for the Media and Entertainment Group at Microsoft. She has been a key participant in Microsoft’s music and entertainment initiatives since joining the company in 2000, responsible for business development and industry relations for Xbox, Windows Phone, Zune, MSN, and the Windows Media Division.

Christina’s music industry experience started with a decade of first-hand sales and marketing experience at Geffen Records in Los Angeles where she worked on releases from Geffen, Almo, DGC, Dreamworks, and Outpost imprints for a broad range of artists including Beck, Nirvana, Guns ‘N Roses, and Aerosmith.

Calio earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and international relations from the University of Washington and lives in the Seattle area. Follow on Twitter: @ccalio

Roy Christopher
Writer / University of Texas at Austin
Assistant Instructor, Communication Studies

I marshal the middle between Mathers and McLuhan. My main interests are
figurative language use and the evolution of technology. My main goal in
writing is entertainment and in science is novelty. I’m more of the former
than the latter and more of a fan than a critic. I’m an aging
BMX/skateboard zine kid. That’s where I learned to turn events and
interviews into pages with staples. The pages and staples have long since
given way to text-links and scrollbars, but the rest is basically the
same. I still ride bikes, and I still skateboard. I do still commit quite
a bit to actual pages, too.

My main project from 1997 to 2007 was
frontwheeldrive.com. With that site, I established myself as what
Disinformation called, “One of the Internet’s leading interviewers of
subculture and new-science icons.” I was most recently assistant editor of
Paul D. Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky’s edited collection ‘Sound Unbound:
Sampling Digital Culture and Music’ (MIT Press, 2008). My first book is an
anthology interviews entitled ‘Follow for Now: Interviews with Friends and
Heroes’ (Well-Red Bear, 2007), which Disinformation named one of the most
important books published in 2007, and which Erik Davis called, “a crisp
and substantial remix of the major memes of the last decade or so.”

I hold a master’s degree in Communication Theory from San Diego State University
and am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Communication Studies at The
University of Texas at Austin. Prior to graduate work, I earned a
bachelor’s degree in Social Science, and spent over twenty years working
as a writer, editor, and designer both on- and off-line. I have written
about technology, science, music, and culture for everything from glossy
national magazines and regional weeklies to hometown newspapers and
homegrown ‘zines, and I have written, edited, designed, and consulted for
such diverse organizations as Microsoft, Nike, The MIT Press, MSN Music,
ESPN, the United States Army, Xbox, and Zero Skateboards. Though my work
has been featured on numerous websites, in many magazines, and in a few
books, http://roychristopher.com is now home to most of my writing. Follow on Twitter: @RoyChristopher

Bram Cohen
BitTorrent, Founder and Chief Scientist

Bram Cohen is Chief Scientist and co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc., and the inventor of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol.

Cohen is also the co-founder of CodeCon. Prior to the creation of BitTorrent, Bram worked at MojoNation. MojoNation allowed people to break up confidential files into encrypted chunks and distribute those pieces to other computers running MojoNations software. This concept served as the inspiration for Bram’s development of BitTorrent.

Before MojoNation, Cohen was a quintessential dot-commer, working for several
Internet companies through the mid-to-late 90s.

Cohen grew up in New York City, graduated from Stuyvesant High School and attended the University of Buffalo.

Ted Cohen
TAG Strategic, Managing Partner

Integrating his widespread digital authority in music, mobile, IPTV and product & service development, Ted Cohen is the Managing Partner of TAG Strategic.

In an industry that’s been slow to embrace change, Cohen is the exception to the stereotypical music-exec rule. Of course, when you start a career on the road with Alice Cooper and Van Halen, you’re more primed for the unexpected.

Known throughout the technology and music industries as being “part ambassador and part evangelist,” Cohen was instrumental in crafting the licensing agreements upon which the Rhapsody subscription service and the iTunes Music Store were built.

In his previous role as Senior Vice President of Digital Development & Distribution for EMI Music (home of artists including Coldplay and the Rolling Stones), Cohen led next-generation digital business development worldwide for this “big four” record company, which includes labels such as Capitol, Virgin, Angel/Blue Note, Parlophone and Chrysalis. During that time, EMI led the industry by embracing and exploiting new technologies and business models such as digital downloads and online music subscriptions, custom compilations, wireless services, high-definition audio and Internet radio.

In addition to seeking out, evaluating and executing business opportunities for the company on a global basis, Cohen served as both a strategist and key decision-maker for EMI’s global new media and anti-piracy efforts. He worked to establish company-wide digital policies, which have provided EMI’s artists and labels a substantial advantage in the digital music arena.

Prior to his role at EMI, Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Digital Music Network Inc., where he co-founded and served as Chairman of the groundbreaking Webnoize conferences.

Cohen also led two highly successful new media consulting operations, DMN Consulting and Consulting Adults, attracting clients such as Amazon.com, Microsoft, Universal Studios, DreamWorks Records, Liquid Audio, Wherehouse Records/Checkout.com and various other entertainment, technology and new media organizations. Cohen also held senior management positions at both Warner Bros. Records and Philips Media.

A 30-year industry veteran, Cohen currently chairs MidemNet, an international music/technology conference convened in Cannes each year. Cohen also serves on the NARAS (Grammy) Los Angeles chapter Board of Governors as well as the national Trustee Board, the Board of Directors for the Neil Bogart Memorial Fund, co-chairs the new media arm of the T.J. Martell Foundation, and lends his time and talents to music & technology education efforts such as the Grammy In The Schools Program. Cohen served two terms as the Chairman of the Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas.

Blake Commagere
DeezGames, CEO & Founder

Blake Commagere is CEO & Founder of DeezGames.

Single-handedly pioneered Social Gaming industry (Vampires/Zombies on Facebook). Created 1st version of Facebook Causes. Founding Engineer of BuildForge (Sold to IBM), Co-founder of Ohai.
Follow Blake on Twitter: @commagere

Jack Conte
Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, filmaker

Jack Conte is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and filmmaker based in San Francisco. Conte first gained widespread attention when his video Yeah Yeah Yeah was featured on YouTube’s main page, garnering over 600,000 views. Conte formed the recording duo “Pomplamoose” with girlfriend Nataly Dawn, and the majority of their new music is released as singles posted to YouTube.

These mostly take the form of “VideoSongs”, a medium Conte defines with two rules:

(1) What you see is what you hear. (No lip-syncing for instruments or voice)

(2) If you hear it, at some point you see it. (No hidden sounds)

Pomplamoose’s collection of VideoSongs are wildly popular; for example, the VideoSong for “Single Ladies” has garnered over 8 million views, “Telephone” over 7 million views, and “Beat It” over 6 million views as of August 2011. Follow on Twitter:@jackconte

Hisham Dahud
Hypebot.com, Music Industry Journalist

Hisham Dahud is a music business professional and independent musician based in San Francisco. He is the Project Manager for Fame House – a Digital Strategy, Marketing and Management company whose clientele includes acclaimed music artists DJ Shadow, Pretty Lights, and more. He is also a regular contributor for Hypebot.com, a leading music industry news and technology blog where he discusses digital marketing strategies, technological innovations within the music industry, and general commentary on the new music space. A lifelong musician himself, Hisham is also a recording and performing drummer and multi-genre music producer. Follow him on Twitter: @HishamDahud

Jeff Daniel
StarMaker Interactive, CEO and Co-Founder

Jeff Daniel is CEO of StarMaker Interactive, producer of music-based mobile/social apps and games. StarMaker’s apps include multi-track recording, Antares Auto-Tune, voice effects, social sharing, game dynamics and performance scoring. The core StarMaker app enables collaboration by inserting the fan’s voice into their favorite songs. The platform essentially combines the performance scoring of Rock Band, the launching pad of American Idol and the player journey of Zynga’s social games. Prior to founding StarMaker, Jeff was CEO of pioneering music branding agency Rock River Music. Under Jeff’s leadership, Rock River created the groundbreaking “non-traditional retail” distribution channel for music, guided music strategy for Fortune 500 brands and produced music products and promotions for such brands as Adidas, The Gap, Pottery Barn, Banana Republic, W Hotels, Ford, Wells Fargo, Volkswagen and others. Jeff is a graduate of Brown University and a recipient of Time Inc.’s Marketing Achievement Award. Follow on Twitter: @StarMakerApp”

Zack Darling

Zack Darling Creative Associates, CEO, Creative Director
Mystic Beat Lounge, Executive Producer
Harmony Festival, Co-Producer
Burning Man Festival, North Bay Regional Contact
Decadance Night Club, Co-Producer
Inflatable Arts, Executive Producer
Promotional & Marketing Designer – Earthdance Festival, Harmony Festival, Sea of Dreams, & others

Zack Darling began his career as an independent event producer in the North Bay and San Francisco, where he cut his teeth in the dynamic underground and later professional rave scenes. In 1999, Zack co-founded the Mystic Beat Lounge, a new kind of production company that merged live concerts, DJ sets and performance theater (ala Cirque du Soleil), with 21st century visual effects, to create large-scale maximum multi sensory concert experiences. In this time, Zack also produced many successful music events in clubs and other smaller venues through his nightclub, Decadance.

Today, under Zack’s leadership, the Mystic Beat Lounge is best known for the Techno-Tribal Dance, a cutting edge production that coincides with the Harmony Festival, the largest music festival in the North SF Bay Area. Over ten years, Techno-Tribal has developed into an annual sold-out 7,000+ attendee, over-the-top production characterized by cutting edge sound and visual technology with live DJs, electronic music producers, bands, fire theater, acrobatic and aerial performances, inflatables, and an interactive live-art zones.

Zack is also the night time production manager of the Harmony Festival, and oversees all of the festival’s after dark productions. Zack works with other producers as an event designer and consultant such as Earthdance Festival, Sea of Dreams, Burning Man, and many others. He has worked for Burning Man festival for 9 years and for the past 5 years, he has served as the North Bay Burning Man Regional Contact.

As a graphic designer and creative director, his highly imaginative, custom creative art for posters, fliers, programs, websites, iPhone apps, and branding has built Zack a reputation as one of the most dynamic visual artists in the music and event industry today. Zack Darling Creative Agency, LLC, specializes in event marketing, concert & artist promotion, e-commerce websites, apparel design, social networking, product creation and branding. He is partnered in Inflatable Arts, which specializes in large, illuminated three-dimensional props that transform venues. Follow on Twitter: @zackdarling

Dave Dederer

The Presidents of the United States of America, founding member/partner/owner
Hewlett-Packard, bus dev, music and media
Audiosocket, advisory board member

Dave Dederer is best-known as a founding member of the multi-platinum-selling, 2x-GRAMMY-nominated band The Presidents of the United States of America. Dave no longer performs live with the band but continues as in-house business manager, a role he’s filled since the group’s inception in 1993 and which gradually and inexorably led him into digital technology. Dave was part of the executive team at Melodeo, a venture-backed Seattle company that was acquired in June 2010 by Hewlett Packard; he currently works on product strategy and deals for HP’s music efforts. Dave also has an extensive background in PR and public affairs, having developed and run major strategic campaigns as a senior account executive with Seattle firm Pyramid Communications. He graduated from Brown University and nearly earned an MA in Urban Planning and Design from the Univ. of Washington before unexpected rock stardom derailed completion of his thesis.

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Peter Delevett
San Jose Mercury News, Reporter

Peter Delevett covers startups and venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News. Peter first joined the newspaper of Silicon Valley during the dot-com boom, when his “Wiretap” column was required reading for people around the world seeking inside dish on the tech industry. After a lengthy detour covering politics, Peter returned to the tech beat early this year and rebooted Wiretap with an exclusive focus on early stage companies and funders. Follow on Twitter: @mercwiretap

Corey Denis
TAG Strategic, VP Social Media and Digital Marketing

Corey Denis is obsessed with music and has been pioneering digital music
marketing since Napster inspired her to pay for a high speed internet
connection in 1999. She’s used a wide of array of common and experimental online tools ranging from listservs to MMORPGs to promote & sell music, building and creating online street teams to increase sales and connect with fan bases for Frank Black, Figurine, Stephen Lynch, Maceo Parker, The Samples, The Innocence Mission, March Records, Dr. Steel, Charlie Hunter, Ben Taylor Band & many others. She moved to San Francisco in 2005 to work at IODA where she helped develop and market IODA Promonet™, a promotional distribution platform that allows a member base of thousands of blogs, podcasts and online media outlets to access pre-cleared MP3s and marketing assets with the goal of
generating hype and driving sales. She moved on to develop digital strategy for boutique digital distributor reapandsow, and expanded
consulting services for Not Shocking. Corey joined the TAG Strategic
team in 2011, handling digital marketing & social media for a wide
array of clients and artists including SoundExchange, Loudcaster, Ning,
Michael Tilson Thomas, and Toolshed, inc. With a lot of help from
friends, Corey founded the first Musician & Promoter Workshop Series in San Francisco, assisting local musicians with digital transitions. She is also a columnist for the SFappeal.com, San Francisco’s online newspaper. Follow Corey on Twitter: @coreythrace

Miles Doughty
Slightly Stoopid, Guitar, Bass, Vocals

With more than a decade of making music together, the members of Slightly
Stoopid have perfected one of the rarest and most valuable skills a band can develop:
the art of the stealth groove, that knack for quietly, almost innocently, sliding into a
composition, and utterly lassoing anyone within earshot by mid-song. That’s where the
band has come to reside, musically: deep in the pocket, that ever-elusive, funky trench
where a band can entrance an audience, hypnotize it and hold on to it until the set or CD
is finished. Built on a bedrock of nasty, oceanic slabs of dubby bass, meditative vocal
harmonies, rock-steady guitar licks and tightly syncopated percussive rhythms, Slightly
Stoopid illustrate a case study in underground success, steeped in years of hard touring,
an improvisational business model, and a creative process that continues to unwind and
push the envelope of a new jam-based genre the band helped to create.

Slightly Stoopid’s dual front-men Miles Doughty (Guitar, Bass, Vocals) and Kyle
McDonald (Guitar, Bass, Vocals), created their own label, Stoopid Records, in the
early 2000’s to avoid signing a record deal and keep their DIY work ethic and freedom
away from music industry politics. The west coast sound pioneers later added
musicians Ryan ‘RyMo’ Moran (Drums) and Oguer ‘OG’ Ocon (Congas,
Percussion, Harp, Vocals) from the B Side Players, as well as C-Money (Trumpet,
Keyboard) and Dela (Saxophone) from John Browns Body; solidifying their on stage
line up. Slightly Stoopid has built a large n’ loyal fan base, and has soared to one of the
most successful independent artists of this decade. The buzz surrounding the group
continues to increase with each successive release; their album catalog sales have topped
the 700,000 mark and the group continues to fill the most prestigious concert venues
around the world, and continues to create a legion of “Stoopidheads” in the process! Follow on Twitter: @slightlystoopid

David Downs
Freelance Journalist

San Francisco journalist David Downs covers arts and technology, appearing in Wired, Rolling Stone, The Onion, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Follow David on Twitter: @davidrdowns

Catherine Enny
Guerilla Management, CEO/Manager

My career kicked off as engineer/producer/manager for Kyuss, moving on to manage Queens Of The Stone Age, Monster Magnet, Fu Manchu, The Dwarves and then partnering up with Warren Entner, manager of Rage Against The Machine, Deftones, Faith No More to launch street marketing firm, Ignition Marketing. In 2000 a move from Los Angeles to San Francisco brought on a whole new spin with the signing of Michael Franti & Spearhead. Being the innovative artist that he is, Franti and Guerrilla Mgmt went on to develop an ‘enterprise approach’ to the marketing of a lifestyle via DIY Mechandising, music videos, innovative digital campaigns, filmmaking, green sponsorships, real world & virtual community building based on what they like to experience in life and taste. The experience is what sticks.

This venture continues now and with major success from producing 80,000 capacity Power To The Peaceful Festival; producing internationally Award Winning documentary film ‘I Know I’m Not Alone’; strategic partnerships with global brands, early adoption of technologies & creative think-tanking of ideas w/other innovators & like-minded businesses, engaging social & environmental orgs and Film & TV strategic placements. We use music as an instrument to make social change and have fun doing it. Guerrilla is an Artist Management company with select roster of international artists that we love including Michael Franti, Mister Loveless, Blue King Brown and Amanda Shaw. www.guerrillamgmt.com. Follow Catherine on Twitter: @catdawg007

David Ewald

Uncorked Studios

Though not in the music industry proper, David Ewald has built career in and around the intersection of music and design.

The purchase of Simple Machines Mechanic’s Guide to Putting Out Records changed his overall trajectory – turning a journalism student into pre-digital dorm room indie label owner. While his personal DIY story feels decidedly pedestrian (e.g. synthpop band tour in an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme), the years running Motorcoat brought a rich understanding of several aspects of creating, distributing and marketing music.

He has carried this understanding into his post-label professional life in visual and interaction design. He has been privileged to help Target, HP, Nike, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Beggars Group, Misra Records, Undertow and EA in various capacities along the way.

He is Creative Director for Portland based Uncorked Studios, a firm specializing in mobile, social and location-based products. Follow David on Twitter: @iamewald

Michael Fernandez
Little Kids Rock, Chairman Emeritus, Board Member

Mike is Managing Principal of JMF & Co, a management consulting firm providing premier corporate executive coaching services to fast growth startups, private capital groups, FORTUNE 500, Global 1000 corporations, and U.S. Government agencies. Prior to launching JMF & Co., Mike was a Managing Director of mergers and acquisitions with BTI Group, a west coast boutique M & A firm. He coached and advised CEOs and business owners in industries such as media & entertainment, food & beverage, alternative energy, and technology. As an entrepreneur, he co-founded both The Coffee Review, introducing the first-ever 100-point rating system for the specialty coffee industry, and Great Coffee, Inc, a leading online coffee retailer twice awarded the Forbes magazine “Best of the Web” award.

He served as a Captain in the US Army Reserves with the 411th Civil Affairs battalion, a special operations airborne unit engaging in counter insurgency and humanitarian relief missions. He is Chairman Emeritus of Little Kids Rock, an innovative non-profit currently serving over 74,000 kids by providing them free music lessons and instruments in public schools. Little Kids Rock has appeared in Time, CNN, ABC, and MTV and is supported by musicians such as BB King, Paul Simon, Santana, and many more. He was selected as one of the top emerging leaders and one of the most influential Latinos in San Francisco receiving awards from the Mayor of San Francisco, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, and was a National Finalist for the White House Fellowship. He is a Marshall Memorial Fellow. Education: MPA Harvard; BSE Wharton, University of Pennsylvania. Follow Mike on Twitter: @ideabuildr

Eric Ferraro, Esq.
LeClairRyan, Shareholder
Iris Distribution, Co-Founder

Eric Ferraro is a shareholder at LeClairRyan where he leads the firm’s corporate and venture capital practices in San Francisco. Eric focuses his practice on the representation of entrepreneurs, companies and investors in the mobile/wireless, consumer web, digital media and music technology industries. Eric counsels his clients in matters relating to entity formation and founder arrangements, corporate governance, venture capital, intellectual property, technology and media licensing, mergers and acquisitions and public offerings.

Eric is also a founder of IRIS, an independent digital media distributor, and has deep expertise in music and content licensing, publishing and syndication, copyright and royalty administration, and regulatory issues relating to e-commerce and online advertising.

Eric has been recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyer on numerous occasions. He chairs the annual MobiTechFest investor conference and is an advisor to SF New Tech, Founders Space and other entrepreneur-focused organizations and events. He serves as general counsel to and sits on the board of directors of Artists for Literacy and is a panel attorney for California Lawyers for the Arts. Follow Eric on Twitter: @ericferraro

Larry Goldberg
TuneWiki, CEO and President

Larry is an entrepreneur, executive, and attorney. Immediately before joining TuneWiki, Larry ran a consulting and angel investment company. He also spent significant time as a senior advisor to E-Line Ventures and has served on the Board of Directors of Emergent Game Technologies. His angel activities have included co-founding The Rundown, a daily subscription lifestyle e-mail for professionals, and serving as Chairman for Waddajuice, a kids’ beverage company with unique spill proof cap technology. Before founding his own company, Larry spent almost ten years as an executive officer of Activision. As Chief Corporate Officer and General Counsel, he managed all strategic relationships, ran the business and legal affairs departments, acquired numerous companies, and closed licensing deals with major media companies.

Larry began his professional career as an attorney in private practice in Los Angeles, focusing on business transactions in the media and entertainment industries. He is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law and Cornell University. Follow Larry on Twitter: @TuneWikiLarry

Seth Goldstein

Turntable, Co-Founder

Seth creates and invests in really awesome companies. Most recently he and Billy Chasen created turntable.fm, an addictive social music service.

In 1995, Seth founded Sitespecific, which pioneered online advertising solutions for companies like Duracell and Travelocity. It was acquired by CKS Group in 1997. In 1999, Seth joined Fred Wilson as Entrepreneur in Residence at Flatiron Partners where he built a practice in “pervasive computing,” investing in companies Kozmo, Modo and Vindigo. In 2002, Seth created Majestic Research, the first Wall Street research firm to mine primary data for hedge funds to forecast the financial performance of public companies. Majestic Research was acquired in 2010 by Investment Technology Group (NYSE: ITG). In 2005, Seth started Root Markets with renowned Salomon Brothers trader Lew Ranieri and the Chicago Board of Trade to create the first financial exchange for online mortgage leads. Seth started SocialMedia.com in 2007 which makes ads more relevant across the Web with a unique social advertising platform. SocialMedia was acquired in 2011 by LivingSocial. In 2007, Seth created the pre-eminent start-up ghetto Pier 38 in SanFrancisco, which houses Dogpatch and dozens of other startups. In 2010, Seth co-founded Stickybits, which connects digital media to real-world objects via barcodes. Mr. Goldstein holds a BA in Literature from Columbia University’s Columbia College. Follow on Twitter: @seth

Prerna Gupta
Khush Inc., CEO

Prerna Gupta is CEO of Khush, developer of the popular intelligent music apps Songify and LaDiDa. Khush’s goal is to make music self-expression as ubiquitous as social expression is today, by using artificial intelligence to lower barriers to music creation. Songify and LaDiDa have been downloaded over 5 million times and have been used by people all over the world to create over 50 million songs. Prerna oversees product strategy, business development and marketing at Khush. In the past year, she has produced numerous viral music videos for LaDiDa, which have been viewed over 100 million times on YouTube. Prerna was voted one of FastCompany’s Most Influential Women in Tech 2011, and her writing has been published in the New York Times and TechCrunch. Prerna studied Economics and Computer Science at Stanford University and worked on marketing strategy at Monitor Group and early-stage deal sourcing at Summit Partners before making the move to entrepreneurship. Her favorite instrument is her voice. Follow Prerna on Twitter: @prernagupta

Chris Hansen
BAMM.TV, Co-founder and CEO

Chris Hansen is co-founder and CEO of BAMM.TV, an innovative startup that will revitalize the business of music by serving as a new kind of bridge between artists and fans around the world. As a passionate entrepreneur and musician, Chris and fellow band members converted their garage rehearsal space into a production studio, planting the seeds for BAMM.TV Studios in San Francisco, a unique content creation factory that showcases the best emerging bands in the music scene to a global audience in innovative and lucrative new ways. He also holds an MBA in entrepreneurship from the University of San Francisco. Follow on Twitter: @bammtv

Bart Hopkin
Windworld.com, Experimental Musical Instruments

Bart Hopkin is a designer and builder of acoustic musical instruments, and a student of musical instruments worldwide. Since 1985 he has been publisher and editor of the quarterly journal Experimental Musical Instruments, and he has written several books on musical instruments and their construction. He received a B.A. from Harvard in folklore and mythology specializing in ethnomusicology in 1974, and later picked up a B.A. in music education and a teaching credential at San Francisco State University. Between times and since he has taught extensively, and composed, performed and recorded in various places and circumstances.

Jeff Hughes
Omnifone, CEO

Jeff Hughes is responsible for the global expansion of Omnifone‘s cloud based digital music services, joining the company’s board as CEO in April 2010. Jeff previously held the positions of Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at BSkyB, one of the most successful subscription businesses in the world, where he was a member of the company’s executive management group. He has also held senior positions at IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cambridge Technology Partners and Andersen Consulting.

Jack Isquith
Slacker Radio, Senior VP of Strategic Development

Jack is a digital music industry veteran who has held senior posts at Warner Brothers Records and AOL Music, and recently joined Slacker Radio as Senior VP of Strategic Development. Jack is a pioneer of the new music business with extensive experience in digital content and monetization.

Over the last ten years, Jack has successfully built digital music experiences for CDNOW, AOL and Warner Brothers Records. He oversaw the strategic development and monetization of all digital content at Warner Brothers, led content creation and programming at AOL Music and developed CDNOW’s first efforts in ad-supported digital media.

As an established commentator and thinker in the digital space, Jack has been profiled by CNN, NPR, Fox News, The Today Show, Business Week, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, Billboard, Reuters, The Huffington Post and USA Today. Follow on Twitter: @jackisquith

Steve Jang
Schematic Labs, Co-Founder and CEO

Steve is the co-founder and CEO of Schematic Labs. Schematic Labs is a San Francisco-based startup composed of engineers and designers from imeem, StumbleUpon, SixApart and Apple, and is the maker of the fastest growing social music app on the iOS platform, SoundTracking. Combining music, photos, and geo-location, the SoundTracking app is a fun, expressive and easy way to share the soundtrack to your life. SoundTracking has recently been featured as the iPhone App of The Week by Apple in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, United Kingdom, Germany and many other countries. After 6 months since launch, SoundTracking is now the most popular music service integrated with Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare, and is the fastest-growing social music service and community, built mobile-first.

Prior to founding Schematic Labs, Steve served as one of the founding team members and CMO at imeem (acquired by MySpace in 2009), where he was responsible for product, product marketing and business development at various stages of company growth. Joining in 2005 after the company’s first iteration as a social messaging client, Steve was a co-creator of imeem’s social music service, focused on playlists, with over 45 million registered users. The company also built the first search/on-demand full playback developer API for music and won a Crunchies award for Best Mobile App in 2008. Earlier in his career, Steve worked as a designer, product manager and research analyst at EMI Music’s Digital Development group, XUMA, WR Hambrecht, and Salon.com.

Steve is also an advisory board member and/or early investor to innovative Internet companies such as Animoto, StumbleUpon, Conduit Labs (acquired by Zynga), StackMob, and Uber.

Antone Johnson
Bottom Line Law Group, Founding Principal

Antone Johnson has more than 15 years experience as a business lawyer, executive, and advisor to technology and media companies, entrepreneurs and investors in a wide range of corporate, commercial and intellectual property matters. Most recently, he founded Bottom Line Law Group, based in San Francisco and Santa Monica, to provide business-critical legal services to emerging growth companies, with emphasis on social Web, mobile applications and similar IP-intensive businesses.

Immersed in the consumer Internet and digital media industries for more than a decade, Antone served as VP, Legal Affairs at eHarmony from 2006-09, where he built the in-house legal function from inception to serve the global needs of a $200+ million business. Prior to eHarmony, he was Director of Business and Legal Affairs at MySpace, supporting the site through its period of hyper-growth and global expansion, and helping execute its $650 million sale to News Corporation. Antone also held prior in-house roles at Gemstar-TV Guide and Excite@Home. He began his career in private practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, representing venture-backed technology startups from incorporation through IPO, and the Century City office of New York firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.

Antone holds a J.D. with honors from Columbia University and a B.A. in Economics from Williams College. In addition to practicing law, he serves as an advisor or Board member at several early stage startups and is a prolific user of many forms of social media. Antone has been a music technology fanatic ever since he bought his first synth, a Yamaha DX7, in high school, and still plays in bands here and there as time permits. Follow Antone on Twitter: @antonejohnson

Ethan Kaplan
Murmurs.com, Owner
Warner Music Group, SVP of Emerging Technology (formerly)
Warner Bros Records, Head of Technology (formerly)

Ethan Kaplan is the former SVP of Emerging Technology at Warner Music Group and the former Head of Technology for Warner Bros. Records. This works out well since the two things Ethan loves most in the world are music and technology. At WMG and WBR, Ethan’s responsible for all consumer facing web properties, new technology initiatives, consumer data technology and research/development. Ethan comes from a background of conceptual art, film and technology. Prior to working at WMG, he received two Masters degrees in art from UC Santa Barbara, and pioneered the usage of the Internet in a large newspaper chain. He also, at 16 years old, created the first R.E.M. website. He and Michael Stipe are now good friends. Accordingly, “Almost Famous” is his favorite movie. Follow on Twitter: @ethank

Robert Kaye
MusicBrainz, Founder & Lead Developer
MetaBrainz Foundation, Executive Director

Robert Kaye is the founder and lead developer for MusicBrainz, and President and Executive Director of the MetaBrainz Foundation, the non-profit organization that pays the bills for MusicBrainz.

Robert is a die hard MP3 fan, dedicated to improving the digital audio experience. After studying Computer Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obiso, he joined Xing Technology where he was part of the MP3 team and served as the development manager for the AudioCatalyst project. While at EMusic, Robert worked on the Zinf (formerly FreeAmp) and Obsequeiuem projects, in addition to working on MusicBrainz.

Zoë Keating
Cellist & Composer

Zoë Keating is a one-woman orchestra. She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music. Zoë is known for both her use of technology – which she uses to sample her cello onstage – and for her DIY ethic which has resulted in the sale of over 40,000 copies of her self-released albums and a devoted social media following.
Zoë’s grassroots, label-less approach has garnered her much public attention and press. She has been profiled on NPR’s All Things Considered, named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, elected a governor of the San Francisco chapter of the Recording Academy and awarded a performing arts grant from the Creative Capital Foundation. Born in Canada and classically trained from the age of eight, Zoë spent her 20’s working at software startups while moonlighting as a cellist in rock bands. Inevitably, she combined the two and developed her now signature style while improvising for late night crowds at her San Francisco warehouse. Follow on Twitter: @zoecello

Neel Ketkar
Rovi Corporation, Senior Director, Product Management, Cloud Services Platform

Neel Ketkar is senior director of product management, Cloud Services Platform at Rovi Corporation where he is responsible for helping lead the strategic direction and build out the Rovi Cloud Services platform, a suite of entertainment web services designed to enable the rapid creation of innovative new products, services and applications for the connected consumer. Prior to this, Neel was director of market strategy and product management focusing heavily on helping expand Rovi service provider solutions into new markets and product areas through strategic technology alliances.

Prior to Rovi, Neel helped launch TV Guide Mobile Entertainment, the domestic mobile and wireless division of Gemstar-TV Guide. While there, he led the design of a next-generation mobile video guidance application named the “Top Convergence Application” of CTIA 2006 by Fierce Wireless, and a semi-finalist in Mobile Entertainment Forum’s 2007 Meffy Awards for best handset application. Prior to this, he was manager, business development and strategic planning at Gemstar-TV Guide International where he analyzed and structured M&A transactions, and helped develop and drive overall corporate strategy. Previous, Neel was a media and M&A investment banking analyst at Citigroup.

Neel is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and is co-inventor of multiple pending patents regarding discovery and management of digital multimedia content. He received his MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. During his time there, he consulted for WXPN, the well-known music-oriented NPR affiliate. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Vanderbilt University. Follow Neel on Twitter: @neelketkar

Anu Kirk
MOG, Vice President, Mobile Product

Anu Kirk was the General Manager of Product Management for Rhapsody, helping create the Rhapsody service, PC client, website, and iPhone application. He has also worked on Wal-Mart’s digital music services, a video game, several albums, film and TV scores, professional audio hardware and software, an educational CD-ROM, and a class on 20th century music. An accomplished musician, he still writes, records, and performs regularly. He is currently at MOG, a digital music service. Follow on Twitter: @anukirk

David Kostiner, Esq.
Counsel LLP, Founding Partner

David Kostiner is a founding partner of Counsel LLP, a boutique entertainment law firm based in San Francisco. David began his career as a professional musician drumming in jazz clubs, later joining Dreamworks artists Creeper Lagoon and recording with other notables such as Matt Nathanson and Patrick Park. He later co-founded the Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA), was a sponsorship director for the Noise Pop Music Festival, managed internationally-known artists Rogue Wave and was an associate in the San Francisco office of Davis Shapiro Lewit and Hayes, LLP. David frequently appears as a panelist and public speaker, and has been published by the Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal and the Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal.

Mr. Kostiner’s practice includes the representation of musicians, record labels, music producers, songwriters, music publishers, visual artists, digital technology companies, music festivals and executives. He is responsible for negotiating and drafting agreements covering most aspects of his clients’ careers or businesses, as well as providing strategic guidance and informal dispute resolution services. David’s education includes a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of Law, a B.A. in Psychology from Tufts University and studies at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute and the Interlochen Arts Academy. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Entertainment Law at Hastings College of Law.

Marcos Lara
Co-Founder, SocialGeni.us, Maker of AudioVroom

“When I was 12 years old, I took apart our top loading VCR. To my mother’s shock and disbelief, it continued to work after I put it back together again…” Marcos has always enjoyed breaking things and to see how they work. Tackling tough projects with problem-solving and engineering skill, he loves designing something totally new – particularly wireless and location based services… And he has done just that over the past 15 years since graduation from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). In addition to an early SDMI based music project, Marcos was intimately involved with information security (receiving his CISSP certification in the process), technology management (for Ikea & Brooks Brothers back in the mid ’90s) and more recently wireless networking (running 18 public WiFi networks for NY City Park Department and co-founder of the Bryant Park wireless network in 2002). It was Marcos’s vision and architecture that brought together the talented group of developers to create AudioVroom.

In his spare time, Marcos can be found socializing with friends in the Lower East Side or on his Ducati motorbike somewhere between Manhattan and Bear Mountain. Follow Marcos on Twitter: @rubyvrooom

Jay LeBoeuf

Imagine Reserach, Founder and CEO

Jay LeBoeuf is an entrepreneur, business-oriented engineer, and expert in music information retrieval. Under his direction, Imagine Research has grown into a leading consulting and licensing firm for media technology. Clients include Lucasfilm, Pandora, Line 6, and major media production software manufacturers.

Prior to founding Imagine Research, LeBoeuf was a researcher in the Advanced Technology Group at Digidesign (Avid Technology). LeBoeuf lectures on audio and machine learning at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) and is the vice-chair of the Audio Engineering Society’s Semantic Audio Analysis Technical Committee. Follow on Twitter: @imagineresearch

Harold Lee
The Way of H, Inc., creator of Rock Prodigy
Co-Founder and CEO

Harold is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Way of H, Inc. Harold is the target market for Rock Prodigy and co-inventor of the Rock Prodigy patent-pending music instruction system. A guitarist of 25 years, he’s studied jazz at Berklee College of Music, classical guitar at UCSB, and has toured professionally as an acoustic guitar artist and punk rock lead guitarist.

Harold’s background includes Marketing Director at Guitar Center, Inc. where he ran a $50 million operating budget. He joined Guitar Center at 18 stores with less than $100 million in revenues, and left at 214 stores with over $1.5 billion in revenues. He has sold to the musician market on a day-in, day-out basis since February 1995. In addition, he has achievements in graphic design, sound design, radio copy writing and music composition. He has launched a 30,000-member customer research panel and drove the implementation of a marketing campaign and customer relationship management platform driven by hundreds of millions of rows of transactions data and customer records. In addition, Harold has software development experience in OpenGL, Python, C#, C++, Java, SQL, .Net and other programming languages; Harold drove the development of the Rock Prodigy prototype for Mac OS X in 2008-2009, personally hand-coding 90% of the features and content. Harold holds a B.A. in Musicology from UCLA and an M.B.A. from UCLA Anderson.@RockProdigyLive

Julie Lee
VEVO, Executive Vice President, Business Development and Business Affairs

Named one of Fast Company magazine’s Most Influential Women in Technology (2010), Julie Lee is responsible for defining and executing upon VEVO‘s growth strategy with
oversight of all business development, business affairs and licensing. She is based in the company’s Santa Monica, CA offices.

Prior to joining VEVO, the leading all-premium music video and entertainment service in 2009, Lee spent two years as Vice President, Business Development for UMG‘s eLabs
digital division, where she led development efforts for the music company’s largest partners including Apple, AT&T, WalMart, Best Buy and Napster to deploy new digital products, services and business models. From 2005-2007, Lee was Vice President, Sales and Licensing for Universal Music Mobile, working closely with leading mobile partners
including Verizon, Sprint, Nextel, Virgin Mobile, Boost Mobile and Zed USA.

Before her tenure with UMG, Lee was Vice President, Corporate Finance at Gemstar-TV Guide, International, handling mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. She has also held business development and finance posts with Sony Pictures Digital and Global Crossing. Lee began her career at Ernst & Young.

A Phi Beta Kappa member, Lee holds an MA in Economics and a BA in Business
Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Sasha Leitman
Stanford University, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Projects Manager

Sasha Leitman is a musician, artist and inventor who is currently the projects manager at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University. She has been making musical instruments, new interfaces for musical expression and sound art installations for ten years. Previous projects include an adult-sized musical playground and various tape loop playing contraptions made out of bicycle parts and guitar effects pedals. Currently, she is working on a set of instruments designed for street performance in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf and acoustically resonant metal sculptures inspired by the shape of large ocean waves.

Dennis “Wiz” Leonard
TRI Studio Designer / Live Mixer
Feature Film Sound Mixer / Designer
40+ Year Grateful Dead crew veteran

Dennis “Wiz” Leonard is TRI Studios, Sound Designer & Live Mixer. He is also an Academy Award nominated Feature Film Sound Mixer & Designer. Wiz is a 40+ Year Grateful Dead crew veteran.

Nate Lew
Indaba Music, Vice President

Nate Lew is Vice President of Partnerships at Indaba Music, the leading online service for music creators. The company provides musicians around the world with a suite of web-based products to network, create studio-quality music online and further their musical careers.

In his role, Nate is charged with developing key strategic relationships to fuel Indaba Music’s subscriber growth, licensing revenue and brand sponsorships. Over 600,000 musicians currently use Indaba Music’s platform, and the company counts dozens of partners, including record labels, publishing companies, film studios, licensing houses, brands and advertising agencies.

Prior to joining Indaba Music, Nate was the director of marketing and business development for UltraStar Entertainment, a division of Live Nation Artists, where he worked with over 40 artists on building, maintaining and monetizing their web presences, including the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, David Bowie, and the Zac Brown Band.

Nate originally hails from Boston, MA and is a graduate of Skidmore College. Follow Nate on Twitter: @Lewdubbs

Alexander Ljung
SoundCloud, CEO and Founder

Alexander Ljung is CEO and founder of SoundCloud, the audio platform that enables anyone, anywhere, to create and share their sounds on the web.

Since its inception in 2008, Alexander has been responsible for
all aspects of the site’s strategic vision and business
development. Under his leadership, SoundCloud has quickly
gained a reputation for being one of the best platforms available for audio creators to
share, broadcast, track and promote their sounds. There are currently more than five
million registered users and this number is rising exponentially.

Prior to SoundCloud, Alexander worked in sound design for feature films; co-
authored a book on online sociology; co-founded a consultancy network and kept
the dream of one day writing the perfect song alive. He also has a M.Sc. degree from
The Royal Institute of Technology.

Alexander was born in the UK, grew up in Sweden and the Middle East, and now
splits his time between Berlin, Germany and San Francisco, US. @alexanderljung

Greg Lucas
Creative Allies, Co-Founder

Greg is the co-founder of Creative Allies and spearheads business development. Greg is a serial entrepreneur, with a background is in music management, marketing and sales, operations, strategy and the financial management of small high-tech and entertainment businesses. Before joining Creative Allies, Greg was a Vice President at Music + Art representing DJ Spooky, King Britt, Vijay Iyer and others. In 2004, he served as the first Executive Director of the Media Arts Project of Western North Carolina, a non-profit advocacy organization for regional multimedia art professionals. Previously, Greg owned Regulatory Access, a telecommunications consulting firm based in Washington, DC, which he sold in 2003. Follow on Twitter: @creativeallies

Patrick Mahoney
SF MusicTech Fund, Managing Director

Patrick and SF MusicTech Summit founder Brian Zisk have worked together and in parallel for over ten years, creating several companies and projects. The SF MusicTech Fund is a natural expansion for Brian’s Summit Series and the two look forward to finding and working with early stage music and entertainment technology startups.

Patrick is a founding Director at Xiph.org Foundation, a 501c3 devoted to open source multimedia technologies. He is also CEO of WhoBet Inc. – creating a platform for social betting. From 2008-2011 he was co-founder and President of Collecta Inc. – creating a platform for real-time information streaming. Collecta raised over $6mm in venture capital and built really efficient technology in search of a problem; the code is being open sourced and the remaining funds returned to investors.

Earlier startups include: Chesspark.com – a real-time competitive game community built on a custom XMPP platform; sold to Chess.com. Greenwitch.com – used open source Icecast servers to deliver Internet radio streams, ramped up to over 150 channels; sold to CMGI. And NetRadio.net – Patrick was a founding investor and adviser to one of the earlier Internet radio networks; sold to NAVR.

Cecily Mak

Rhapsody International Inc., VP and General Counsel

Mak provides strategic counsel and legal direction across Rhapsody‘s entire business, from its corporate & business development activities to its label relations and music publishing efforts. In addition to structuring, negotiating and drafting in and outbound content and technology licensing agreements for the company’s digital music business, she provides regular counsel to various teams with regard to the company’s product innovation and development.

Mak is an intellectual property and entertainment attorney with senior in-house and top-tier law firm (transactional and litigation) experience. She has been with Rhapsody since 2004, initially as part of RealNetworks and then in connection with Rhapsody America, its joint venture with Viacom’s MTV Networks. She played a key role in Rhapsody’s spinoff into an independent company in early 2010.

A fifth-generation San Franciscan and a graduate of the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law, Mak is a frequent public speaker and regular contributor to a range of music magazines, legal periodicals, and releases from the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers. In addition, she co-authored “Music Law in the Digital Age,” a book released in early 2010 by Berklee Press, the publishing arm of the Berklee College of Music, and currently teaches Digital Media Law at UC Hastings.

Larry Marcus
Walden Venture Capital, Managing Director

Larry’s focus is digital media and consumer services. He has been a Director at Pandora since early 2004 when Walden led the “rebirth round” to focus the company on launching a consumer-facing service. Larry is a Director at SoundHound (sound and voice search), RootMusic (BandPage on Facebook), Telekenex (IP voice and data services ), a Board Observer at PowerCloud Systems and led Walden’s investment in Terayon (acquired by Motorola).

Prior to joining Walden in 2000, Larry was a digital media sell-side Equity Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown where he lead the IPOs of Maxis, Terayon, CBS MarketWatch, Edmark, and Netflix (initial S-1 IPO filing) among other equity and debt financings (Sierra On-line, Excite@Home, Spectrum Holobyte, CBS Sportsline). Prior experience includes Robertson Stephens & Company, Digidesign and General Management in computer services retail. Larry serves on the non-profit Board of the JazzSchool in Berkeley, CA.

Larry received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley. Follow on Twitter: @cyberlar

Jeff Marois
Fanrank, Co-Founder & CEO

Jeff Marois is Co-Founder & CEO of Fanrank a social loyalty facebook app that rewards fans for spreading the word about the things they love. Since its beta launch in May, Fanrank has been installed on over 4200 facebook fan pages for a combined reach of 100M fans. Previously, Jeff worked in London at Last.fm where he was in charge of product for artists and labels. Jeff designed, developed and launched Last.fm’s Artist Royalty Program which allows unsigned bands to collect streaming royalties directly from Last.fm. Jeff also spent 2 years at MXP4 as VP of Business Development and holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Chris Martin
Pandora, VP of Engineering

Chris joined Pandora in late 2004, since joining he’s managed the engineering function at Pandora. His responsibilities include software development, quality assurance, customer support, device development, device certification and production support. Prior to Pandora he’s worked in various engineering capacities at multiple enterprise software companies, including Quintus, Kenamea and QRS/Inovis. Chris oversees a team of more than 50 people who are tackling a range of engineering projects, from perfecting playlists to in-car development to advertising integration. Follow on Twitter: @pandora_radio

Lee Martin
SoundCloud, Experimental Development

Lee develops websites for rock ‘n’ roll bands and gets paid in sex and drugs. Previously the in-house New Media Overlord for Silva Artist Management‘s incredible roster of acts such as Foo Fighters & Beck, Lee now heads up Experimental Development for SoundCloud, helping artists make the most out of the service through the creation of externally integrated tools and apps. Follow on Twitter: @leemartin

Kyle McDonald
Slightly Stoopid, Guitar, Bass, Vocals

With more than a decade of making music together, the members of Slightly
Stoopid have perfected one of the rarest and most valuable skills a band can develop:
the art of the stealth groove, that knack for quietly, almost innocently, sliding into a
composition, and utterly lassoing anyone within earshot by mid-song. That’s where the
band has come to reside, musically: deep in the pocket, that ever-elusive, funky trench
where a band can entrance an audience, hypnotize it and hold on to it until the set or CD
is finished. Built on a bedrock of nasty, oceanic slabs of dubby bass, meditative vocal
harmonies, rock-steady guitar licks and tightly syncopated percussive rhythms, Slightly
Stoopid illustrate a case study in underground success, steeped in years of hard touring,
an improvisational business model, and a creative process that continues to unwind and
push the envelope of a new jam-based genre the band helped to create.

Slightly Stoopid’s dual front-men Miles Doughty (Guitar, Bass, Vocals) and Kyle
McDonald (Guitar, Bass, Vocals), created their own label, Stoopid Records, in the
early 2000’s to avoid signing a record deal and keep their DIY work ethic and freedom
away from music industry politics. The west coast sound pioneers later added
musicians Ryan ‘RyMo’ Moran (Drums) and Oguer ‘OG’ Ocon (Congas,
Percussion, Harp, Vocals) from the B Side Players, as well as C-Money (Trumpet,
Keyboard) and Dela (Saxophone) from John Browns Body; solidifying their on stage
line up. Slightly Stoopid has built a large n’ loyal fan base, and has soared to one of the
most successful independent artists of this decade. The buzz surrounding the group
continues to increase with each successive release; their album catalog sales have topped
the 700,000 mark and the group continues to fill the most prestigious concert venues
around the world, and continues to create a legion of “Stoopidheads” in the process!

Mike McGuire
Gartner, Research VP, Media

Mike McGuire is a research vice president for Gartner, Inc.’s Media Industry Advisory Services team. Mr. McGuire covers the online content business focusing on how music, movie and TV/video are extending their distribution strategies to the Internet. He has a particular interest in understanding the value of social media and social networks on existing media companies. He also looks after Gartner’s coverage of legal and regulatory issues that effect media companies. Topics include licensing issues, content-protection/DRM issues and changing patterns of media consumption among consumers. Prior to re-joining Gartner in 2000, Mr. McGuire worked with mobile computing start-ups in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California. He was at Dataquest from 1994 through 1997 as senior and principal analyst for the mobile computing program. Prior to that he covered Apple for PC Week after stints in PR and marketing positions at companies such as Octel, GRID and Geoworks. He has a B.A. in journalism from San Jose State University. Follow on Twitter: @m2mcguire

Taylor McKnight
SCHED.org, Founder
Hype Machine, Partner

Taylor enjoys building projects that enable discovery and sharing. He
created SCHED.org as an attempt to make attending music festivals a “real job”. He just moved to Austin, Texas. The past four years were spent as partner on The Hype Machine, creating new ways to discover music.
Follow Taylor on Twitter: @gtmcknight

Moldover
Multi-instrumentalist, Controllerist, and Custom Instrument Builder

If technology and music are your life, brace yourself – Moldover is about to reformat your soul. Hailed by 700,000 YouTube viewers as “The Godfather of Controllerism”, Moldover is a new breed of music icon. Combining the charisma of a rock star, the mad genius of a basement inventor, and the radical inclusiveness of the DIY internet generation, Moldover is “literally throwing away the rule book and reinventing the wheel” (Remix Magazine). Witness his balls-to-the-wall live show at a club, experience his multiplayer music installations at a festival, or pick up and play the “light theramin” packaging of his debut album and understand why the next paradigm for music is a one-man-brand called Moldover. Follow on Twitter = @moldover

Mark Montgomery
FLO {thinkery}, Founder

Mark Montgomery is a pioneer in the e-commerce and business to consumer marketing space. Over the past 15 years, he has worked with hundreds of entertainment and corporate clients, including names like Sony, Kanye West, Keith Urban, RIM/Blackberry, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam, Best Buy, Gnarls Barkley, Rascal Flatts, and General Motors to name a few.

Mark has been working in the web space since the early 90’s, launching his first B2C ecommerce play in early 1996. In 1999, he co-founded echo, a company focused on building communities around entertainment brands. He was the co-creator of the patented platform echotoolsTM, a direct to consumer delivery and data management system which ultimately grew to serve millions of users and distribute hundreds of millions of pages. In 2007, the company was acquired by Barry Diller’s IAC/Ticketmaster for eight figures.

He is currently the Entrepreneur in Residence for Claritas Capital, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Along with his EIR role, he holds several board seats in the profit and not for profit companies. In addition, he maintains a small list of consulting clients focused on overall strategy, business development, branding, and technology initiatives. Follow on Twitter: @hellomarko

Mike More
Headliner.fm, CEO & Founder

Mike More is a serial entrepreneur with over 18 years experience in the media industry as a CEO, digital media executive, producer, song writer and publishing executive.

Recognizing the seismic shift taking place within the music industry, in 2009 More founded Headliner.fm, the largest real-time social media promotion exchange for bands and labels. Headliner allows bands and artists to reach similar new fans on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace by trading status-updates. Leveraging his knowledge as both an digital media executive and music publisher, More developed Headliner in response to the movement away from traditional means of music promotion and marketing on terrestrial radio, MTV, the static web, email marketing and towards the massive growth of the real-time social web on services like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

As CEO and Founder of Headliner More over sees the day-to-day operations of the company, technology and product development. Headliner is used by over 27,000 bands and reaches over 103,000,000 social media music fans: 4.5 million daily. Artists from Rob Thomas, 3OH3, T-Pain, Dolly Parton, The Hives, Redman, Diddy, Akon, Weezer to 1000’s of other artists are using Headliner on daily basis to promote their new music releases, shows and other events on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

Prior to creating Headliner, More founded Nabbr.com. Under More’s management Nabbr grew from 0 to over 400 affiliate websites, reaching 42 million unique visitors each month and become the 9th largest video network in the US according to ComeScore video Metrix. The Network was instrumental in breaking a number of contemporary hit makers including We The Kings, Jonas Brothers, Beyonce and Katy Perry, as well entertainment properties from Paramount Pictures, CW Television, MTTV, Columbia Pictures and others.

Prior to creating Nabbr, More founded and led a highly successful music production and publishing company that generated over $20,000,000 worldwide. The firm’s publishing division has had its copyrights recorded by artists including Don Henley, Britney Spears and Garth Brooks among others.

Additionally, Mike sits on the advisory board of Dream Tiger Partners a NYC based seed fund for media focused technology start-ups. A recognized industry leader, Michael speaks about social media at various conferences and universities globally. Additionally, Michael is and advisory to various traditional entertainment media companies.

More holds various music publishing copyrights and is a voting member of the Producers & Engineers wing of the Recording Academy (N.A.R.A.S.)

Follow on Twitter: @headlinerfm

Danielle Morrill
Twilio, Director of Marketing

I joined Twilio in March 2009 as Director of Marketing and first employee with the mandate to acquire customers and build the developer community. I’ve grown it from a few hundred to more than 35,000 developers an we’re working to change the way developer evangelism is done, with our team spread across the United States.

Before Twilio, I worked at Pelago where we built Whrrl, a mobile location based social networking, storytelling, and recommendations service which was acquired by Groupon in April 2011.

I’m a mentor in residence for 500 Startups, a seed-stage startup incubator based in Mountain View, CA. I’ve provided mentorship for InternMatch, Mogotix, Punchd, Baydin, Trove (stealth) and many more. I also work on TwilioFund, a $250,000 “microfund” dedicated to investing small amounts in Twilio-powered startups.

I’m a board member for Startup Weekend, an experiential entrepreneurship educational program based in Seattle, WA funded by Kauffman Foundation. I’ve been involved with Startup Weekend since I first started working in tech in Seattle, first as an attendee and later as board member helping direct the future of the organization and a financial supporter (Twilio is a Global Sponsor). Follow Danielle on Twitter: @DanielleMorrill

Hany Nada
GGV Capital

Hany Nada is co-founder of GGV Capital and has worked as a long-term partner with more than 150 companies over the past decade to build companies that can succeed in today’s global marketplace. He is a trusted resource to public and private company CEOs and management teams on global market development, customer introductions and M&A/IPO guidance across US and Asian markets. CEOs that have worked with Hany characterize him as their go-to advisor for both general direction and company growth strategies.

As a leading venture investor, Hany made his first investment in China in 2001, and has led the firm’s successful investments in athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN), Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU), Kintana (acquired by Mercury Interactive) and Xfire (acquired by Viacom). Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors for Tudou, China’s leading video content provider, Vocera Communications, RootMusic, and three gaming companies, Glu Mobile, Turbine and Wild Tangent. In addition to actively making investments in the mobile and gaming sectors in the US and China, Hany is responsible for one of the industry’s most successful China/US investment teams as well as general oversight of the firm’s funds.

Before entering the venture capital business, Hany spent ten years on Wall Street as a top-ranked research analyst at Piper Jaffray focusing on Internet software and infrastructure.

Hany is a graduate of the University of Minnesota where he earned a B.S. in economics and a B.A. in political science.

Lincoln Parish
Cage the Elephant / Talk Box Rodeo, Guitarist / Producer

Lincoln Parish (Born 22 March 1990 in Madisonville, KY) is an American guitarist, music producer, songwriter and founder of “Talk Box Rodeo”. He currently works with the band “Cage the Elephant“, an American rock band from Bowling Green, KY.

Parish, along with the other members of the band have released two albums since 2008, their debut self title Cage the Elephant, and their most recent effort Thank you, Happy Birthday (Released January 11, 2011) , which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and earned them much positive reaction.

Parish founded “Talk Box Rodeo” in 2010, and since then has collaborated with many artists on different projects, including co-writes, production, recording, and songwriting. Follow on Twitter: @CageTheElephant

Philippe Perreaux
Restorm, Founder and CEO

Philippe Perreaux received his law degree from the University of Zurich, Switzerland (2001). He started his career working as a legal adviser for photo agencies, such as the leading News-Photo-Agency in Europe (epa.eu), and was also a self-employed advocate for artists, designers, etc. As an open-source enthusiast, he co-founded the Swiss association “Digitale Allmend”, which advocates free access to knowledge and information (2006). Phillippe is also the Swiss representative of the non-profit organization Creative Commons.

In 2008 he founded his own start-up company, “restorm.com“, and created a fully automated licensing system for artists: “rightclearing”. This system was launched for musicians in May 2011 and will open for licensees in Q3/4 2011. rightclearing technology merges the traditional concept of copyright (C), Creative Commons (CC) and Public Domain (PD) into one system providing new services to monetize media licenses. Follow on Twitter: @Bluemen

David Porter
8tracks, CEO and Founder

David Porter is the CEO and founder of 8tracks, a handcrafted
internet radio network. 8tracks provides a simple way for people to
share and discover music through an online mix, a curated playlist
containing at least 8 tracks. Until 2006, he helped lead Live365, the
pioneer of “social” internet radio, achieving profitability in 2005.
David wrote the plan for what’s now 8tracks during business school at
Berkeley in 1999, informed in large part by the DJ scene in London of
the late 1990s. His favorite band remains New Order. Follow David on Twitter: @davidporter

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Casey Rae-Hunter
Future of Music Coalition, Deputy Director

Casey Rae-Hunter, Deputy Director of the Future of Music Coalition, is a musician, recording engineer, music journalist
and public policy wonk. He regularly speaks on issues such as new
business models for artists, telecommunications policy and
intellectual property at conferences, universities and the media. He
routinely works alongside leaders in the music, arts and performance
sectors to bolster understanding of and engagement in key policy and
technology issues, and has written dozens of articles on the impact of
technology on the creative community. Casey serves on the Board of
Directors of the Media & Democracy Coalition and the National Alliance
of Media Arts and Culture. He currently records and publishes under
the moniker The Contrarian and is the Grand Poobah of Lux Eterna
Records.

Jaclyn Ranere

The Orchard, Vice President, Product Marketing

As Vice President of Product Marketing for The Orchard, Jaclyn oversees industry and client marketing for each product developed by The Orchard, as well as business development and partner relations for The Orchard’s Marketplace. Since joining The Orchard in 2004, Jaclyn has launched the Retail Marketing and Interactive Marketing departments. Prior to The Orchard, Jaclyn ran a music marketing and video production company that created and used digital media as the central piece of independent artists’ marketing plans. She has also served as Brand Marketing Manager at eMusic. Jaclyn holds a Bachelor of Science in Film/TV from Boston University and is a reformed jam band groupie. Follow Jaclyn on Twitter: @jacran

Aaron Ray

The Collective, Partner, Head of New Media

AARON RAY leads the New Media efforts as a partner at The Collective. Aaron builds and oversees some of the largest and most powerful digital assets worldwide including those of clients Linkin Park, Counting Crows, Enrique Iglesias, Avenged Sevenfold, Eddie Izzard, Slash, Big Boi, Plain White T’s and Staind.

Doug Rayburn
WhoBet, Inc., CTO and Co-Founder

Doug Rayburn is currently the CTO and Co-Founder of WhoBet, Inc. Prior to WhoBet, Doug worked as Associate Technical Director at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky where he won numerous awards for the Burger King website and campaign websites. While at CP+B, Doug was also the technical lead on Microsoft’s “I’m a PC” campaign and Vail’s “EpicMix” website. Doug cut his teeth at Cambridge Technology Partners, then served as Director of Internet Operations at DataPlay where he co-invented ContentKey technology, a DRM solution for DataPlay’s quarter-sized optical disc. DataPlay won the best in show award at the 2001 Consumer Electronics Show. After working tirelessly on a DRM for the record labels, Doug did a 180 degree turn and started a music download company called Play Fair Entertainment that offered DRM-free downloads in MP3, WMA and FLAC formats. Play Fair Entertainment did business as DiscLogic from 2002 to 2006 and specialized in live music downloads that were available soon after the performance. Follow Doug on Twitter: @dougrayburn

Joel E. Resnicow
Rexly, Co-Founder & CEO

Joel Resnicow is Co-Founder and CEO of Rexly. He is a digital media veteran, with product, business development and analytics experience at ABC Digital, Hulu, and Twitter. He also digs big data, Paul Reed Smith guitars, and cooking. Follow Joel on Twitter: @resnicow and @rexly

Ty Roberts
Gracenote, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Recognized as one of the inventors of enhanced CD technology and credited with producing the industry’s first enhanced CDs, Ty Roberts can be considered one of the fathers of modern digital entertainment. He joined Gracenote in November of 1998 and helped found the company after it acquired ION, a multimedia and music technology venture he founded in 1993. Roberts serves as Gracenote’s chief technology strategist, providing technology direction and overseeing the creation of products and services that leverage the power of the Gracenote database to deliver information services.

While at ION, Roberts produced the recording industry’s first enhanced audio CD titles, including David Bowie’s “Jump” and “Headcandy” from Brian Eno. He was the company’s lead technologist and innovator in adding multimedia content to traditional audio CDs. ION was also widely recognized as a leading provider of enhanced CD production tools utilized by recording and multimedia development companies. In September 1993, Bertlesmann Music Group created the first interactive record label after acquiring a 50 percent interest in ION.

Prior to founding ION, Roberts was a founder and senior manager of LightSource, a software development company that produced multimedia and graphics editing software. Previously, he was a senior engineer at Pixar, where he created several award-winning, Apple-based music applications including “Studio Session” and “Jam Session.” Roberts is Gracenote’s representative to the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI), an organization that is chartered with establishing standards for digital music and music playing devices.

Roberts is a frequent keynote speaker and panelist at digital media, entertainment, high technology and business events around the world. Follow on Twitter: @rocknty

Michael Robertson
MP3Tunes, Founder & CEO

Michael Robertsonis an accomplished technology entrepreneur with a consistent track record of identifying promising trends often in disruptive sectors, building pioneering companies, and leading them to profitability and acquisition. Over his career he has raised more than $100 million in private capital and orchestrated transactions with a combined value of nearly a billion dollars. His technical and operational expertise has spanned industries as diverse as digital music, VOIP and Linux with notable companies including MP3.com, Linspire and Gizmo5.

Currently Mr. Robertson is founder and CEO of MP3tunes and the non-profit REEF. He holds a bachelors degree from the University of California, San Diego in Cognitive Science. @mp3michael

Joe Satriani
Solo Artist and Guitarist with Chickenfoot

Over the last two decades, Joe Satriani has traveled the world, playing to sold-out crowds as both a headliner and as founder of the all-star “G3” guitar extravaganza. Of his 14 solo albums 2 went platinum and 4 gold with 15 Grammy nominations between them. In 2009, Satriani joined with former Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar, former bassist Michael Anthony, and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith, to form the stand out rock collaboration, Chickenfoot. Their debut self-titled album was recently certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America with over 500,000 in album shipments. Chickenfoot’s followup album, “III”, is due for release Sep 27, 2011. Follow Joe on Twitter: @chickenfootjoe

Matt Schlicht

Tracks.by, CEO

Social Product Hacker. Social, Viral, and Interactions Lead at Ustream for 3.5 years. Moved to Silicon Valley at age 19 and has been working at start ups ever since. Follow on Twitter: @MattPRD

Matt Schwartz
Verizon Wireless, Manager of New Business Development & Strategic Partnerships

Matt Schwartz is the Manager of New Business Development & Strategic Partnerships for
Verizon Wireless. In this role he oversees new market business initiatives, strategic partnerships,
along with marketing and programming strategies focused on the music vertical.

Mr. Schwartz is an entertainment industry veteran with several years of entertainment
experience. Prior to joining Verizon Wireless he served as Senior Director of A&R Operations
for Sony’s Jive/Zomba Label Group where he managed the label A&R and recording processes.
Before this, Mr. Schwartz oversaw the A&R Operations department for Arista Records and
managed recording projects, producer deals and artist contract administration. Prior to Arista,
he served as Director of A&R Operations & International Marketing at TVT Records as well as
heading up Island Record’s Black Music’s A&R Operations department.

Mr. Schwartz holds a B.A. from George Washington University and a Masters of Music from the University Of Miami School Of Music.

Laurie Segall

CNN Money, Tech Reporter

Laurie Segall is a tech reporter for CNNMoney, covering the latest on social media, startups and breaking news in the tech world. She joined the CNNMoney team as a multimedia reporter, producing television and web content. Before joining CNNMoney, she worked at CNN’s breaking news desk. In the fast-paced world of news, she covered everything from Bernard Madoff’s ponzi scheme to the financial crisis. She later joined the business team, producing both domestic and international segments.

Follow her on Twitter:@LaurieSegallCNN

Jaunique Sealey
Atom Digital, EVP, Business Development

Jaunique Sealey is charged with the lead operations and business development role for Troy Carter-helmed Atom Digital. Atom Digital is the team responsible for some of the most ground-breaking digital marketing successes of the most recent years, including Lady Gaga, who is one of the Atom Digital clients, along with numerous other artists, both on major and independent labels as well as various consumer brands, film and other entertainment properties. As a premier digital marketing and promotional agency, Atom Digital leverages disruptive technology solutions and high-level interactive and social marketing strategies to effectively bring its clients into conversation with their audience. Prior to Atom Digital, Ms. Sealey was an executive in the corporate-level digital strategy and business development group within Universal Music Group, and has structured, negotiated and drafted numerous cutting-edge deals to partner technology and entertainment content involving top-tier companies. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. Follow on Twitter: @JaUnique

Brad Serling
Nugs.net, Founder and CEO

A Johnny Appleseed of online concert recordings,” according to The New York Times, Brad Serling has been active in the digital media space for 20 years. Established artists ranging from Phish to Metallica to the Grateful Dead turn to Brad for advice on digital distribution of their content. Serling started nugs.net in 1993 as a way to share the tapes he was making of Grateful Dead and Phish shows. With the artists’ blessing, nugs.net’s non-commercial live music download site mushroomed to 3 million free downloads a month by 2000. Seeing the business potential Serling had tapped into, The Grateful Dead hired Brad as a consultant in mid-2000. The Dead put Phish in touch with Serling and by 2002 nugs.net went from fan site to paid download provider with the launch of LivePhish.com. Today, 115 million downloads later, hundreds of artists and labels partner directly with nugs.net to distribute music directly to their fans. A tastemaker among fans, Serling hosts a show each week on SiriusXM’s Jam On channel, “The Weekly Live Stash,” showcasing the week’s best live music.

In the years between launching nugs.net as a fan site and going pro, Serling served for three years as the founding Chief Technology Officer for CinemaNow, the first company to deliver web-based video on demand and pay-per-view services of Hollywood feature films. Prior to CinemaNow, Serling pioneered live web events for Woodstock 94, Metallica from The North Pole, The Grammy Awards, the NFL, and eleven World Series webcasts. Serling’s experience has spanned all aspects of website development, live webcasting, multimedia content deployment, and large scale media distribution. Brad earned a B.A. in history from Cornell University. Follow on Twitter: @nugsnet

Albin Serviant
MXP4, CEO

Digital media entrepreneur Albin Serviant joined innovative interactive music technology developer MXP4as CEO in 2009, sharing the company’s vision of the future of digital entertainment. In his current role, Serviant is responsible spearheading development and adoption of MXP4’s social music gaming solutions.

Under Serviant’s leadership, more than 150 major recording artists including David Guetta, Michael Jackson, Pink, Pet Shop Boys and Britney Spears and major brands including Air France Music and Coca Cola have used MXP4-powered Web and iPhone interactive music apps to build fan engagement, encourage viral distribution and drive sales. MXP4’s first social gaming solution for Facebook, PUMP IT, reaches over 65 million fans across the social networking site. The company’s products have also been integrated into offerings from major media properties like Last.fm.

Serviant brings a strong history of leadership and innovation in entertainment and multimedia services and experience effectively monetizing music to the interactive music technology company. Prior to joining MXP4, Serviant served as Executive Vice President & General Manager at Vivendi Mobile Entertainment. Previously, he held leadership positions in start-ups including Musiwave (sold to Microsoft) and iBazar (sold to eBay) as well as large corporations including PepsiCo and Sony Music. He is a graduate of the prestigious ESSEC (Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) Business School in Paris, France. Follow on Twitter: @AlbinServiant

Peter Siciliano
Beatport, Chief Technology Officer

Peter Siciliano oversees Beatport‘s technology infrastructure and development process from supply chain to global product delivery. He ensures that Beatport delivers an exceptional experience for DJs, producers, partners, and suppliers.

A successful music producer for many of today’s top-tier artists, Peter is also a DJ and has played several of the world’s most prestigious clubs and events. Before joining Beatport, he was COO of Spike Cyberworks Hong Kong (a web services company), and Spike Networks’ Head of Production based in Tokyo. Prior to residing in Asia, Peter spent 8 years in Los Angeles running his own new media company specializing in on-set video effects as well as post-production audio and visual effects.

J Sider
RootMusic.com, CEO & Founder

J is currently the CEO & Founder of RootMusic.com which makes the leading music app on Facebook called “BandPage”. He is a musician and music lover at heart, who has performed around the world on the live stage. Most of his knowledge about the music industry was gained after getting into the “business of music” managing bands and venues around the country. This experience opened his eyes to the practical needs of the music community in the digital era, and the lack of a solution. Out of this realization J founded RootMusic.com to provide an honest, social tool to help musicians take the next step, whether that is their first open mic, or on the big stage. All in all, J believes in the future of the music community, and is out to build the most effective solutions for musicians to succeed. Follow on Twitter: @RootMusic / @JSider

Andrew Smith
XLR8R, Founder & Publisher

Andrew Smith is the founder and publisher of XLR8R (www.xlr8r.com), one of the leading international voices in electronic music.

Carol Smith
Google, Inc., Open Source Programs Manager

Carol Smith is a program manager at Google. She has previous experience in network operations and administration. She has a degree in photojournalism from CSU Northridge and is a California native. Follow on Twitter: @fossygrl

Christopher Smith
Om Entertainment Group, CEO

Christopher Smith is the founder and CEO of Om Records. Founded in 1995, Om has grown into one of the world’s premiere electronic dance labels. With a focus on innovative music, the label is distributed by Warner Brothers and is marketed internationally in every major territory. Overseeing all operations at the label, Christopher Smith has built Om into an independent force with over $5M in annual sales. With over 20 years of nightclub promotions experience, Mr. Smith also oversees the label’s extensive nightclub initiatives. This includes the production of dozens of Om Records branded local events each year at such venues as the Fillmore, DNA Lounge and Mezzanine, as well as dozens of ongoing events in destinations such as Ibiza, London, Barcelona, Istanbul, Dubai, Sydney and New York City. In addition to his duties at the label, Mr. Smith has also been an avid producer and DJ of quality electronic music for over 20 years. Follow on Twitter: @OmRecords

Peter Berg Steffensen
Moodagent, CEO & Founder

Peter is CEO of Moodagent, the World’s most popular playlisting solution for mobiles. As an eager music enthusiast, Peter saw the advent of web-based music distribution as being primarily focused on single tracks, thus dismantling the album experience. As a result of this, he and friend Mikael Henderson invented Moodagent: an intelligent music guide that reads the inherent musical and emotional characteristics of each individual track, and strings them together in playlists that matches the style, tempo and current mood of the listener. Since it’s launch in 2009, more than 6 millions users have downloaded Moodagent, which is available on all major mobile platforms, Windows based PC’s and as a preloaded music recommendations service in Winamp. Moodagent is delivering powerful solutions for leading OEMs such as Nokia, Motorola, HP & Intel. Our music discovery tools are currently integrated with iTunes, Amazon, Nokia Music and 7digital. Moodagent is recognized as one of the leaders in music sentiment analysis and playlisting logic. Follow on Twitter: @moodagent

Richard Sussman

The Neilsen Company, VP – Digital Entertainment

Richard Sussman is Vice President of Digital Entertainment for The Nielsen Company. In this role, Mr. Sussman has been instrumental in leading all related growth initiatives within the Digital Entertainment vertical in terms of business development, sales and thought-leadership. He oversees all of Nielsen’s entertainment clients’ digital business initiatives with such entities as The Walt Disney Company, Sony Corporation, Universal, Warner Bros., News Corp., Ticket Master-LiveNation, AEG Live and Paramount Pictures to name just a few.

Richard is a Digital Media & Entertainment (M&E) Specialist in online advertising, marketing, sales, content & convergence strategy, business development, product development, executive level client services, social media strategy, audience/consumer targeting, brand management and web 2.0.

Richard is Media Agnostic – Segment focus spans (a) Television (Production, Cable Networks, Non-linear Networks / VOD), (b) Advertising / Marketing Services, (c) Internet, (d) Music (artist management, record labels, distributors, live concerts), (e) Film / Motion Pictures, (f) Wireless / Mobile Content, (g) Advertising technologies.

Prior to Nielsen, Mr. Sussman was an M&E management consultant and co founder of two emerging media and technology companies: Gorilla Exchange, Inc. and Stream Exchange, Inc. – QuickFlicks.com where he was responsible for growth strategy, international expansion, business development, sales and thought leadership. Mr. Sussman was recently recognized with a Certificate of Distinction ARF Great Minds – Rising Star Award.

Tim Thompson
Artful Codger

Tim Thompson is a software engineer, musician, and installation artist. His wide-ranging artistic work includes a programming language for MIDI (KeyKit), interactive installations at Burning Man (a 12-foot-high lyre, an 11-foot high monolith, and an antique radio), musical performances with Playstation dance pads and QWERTY keyboards, graphical performances using multitouch pads (pre-iPhone), and realtime video looping and processing with a handheld security camera (LoopyCam). Tim has a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. He worked at Bell Labs and AT&T for 20 years in New Jersey, and at Network Appliance in Silicon Valley for 9 years. His most recent work uses the Microsoft Kinect to create a musical and graphical instrument called the Space Palette. Follow Tim on Twitter: @nosuchtim

Lisa Tiver
mSpot Inc, VP Business Development

Bio coming soon.

KC Turner
KC Turner Presents, CEO

Residing in San Francisco, CA, KC Turner keeps busy by presenting live
music throughout the San Francisco Bay Area; billing shows at venues &
coffee houses, producing his own house concert series, hosting 2 open
mics, representing & booking a handful of independent artists including
Megan Slankard, The Welcome Matt, and The Courtney Janes, helping connect people to new local talent, heading a songwriting club and strumming a few of his own songs from time to time.

Turner consistently sells out shows at well respected San Francisco venues
such as Cafe Du Nord … packs every house concert he produces and books
national tours for a handful of artists … including himself. He has
recently partnered with San Francisco radio giant KFOG to put on a
series of house concerts representing the San Francisco local music scene
while also raising money for Music in Schools Today, a local
organization that focuses on funding music education in public schools. In
addition he produces an annual showcase at Bazaar Cafe called “Bazaar
Stock”, which is a free all day event that features 36 local musicians and
also helps to raise money for “Music in Schools Today”. (Next event is October 8, 2011 – Free all ages show).

KC is genuine and focuses on 1 simple goal when producing his events…he
showcases music that to him is above par and simply great. The goal is to
establish a name, (KC Turner Presents), that people know they can trust
and associate with good quality music worth taking a “risk” on.

Turner’s most talked about claim to fame is the “KC Turner House Concert
Series” which has included artists such as: Matt Nathanson, Bob Schneider,
Ben Kweller, Steve Poltz, Griffin House, Sean Hayes, Tim Bluhm, Tom
Freund, David Berkeley, Matt The Electrician, Alex Wong, Amber Rubarth,
Greg Loiacono, Billy Harvey, Danny Schmidt, Jerry Hannan, Danny Malone,
Nicole Reynolds, Lindsay Mac, Heather Combs, Megan Slankard, John Craigie – And the list goes on. Follow KC at Twitter: @kcturnermusic

Eliot Van Buskirk
Evolver.fm, PUblished by The Echo Nest, Editor-in-Chief

Eliot Van Buskirk is a longtime technology writer and editor for Evolver.fm, CNET, Wired and other publications, two-time book author, and frequent guest on NPR and other media outlet who believes that apps are the future of music. Follow Eliot on Twitter: @evolverfm, @listeningpost, and @eliotvb.

Mike Vann

GET IT™ Mobile, Inc., Vice President of Business Development

At the forefront of branded interactive media, Mike has helped some of the world’s leading brands, media properties, and marketing agencies engage and activate audiences across
web, mobile, and social channels.

As GET IT Mobile‘s VP of Business Development, Mike oversees all of the company’s customer and partner development efforts. Prior to GET IT Mobile, Mike held senior
sales and business development positions at both start ups and Fortune 500 companies, including mobile game publisher Skyworks Interactive, the National Football League, and The New York Times. Select partners include CBS, ESPN, Electronic Arts, KPMG, Procter & Gamble, Miller Brewing, Discovery Channel, Oakley, Weather Channel, Coca Cola, Mattel, and Sony Pictures.

Mike recently completed his 5th marathon and enjoys sailing and skiing when he’s not working tirelessly for his partners. Follow Mike on Twitter: @getitmobile

Sibley Verbeck

The Electric Sheep Company, Founder & Chairman

Sibley Verbeck is the founder and Chairman of The Electric Sheep Company and is currently leading the business development for the company’s new product, StreamJam, a free app for putting live music events online in a virtual environment. Sibley built ESC into a leading provider of games and virtual worlds for brands and media companies (working for CSI:NY, The L Word, MTV, I Am Legend, NBC, P&G, and over 50 others), producing two Emmy winning projects, and receiving investment from CBS. Prior to The Electric Sheep Company, Verbeck was Chief Scientist of StreamSage, Inc. and Comcast Online. He has been a leading researcher in advanced computational linguistic and statistical techniques for analyzing audio, video, and text. Verbeck has also been heavily involved with the I Do Foundation, the Acceleration Studies Foundation, The Virtual Worlds Roadmap and the Journal of Young Investigators.
Follow on Twitter: @sibleyvs

Neil Vineberg
Thinglink, US Rep

Vineberg Communications, President

Neil Vineberg represents Thinglink in the U.S. He is a seasoned PR guru and strategist, having held management and partner positions with leading communication firms including Vineberg Communications, Middleberg Euro and Golin/Harris. Neil’s successes include pioneering strategic work with visionaries in MP3 digital music, social media, online communities and technology. His experience spans the technology, B2B, consumer, digital entertainment and philanthrophic sectors, including engagements with Webshots, Jaiku, Sprint, MP3.com, eMusic, UNICEF, UNDP, Procter & Gamble, Attention Span Media, United Airlines, IBM and Sony. He has been a featured speaker on digital PR and social media at MacWorld, BlogWorld, and Sun Startup Camp. Also an acclaimed guitarist who performs as Shambhu, his debut CD, “Sacred Love,” was nominated Best Album of the Year and Best New Artist by radio broadcasters worldwide.
Follow on Twitter: @nvineberg, @thinglink, @shambhumusic

Jesse von Doom
CASH Music, Executive Director

Jesse von Doom runs CASH Music, a nonprofit dedicated to building open music technology with the goal of artist sustainability. A jerk of all trades, he also works as an artist manager, advisor, and occasional graphic designer. Jesse and his wife live in Portland, Oregon with their two daughters and a fat chihuahua. Follow Jesse on Twitter: @jessevondoom

John von Seggern
Producer/Bassist/DJ
Dubspot Online, Electronic Music Educator

Native Instruments, Support Coordinator

John von Seggern has been at the forefront of the digital music revolution since his first computer DJ gigs in 1999 with his Hong Kong-based group Digital Cutup Lounge, one of Asia’s first DJ acts to use computers in performance. Since then he has been involved in many different aspects of the digital music industry, including work as a remixer, sound designer, film composer, academic, author, and all-around music software guru.

John von has DJed techno at massive underground parties in China, remixed major Western pop artists for the Indian music market (and vice versa), trained Herbie Hancock, Dweezil Zappa and Dr Dre’s production team in new music software technologies, and presented his anthropological research on music technology at academic conferences. He has authored two instructional books about computer music production and performance as well as the manual for Native Instruments‘ popular software synthesizer Massive. He composed a garage-rock soundtrack for a recent documentary about Iowa’s RAGBRAI bike race and did sound design and effects for the Oscar-winning Pixar film Wall-E.

In 2010 John von produced and played computers on the album Extreme Measures by Simplexity, a West Coast electronic jazz group he co-leads with some of the top musicians in Hollywood, including Steve Tavaglione, John Beasley, and Gary Novak. The album will be re-released on all major online services on October 4 through BFM Digital; it can currently be heard through John von’s online label, Vibration Institute Music. He also plays bass for LA downtempo electronica band The Silver Pesos. Follow John von on Twitter: @johnvon23

Bob Weir
Tamalpais Research Institute, Founder
Grateful Dead, Founding Member

With a touring history that has made him one of the most traveled road musicians of all time and a restless music personality that has kept him occupied for over 50 years, Weir knows a thing or two about staying fresh and living in the moment. Although best known as one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, adding Dead staples such as “Truckin’,” “Sugar Magnolia,” and “Cassidy” to the band’s catalog, Weir obtained a long and affluent music career that has allowed him to do what he loves and share it with others for nearly his entire life.

Born in 1947, Weir was adopted by a wealthy California engineer. As a teen, he secured his spot as one of the youngest members of the burgeoning folk scene that centered on a Palo Alto club called the Tangent – home to such future rock legends as Jerry Garcia, Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and Janis Joplin. In 1964, at the age of 17, Weir spent the majority of his time at a Palo Alto music store where Garcia taught guitar lessons. It wasn’t long before Weir and Garcia, along with Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, formed a blues and folk outfit. Originally called Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions, the band was later renamed The Warlocks -adding Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzman to the lineup – and eventually came to be known as the Grateful Dead.

Weir’s odd rhythm style developed as he played between the sweet articulated lead of Garcia and the avant-garde bass lines of Lesh. His songwriting developed as well, taking off particularly in the 1970s when he crossed paths with former pal John Perry Barlow. The two began producing songs in Weir’s own distinctstyle, spurring a songwriting partnership that would last for years to come.

Even with the Dead playing close to 100 shows a year, Weir needed other musical outlets. 1972 brought the release of his first solo album, Ace, on which the rest of the Dead backed him. Throughout the rest of the 1970s Weir toured and recorded with a number of different groups, the first of which was Kingfish. After releasing an album with the band in 1976, Weir began a solo project with producer Keith Olsen called Heaven Help the Fool. A brief tour to support the album resulted in collaborations with various session players, including Brent Mydland (who would join the Dead in 1979), Bobby Cochran, Alphonso Johnson and Billy Cobham. Weir also briefly toured with a group as Bobby and the Midnites, producing two albums.

Throughout the late 1980s and during the first half of the 1990s, the Dead remained Weir’s primary gig. Touring incessantly while all the while building up a community of “Deadheads,” the band finally found commercial success with their 1987 album, In the Dark. When Garcia died in 1995, Weir had just recently formed RatDog with Rob Wasserman, a bassist he had been playing duo shows with since the late 1980s. After Garcia’s death, former Primus drummer Jay Lane and ex-Kingfish harmonica/guitar player Matthew Kelly were added into the mix. With a revolving lineup, the group toured relentlessly, building a name for themselves while performing a mix of new Weir compositions and older, reworked Dead songs.

In 1998, Weir reunited with several former Dead bandmates to tour as The Other Ones, releasing a live album in 1999 and hitting the road again in 2000. The same year, RatDog released their first album, Evening Moods. In 2009, original Grateful Dead members Weir, Lesh, Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart teamed up with guitarist Warren Haynes and RatDog keyboardist Chimenti to tour as the Dead. The results, however, were erratic, leaving Weir feeling like the road trip was more work than fun and Lesh saying the music didn’t seem to be moving forward. Besides stirring up some commotion, the ’09 Dead tour reminded Weir and Lesh of the chemistry the two had as bandmates. This led to the creation of Furthur – arguably one of the most successful Dead projects Weir has participated in to date.

Currently, Weir is married to the former Natascha Muenter, with whom he has two young daughters, Monet and Chloe. While not consumed by music, Weir spends a great deal of time as a social activist. He has done work as an environmental activist with several organizations, such as Greenpeace, and currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the Rainforest Action Network and for Seva Foundation. He works with both the Rex Foundation, an organization started by the Dead in 1984, and the Furthur Foundation. Most recently, Weir is on the Board of Directors for Headcount, a nonprofit that registers voters and inspires participation in democracy through the power of music.

Besides Further, Bob has been realizing his dream of building a state of art webcasting and recording facility using the Meyer Sound Labs Constellation System by founding the Tamalpais Research Institute (www.tristudios.com).

A long, strange, very creative trip – and not remotely over. Keep up with Bob on Facebook or follow him on Twitter: @BobWeirRatDog.

David Wessel

University of California Berkeley
Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), Co-Director
Professor of Music

David Wessel received a BS in Mathematical Statistics from the University of Illinois and then a PhD in Mathematical and Theoretical Psychology from Stanford in 1972. From his high school years onwards, his musical activities were central to his life and after his PhD, he committed himself to blending his science and technology skills with his musical interests.

In the early 70’s at Michigan State University as an Assistant Professor, his experiments with perceptually-based dimensionality reduction techniques provided expressively powerful control of high-dimensional sinusoidal-track sound synthesis algorithms. In 1976, at the invitation of Pierre Boulez, the French composer and conductor, he moved to Paris to work as a researcher at the then nascent Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustic/Musique IRCAM. In 1979 he was made head of IRCAM’s Pedagogy Unit and linked the science and technology side of the institute and the artistic side. In the mid-eightes he started a new unit in IRCAM dedicated to developing real-time music software for personal computers. At the time Wessel taught the first computer music class at the Paris Conservatory. For his work at IRCAM he was recognized as Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture.

In 1988, he arrived at UC Berkeley as Professor of Music with the charge of building the interdisciplinary Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT). He organized CNMAT as a laboratory wherein both science and technology people interact on daily basis with musicians. Wessel insists on an instrumental conception – the computer as musical instrument equipped with gesture sensing devices and sound diffusion systems.

In addition to directing the music science and technology research at the CNMAT, Wessel is an affiliate Professor of Psychology, and member of the Parallel Computing Laboratory in the Department of Computer Science. Follow Wessel on Twitter: @DavidLWessel

Tim Westergren
Pandora, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder

Tim Westergren founded Pandora in January 2000 and now serves as its Chief Strategy Officer. Tim is an award-winning composer, an accomplished musician and a record producer with 20 years of experience in the music industry. He has recorded with independent labels, managed artists, owned a commercial digital recording studio, scored feature films, produced albums, and performed extensively. His main instrument is the piano, but over the years he has played the bassoon, drums and clarinet and his musical background spans such genres as rock, blues, jazz and classical music.

Tim received his B.A. from Stanford University, where he studied computer acoustics and recording technology. A musician’s musician, he is obsessed with helping talented emerging artists connect with the music fans most likely to appreciate their music. In addition to guiding Pandora’s overall strategy and vision, Tim now spends most of his time as Pandora’s chief evangelist – traveling the country to meet with listeners to collect feedback, research local music, and spread the word of the Music Genome Project.

Alex White
Next Big Sound, CEO

Alex White has been around music his whole life. His dad is a professional cellist and he grew up playing cello, guitar, piano, and bass fronting a band in high school and working at a local recording studio.

He then got much more into the business side of things working two summers at Universal Records, running the production company at Northwestern University (booking and producing acts like Counting Crows, Kanye West, Flight of the Conchords, Ok Go, Girl Talk etc.)

He raised two small seed rounds for Next Big Sound before closing a Series A financing in the fall of 2009. Alongside venture investors Foundry Group, Alsop Louie, and Jeff Clavier’s SofttechVC the syndicate included angels like Techstar’s David Cohen, Intelliquet’s Peter Zandan, Compete.com founder David Cancel and Northwestern entrepreneurship professor Troy Henikoff.

In 2011 Next Big Sound was awarded most innovative B2B startup at Midem, Billboard named the company one of 10 Startups To Watch and Alex White to their 30 Under 30 list. Follow Alex on Twitter: @shalek

Mark Willsher
Sound Innovations LLC, Partner/Lead Developer

Mark Willsher is a co-founder of Sound Innovations, LLC and lead developer of their
SaaS offering MusicAllyPro – a professional music production management platform.

As a music producer and recording engineer Mark has worked on projects for every major film studio and record label with Artists including Howard Shore, Michael Franti,
Annie Lennox, Lyle Lovett, The Kronos Quartet, The Russian National Orchestra, The
London Philharmonic, and many others. His film music production credits include The
Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Aviator, and King Kong.

As a software developer Mark has created and coded analytical algorithms for
high throughput gene sequencing and protein diagnostics used in research at
GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer.

Mark is a section officer of the San Francisco section of the Audio Engineering Society,
and has been guest audio faculty at the renowned Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta,
Canada for the past twelve years.

Bill Wilson
National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM)
VP, Digital Strategy & Business Development

As Vice President, Digital Strategy and Business Development for NARM, Bill Wilson leads the charge on all things digital at the music business association. A music industry professional with over two decades of experience working in varied roles within independent and major record labels, internet ventures, and mobile content, he brings a well-rounded perspective to the industry trade association. One of his most important roles is running NARM’s key initiative, the Digital Think Tank, which was created to explore and resolve objectives related to enterprise-level digital music commerce, including its four major workgroups: digital supply chain, metrics, product development and music subscription. Bill joined NARM in February 2009.

As an active industry professional, Bill is a member of several organizations, including the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)’s New Media Committee. He has had featured speaking roles at CMJ, South By Southwest, Bandwidth, New Music Seminar, and other industry events, including the popular “Bill and Ted Show” with TAG Strategic’s Ted Cohen, which provides a structured forum for the discussion of industry-level issues in the digital space.

For nearly 20 years, from 1989 to 2007, Bill ran Blackout Records, which began as a haven for NYC hardcore and evolved to include releases from such notable acts as Guided By Voices, H2O and Kill Your Idols. While running Blackout, Bill gained experience at more established independent labels and distributors, including Relativity Records, Caroline Distribution, and Earache Records, ultimately serving as an A&R Consultant for MCA Records in the mid-1990s.

Bill made the jump to working with internet start-ups in 2001 as Director of Business Development for Roxbox Media, a market research company targeted to the music industry. He then managed online and real-world street team programs at HiFrequency Marketing. In 2005, he joined Haystack Media as VP of Business Development, co-developing an early music-oriented social networking website including an ad-based compensation model for artists and facilitating content relationships. In 2007, Bill became Director of Business Development for mobile content aggregator Cellfish, and was responsible for catalog and content licensing for music, games, film, and other forms of mobile entertainment. Later that year, Bill took on the role of Senior Director, Mobile Sales and Business Development for Atlantic Records, with responsibility for sales of ringtones, ringbacks, images and full track downloads. Follow on Twitter: @digitalmusicorg

Doug Wright
Sonoma Wire Works, President

Douglas Wright began his career in the studio and at work on audio related software projects including drivers, operating systems and audio editing software. He founded Sonoma Wire Works in 2003 and co-created the RiffWorks guitar recording software with InstantDrummer, effects, RiffLink online music collaboration, and the RiffWorld.com online community. RiffWorks has received multiple awards for performance and innovation, including a NAMM Best in Show Trendsetter Award. To continue to expand a library of music creation products, Sonoma acquired the DrumCore and KitCore plugins and DrummerPack library, as well as the Discrete Drums multitrack drum library. Beginning in 2008, Sonoma began work on iOS apps and co-created FourTrack, the AudioCopy/AudioPaste SDK, and StudioTrack multitrack for the iPad. In 2010, Sonoma launched their first hardware product, the GuitarJack accessory for iOS.

Brian Zisk
SF MusicTech Summit, Executive Producer

Brian Zisk is a serial entrepreneur and technology industry consultant specializing in digital media, web broadcasting and distribution technologies. Brian is a co-founder of Whobet, is Co-Founder and Technologies Director of the Future of Music Coalition, and a Board Member and/or Strategic Advisor for a wide variety of tech companies and non-profits. Brian was previously a founder of The Green Witch Internet Radio which was sold to CMGI (NASDAQ: CMGI) at the turn of the millennium. He is active in many influential computer-mediated forums, is quoted and published extensively in the media, frequently appears on panels and at industry events domestically and abroad, and is an expert at frenzy whipping, brand awareness, and in creating new business models. Follow on Twitter: @zisk