1. What is your history within digital music? We got to work with Trent Reznor of NIN on the concept album, Year Zero, and converge on an unusual experience of both storytelling and music made possible by technology and how it’s shaping our lives today. The experience attracted a large ... Continue Reading
This week on the Digital Music Trends podcast, there is a great interview with Sound Digital Mentor and Speaker -David Maher Roberts. David is CEO of The Filter – a company that since 2004 has been developing online recommendation technology in the UK. Andrea from Digital Music Tren ... Continue Reading
1. What is your history within digital music? AS A COMPOSER, PERFORMER AND PRODUCER I’VE BEEN USING DIGITAL MEANS OF PRODUCTION SINCE THE FIRST MACS ENTERED THE COUNTRY IN THE EARLY 80’S. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REGARDED AS A PIONEER IN THE INDUSTRY, AND I’M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS T ... Continue Reading
1. What is your history within digital music? In terms of “analog” music, I grew up as a classically trained pianist, before switching over to guitar and vocals in high school. In college I got more into computer-based music creation, recording, and technology. I’ve been an active ... Continue Reading
1. What is your history within digital music? I listen to it — a lot! I also used to be a music writer when I was younger and have had some involvement with the BBC’s music web/mobile sites. 2. What’s exciting you in the digital music space right now? I think the ability t ... Continue Reading
1. What is your history within digital music? It goes all the way back to 1994 when three friends (a music attorney, an executive at Sony Pictures and a M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford) and I (a corporate lawyer at the time) started an online community/new media company on AOL that ... Continue Reading
1. What is your history within digital music? We have over 10 years experience from within the eCommerce space, encompassing the music and media industries as well as many other sectors. 2. What’s exciting you in the digital music space right now? In 2009 globally, for the first ti ... Continue Reading
Get down to the essence of an idea with mentor Matthew Hawn at Sounds Digital London 2010. From journalist to record label executive, Matthew has a wealth of experience to share. He is feeling optimistic about the changes in the music industry and explores the simple things that record la ... Continue Reading
How do you bring the music industry into the 21st century? This is a question that Nicole Yershon certainly knows the answer to through doing exactly that with Ogilvy Digital Innovation Lab. She shares some of this, but plans to reveal all at Sounds Digital London 2010. Nicole also discus ... Continue Reading
What does the direct-to-consumer business model mean for the music? A question that a lot of people have been pondering for a while now. Ken Hertz, an early consultant for the likes of MP3.com and Napster, offers an answer and will explore how the music industry needs to find and redefine ... Continue Reading
Advice from a rock legend – the thing that young boys with guitars’ dreams are made of! Read on to see what Kaiser Kuo, writer, commentator on technology and politics and former member of ‘Tang Dynasty’ – often credited as being the first heavy metal band in China – has to say ... Continue Reading
Contributing Editor At Wired – Frank Rose – share’s his Sounds Digital Insights…. 1. What is your history within digital music? As a contributing editor at Wired I’ve spent the past ten years writing about how digital technology is changing entertainment—music i ... Continue Reading
Martyn Ware – one of the world’s electric music and digital sound legends will be an International Mentor at Sounds Digital in London, April 16th – 18th. Born in 1956 in Sheffield, after leaving school Martyn worked in computers for 3 years and then in 1978 formed The Hum ... Continue Reading
David Maher Roberts shares his insights with us in this first post in our Sounds Digital Insiders – a series of interviews with each of the Sounds Digital International Mentors. You can read more about David and his depth of experience here 1. What is your history in digital music? C ... Continue Reading
Sounds Digital is endorsed by the leading music industry associations from across the UK, as well as the International Music Managers Forum and the Mobile Internet Forum. Members of the Association of Independent Music (AIM); British Phonographic Industry (BPI); Direct Marketing Associatio ... Continue Reading
