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 actively composing and performing musician for the past 20 years, and have been involved in the digital music scene as a VC over the past 10 years. Norwest Venture Partners has made several...

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 focused on Afro centric content. We cut ‘never-been-done-before” deals with many major and indie record labels to promote their R&B, Jazz, Soul, Hip Hop...

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 to create personal collections of music in an unprecedented way is hugely exciting – both as a user experience but also on a business...

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 time, more than one quarter of record companies’ revenues came from digital channels. Fans can acquire tracks and albums in ways inconceivable a few years ago – from download stores, streaming sites, subscription...

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 about the digital side of the music industry and his plans for his Key Note presentation at Sounds Digital London 2010. This is a great opportunity...

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 its meaning of success in the digital age. Furthermore, for those of you who are thinking about, or have already, submitted a project to Sounds Digital you can...

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 discusses the knowledge she will disclose as she mentors a number of projects at the conference and her appreciation of easy access to information. 1. What...

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 labels should be doing to take advantage of the changing times and add value to their artists and customers. 1. What is your history within digital music? I started as a journalist in...

Contributing Editor At Wired - Frank Rose - shares 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 included—as well as advertising. I contributed to and helped plan our READ MORE

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. 1. What is your history in digital music? CEO of The Filter since September 2007. The Filter is the leading recommendations and relevance engine for digital media. Oh, and I also write and mix my own blend of electro pop... but thats probably...

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...

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 Association<...

Ken Hertz - one of the world’s most recognised talent representatives and attorneys (think Beyonce Knowles, Will Smith, Destiny’s Child, Christina Aguilera, No Doubt, Hillary Duff and Alanis Morrissette… you get the idea) – will give a Keynote Presentation and be an International Mentor at Sounds Digital. For Hertz, now is a time of ever multiplying opportunity for talent across the entertainment and music industries: artists...

Two of the world’s leading experts in transmedia storytelling and immersive entertainment are joining us at the ianugural Sounds Digital event! Susan Bonds is a pioneer of trans-media storytelling and driving force (with co-owner/CCO Alex Lieu) behind 42 Entertainment’s critically acclaimed interactive experiences: genre-defining participatory and cross-platform entertainment often described as “alternative reality” games (ARGs).  These rich worlds extend beyond film screens, game consoles, television...