Innovating Music: Tech & Transformation

Dmitri Vietze, CEO of Rock Paper Scissors and StoryAmp, joins us to share stories of how new combinations of unrelated ideas create innovation in music. Our conversation ranges from his own background in activism, ways to unlock new businesses, the slow/fast dynamics of music change, and the richness of human relationships in music. He discusses the blurring of creator and fan, and the challenges...

Matt, founder of MetaPop, shares his perspectives on innovation as solving intractable problems, versus creative disruption. Guest: Matt Adell, MetaPop, Native Instruments Matt is Founder & CEO of MetaPop, and now is head of digital for Native Instruments. Previously, Matt was the CEO of Beatport for the five years before SFX bought it for more than $50 million. Matt's new company creates an e...

Dae brings us his adventures from the start-up world. He shares his observations from living as a self-described "data nerd" while creating new business solutions in music tech as a "non-tech person." He talkes at length about data and issues like "choreography" between databases and companies, getting sets of data to "talk to each other." He calls out new tech areas of interest, and takes a quick...

Alex White has put together puzzle pieces to connect music and data, building Next Big Sound over the past six years and selling it to Pandora. He shared similarities between business-to-business (B2B) sales in music and other industries. He also shared what he sees coming up the road as problems to be solved in music and technology. Guest: Alex White, Pandora, Head of Next Big Sound As the H...

Beatie shares her pathways as a modern artist in a post-CD world. She shares her adventures in creating new forms of ceremony in music with both her NFC cards with Moo to her golden coat crafted from the elements of her music. She also shares her action research with new music -- not just recall of old music -- and dementia. All of these efforts are gathering interest and followers, and she shares...

Brian Zisk has worked across decade(s) of innovation in the music business, and he shared many of those tales with us. He also talks about interesting startups and how he sees companies needing to be ready for change in music. . . and change coming back in cycles. Guest: Brian Zisk, SF Music Tech Brian Zisk produces the SF MusicTech Summit and the Future of Money & Technology Summit. He i...

Sam shares his experiences in music management and rights management, both as an entrepreneur and in larger organizations. From that viewpoint, he shares thoughts on innovations past and present, ranging from trends in songwriting to opportunities in new VR experiences, distribution, evolution of the consumer, and continuing needs for rights systems in an innovating world. Guest: Sam Kling, S...

Jim Lidestri, BuzzAngle's CEO, shares with us his perspectives on changing the process side of music data, and how his idea as a consumer turned into a daily data solution for music companies. He discusses why change is accelerating with streaming surging, and how his company thinks about process change. Jim also shares his surprises on the road of bringing daily data to music companies.  Gue...

Mike D'Errico, a doctoral candidate at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, shared his expansive thoughts on user interface design and the social context of innovating music. He discussed tensions and biases in user interface design and thoughts on integrating performers into the development of interfaces for new instruments. Mike shared thoughts on the next technologies in music creation and the...

Chris Ostoich from LISNR, a multiple start-up founder, shares his experiences with innovating in music as an underlying technology firm. He shares thoughts on how working with concert venues and music industry companies contracts and compares it with working with retail and sporting events, and ways that innovation and music have rippled through his own life. Guest: Chris Ostoich, LISNR Chris Osto...