TopSpin’s Ian C Rogers - Keynote Speech at Grammy MusicTech 08

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Another road trip, another conference and another panel. I’ve just returned from 2 days in Seattle after attending the Grammy MusicTech 08 Conference where I spoke on the Multi-Platform Branding panel [more on this later.]
This year’s keynote address was given by Ian C Rogers former VP of Music at Yahoo! and currently CEO of Topspin [...]

Glass Candy in Fader Magazine, play Aladdin Saturday June 14th

Monday, June 9th, 2008

It’s been a bit slow around here lately as the Moose has been swanning around Honolulu since last Thursday. I came over to be a panelist at the Grammy’s Hawaii MusicTech conference where me and my fellow panelists attempted to explain the value of using social media sites to musicians who are not necessarily tech [...]

are blogs the heirs to music magazines and radio stations? yes

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

The think tank at Nemo Design
A couple of weeks ago I received an email from the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI). They asked me to remove a music file (MP3) of ‘Silence’ a track from Portishead. Under the rules of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the IFPI has every right to ask me [...]

A Five Point Plan to Save the Music Business

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

It seems to me that the music industry and its advisors move at a glacial pace when it comes to embracing the internet and new business models. There have been remedies at hand for years now, I would say at least a decade, but no one in the music industry has made a serious attempt [...]

that grammy event at nemo design, dave allen’s opening speech

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Photo © Greg Wahl-Stephens. In the pic (l-r) Steve Mack (Grammys), Dave Allen (Pampelmoose), Barbara Mitchell (Portland Tribune), Mike Jones (CD Forge)
Nemo Design hosted The Northwest Chapter of the Grammy organization’s PDX In The Mix event and Dave (that would be me) was the moderator. Watch the video here. Podcast coming soon.
The panelists were Portia [...]