Kelli Richards Presents All Access Radio: Recent Episodes
Kelli Richards
Kelli Richards is the CEO of The All Access Group, LLC, and the host of All Access Radio. As a highly sought-after consultant, super-connector, trusted advisor, celebrity wrangler and thought leader, she connects innovators and influencers from Silicon Valley to Hollywood to Madison Avenue. As a trusted advisor, she transforms the quality of people's lives. She's also the author of the bestselling e-book, "The Magic & Moxie of Apple - An Insider's View."
Each week Kelli Richards interviews artists, friends, industry leaders and innovators. She is a catalyst & change agent in the world of digital music & entertainment. Tune in as she shares her journey & interviews artists, celebrities & friends.
Justin Willman is a magician & comedian known for his multiple appearances on The Tonight Show, Ellen, Conan, and @Midnight. He's performed live at the White House for the first family, his online videos have racked up over 50 million views, and his debut comedy/magic special Sleight of Mouth premiered on Comedy Central to rave reviews. For several years Justin hosted the show Cupcake Wars on the Food Network. He is also a consultant & writer for film/television productions like America's Got Talent, The Goldbergs, and Disney's upcoming feature film Magic Camp. The L.A. Times calls him, "A new breed of comic who's making magic cool again for grown-ups" and Playboy dubbed him, "the freshest and funniest magician working today."
Michael Marlin is the Founder and Creative Director of Luma Entertainment, which offers a new genre of art that uses the dark as the canvas and various lighting technologies as the 'paint'. Marlin is also an author, creative coach, inventor and innovator, and his creative works span multiple fields from a variety of arts: including theatrical productions, writing, toy invention, juggling, and cartooning. In the late 70's and 80's Marlin was the first talking juggler to popularize the genre and inspired a whole generation of jugglers who followed his lead. Marlin’s mission is “to create a joyful and evolving world by inspiring others to connect with their own creativity.”
An eclectically accomplished musician and studio virtuoso, Todd Rundgren is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter whose music career has spanned nearly five decades. His musical style has evolved over the years from the simple pop of his early solo albums to the more complex progressive rock of his band Utopia, which gained Rundgren a devoted cult following – and beyond. He has also maintained a prolific career as a producer; and is regarded as an early pioneer of rock video, interactive CD, and Web-based music, among many other accomplishments leveraging cutting edge technologies. In May of this year, Todd released White Knight, which features collaborations with the likes of Trent Reznor, Daryl Hall, Joe Walsh and Donald Fagen, among others. He has also recently been awarded honorary doctoral degrees from Berklee College of Music and DePauw University in the midst of his current tour in support of the new album.
Tamer Rashad is a business leader with over 25 years of general management, corporate strategy, start-up and business development experience across the US, Europe and Emerging Markets. Currently, Tamer is Founder & CEO of Humtap; a music creation platform driven by the human voice and augmented with artificial intelligence and algorithmic composition, designed to enable real-time music creation and sharing for everyone on-the-fly with some really compelling applications for consumers, artists and labels. Tamer is also a co-founder, angel investor and advisor to several startups in Silicon Valley. Previously, Tamer was CEO of Liechtenstein’s private bank LGT Middle East, and Managing Director and Head of Merrill Lynch for the Middle East, where he developed Wall Street's first B2B social networking software platform – which has since been replicated by many major Wall Street firms.
Lawrence Gowan is a Scottish-born Canadian musician, and keyboardist and lead vocalist for the legendary American rock band, Styx. As a member of Styx for nearly twenty years, Gowan has recorded four studio albums and toured the world over, playing more than 1,600 shows with the band. In June of this year, Styx released their “sonically sweet” 16th studio album, The Mission, which chronicles the trials, tribulations, and ultimate triumphs of the first manned mission to Mars in the year 2033. From the hopeful drive of the lead single “Gone Gone Gone” to the pivotal harmonic convergence of “Radio Silence” to the elegiac optimism of the closing track “Mission to Mars,” The Mission succeeds in delivering the greater good from a band that continues to fire on all cylinders, 45 years after signing its first recording contract.
With over thirty years of experience in sales, technology, and executive management, Dave Jaworski currently serves as CEO of Meta Media Partners, which leverages technology, techniques and processes to help people and organizations achieve their dreams and potential. Previously Dave held positions as VP of Sales and Marketing at NetSteps; CTO of Intero Alliance; and founder and CEO of PassAlong Networks, which was the first company in the world to implement micro-payments with PayPal. Dave started his career as only the third employee at Microsoft Canada, where after multiple promotions he ultimately received the first ever Bill Gates Chairman's Award of Excellence. Dave is also the author of the new book, Microsoft Secrets: An Insider’s View of the Rocket Ride from Worst to First and Lessons Learned Along the Journey, which is available now for pre-order.
Jim Messina's legacy spans five decades, three acclaimed rock super groups, a vibrant solo career, and a dizzying array of game changing producing and engineering credits, including Lee Michaels and Kenny Loggins. He was a member of the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield, a founding member of the country rock pioneer Poco, and half of the soft rock duo Loggins and Messina with Kenny Loggins. After a series of acclaimed solo acoustic tours, Messina has now formed a dynamic new band, featuring Poco alum Rusty Young, which is touring through 2017 with shows all over the country.
Shep Gordon is the visionary Hollywood manager, agent and producer responsible for building some of the biggest careers in entertainment, and has been named one of the “100 most influential people” by Rolling Stone magazine. The subject of the acclaimed Mike Myers-produced documentary Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, Shep came to Los Angeles in 1968 and landed in the heart of rock and roll, instantly (and by sheer coincidence) falling in with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and, a short time later, Alice Cooper, whom he continues to manage today. In Shep’s fascinating book, They Call me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock 'n' Roll, he shares tales of working and befriending everyone from Groucho Marx, Blondie, Salvador Dali, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass and Michael Douglas to the Dalai Lama, Emeril Lagasse, Raquel Welch and Wolfgang Puck. The book was published in 2016 and debuted on the New York Times bestseller list.
A graduate of Harvard Business School Ken Kragen’s illustrious career transcends the music and entertainment industries where he has spent many successful years and managed some of the world's most important entertainers, including Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, Trisha Yearwood, Olivia Newton John, The Bee Gees, Burt Reynolds, The Smothers Brothers and many others. He was the creator and organizer of the historic humanitarian projects "We Are the World", "Hands Across America", and Cisco System's "NetAid". During the past few years, Kragen has devoted an increasing amount of time to teaching, speaking and writing as well as consulting work for leading corporations and many non-profit organizations, such as Cisco, New York Life Insurance, Eastman Kodak, The Hollywood Reporter and the Country Radio Broadcasters Association. Ken is also the author of the best-selling book "Life is a Contact Sport" which is filled with unique and well-tested career advice.
Dr. Judith Orloff is a board-certified psychiatrist, speaker and best-selling author, as well as an assistant professor of psychiatry at UCLA. Transforming the face of psychiatry, Judith Orloff MD asserts that we are keepers of an innate intuitive intelligence so perceptive that it can tell us how to heal -- and prevent -- illness. Her latest national bestseller The Ecstasy of Surrender: 12 Surprising Ways Letting Go Can Empower Your Life describes the power of letting go in everyday life, health, and wellness. Dr. Orloff has spoken at medical schools, hospitals, the American Psychiatric Association, Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Women Summit, and alternative and traditional health forums. Her work has been featured on The Today Show, CNN, the Oprah Magazine, Forbes and USA Today. Judith was also voted "Most Inspirational Person" for the Readers Choice 2012 awards on About.com (a New York Times site.)
Jessica Mastors is a dynamic speaker and storyteller, teacher and writer, artist and entrepreneur, creative coach and consultant specializing in helping founders, free-thinkers and change-makers “make magic” with their stories – where magic is defined as “the art of changing consciousness at will.” Jessica is Head Story Coach for the San Francisco and San Jose campuses of General Assembly, a pioneering 21st century education and career-transformation center that is closing the “global skills gap” by offering award-winning instruction in the most in-demand skills across data, design, business, and technology. In 2012, Jessica successfully completed a 2,000-mile thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail, a mountainous footpath that crosses thirteen US states, from Georgia to Maine. A graduate of McGill University and a native of Rhode Island, Jessica currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Beth Harrington is an independent producer, director and writer, whose fervor for American history, music and culture has led to a series of award-winning and critically acclaimed films. Beth’s most recent works, The Winding Stream – The Carters, The Cashes and The Course of Country Music and the Grammy-nominated Welcome to the Club – The Women of Rockabilly, reflect her long-standing love of music. A rock and roll singer and guitarist, she is most noted for her years as a member of Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers on the Warner Bros. Sire Records label. Beth currently lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she works with Oregon Public Broadcasting, producing, researching and developing shows for national air, including the popular PBS series History Detectives.
World-renowned business educator and coach Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the leading expert in his field and the author of three New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling books – Triggers, MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Marshall’s singular ability to get results for top leaders has drawn over 150 CEOs and their management teams to address change in the workplace, and he has been recognized by Thinkers50, Fast Company, INC Magazine, and Global Gurus as the World’s Leading Executive Coach.
Athena is the CEO and founder of BlissQuest Publishing, an online publishing house concept which when funded will be the first publishing house in the world to offer healthcare and retirement planning to artists and writers, as well as 50-50 royalty splits. Her first novel, a fantasy called “Murder of Crows,” was published in 2012 as the first installment in a trilogy called “Pillars of Dawn, which follows heroine Fable Montgomery on a treacherous, magical journey through the mythical land of Aria. The second installment, called “Sinnet of Dragons” is currently under production. Athena lives on the rugged Oregon coast, where her passions include travel, photography, scrapbooking, scotch and storytelling...preferably all with chocolate.
NBC has called Greg Kihn “Rock’s True Renaissance Man.” His career stretches from the dawn of punk and indie rock to the discos of the 80’s to the glory days of MTV. As a pioneer with the legendary Beserkley Records, he helped write the book on revolutionary west coast rock and roll. He’s toured the world, had hit records, appeared on Saturday Night Live and American Bandstand, opened for the Rolling Stones, jammed with Bruce Springsteen, and won the ASCAP and Midem Awards for his worldwide #1 hit JEOPARDY and THE BREAKUP SONG. He’s also a published author of four novels, the most recent of which is PAINTED BLACK, a Mystery/Thriller about the death of Brian Jones of the legendary rock n’ roll band The Rolling Stones.
James Wallman is a noteworthy trend forecaster and futurist, esteemed journalist, keynote speaker and activist, as well as the author of the groundbreaking book Stuffocation: Why We’ve Had Enough with Stuff and Need Experience More Than Ever, which has been described as the intersection of “The Tipping Point and Freakonomics, but with a huge idea at its heart” by the Sunday Times. James has shared his thoughts and forecasts on NPR, BBC, ABC in Australia, and MSNBC, and his writings have been featured in the New York Times, the Financial Times, Time, The Economist, and Wired. He was formerly editor of leading trend consultancy The Future Laboratory’s forecasting publication, and wrote the futurology column in T3 magazine. Recently, James founded The Future is Here, a think tank for a better world.
A Creative Director/Writer for over 25 years, Barbara Newman’s iconic work has left an indelible mark on contemporary brand culture. She’s written award-winning campaigns that have been featured at Cannes, and has developed content across multiple media platforms for global brands around the world. Documentary film credits include, Burning The Future: Coal in America, which received the International Pare Lorentz Award for best social documentary; HBO’s Dear Talula, short-listed for the Academy Award. Barbara’s current production, called Cowgirls Are Forever, will be the first feature-length documentary to illustrate the evolution of the cowgirl, and how her spirit and accomplishments have impacted contemporary American culture. It is due for release in late 2017.
Lori Stoll is a notable photographer, writer and director who quickly became a sought-after celebrity and advertising photographer in the late 80's. Her photographs of popular icons Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson and MC Hammer were ubiquitous at the pinnacle of their careers. Her assignments in national publications have included Time, Newsweek, Reader’s Digest, Redbook, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Playboy, People and Rolling Stone, and much of her work is syndicated worldwide. In 2014 Lori wrote and directed her first feature, “Heaven’s Floor,” which premiered at Cinequest earlier this year.
Jared Cohn is an award-winning writer, director and producer - specifically in the sci-fi and horror genre - with such credits to his name asAtlantic Rim, Buddy Hutchins, 13/13/13, Jailbait, Born Bad and the last Sharknado movie. This year alone Jared has released five new films – all very different in style and tone. The first, Wishing for a Dream, is a personal project that Jared collaborated on with real-life partner, actress Sara Malakul Lane. The second, Little Dead Rotting Hood, is Asylum’s take on the classic fairytale. March sees the release of his film God’s Club starring Corbin Bernsen, Stephen Baldwin, and past AAR guest Lorenzo Lamas. Just recently we saw the release of the action movie The Horde, as well as Death Pool, an American Psycho-esque thriller. Cohn produces most of his work via his company Traplight Media.
Sherry Cagan has had great success in her past both as an award-winning equestrian & a talented bronze sculptor. These days Sherry is a patient advocate and facilitator, a leading voice and a driving force for the millions debilitated with Lyme disease. Her near-death experience from Lyme disease, and her daughters and mother being infected with it, catalyzed her passion for Lyme research – initiating the Stanford Lyme Working Group at the Stanford School of Medicine. Late 2015, Sherry and her husband Laird founded a 501c3 Silicon Valley based organization, the Stand4Lyme Foundation, with the purpose of establishing a revolutionary Lyme research platform, launched May 2016. Transforming traditional medical research to expedite projects to patients, funding a team of collaborating scientists, eliminating time barriers and sharing findings. Stand4Lyme joins forces with Stanford scientists to pave a medical path to wellness for patients at all stages of Lyme disease, “making Lyme history.”
Mark Silverman is not a Coach or a Consultant per se, although he has Coaching and Consulting Clients. For him, every engagement is unique, with the common thread being a leap forward towards the intended result. Mark has generated over $90 Million in sales and received numerous awards over his 15 year career at fast moving, fast growing companies like NetApp, VMware and EMC. He has lead teams to work with CEO’s, Management, and Front Line stakeholders to bring mutual success and close multi-million dollar deals. He’s also the author of the bestselling book Only 10’s: Using Distraction to Get the Right Things Done, as well as the co-author of Unconventional Wisdom, Stories Beyond the Mind to Awaken the Heart.
Lorenzo Lamas is an American actor well known for playing Lance Cumson on the 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest (Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor), Reno Raines on the 1990s crime drama Renegade, and Hector Ramirez on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. He’s starred in dozens of movies (most recently Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!), served as a judge on ABC television's Are You Hot? and starred in his own reality show, Leave It to Lamas, a series about his real-life family. In 2014 he published his autobiography, Renegade at Heart, and last year starred as a cast member on the reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice.
Deborah Perry Piscione is a serial entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, speaker and innovation process expert. She is a Principal and Co-Founder at Vorto Consulting, a Silicon Valley-based boutique-consulting firm dedicated to enabling companies to innovate and grow. Deborah is the architect of the new innovation methodology, Improvisational Innovation™, which engages all of the organization’s talent in bottoms up innovation. In addition, Deborah is the Co-Founder and CEO of Desha Productions, Inc. (parent company of BettyConfidential and Alley to the Valley®), a content production studio, which creates content and community for the coveted female audience.
From scaling some of the highest mountains in the world, to working with Richard Branson on the future of philanthropy, exiting his business for over $100m and captaining Australia in the World Elephant Polo Championships, Creel Price is the high-octane adventurer at the forefront of what he now calls “The Entreprenaissance.” A serial entrepreneur since his early years, at age 25 Creel co-founded Blueprint Management Group with just five thousand dollars in capital, which he grew to 1,000 staff and sold a decade later for $109 million. Since then, Creel has dedicated his time to holistically fostering entrepreneurship on a global scale through his startup generator Investible and Club Kidpreneur Foundation, a not-for-profit social enterprise developing entrepreneurial skills in primary-aged children.
Libby Gill is the founder and CEO of executive coaching and consulting firm Libby Gill & Company. The former head of communications and public relations for Sony, Universal, and Turner Broadcasting, she is an international speaker, bestselling author, and former Dallas Morning News columnist. Libby has shared her success strategies on CNN, NPR, the Today Show, and in BusinessWeek, Time, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and many more. Libby coaches, consults, and presents to established and emerging leaders at companies including AMC Networks, Cisco, EY, Genentech, Intel, Microsoft, Viacom, Wells Fargo and many more.
Carolyn Elliott is an entrepreneur, writer and author, coach, super-connector, and modern-day magical person. She is the host of the Superconnectors Podcast, which interviews top Superconnectors from around the world who share the tools, attitudes and resources they use to grow and nurture their world-class social networks. Carolyn is also the editor of WITCH magazine and the author of Awaken Your Genius: A 7 Step Path to Freeing your Creativity and Manifesting Your Dreams.
Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic design tool. He is on the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, a brand ambassador for Mercedes Benz USA, and an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley). He was also the chief evangelist of Apple. He is also the author of The Art of the Start 2.0, The Art of Social Media, Enchantment, and nine other books. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
Zeeshan Zaidi is the General Manager of Artist Services at Ticketmaster, a division of Live Nation Entertainment, where he works with artists, managers, agents, promoters and labels to help make tours more successful through leveraging Ticketmaster's marketing reach, data insights, and commerce opportunities. He’s also the lead vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, and founder of alternative rock band The Commuters. Prior to joining Ticketmaster, Zaidi spent several years in the startup world in various capacities. He was CEO/co-founder of Host Committee, Inc., a social media and events startup. He also served as COO and Head of Global of LimeWire, the world's largest file-sharing network. Previously, Zeeshan developed the careers of superstar artists such as Avril Lavigne, OutKast, Usher and Dido in his numerous roles in the recorded music industry at Sony BMG, including VP, Digital for RCA and Sr. Director, Marketing for Arista Records.
Tammi Leader Fuller is the Chief Empowerment Officer of CAMPOWERMENT, a transformational weekend sleepaway camp for grown women that's been hailed by Oprah and MORE Magazines, the TODAY Show, FOX News, the NY and LA Times as THE place to reboot your life in just 72 hours. She is also a three-time Emmy award winning TV Producer who left a successful 34 year career to create CAMPOWERMENT, blending the hilarious laughter of fun and games with enlightening workshops designed to help women disconnect from technology and responsibility, and reconnect with themselves and the tribes that crumbled when the complexities of life kicked in.
David Butler brings over 25 years of experience as an investor, advisor, designer and brand strategist to his current role as Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Coca-Cola. Joining the company as its first global head of design, David successfully led the design-driven turnaround of an $80M brand, prompting Fast Company to name him a “Master of Design” and Forbes to elect him to their “Executive Dream Team.” In his current role, David leads a seed-stage venturing platform called Coca-Cola Founders, designed to co-create new, high-growth startups by connecting repeat founders with some of Coca-Cola’s biggest challenge. In 2015, David co-authored “Design to Grow: How Coca-Cola Learned to Combine Scale and Agility (and How You Can Too), a book that Tim Brown said caused him to "rethink IDEO."
Klayton is the artist behind the acclaimed one-man musical project Celldweller. Klayton is a multi-instrumentalist, artist, producer, songwriter, performer, programmer and remixer. Known for his extensive sound design and production work, Klayton’s Celldweller music is a hybrid fusion of digital and organic elements: intricately designed soundscapes that take cues from electronic genres like drum 'n bass, electro, and dubstep, woven together with aggressive rock/metal and orchestral elements. Celldweller music has been featured in countless television shows, films and video games including Need For Speed, Deadrising, Robocop, Iron Man, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, X-Men, Call of Duty: Elite, and CSI (Superball Spot). He is also co-scoring Killer Instinct - Season 3, and his latest album “End of an Empire” was just released via FiXT on November 6th, 2015.
Peter Hoppenfeld is widely recognized as “the go-to” attorney for direct marketers, thought leaders, authors, domestic and international training companies, “information marketers” and their founders. He has been described as a "lawyer who really understands marketing" and "a marketer who happens to be a lawyer." His diverse client list includes fitness and nutrition expert JJ Virgin, ‘SuperHero You’ founder Jim Kwik, and personal finance guru Ramit Sethi. Peter takes a holistic approach that aims to bring peace of mind and direction to the business and legal issues that successful, dynamic entrepreneurs face on a daily basis.
Carla Harris is a Vice Chairman, Global Wealth Management, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley. She has extensive industry experience in the technology, media, retail, telecommunications, transportation, industrial, and healthcare sectors. For more than a decade, Carla was a senior member of the equity syndicate desk and executed initial public offerings for UPS, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Ariba, Digitas, and others. She is also the author of two influential books: Expect to Win and the soon-to-be-available Strategize to Win. Carla has been featured in Fortune’s “The Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America” and “The Most Influential List” as well as Black Enterprise magazine’s “Top 75 African Americans on Wall Street” and “Top 75 Most Powerful Women in Business” among others. In August 2013, President Obama appointed Ms. Harris as the chairperson of the National Women’s Business Council.
JW “Wild Bill” Stealey is the founder and Chairman of iEntertainment, Inc, a public company that develops and operates retail and online military simulation games. Wild Bill is also an Air Force Academy Graduate, Command Pilot, and retired Lt. Colonel of the United States Air Force. He founded MicroProse Software in 1982 with famous game designer Sid Meier, author of Civilization, one of the longest running game series of god Games. Wild Bill has published over 250 successful games, including the major hits F-15 Strike Eagle, Red Storm Rising, and Silent Service, as well as the brand new BowHunter2015, the first in a series of outdoor mobile action simulation games for all outdoor sports, including hunting, fishing, boating, and more. Mr. Stealey has taken two game companies public, sold them, and is now back to build his third successful game company.
Jamie DeWolf is a nationally recognized slam poet, spoken word comedian, writer, editor, producer, photographer, and filmmaker. As a member of the performance trio The Suicide Kings, Jamie has toured the country with a diverse array of acts including Sage Francis, B. Dolan and The Dwarves. He is a National Poetry Slam Champion, the Oakland and Berkeley Grand Slam Champion, a YouthSpeaks Mentor, a featured performer on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and the creator of Tourettes Without Regrets, which has become the longest-running freestyle battle and largest slam on the West Coast and been awarded the “Best of the Bay” by the SF Guardian multiple times. Jamie has performed and led writing workshops at over 130 universities, high schools and juve
Bill Allen is a TV and movie actor and musician, most well known for his role in the 1986 film RAD as BMX racer Cru Jones. Bill has also appeared in TV shows such as Hill Street Blues, Family Ties, and Breaking Bad, and in movies such as Born on the Fourth of July, Astronaut Farmer, and Brothers. Bill has toured extensively for the band The Pipefitters with his harmonica, alongside actor Lou Diamond Phillips.
Robert Tercek is one of the world’s most prolific creators of interactive content, having created breakthrough entertainment experiences on every digital platform, including satellite television, game consoles, broadband Internet, interactive television and mobile networks. In his 22-year career, Tercek has launched startup ventures and served in executive leadership roles at major media companies, most recently as President of Digital Media at OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, and previously as Senior Vice President of Digital Media at Sony Pictures Entertainment. In 2009, he was named one of the “25 Executives to Watch” by Digital Media Wire, and Variety has named him one of the “Digital Dozen” most influential players in new media. His first book, Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a De-Materialized World, will be released on September 19th, 2015.
Karen Stever and Frank Gryner are collaborators on the cutting edge of creativity, technology, recorded music production and video production. Hailing from Ontario, Canada, Karen is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and animator. In 2008 she released her first album Playground Isolator, co-produced with Frank Gryner (who has worked with the likes of Rob Zombie, The Dandy Warhols, and The Cult). Karen and Frank’s latest collaboration, a 12-track concept record called Idiot Savant, released late last year, tells the story of Ian, a 9 year old boy whose inner genius is lost on those around him, in the hopes of inspiring listeners to reclaim their inner child and “return to the playground.”
Steve Rubel is Chief Content Strategist and former EVP of Global Strategy and Insights for Edelman, the world’s largest independent public relations firm. In his current role, Rubel is responsible for creating and cultivating best practices in content strategy and for piloting innovative media partnerships that blend paid, owned and earned strategies. While with Edelman Rubel has served in a number of senior advisory roles. He helped evolve both the firm's thinking and strategy around the rapid advance of social media and, more recently, disruptions in the broader media landscape. Prior to joining Edelman in 2006, Rubel worked for 15 years in a variety of marketing communications positions in corporate, non-profit and small/mid-sized PR firms. Steve also acts as a highly visible Edelman thought leader and writer on media, technology and digital culture. Rubel has been included in PR Week’s 40 Under 40 and The Forbes.com Web Celeb 25.
Jay Samit, CEO of the world’s leading multiscreen video services company SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC), is a dynamic entrepreneur and intrepreneur who is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on disruption and innovation. Described by Wired magazine as “having the coolest job in the industry,” he has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for startups, sold companies to Fortune 500 firms, transformed entire industries, revamped government institutions, and for three decades continues to be at the forefront of global trends. Combining innovation with commercial success, Samit’s list of partners and associates includes Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, Steve Jobs, Reid Hoffman, David Geffen, Richard Branson, Paul Allen, and Pierre Omidyar. He’s also the author of the best-selling book Disrupt You! Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation.
Elizabeth Stavros is the Co-founder and COO of Yeplive, an innovative live streaming app set up for discovering, experiencing and sharing videos with friends and the world in real time. Yeplive was developed with the goal of enabling people's voices to be heard globally and to democratize and disrupt the media landscape. Elizabeth is also a naturopathic doctor at Healthcare365, a top-5 private health-meets-tech Medical Clinic, in Toronto, Canada. In the health field, Elizabeth’s ultimate desire is to help people create wellness and actualize their innate potential.
Peter Dekom is a Los Angeles-based lawyer, consultant, and entrepreneur in the fields of entertainment, Internet, and telecommunications. Peter’s clients have included such Hollywood notables as George Lucas, Paul Haggis, Keenen Ivory Wayans, John Travolta, Ron Howard, Rob Reiner, Andy Davis, Robert Towne and Larry Gordon among many others, as well as corporate clients such as Sears, Roebuck and Co., Pacific Telesis and Japan Victor Corporation (JVC). He has been listed in Forbes among the top 100 lawyers in the United States and in Premiere Magazine as one of the 50 most powerful people in Hollywood. He is also the author of the recent book, “Next: Reinventing Media, Marketing and Entertainment
Alan Weiss is a leading consultant, speaker, and author. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, State Street Corporation, Times Mirror Group, The Federal Reserve, The New York Times Corporation, Toyota, and over 500 other leading organizations. His prolific publishing includes over 500 articles and 55 books, including his best-seller, Million Dollar Consulting, and his latest, Million Dollar Launch. His books have been on the curricula at Villanova, Temple University, and the Wharton School of Business, and have been translated into 12 languages. The New York Post called him “one of the most highly regarded independent consultants in America,” and he holds an annual Thought Leadership Conference which draws world famous experts as speakers.
Jim Griffin is Managing Director of OneHouse LLC, dedicated to the future of music and entertainment delivery, and also works as a consultant to absorb uncertainty about the digital delivery of art. In addition to serving as an agent for constructive change in media and technology, he is also an entrepreneur, author, magazine columnist, and is on the boards of several companies and associations. Previously he started and ran for five years the technology department at Geffen Records. Jim has been hailed by CNN Money as “one of the sharpest minds in digital music” and an “Entertainment Technology Visionary” by the LA Times.
Dr. Judith Orloff is a board-certified psychiatrist, speaker and best-selling author, as well as an assistant professor of psychiatry at UCLA. Transforming the face of psychiatry, Judith Orloff MD asserts that we are keepers of an innate intuitive intelligence so perceptive that it can tell us how to heal -- and prevent -- illness. Her latest national bestseller The Ecstasy of Surrender: 12 Surprising Ways Letting Go Can Empower Your Life describes the power of letting go in everyday life, health, and wellness. Dr. Orloff has spoken at medical schools, hospitals, the American Psychiatric Association, Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Women Summit, and alternative and traditional health forums. Her work has been featured on The Today Show, CNN, the Oprah Magazine, Forbes and USA Today. Judith was also voted "Most Inspirational Person" for the Readers Choice 2012 awards on About.com (a New York Times site.)
Tom Keifer is best known as the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Philadelphia based blues-rock band Cinderella. With three decades of touring and a number of platinum albums under his belt, including Night Songs, Long Cold Winter, and Heartbreak Station, Tom has evolved as a musician, writer and performer, as best showcased on his debut, solo release, The Way Life Goes, released in 2013. This collection of 14 songs ranges from intimate, organic, acoustic tracks to driving, hard rock. It embraces the blues, rock and country roots that have always been present in Keifer’s unique sound. Tom has recently been featured on Loudwire, VH1 On Tap, WAQX, Billboard, Sixx Sense, Guitar Player Magazine, FOX, and has been hailed by Rolling Stone as “a grittsy, bluesy (rocker) with enough swagger to draw comparisons to Mick Jagger.”
Tom Silverman is a founder and partner in the legendary New Music Seminar, the world’s most influential Music Business convention led by the voices that disrupt the conventional, tackle key issues, and provide a stage for trailblazing artists to shine. From breakout indie artists to visionary CEOs and executives, NMS is where high-level discussions and interaction help craft solutions for this era of music business. Tom is also the founder and CEO of Tommy Boy, the legendary Hip Hop & Electronic label begun in NYC in 1981 and credited with launching the careers of notable Hip Hop legends Afrika Bambaataa, Queen Latifah, House of Pain, De La Soul, and Naughty By Nature. In 2015, NMS will take place at the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel and various Manhattan music venues on June 21-23, 2015.
Michael Solomon is the co-founder of 10x Management, a talent management company representing some of the world’s most sought-after independent developers, designers, and technology professionals. Michael began his career in the entertainment industry touring with Bruce Springsteen in Europe, and working at Sony Music International and Epic Records International. In 1995, Michael co-founded Brick Wall Management, an artist management and entertainment consulting firm, with childhood friend Rishon Blumberg. Brick Wall’s diverse client roster includes such artists as John Mayer, Citizen Cope, Martin Sexton, Marc Broussard, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Vanessa Carlton, Charlie Mars, Ari Hest, The Clarks, The Spring Standards, and William Fitzsimmons, to name a few. In 2012 Michael co-founded 10X Management to bring his deep knowledge of talent management into the technology industry.
Carla Harris is a Vice Chairman, Global Wealth Management, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley. She has extensive industry experience in the technology, media, retail, telecommunications, transportation, industrial, and healthcare sectors. For more than a decade, Carla was a senior member of the equity syndicate desk and executed initial public offerings for UPS, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Ariba, Digitas, and others. She is also the author of two influential books: Expect to Win and the soon-to-be-available Strategize to Win. Carla has been featured in Fortune’s “The Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America” and “The Most Influential List” as well as Black Enterprise magazine’s “Top 75 African Americans on Wall Street” and “Top 75 Most Powerful Women in Business” among others. In August 2013, President Obama appointed Ms. Harris as the chairperson of the National Women’s Business Council.
Ann Wilson is a legendary rock and roll musician, singer and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the best female vocalists in rock music history. Ann and her sister Nancy first showed the world that women can rock when their band, Heart, stormed the charts in the ‘70’s with hits like “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” and “Straight On.” Heart continued topping the charts through the ‘80’s and ‘90’s with huge hits like “These Dreams,” “Alone,” and “What About Love.” Along the way, they sold more than 35 million albums, earned 4 Grammys, sold out arenas worldwide, and found their way into the soundtrack of American life through radio, motion pictures, television, and associations with branded sponsors. Today, songs made famous by Heart are heard in every aspect of contemporary culture. The Wilson sisters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, the same year that earned them a Lifetime Achievement Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Their first-ever memoire (Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll), released in September of 2012, spent several weeks on the New York Times “Best Sellers” chart.
Greg Estes is the VP of Enterprise Marketing at NVIDIA, which for two decades has been a pioneer in the field of visual computing and the art and science of computer graphics. Prior to joining NVIDIA, Greg was the vice president of marketing and client services for Mozes, a start-up providing a mobile platform for music labels, sports teams and consumer brands. Previously, Greg was the chief marketing officer of Avid Technology, and earlier in his career vice president of worldwide marketing at Silicon Graphics. A sought-after speaker and writer, Greg has been published in a variety of trade journals, been a presenter at a number of conferences and appeared on numerous television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show..
Peter Bregman is the CEO of Bregman Partners, Inc., a company that strengthens leadership in people and in organizations. He’s also the author of three books, most recently Four Seconds: All the Time You Need to Stop Counterproductive Habits and Get the Results You Want, which was top pick by the New York Post for your career in 2015. Another of his books, 18 minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done, won the Gold Medal from Axiom Business Book Awards, and was named the Best Business Book of the year by NPR. Featured on PBS, ABC and CNN, Peter’s articles and commentary appear frequently in Harvard Business Review, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Fast Company, Psychology Today, Forbes, The Financial Times, CNN, NPR, and FOX Business News.
JW “Wild Bill” Stealey is the founder and Chairman of iEntertainment, Inc, a public company that develops and operates retail and online military simulation games. Wild Bill is also an Air Force Academy Graduate, Command Pilot, and retired Lt. Colonel of the United States Air Force. He founded MicroProse Software in 1982 with famous game designer Sid Meier, author of Civilization, one of the longest running game series of god Games. Wild Bill has published over 250 successful games, including the major hits F-15 Strike Eagle, Red Storm Rising, and Silent Service, as well as the brand new BowHunter2015, the first in a series of outdoor mobile action simulation games for all outdoor sports, including hunting, fishing, boating, and more. Mr. Stealey has taken two game companies public, sold them, and is now back to build his third successful game company.
Billy Mann is a Grammy-nominated songwriter, record producer, creative executive, music publisher, and founder/CEO of the independent music publishing company Green & Bloom/Topline. He has written songs for or produced records with an array of notable artists, including Pink, John Legend, The Backstreet Boys, Cher, Sting, and Celine Dion, among many others. Since penning his first Top 10 hit in the UK for EMI in 1995 with “3 Is Family” by Dana Dawson, Mann has racked up several Top 40 hits around the world (including several Top 10s and #1s, with cumulative album sales of over 110 million
Dr. Judith Orloff is a board-certified psychiatrist, speaker and best-selling author, as well as an assistant professor of psychiatry at UCLA. Transforming the face of psychiatry, Judith Orloff MD asserts that we are keepers of an innate intuitive intelligence so perceptive that it can tell us how to heal -- and prevent -- illness. Her latest national bestseller The Ecstasy of Surrender: 12 Surprising Ways Letting Go Can Empower Your Life describes the power of letting go in everyday life, health, and wellness. Dr. Orloff has spoken at medical schools, hospitals, the American Psychiatric Association, Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Women Summit, and alternative and traditional health forums. Her work has been featured on The Today Show, CNN, the Oprah Magazine, Forbes and USA Today. Judith was also voted "Most Inspirational Person" for the Readers Choice 2012 awards on About.com (a New York Times site.)
Alan Weiss is a leading consultant, speaker, and author. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, State Street Corporation, Times Mirror Group, The Federal Reserve, The New York Times Corporation, Toyota, and over 500 other leading organizations. His prolific publishing includes over 500 articles and 55 books, including his best-seller, Million Dollar Consulting, and his latest, Million Dollar Launch. His books have been on the curricula at Villanova, Temple University, and the Wharton School of Business, and have been translated into 12 languages. The New York Post called him “one of the most highly regarded independent consultants in America,” and he holds an annual Thought Leadership Conference which draws world famous experts as speakers.
Peter Dekom is a Los Angeles-based lawyer, consultant, and entrepreneur in the fields of entertainment, Internet, and telecommunications. Peter’s clients have included such Hollywood notables as George Lucas, Paul Haggis, Keenen Ivory Wayans, John Travolta, Ron Howard, Rob Reiner, Andy Davis, Robert Towne and Larry Gordon among many others, as well as corporate clients such as Sears, Roebuck and Co., Pacific Telesis and Japan Victor Corporation (JVC). He has been listed in Forbes among the top 100 lawyers in the United States and in Premiere Magazine as one of the 50 most powerful people in Hollywood. He is also the author of the recent book, “Next: Reinventing Media, Marketing and Entertainment
Jamie DeWolf is a nationally recognized slam poet, spoken word comedian, writer, editor, producer, photographer, and filmmaker. As a member of the performance trio The Suicide Kings, Jamie has toured the country with a diverse array of acts including Sage Francis, B. Dolan and The Dwarves. He is a National Poetry Slam Champion, the Oakland and Berkeley Grand Slam Champion, a YouthSpeaks Mentor, a featured performer on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and the creator of Tourettes Without Regrets, which has become the longest-running freestyle battle and largest slam on the West Coast and been awarded the “Best of the Bay” by the SF Guardian multiple times. Jamie has performed and led writing workshops at over 130 universities, high schools and juvenile detention centers across the globe and his work has been featured on 60 Minutes, UPN, and NPR.
Jeet Singh is an entrepreneur and singer, musician and songwriter for the pop-rock band the Singhs, which he formed in 2000 with noted Boston musicians Peter Parcek, Br. Cleve, Steve Scully, and Marc Hickox. The Singhs have released five albums in the last decade and released their most recent album Science Fiction, with an accompanying iPad app, in June 2013. Prior to forming the band, Jeet was co-founder of one of the pioneering software firms in e-commerce, Art Technology Group, (ARTG), which he took public in the late 90’s. In 2011, Singh regrouped with former partner Joe Chung and Matt Beecher, to form the venture foundry Redstar Ventures in Boston, which develops ideas into startup companies. In 2012, Singh also founded Redstar Media, which develops artists and media for the digital realm
Roberta Medina is the Executive Vice President for Rock in Rio, one of the largest and most successful music festival franchises in the world. Rock in Rio’s 30-year track records boasts names like Beyonce, Queen, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, the Rolling Stones and Justin Timerblake, and the festival’s unique approach also features “the City of Rock,” an innovative and gigantic 61-acre complex with a unique lighting system that focused on the audience—which has now become a global trend. The daughter of festival founder Roberto Medina, Roberta oversees production of the festival in Brazil, Spain, Portugal, and now, the US debut – coming up in May 2015.
Steve Rubel is Chief Content Strategist for Edelman, a leading global communications marketing firm. Rubel is responsible for advancing Edleman's thinking on the entire media ecosystem fand for helping clients develop new programs that blend paid, owned, and earned content strategies. He serves as a senior advisor to the firm's Executive Committee, as well as its roster of clients.
Elaine Dennis is an experienced designer and brand advocate and the founder of Ink Studios, an arts advocacy firm representing a variety of artistic works and artisan brands, which connects creatives to creative avenues to more widely share their work and tell their stories. Elaine has directed creative marketing campaigns for such iconic worldwide brands as Apple Computer, Adobe, Levi Strauss, Match.com and Sony, and she has collaborated on tech-related endeavors with Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, Metallica, Seal, Thomas Dolby and other entertainment industry luminaries. Elaine is also the co-founder of the Graphic Arts Institute Technology Lab in San Francisco and has been recognized by Apple Computer, the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences (Emmys), National Recording Academy (Grammys) and Communication Arts Magazine for outstanding contributions.
Peter Hoddie is a digital media expert and the co-founder and VP of Kinoma, Inc, an innovative company that designs and builds mobile media products. Prior to Kinoma, he founded Generic Media in 2000 with the goal of radically simplifying both the publishing and viewing of digital media by introducing the first on-demand, real-time media transcoding server. During this time and in partnership with Sony, Peter helped to create the gMovie Player, the leading video technology for Palm handhelds. For nearly a decade previous, Peter played a central role at Apple as Chief Quicktime Architect; defining, building, and promoting Apple's trailblazing QuickTime technology. He has contributed to several digital media standards, including MPEG-4, JPEG-2000, and SMIL. The latest creation from Peter and his crew is the 'Kinoma Create,' AKA the 'JavaScript-Powered Internet of Things Construction Kit.' With it, they say, you can 'quickly and easily create personal projects, consumer electronics, and Internet of Things prototypes.'
Eren Niazi has been a serial entrepreneur involved in over 30 technology start-ups. He is a co-founder of Open Source Systems, Inc. and Open Source Storage, Inc. (2001), which pioneered the Open Source movement and has led scale-up systems development teams for notable Bay Area technology start-ups, including Facebook, Friendster and Ebay. Eren holds several US patents in technology, has built government supercomputers, and designed core software systems for the main operations & applications for Shutterfly, the USGS and Lockheed Martin. Eren is truly an innovator, leader and visionary constantly pushing the boundaries of technology innovation and creativity. Eren is currently the CEO of Open Source Storage.
Ann Wilson is a legendary rock and roll musician, singer and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the best female vocalists in rock music history. Ann and her sister Nancy first showed the world that women can rock when their band, Heart, stormed the charts in the ‘70’s with hits like “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” and “Straight On.” Heart continued topping the charts through the ‘80’s and ‘90’s with huge hits like “These Dreams,” “Alone,” and “What About Love.” Along the way, they sold more than 35 million albums, earned 4 Grammys, sold out arenas worldwide, and found their way into the soundtrack of American life through radio, motion pictures, television, and associations with branded sponsors. Today, songs made famous by Heart are heard in every aspect of contemporary culture. The Wilson sisters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, the same year that earned them a Lifetime Achievement Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Their first-ever memoire (Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll), released in September of 2012, spent several weeks on the New York Times “Best Sellers” chart.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ann Wilson is a legendary rock and roll musician, singer and songwriter, regarded as one of the best female vocalists in rock music history and listed as one of the "Top Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time" by Hit Parader. Along with her sister Nancy, the Wilson sisters first showed the world that women can rock when their band, Heart, stormed the charts in the ‘70’s with hits like “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” and “Straight On.” Heart continued topping the charts through the ‘80’s and ‘90’s with huge hits like “These Dreams,” “Alone,” and “What About Love.”
Jerome Conlon is a renowned brand architect and strategist with over 30 years experience and a proven track record of scaling companies from hundreds of millions in sales to multibillions. Jerome is also the co-author of the coming book, Soulful Branding – Unlocking the Hidden Energy Inside Your Company and Brand. Throughout his career as a brand development executive and consultant he learned how to uncover and harness the power of invisible brand field energies to expand the meaning, relevance and resonance of global brands across multiple industries. He is former Director of Brand Planning and Marketing Insights for Nike, Vice President of Brand Planning, Consumer Insights & Category Development for Starbucks Coffee, and Senior VP of Marketing and Program Development Research for NBC Entertainment
Cynthia Kersey is a leader in the transformational industry and the bestselling author of two books, Unstoppable and Unstoppable Women, a collection of powerful stories and strategies from people who, through perseverance and consistent action, turned obstacles into personal triumph. Cynthia is also a gifted speaker, entrepreneur, national columnist and contributing editor to Success Magazine, and was a featured guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show when Oprah launched the Angel Network. Cynthia is the Chief Humanitarian Officer of the Unstoppable Foundation, whose mission is to ensure that every child on the planet receives access to the life-long gift of education.
Michael van Himbergen is a sought-after visual effects producer based in northern New Mexico. He was born in Hollywood and raised in Los Angeles. After graduating from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts Film & Video 1980), Michael worked on projects including Spaceballs, Die Hard, Michael Jackson’s Black or White, Stargate, What Dreams May Come, Surrogates and others. He is also the author of the long-awaited novel and screenplay, OVERBLOWN
Carla Harris is a Vice Chairman, Global Wealth Management, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley. She has extensive industry experience in the technology, media, retail, telecommunications, transportation, industrial, and healthcare sectors. For more than a decade, Carla was a senior member of the equity syndicate desk and executed initial public offerings for UPS, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Ariba, Digitas, and others. She is also the author of two influential books: Expect to Win and the soon-to-be-available Strategize to Win. Carla has been featured in Fortune’s “The Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America” and “The Most Influential List” as well as Black Enterprise magazine’s “Top 75 African Americans on Wall Street” and “Top 75 Most Powerful Women in Business” among others. In August 2013, President Obama appointed Ms. Harris as the chairperson of the National Women’s Business Council.
Stephanie Redd is an author, speaker and life coach whose work revolves around understanding her own self worth as well as helping teenage girls and young women do the same. She is a former editor for the Daytona Times newspaper in Daytona Beach, Florida, freelance writer for eHow.com, and writing tutor at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas. She holds a Master's Degree in Merchandising from Florida State University and is a graduate of The Foundation for Holistic Life Coaching, having studied under the tutelage of Alan Cohen. Her most recent book, "Good Erotica for Good Girls: Short Stories of Consensual, Safe and Shameless Sex," aims to help teenage girls and young women understand that a "good girl" can also enjoy good sex.
Dr. Geoffrey Moore is an author, speaker, and advisor whose work focuses on the market dynamics surrounding disruptive innovations. As the managing director of Geoffrey Moore consulting, he splits his time between start-up companies in the Mohr Davidow portfolio and established high-tech enterprises, most recently including Salesforce, Microsoft, Intel, Box, Aruba, Cognizant, and Rackspace. Dr Moore’s first book, Crossing the Chasm, has sold over a million copies and focuses on the challenges start-up companies face transitioning from early adopting to mainstream customers. He is also a founder of three firms, including The Chasm Group, Chasm Institute, and TCG Advisors. Today he is chairman emeritus of all three.
Peter Hoddie is a digital media expert and the co-founder and VP of Kinoma, Inc, an innovative company that designs and builds mobile media products. Prior to Kinoma, he founded Generic Media in 2000 with the goal of radically simplifying both the publishing and viewing of digital media by introducing the first on-demand, real-time media transcoding server. During this time and in partnership with Sony, Peter helped to create the gMovie Player, the leading video technology for Palm handhelds. For nearly a decade previous, Peter played a central role at Apple as Chief Quicktime Architect; defining, building, and promoting Apple's trailblazing QuickTime technology. He has contributed to several digital media standards, including MPEG-4, JPEG-2000, and SMIL. The latest creation from Peter and his crew is the 'Kinoma Create,' AKA the 'JavaScript-Powered Internet of Things Construction Kit.' With it, they say, you can 'quickly and easily create personal projects, consumer electronics, and Internet of Things prototypes.'
Elaine Dennis is an experienced designer and brand advocate and the founder of Ink Studios, an arts advocacy firm representing a variety of artistic works and artisan brands, which connects creatives to creative avenues to more widely share their work and tell their stories. Elaine has directed creative marketing campaigns for such iconic worldwide brands as Apple Computer, Adobe, Levi Strauss, Match.com and Sony, and she has collaborated on tech-related endeavors with Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, Metallica, Seal, Thomas Dolby and other entertainment industry luminaries. Elaine is also the co-founder of the Graphic Arts Institute Technology Lab in San Francisco and has been recognized by Apple Computer, the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences (Emmys), National Recording Academy (Grammys) and Communication Arts Magazine for outstanding contributions.
Cheri Huber has been a student and teacher of Zen for over 30 years. She is the author of 20 books, the newest being What You Practice Is What You Have, the sequel to her widely-read There Is Nothing Wrong with You. Other titles include The Depression Book, The Fear Book, and When You're Falling, Dive. In 1983, Cheri founded the Mountain View Zen Center, and in 1987 she founded the Zen Monastery Peace Center in Calaveras County. She and the monks at the Monastery conduct workshops and retreats at these centers, other places around the U.S., and internationally. In 1997, Cheri founded Living Compassion, a nonprofit organization dedicated to peace and service.
Robert Fried is a Fortune 500 marketing strategist and best selling author who strikes a refreshing balance between making money and making meaning. Fried is the co-founder of Brandmark Inc., a marketing consulting firm whose client list includes bebe, Revlon, Coach, and Motorola. Fried currently serves as chief marketing officer for engajer.com, an emerging Silicon Valley firm, as well as co-founder of the ThirdWind Company, dedicated to empowering people to realize their professional goals and personal dreams. His first book, A Marketing Plan for Life, met with critical acclaim when it was released in 2005, and his new Amazon Best Seller is entitled Igniting Your True Purpose and Passion: A Businesslike Guide to Fulfill Your Professional Goals and Personal Dreams
Lisa Wellman is a digital storytelling expert with a 30-year career in technology and marketing that includes positions from systems development to business development to executive management. As VP of Worldwide Publishing, Entertainment and New Media Markets at Apple, Lisa and her team built a $3 billion revenue stream that accounted for 60% of Apple’s bottom line. She has held executive level positions in Fortune 100 companies, headed venture-funded entrepreneurial initiatives and provided strategic business consultation for Xerox, Kodak and HP among others. Currently Lisa is in charge of business development and project management at “nsquared solutions,” a software development services company.
Jamie DeWolf is a nationally recognized slam poet, spoken word comedian, writer, editor, producer, photographer, and filmmaker. As a member of the performance trio The Suicide Kings, Jamie has toured the country with a diverse array of acts including Sage Francis, B. Dolan and The Dwarves. He is a National Poetry Slam Champion, the Oakland and Berkeley Grand Slam Champion, a YouthSpeaks Mentor, a featured performer on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and the creator of Tourettes Without Regrets, which has become the longest-running freestyle battle and largest slam on the West Coast and been awarded the “Best of the Bay” by the SF Guardian multiple times. Jamie has performed and led writing workshops at over 130 universities, high schools and juvenile detention centers across the globe and his work has been featured on 60 Minutes, UPN, and NPR.
John C. Cook spent nearly ten years as the Director of Product Marketing and Business Development at Apple, and has since held a variety of roles in distinguished companies such as Palm, Inc, Hewlett-Packard, and Amazon, among many others. A self-described “disruptive products guy,” John has built his career around developing innovative technology solutions – diving under the hood of the products he manages, building great teams and delivering award-winning products that have excited customers worldwide. Currently, John is “doing the start-up thing inside a big company” as the Head of Product Development and Product Management at Nokia.
Albhy Galuten is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer, composer, musician, orchestrator and technology executive. He has produced 18 #1 singles, with songs and albums selling over 100,000,000 copies, among them the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever and the hit theme song from Grease. He’s worked with artists like the Bee Gees, Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin and the Eagles. In recent years he has worked at Universal Music Group and now Sony as a top technology executive and visionary charged with charting the future course of the recording industry.
Linda Ronstadt is a musical legend who began her career in the mid-1960s with the folk-rock group the Stone Poneys. By the 1970’s she’d become the top-selling female vocalist for that decade, and was widely referred to as “The Queen of Rock”. She has earned 11 Grammys, released numerous gold, platinum and multiplatinum records, and lent her voice to over 120 albums. Over the years she has collaborated with such diverse artists as Billy Eckstine, Frank Zappa, Flaco Jiménez, Philip Glass, Dolly Parton, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, and Nelson Riddle. Christopher Loudon of Jazz Times hailed Ronstadt as “a chameleon who can blend into any background yet remain boldly distinctive.” Her autobiography, entitled Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir, was released in September of 2013 and reached Top 10 on The New York Times Best Sellers List in its first week out. You can hear Kelli Richards’ entire interview series on her website at http://AllAccessGroup.com under the Resources Tab / BlogTalkRadio.
Steve Hayden is one of the most important figures of the late twentieth century advertising, leading creative teams at both Chiat/Day and BBDO on the Apple Computer account, where he and Lee Clow made advertising history as co-creators of the breakthrough 1984 Orwellian take-off campaign for Apple Inc. He has won hundreds of awards for creative excellence and dozens more for effectiveness (including the Grand Effie for the launch of the Apple Powerbook.) After helping Apple reclaim the industry lead from IBM and Microsoft, in 1994, Hayden moved to Ogilvy to head the IBM account and change the puclib perception of a brand many considered extinct, eventually propelling Ogilvy to a decade of growth and prosperity. Steve has contributed to award-winning work for such diverse clients as American Express, Kodak, Motorola, Dove, Cisco and SAP.
Eren Niazi has been a serial entrepreneur involved in over 30 technology start-ups. He is a co-founder of Open Source Systems, Inc. and Open Source Storage, Inc. (2001), which pioneered the Open Source movement and has led scale-up systems development teams for notable Bay Area technology start-ups, including Facebook, Friendster and Ebay. Eren holds several US patents in technology, has built government supercomputers, and designed core software systems for the main operations & applications for Shutterfly, the USGS and Lockheed Martin. Eren is truly an innovator, leader and visionary constantly pushing the boundaries of technology innovation and creativity. Eren is currently the CEO of Open Source Storage.
Randy Haykin is Chief Innovator at Haykin Capital and a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and venture capitalist with a career that spans thirty years in Consumer, Enterprise and Infrastructure businesses in both technology and consumer service areas. He was the founding VP of Sales and Marketing at Yahoo and in 1995 founded Interactive Minds (later Outlook Ventures), a San Francisco-based software venture capital family of funds that has funded over 30 early-stage technology firms since inception. Randy currently assists 2-3 startups at a time using an innovative “mentor capitalist” model. He is also a husband, father, author, artist, educator, wine enthusiast and philanthropist.
John Holland is the CEO of Ireland-based startup WholeWorldBand, the award-winning app that allows anyone to make music & video using only an iPad or iPhone. The system has users ranging from major professionals such as Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones), Stewart Copeland (The Police), Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music), Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), David Gray, Within Temptation, Passenger, KODO and New Model Army, as well as many thousands of beginners and up-and-coming musicians collaborating together. WholeWorldBand is the latest development in John’s long and distinguished career in the fields of mobile communication and information technology, and has held roles such as the head of New Business and Innovation at Ericsson RWCE, the CTO at Ericsson Ireland, VP of Product Operations for RedKnee, and Head of Technical at Digicel among many others.
Scott Fox is a serial startup executive, online marketing expert, podcaster, and advisor to entrepreneurs and celebrities such as Bill O’Reilly and Larry King. He is the original "Click Millionaire" and the host of the Internet lifestyle entrepreneur and online marketing forum at ClickMillionaires.com. Scott's work been covered by the New York Times, Boston Globe, LA Business Journal, Wall Street Journal, Toronto's Globe & Mail, Forbes, Smart Money and SUCCESS magazines. He is also the best-selling author of three books, including the recently released "Click Millionaires: Work Less and Live More with an Internet Lifestyle Business You Love". You can hear Kelli Richards' entire interview series on her website at http://AllAccessGroup.com under the Resources Tab / BlogTalkRadio.
Brent Bourgeois is an American rock musician, songwriter, and producer. He was co-leader of the band Bourgeois Tagg with Larry Tagg, whose second album, YoYo, was recorded together with esteemed producer Todd Rundgren and resulted in their biggest hit with its first single, "I Don't Mind At All". Brent went on to produce several solo albums and to serve as the Vice President of A&R at Word Records in Nashville from 1997–2001. He then become well known in the Contemporary Christian Music world for his songwriting and production work for such acts as Michael W. Smith, Jars of Clay, 4Him, Jaci Velasquez, Michelle Tumes, and Cindy Morgan. Most recently Brent has worked with Michael Blanton's BE Music and Entertainment as their West Coast representative, and is currently at work on his first solo album in twenty years.
Ralph Simon is acknowledged as one of the founders of the modern mobile entertainment industry. Over the last 15 years, he has been a prominent global mobile trailblazer and innovator. Simon serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the London-based Mobilium Global, which provides high-level strategic advice and guidance to mobile handset makers and others. He co-founded the successful Zomba Group. SiRalph Simon is acknowledged as one of the founders of the modern mobile entertainment industry.mon correctly predicted in 1997 that mobile phones would become the indispensable voice and he was dubbed ‘Father of the Ring Tone. You can hear Kelli Richards’s entire interview series on her website at http://AllAccessGroup.com under the Resources Tab / BlogTalkRadio.
Nancy Duarte is a communication expert who has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Wired, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, LA Times and on CNN. Her firm, Duarte, Inc., has created more than a quarter of a million presentations for the world’s most influential businesses, institutions, causes, and authors, including notable names like Apple, Cisco, Facebook, Google, TED and the World Bank. As a persuasion specialist Nancy developed a unique methodology, which applies storytelling and visual thinking principles to business communications that shift audience beliefs and behaviors. Her latest book, The HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations, is currently HRB’s most purchased guidebook.
Cheri Huber has been a student and teacher of Zen for over 30 years. She is the author of 20 books, the newest being What You Practice Is What You Have, the sequel to her widely-read There Is Nothing Wrong with You. Other titles include The Depression Book, The Fear Book, and When You're Falling, Dive. In 1983, Cheri founded the Mountain View Zen Center, and in 1987 she founded the Zen Monastery Peace Center in Calaveras County. She and the monks at the Monastery conduct workshops and retreats at these centers, other places around the U.S., and internationally. In 1997, Cheri founded Living Compassion, a nonprofit organization dedicated to peace and service.
Dr. John Amaral is an esteemed chiropractor and the co-founder of The Well Being Center of Santa Cruz. As a practitioner of NSA, or Network Spinal Analysis, John has worked with thousands of people from over 50 countries around the world to reap the benefits of his holistic approach in order to eliminate pain and completely transform their lives. With his private practice in Santa Cruz, John continually seeks the most innovative methods for elevating the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing of his patients. Currently John is launching an exclusive new program called Body Centered Leadership, which will accept only 16 applicants.
Matt Swafford is an award-winning photographer, artist and world traveler who has spent more than 20 years inspiring the world around him with his incredible images. He is the owner of fine art studio An Open Wall, where he captures images of nature, cityscapes and cultural portraits that have been exhibited in Illinois, New York, and California. Through his other studio, Swafford Imaging, Matt offers unique commercial photography services designed to capture the emotion that sells his clients’ products.
Tom Rodrigues is an artist and vintner and the owner of Artevino Winery and 180-acre Maple Creek Ranch in Maple Creek, California. Blending his passions for art and wine, Tom’s handcrafted, limited production and award-winning wines are adorned with labels featuring his unique art-nouveau inspired vineyard artwork. Artevino is committed to using sustainably sourced grapes to create the finest flavors and share them with fellow wine and art lovers.
Cathal Furey is a leader in the field of music technology and the Founder & CEO of Fan Footage, an online platform that enables artists and fans to collaborate in creating crowd-sourced live music videos with great audio quality. Previously, Cathal ran Present Tense Productions and has spent nearly ten years as a lecturer on IT, Multimedia & Enterprise at Dublin City University in Ireland, where he lives and works.
Anthony Cordova is a forward-thinker with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, currently as Vice President of Artist Relations at Charity Partners, a free fundraising platform created to increase critical funding to some of the world's most admired charities and foundations. Anthony is the Founder & Principal of Story Road Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based artist management company with clientele that includes American Idol and TV Personality, Kimberly Caldwell. Previously, Anthony served as Director of Entertainment Marketing and Business Development for Yahoo! where he led the division to exceed first year revenue projections by 300%. Prior toYahoo! Anthony was General Manager at Radar Records. He is the founder of the New Atlantians, a men's fraternal, social, and philanthropic network with chapters in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.
Robert Fried is a Fortune 500 marketing strategist and best selling author who strikes a refreshing balance between making money and making meaning. Fried is the co-founder of Brandmark Inc., a marketing consulting firm whose client list includes bebe, Revlon, Coach, and Motorola. Fried currently serves as chief marketing officer for engajer.com, an emerging Silicon Valley firm, as well as co-founder of the ThirdWind Company, dedicated to empowering people to realize their professional goals and personal dreams. His first book, A Marketing Plan for Life, met with critical acclaim when it was released in 2005, and his new Amazon Best Seller is entitled Igniting Your True Purpose and Passion: A Businesslike Guide to Fulfill Your Professional Goals and Personal Dreams
Chris Dotson, is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer and the founder and CEO of SoulRiver Records Corporation. He is also the founder and CEO of (CDI) Chris Dotson Inc, a multi media marketing promotion corporation that consists of several different companies including THE TOP, a digital network system/platform. Prior to launching CDI Chris provided tour management and negotiated corporate sponsorship deals on behalf of THE TOP artists in music, film, television, and Major Fortune 500 companies, including Polaroid for the Backstreet Boys Millennium Tour and Doritos for MTV’s Rock The Vote. Through his continuing work at CDI Chris is currently launching a 2D-3D CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY called CineView3D which stands to revolutionize TV, film, and the music video.
David Pack is the Lead Singer/Writer/Guitarist for the legendary band, Ambrosia. David is also a respected solo artist and Grammy winning producer and music director of special events, including both of President Clinton's inaugurations. In addition to Ambrosia, David has been a key collaborator in the music industry. He is well known for his duet with Bette Midler on multiplatinum Beaches soundtrack on Atlantic, and collaborated and performed with Michael McDonald & James Ingram on “Maria” from The Songs Of West Side Story; Wynonna on “Why Now” track from The Other Side CD. He wrote and sang with GRP keyboard artist David Benoit’s Top 5 AC hit “The Key To You,” as well as “Prove Me Wrong” for movie score and multiplatinum soundtrack to White Nights, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov & Gregory Hines on Atlantic. He performed guest vocals for QuincyJones, James Ingram, Kansas, .38 Special, Michael McDonald, Doobie Bros., Pat Simmons, Andrae Crouch, Larry Carlton. He wrote & sang 3 tracks on Alan Parsons “Try Anything Once” Arista CD and was the guest vocalist on Al Stewart’s legendary “Year Of The Cat” and “Time Passages” albums.
Gene Lim has over 20 years experience in marketing and advertising and is a strategic leader win the fields of concept development, design, branding, marketing, promotions, and emergent technologies. Currently he is the CEO of the creative consulting group Mav12, “the go-to agency for the impossible,” whose diverse client list includes Red Bull, Mercedes-Benz, Walt Disney, and DreamWorks. Gene also serves as global committee chair of strategic alliances for Entrepreneurs' Organization, where he has created strategic alliances with corporations, governments, media, business and youth organizations around the world and raised millions of dollars in contributions from Fortune 500 corporate partners. Gene also represents the United States on the G20 YEA (Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance).
Paul Myers is a Canadian author, journalist, musician and songwriter, and the brother of comic actors Mike Myers and Peter Myers. After a brief stint as songwriter and front-man for indie rock band The Gravelberrys (which enjoyed a moment of fame with their alternative hit “Wonder Where You Are Tonight”), Paul Myers began devoting most of his time to music journalism.
Albhy Galuten is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer, composer, musician, orchestrator and technology executive. He has produced 18 #1 singles, with songs and albums selling over 100,000,000 copies, among them the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever and the hit theme song from Grease. He’s worked with artists like the Bee Gees, Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin and the Eagles. In recent years he has worked at Universal Music Group and now Sony as a top technology executive and visionary charged with charting the future course of the recording industry.
Brent Bourgeois is an American rock musician, songwriter, and producer. He was co-leader of the band Bourgeois Tagg with Larry Tagg, whose second album, YoYo, was recorded together with esteemed producer Todd Rundgren and resulted in their biggest hit with its first single, "I Don't Mind At All". Brent went on to produce several solo albums and to serve as the Vice President of A&R at Word Records in Nashville from 1997–2001. He has recently become well known in the Contemporary Christian Music world for his songwriting and production work for such acts as Michael W. Smith, Jars of Clay, 4Him, Jaci Velasquez, Michelle Tumes, and Cindy Morgan.
Dick Wingate is the principal at DEV Advisors. Dick has worked in the music and entertainment industry for over 40 years with companies such as Columbia, Epic, Polygram, TAG Strategic, InTouch Group, and many more. He has spoken at a number of industry events such as SXSW, MEFCON, Jupiter Plug-in, CMJ, etc. For more information on Dick and his team at DEV go to: http://devny.vc/
Robert Fried is a Fortune 500 marketing strategist and best selling author who strikes a refreshing balance between making money and making meaning. Fried is the co-founder of Brandmark Inc., a marketing consulting firm whose client list includes bebe, Revlon, Coach, and Motorola. Fried currently serves as chief marketing officer for engajer.com, an emerging Silicon Valley firm, as well as co-founder of the ThirdWind Company, dedicated to empowering people to realize their professional goals and personal dreams. His first book, A Marketing Plan for Life, met with critical acclaim when it was released in 2005, and his new Amazon Best Seller is entitled Igniting Your True Purpose and Passion: A Businesslike Guide to Fulfill Your Professional Goals and Personal Dreams
Frans Johansson is a keynote speaker and the best-selling author of The Medici Effect, Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts and Cultures; published by Harvard Business School Press in 2004. Translated into 18 languages, The Medici Effect was named one of the top 10 best business books by Amazon.com. He is also the author of The Click Moment. The Medici Effect has been hailed by innovation-guru Clay Christensen as, “one of the most insightful books about managing innovation I have ever read.” The book argues that the most groundbreaking ideas are found at the intersections of diverse fields, industries, disciplines, and cultures Mr. Frans Johansson earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from Brown University.
Peter Hoppenfeld is widely recognized as “the go-to” attorney for direct marketers, thought leaders, authors, domestic and international training companies, “information marketers” and their founders. He has been described as a "lawyer who really understands marketing" and "a marketer who happens to be a lawyer." His diverse client list includes fitness and nutrition expert JJ Virgin, ‘SuperHero You’ founder Jim Kwik, and personal finance guru Ramit Sethi. Peter takes a holistic approach that aims to bring peace of mind and direction to the business and legal issues that successful, dynamic entrepreneurs face on a daily basis.
Tom Silverman is the founder of Tommy Boy and has served as CEO since 1981. He has over 30 years experience in the hip-hop, urban, alternative, dance, rock and gospel music markets. He founded Dance Music Report in 1978, the preeminent newsletter for DJs for over 15 years. He was a founder and partner in the legendary New Music Seminar, the world’s seminal music industry convention through the 80’s and is Co Executive Director of the recently revived New Music Seminar. Mr. Silverman serves on the board of RIAA, Sound Exchange, American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), Merlin and has served for many years on NAIRD/AFIM board, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Dance Music Hall of Fame, as well as the NARM Manufacturer’s Advisory Board. Tom was the recipient of the NARAS Heroes Award in 2000. From humble beginnings New Music Seminar became the biggest and most important convention in the music industry; its combination of panels, workshops and live showcases became the industry model. Silverman is a founding member of the American Asso of Independent Music and Merlin; sits on the board of SoundExchange, RIAA and has served on the boards of NARM, NAIRD, AFIM, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Dance Music Hall of Fame.
Anthony Cordova is a forward-thinker with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, currently as Vice President of Artist Relations at Charity Partners, a free fundraising platform created to increase critical funding to some of the world's most admired charities and foundations. Anthony is the Founder & Principal of Story Road Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based artist management company with clientele that includes American Idol and TV Personality, Kimberly Caldwell. Previously, Anthony served as Director of Entertainment Marketing and Business Development for Yahoo! where he led the division to exceed first year revenue projections by 300%. Prior to Yahoo! Anthony was General Manager at Radar Records. He is the founder of the New Atlantians, a men's fraternal, social, and philanthropic network with chapters in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.
Scott Fox is a serial startup executive, online marketing expert, podcaster, and advisor to entrepreneurs and celebrities such as Bill O’Reilly and Larry King. He is the original "Click Millionaire" and the host of the Internet lifestyle entrepreneur and online marketing forum at ClickMillionaires.com. Scott's work been covered by the New York Times, Boston Globe, LA Business Journal, Wall Street Journal, Toronto's Globe & Mail, Forbes, Smart Money and SUCCESS magazines. He is also the best-selling author of three books, including the recently released "Click Millionaires: Work Less and Live More with an Internet Lifestyle Business You Love". You can hear Kelli Richards' entire interview series on her website at http://AllAccessGroup.com under the Resources Tab / BlogTalkRadio.
Freddie Ravel is an award-winning jazz composer, pianist and educator who uses his lifelong passion for music to teach business leaders how to bring dissonance into harmony. A 10/21/13 All Access Radio Interview Freddie began performing worldwide with Brazilian master Sergio Mendes at the age of 23. He released three chart-topping solo albums, including the #1 hit in America, "Sunny Side Up", and his concert appearances have spanned three decades across six continents. After making music with legends like Earth, Wind & Fire, Madonna, Prince, Quincy Jones, and Carlos Santana, in 2002 Freddy bridged his career from international music icons to the visionary business leaders of our time with the launch of his business, TUNE UP to Success – empowering personal and professional growth through music.
Linda Ronstadt is a musical legend who began her career in the mid-1960s with the folk-rock group the Stone Poneys. By the 1970’s she’d become the top-selling female vocalist for that decade, and was widely referred to as “The Queen of Rock”. She has earned 11 Grammys, released numerous gold, platinum and multiplatinum records, and lent her voice to over 120 albums. Over the years she has collaborated with such diverse artists as Billy Eckstine, Frank Zappa, Flaco Jiménez, Philip Glass, Dolly Parton, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, and Nelson Riddle. Christopher Loudon of Jazz Times hailed Ronstadt as “a chameleon who can blend into any background yet remain boldly distinctive.” Her autobiography, entitled Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir, was released in September of 2013 and reached Top 10 on The New York Times Best Sellers List in its first week out.
Zack Zalon is the Co-Founder of Wilshire Axon, a digital product design firm dedicated to helping clients win in a rapidly changing digital world. Zack also served as President of Virgin Digital, the global digital platform for Virgin's Entertainment Group, tasked with creating path-breaking consumer digital products for one of the world's most recognized brands. Zack first earned a reputation for breaking new talent as the manager of the legendary Troubadour club from 1992 to 1995. During his tenure there he brought more than 1,000 new and established acts to the stage, including music legends Pearl Jam, The Black Crowes, KISS, No Doubt, and Blind Melon. The Factory Network (TFN) was a Los Angeles-based boutique online development and consulting firm, creating award-winning web products for Fortune 500 companies.
FRED GOLDRING is an entrepreneur, strategic adviser and investor in media, technology, and brand marketing and development enterprises. He is also a former top music and entertainment industry lawyer, an Emmy-winning Executive Producer with will.i.am of the Yes We Can video, and was appointed a Member of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities by President Obama. Fred is Co-Founder and Chairman of Aficionado Media, which is a multi-media tablet-based social media platform with curated and aggregated content for people who are passionate about good music.
Steve Turnidge is the owner of Ultraviolet Studios and a talented mastering engineer with hundreds of albums to his credit. With over 25 years experience in the Pro Audio electronics industry, he specializes in mixed digital and analog printed circuit board design. Steve has been called “a philosopher of aesthetics,” and “an immensily talented musician [on] virtually all instruments” by colleague John Beezer, and is rumored to have expertise in all aspects of electronics manufacturing, including assembly, mechanical, cosmetic, logo and ergonomic design. He co-founded Burning Sky Records (as producer, art director, and mastering engineer) as well as Shared Media Licensing (with the role of content evangelist). He designs and fabricates modular hardware synthesizers at Synthwerks, and designs guitar pedals for Pigtronix. Steve is the author of the book Desktop Mastering, and just released his new book, Beyond Mastering, which delves into the physics and philosophy behind music mastering. http://www.marcards.com/arsdivina/
Jim Guerinot is a longtime music industry veteran and the owner of Rebel Waltz Inc., an artist management company that oversees the careers of No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, the Offspring, Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor, and Robbie Robertson. Previously, Jim was the general manager and the senior vice president of marketing at A&M Records, and prior to that was a longtime Southern California concert promoter. He is the owner of indie label Time Bomb Recordings and a co-author of the recently published book, Legends, Icons and Rebels: Music that Changed the World. Kelli Richards is the CEO of All Access Group and the host of All Access Radio. She’s spent over 20 years creating innovative alliances in the digital media industry and driving the convergence of music, entertainment and technology between major content companies, technology companies, and established musicians and celebs. You can hear Kelli Richards' entire interview series on her website http://allaccessgroup.com under the Resources tab / Blog Talk Radio.
Jordan Glazier is an experienced leader and entrepreneur with proven success building new digital businesses in /local/mobile media, entertainment and e-commerce. Leadership roles include CEO at eventful.com, COO at ClientShop.com and General Manager of three of eBay's largest business units. Mr. Glazier built three new billion-dollar businesses at eBay from the ground up, including eBay's Computers, Consumer Electronics and Business & Industrial categories. He drove international expansion at GATX, establishing new operations in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, as well as coordinating all European country-heads and international business development. Honed strategic and communication skills in 7 years of management consulting with Boston Consulting Group. Jordan Glazier is known for his rapid strategic insights, hiring & team building, translating strategy into operations, partnerships, marketing, product development and technology implementation.
Andrew Romans is the founder and general partner of The Founders Club. He is co-founder and co-chair at Georgetown Angels investing group, as well as the director at investment bank Rainmaker Securities. Previous Andrew was a managing partner at Georgetown Venture Partners (GVP), managing director of Sentito Networks and founder & president of The Global TeleExchange (The GTX), where he personally raised $47m in VC funding. Andrew is also the author of the recently released book THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BIBLE TO VENTURE CAPITAL: Inside Secrets from the Leaders in the Startup Game.
From his base at the FearLess Cottage in Boulder, CO, Alex Bogusky has expanded his role as brand advocate to also being a consumer and social advocate. This new relationship emphasizes transparency, sustainability, democracy and collaboration among businesses and consumers. In October, 2010, Bogusky called on the public to help write a new consumer Bill of Rights for the new Century. Partnering with friend Rob Schuham and his wife Ana Bogusky, their FearLess Revolution serves as a creative consultancy, business incubator and media laboratory. In January 2011, Bogusky and Schuham partnered with designer John Bielenberg to launch COMMON, a creative community for accelerating social ventures under the shared values of a unified brand. For more information on Alex Bogusky, visit: http://wwwalexbogusky.com
Bruce Burtch has been called the “Father of Cause Marketing” for his innovative work helping for-profit and nonprofit organizations develop win-win partnerships that maximize their strategic marketing and fund development success. He is responsible for designing the most successful cause marketing campaign on emergency preparedness in the history of the country: a partnership between Pacific Gas & Electric and the American Red Cross that raised $1Million, generated $3Million in free publicity and trained 1Million people in emergency preparedness. He is the author of the book Win-Win For the Greater Good, the first comprehensive “how-to” book on the development of partnerships between nonprofit, for-profit, education and government sectors focused on the greater good.
Jay Samit is a technology pioneer and digital media innovator whose influence goes all the way back to the emergence of video and music on the personal computer. He has built his career around dreaming up new ways for Hollywood to capitalize on emerging media, prompting Wired to call him the guy with "the coolest job in the industry." He is responsible for transforming EMI Capitol Records into “the first digital label”, and building Sony’s online music store (Sony Connect) from scratch. Currently he is the president of ooVoo, a free social video-chat service that was named Venture Summit Company of the Year in 2012.
Paul Myers is a Canadian author, journalist, musician and songwriter, and the brother of comic actors Mike Myers and Peter Myers. After a brief stint as songwriter and front-man for indie rock band The Gravelberrys (which enjoyed a moment of fame with their alternative hit “Wonder Where You Are Tonight”), Paul Myers began devoting most of his time to music journalism.
Matthew Emerzian, together with Kelly Bozza, co-authored the book Every Monday Matters (EMM), which maintains that it is the ordinary individual, acting alone or together with others, who can change the world. The book struck a chord in readers, launched a company and sparked a veritable grassroots movement that is currently empowering people to make the most of their moments and their lives.
Tim Quirk is the Head of Global Content Programming for Google Play, where he leads the team responsible for music, books, apps, and video merchandising. Prior to Google, he was vp of music programming for Rhapsody. He spent much of the '80s and '90s as the singer and lyricist for the punk-pop band Too Much Joy, before easing his way into music journalism and the digital music business.
David Rohlander is a leader in his field and a well sought out speaker for Fortune 500 Organizations and the Big 4 Accounting firms. His experience and expertise enables him to deliver for you and your business. David has been there & done that in the military, academia and business. "It's time to give back, live a life of significance and leave a legacy.” That is his magnificent obsession. Today’s discussion is about leadership principles based upon David’s new book “The CEO Code”. The CEO Code shows you how to create a great company and inspire your people to greatness with advice from an experienced executive.
Ralph Simon is acknowledged as one of the founders of the modern mobile entertainment industry. Over the last 15 years, he has been a prominent global mobile trailblazer and innovator. Simon serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the London-based Mobilium Global, which provides high-level strategic advice and guidance to mobile handset makers and others. He co-founded the successful Zomba Group. Simon correctly predicted in 1997 that mobile phones would become the indispensable voice and he was dubbed ‘Father of the Ring Tone.
Linda Tucker is on a mission to save the white lions. She abandoned her career as a marketing executive in Paris and founded the Global White Lion Protection Trust to dedicate her life to saving these African felines. These big cats have definitely benefited from her support. She is responsible for protecting the White Lions and developing the related cultural values that hold them sacred. With a critical need to supplement the White Lion gene in the wild, the WLT launched its world-first White Lion Reintroduction Program. For more information on Linda Tucker, visit: http://whitelions.org/
Brent Wilkins is Vice President of Global Business Development at Skullcandy Inc., a company that markets and distributes performance audio and gaming headphones and other accessory related products. Brent worked as the Managing Director in HTC's Corporate Strategy Organization where his responsibilities included identifying and driving new strategic initiatives within the company for adoption into the HTC product portfolio. As the Managing Director of Cantor Fitzgerald, Brent was a key contributor in assisting Cantor Fitzgerald LP to rebuild its telecommunications infrastructure following the tragic events of 9/11. His work then, and now, is definitely something worth learning about!
Dave Ulmer has enjoyed a career of passionately driving innovative strategy, new business models, products and breakthrough new consumer media services both within large multinational corporations as well as within startups that change the game and shake up the status quo. For more information on David Ulmer visit: http://changeyourdna.com Twitter: @InnovatorsX
Debbie Gisonni is a best selling author, holistic lifestyle advisor, and corporate leader who inspires people to make simple changes that radically improve their self-awareness, well-being and success. A charismatic speaker and media guest, she is the CEO of Stillheart Institute, and was one of the first and youngest women publishers in high tech, as Publisher of Network Computing and Publishing Director who launched InternetWeek. For more information on Debbie Gisonni, visit: http://debbiegisonni.com/books.html
When Michael Dorf was 23, he used his Bar Mitzvah savings to open the Knitting Factory, a combination cafe, art and performance space housed in Lower Manhattan. As Chairman and CEO of Knitting Factory, Michael expanded the brand into Europe and Asia through record sales, festivals and tours. Michael is also a pioneer in the world of producing internet music. He left Knitting Factory in 2003, and in 2004 Michael entered an entirely different world and had his first experience with winemaking, which became his next passion. Michael created City Winery in 2007, the first fully operational winery in Manhattan, along with two wine bars which include a cheese bar, restaurant and performance space. City Winery is also one of New York's preeminent concert venues, with a list of artists such as Suzanne Vega, Philip Glass, Joan Osborne and Patti Smith. Michael opened the second City Winery in Chicago with great success. To learn more about City Winery, go to: http://www.citywinery.com/
Hank V. Barry is co-chair of Sidley's Venture Capital and Emerging Companies practice group. He has advised many prominent technology companies as a lawyer, investor and director, including seven companies in which he was involved from formation through IPO. He has testified twice before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee with respect to technology and intellectual property policy. For more information on Hank Barry, visit: http://www.sidley.com/people/hank-barry
Zack Zalon is the Co-Founder of Wilshire Axon, a digital product design firm dedicated to helping clients win in a rapidly changing digital world. Zack also served as President of Virgin Digital, the global digital platform for Virgin's Entertainment Group, tasked with creating path-breaking consumer digital products for one of the world's most recognized brands. Zack first earned a reputation for breaking new talent as the manager of the legendary Troubadour club from 1992 to 1995. During his tenure there he brought more than 1,000 new and established acts to the stage, including music legends Pearl Jam, The Black Crowes, KISS, No Doubt, and Blind Melon. The Factory Network (TFN) was a Los Angeles-based boutique online development and consulting firm, creating award-winning web products for Fortune 500 companies.
From his base at the FearLess Cottage in Boulder, CO, Alex Bogusky has expanded his role as brand advocate to also being a consumer and social advocate. This new relationship emphasizes transparency, sustainability, democracy and collaboration among businesses and consumers. In October, 2010, Bogusky called on the public to help write a new consumer Bill of Rights for the new Century. Partnering with friend Rob Schuham and his wife Ana Bogusky, their FearLess Revolution serves as a creative consultancy, business incubator and media laboratory. In January 2011, Bogusky and Schuham partnered with designer John Bielenberg to launch COMMON, a creative community for accelerating social ventures under the shared values of a unified brand. For more information on Alex Bogusky, visit:http://wwwalexbogusky.com
Kip Winger is an American rock musician, member of the 80's metal band Winger and a solo artist - as well as classical music composer. For more information visit: http://www.kipwinger.com/
Carol Pepper has over 25 years of experience in the wealth management industry and is the CEO of Pepper International. In 2012, Carol and co-author Camilla Webster published The Seven Pearls of Financial Wisdom: A Woman’s Guide to Enjoying Wealth and Power. Prior to starting Pepper International, Carol managed over $1 billion of private client assets as a Senior Relationship Manager and Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co., the multi-family office founded by the Rockefeller family. Carol was just named by Barron's as one of the top 20 hottest/fastest rising HNW portfolio managers in the market. For more information on Carol’s book, visit: http://www.thesevenpearls.com/
Alexis Rodich is the Director of Artist Services at Bandsintown, the #1 live concert tracking and discovery application on Facebook that Billboard recently said “rules the roost by a long shot”. Since joining the company as part of the founding team in 2009, Rodich led Bandsintown’s marketing and business development strategy in its artist services division, resulting in adoption of Bandsintown’s platform by artists from Skrillex and Justin Bieber to Alabama Shakes and Tim McGraw; reaching 20 million users each month. BIT just launched its own Spotify app last week. She has also brokered a number of partnerships with leading labels, management companies, and other industry players, all contributing to Bandsintown’s rapid growth and subsequent acquisition by leading mobile and social application developer Cellfish in September 2011.
Judy Robinett is a respected expert who works with early stage companies on developing their company and funding strategies. Her experience includes management positions in large organizations, serving on many Boards of Directors, authoring state legislation, and participating on the team defining performance criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige Award for Medical Excellence, for which she received an award from President Bill Clinton.With her powerful network of senior executives, funding sources, and content experts Judy Robinett helps companies identify the things that are often causing them to stall and brings together the various resources needed to put them on the right track for success – and she has given over 300 speeches and presentations worldwide on funding strategies, licensing, business ethics and other vitally important topics to sustainable success.
Kelli Richards' memories meeting celebrities. in this episode, Kelli talks about meeting Peter Gabriel and Julian Lennon. The episode includes music from these two atrists. Hi, I’m Kelli Richards, CEO of the All Access Group and the host of All Access Radio. I’ve spent over 20 years creating innovative alliances in the digital media industry and driving the convergence of music, entertainment and technology between major content companies, technology companies, and established musicians and celebs.
Tom Silverman is the founder of Tommy Boy and has served as CEO since 1981. He has over 30 years experience in the hip-hop, urban, alternative, dance, rock and gospel music markets. He founded Dance Music Report in 1978, the preeminent newsletter for DJs for over 15 years. He was a founder and partner in the legendary New Music Seminar, the world’s seminal music industry convention through the 80’s and is Co Executive Director of the recently revived New Music Seminar. Mr. Silverman serves on the board of RIAA, Sound Exchange, American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), Merlin and has served for many years on NAIRD/AFIM board, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Dance Music Hall of Fame, as well as the NARM Manufacturer’s Advisory Board. Tom was the recipient of the NARAS Heroes Award in 2000. From humble beginnings New Music Seminar became the biggest and most important convention in the music industry; its combination of panels, workshops and live showcases became the industry model. Silverman is a founding member of the American Asso of Independent Music and Merlin; sits on the board of SoundExchange, RIAA and has served on the boards of NARM, NAIRD, AFIM, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Dance Music Hall of Fame.
Jordan Glazier is an experienced leader and entrepreneur with proven success building new digital businesses in /local/mobile media, entertainment and e-commerce. Leadership roles include CEO at eventful.com, COO at ClientShop.com and General Manager of three of eBay's largest business units. Mr. Glazier built three new billion-dollar businesses at eBay from the ground up, including eBay's Computers, Consumer Electronics and Business & Industrial categories. He drove international expansion at GATX, establishing new operations in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, as well as coordinating all European country-heads and international business development. Honed strategic and communication skills in 7 years of management consulting with Boston Consulting Group. Jordan Glazier is known for his rapid strategic insights, hiring & team building, translating strategy into operations, partnerships, marketing, product development and technology implementation.
Ian Miller is the CEO and Founder of The Brand Practice LLC, a business and brand strategy consultancy, and is an expert brand and marketing strategist with 30 years experience in building rapidly accepted/competitively advantaged brands. A recognized expert / lecturer in Ingredient Branding, Ian has led the creation and global launch of the ingredient brand, NutraSweet, and worked closely with 50+ partner brands including Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi. Ian has applied this expertise to the successful growth of the Splenda brand and similar launches in consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, retail and grocery. For 10 years Ian has lectured and authored and founded a successful business/brand strategy/design company based primarily on his Rocket Branding strategic and insight research techniques.
Frans Johansson is a keynote speaker and the best-selling author of The Medici Effect, Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts and Cultures; published by Harvard Business School Press in 2004. Translated into 18 languages, The Medici Effect was named one of the top 10 best business books by Amazon.com. He is also the author of The Click moment. The Medici Effect, has been hailed by innovation-guru Clay Christensen as, “one of the most insightful books about managing innovation I have ever read.” The book argues that the most groundbreaking ideas are found at the intersections of diverse fields, industries, disciplines, and cultures Mr. Frans Johansson earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from Brown University.
Luke Potter is a young singer-songwriter from the UK who’s starting to make a buzz with his songs, and plans to introduce his music to American fans with the January 2013 release of his EP produced by Bleu (Demi Lovato, Jonas Brothers…), “One Day”.
He cites “Iris” by The Goo Goo Dolls as the song that, the moment he heard it playing, made him realize he wanted to be a songwriter.
Shortly after, at the age of 17, Luke picked up an acoustic guitar for the first time and started writing songs not only about love but also about growing up - the result, 2-3 years later, was his 2011 debut “Just Pieces of Me”.
Lyle Workman is an American guitarist, composer, session musician and music producer. His music has been widely distributed since his debut on the eponymous Bourgeois Tagg album in 1986. He is known for his work as the composer for the Superbad soundtrack which earned him critical acclaim. Lyle Workman is also credited as composer for the hit comedies American Reunion, Win Win, Get Him to the Greek, Yes Man, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Goods. Lyle was also the lead guitarist on Todd Rundgren's album Nearly Human and has toured with Sting and worked on many great artists, like Michael Buble, Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow, Shakira, and They Might Be Giants to name a few.
Christine Arylo is an author, speaker, and teacher. Her newest book, “Madly in Love With Me: The Daring Adventure of Becoming Your Own Bestfriend,” came out in November and has been very well received by critics and fans. Prior to becoming an author, Christine earned her MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellog School of Management and spent over 12 years building images and marketing big brands such as Gap Inc., Visa, and Frito-Lay. She decided to change gears and use her professional experience with brands to help empower women around the world and break down barriers in their lives. For more information on Christine, including where to buy her books, visit: http://www.daretoliveyou.com
Chip Schutzman is the CEO of Miles High Productions, an online and social marketing company for the entertainment industry. Chip formed Miles High Productions in 2003 after noticing a lack of efforts made to effectively promote artists online. Prior to that, Chip was the Director of Music Programming for the House of Blues, where he implemented the first 99cent download of live music exclusive content several years before iTunes. For more info on Chip and Miles High Productions visit: http://www.mileshighproductions.com/
Mike Koenigs is the Founder and CEO of Traffic Geyser and Instant Customer. Mike is the world’s highest paid and highest grossing online video marketing expert for a good reason. He has worked for over 20 years with clients such as Sony Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, Paula Abdul, Tony Robbins, General Mills, BMW, and more. His work isn’t strictly for A-list celebrities and big name companies; he’s also the author of “Instant Customer Revolution,” which explains how to become a highly-paid small business marketing consultant with today’s cutting edge mobile, video, and social media tools. For more information on Mike visit http://mikekoenigs.com/about/
Mike Koenigs is the Founder and CEO of Traffic Geyser and Instant Customer. Mike is the world’s highest paid and highest grossing online video marketing expert for a good reason. He has worked for over 20 years with clients such as Sony Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, Paula Abdul, Tony Robbins, General Mills, BMW, and more. His work isn’t strictly for A-list celebrities and big name companies; he’s also the author of “Instant Customer Revolution,” which explains how to become a highly-paid small business marketing consultant with today’s cutting edge mobile, video, and social media tools. For more information on Mike, visit http://mikekoenigs.com/about/ You can hear Kelli Richards entire interview series on her website at http://AllAccessGroup.com under the Resources Tab / BlogTalkRadio.
Deborah Price is the CEO of the Money Coaching Institute and author of the new book “The Heart of Money: A Couple’s Guide to Creating True Financial Intimacy.” An international speaker, consultant, and trainer, she has trained hundreds of coaches and other professionals around the world. A former financial advisor for over twenty years with firms such as Merrill Lynch, MassMutual, AIG, and London Pacific Advisors, Deborah left the financial industry in 2000 to pioneer the field of money coaching. At the Money Coaching Institute, they provide money coaching, consulting and training to Advisors. For more information on Deborah, The Money Coaching Institute, and her new book; visit http://www.moneycoachinginstitute.com
David Pack is the Lead Singer/Writer/Guitarist for the legendary band, Ambrosia. David is also a respected solo artist and Grammy winning producer and music director of special events, including both of President Clinton's inaugurations. In addition to Ambrosia, David has been a key collaborator in the music industry. He is well known for his duet with Bette Midler on multiplatinum Beaches soundtrack on Atlantic, and collaborated and performed with Michael McDonald & James Ingram on “Maria” from The Songs Of West Side Story; Wynonna on “Why Now” track from The Other Side CD. He wrote and sang with GRP keyboard artist David Benoit’s Top 5 AC hit “The Key To You,” as well as “Prove Me Wrong” for movie score and multiplatinum soundtrack to White Nights, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov & Gregory Hines on Atlantic. He performed guest vocals for QuincyJones, James Ingram, Kansas, .38 Special, Michael McDonald, Doobie Bros., Pat Simmons, Andrae Crouch, Larry Carlton. He wrote & sang 3 tracks on Alan Parsons “Try Anything Once” Arista CD and was the guest vocalist on Al Stewart’s legendary “Year Of The Cat” and “Time Passages” albums.
Hewlett Crist, a world renowned guitarist and musician. Hewlett has spent nearly his entire life playing music and has decades of experience in the music industry. As a solo musician, he has released 5 albums including The Rio Grande Songs and Dos Padres. In addition to his successful solo career he has worked as a DJ, record producer, and studio musician. For more information on Hewlett, including where you can listen to and purchase his music, go to: http://www.rivergrande.com/
Deborah Price is CEO of the Money Coaching Institute and author of the new book “The Heart of Money: A Couple’s Guide to Creating True Financial Intimacy.” An international speaker, consultant, and trainer, she has trained hundreds of coaches and other professionals around the world. A former financial advisor for over twenty years with firms such as Merrill Lynch, MassMutual, AIG, and London Pacific Advisors, Deborah left the financial industry in 2000 to pioneer the field of money coaching. At the Money Coaching Institute, they provide money coaching, consulting and training to Advisors. For more information on Deborah, The Money Coaching Institute, and her new book; visit http://www.moneycoachinginstitute.com
Mark Allen is an author, musician, an entrepreneur. Marc is the co-founder, President, and Publisher at New World Library, which he started in 1977 with Shakti Gawain. He is also a well-known musician, having released five albums of his music for the label he co-founded with Sky Canyon and Robert Powell, Watercourse Media. Marc is truly a “jack of all trades” who has found success at every turn in his career. For more information on Marc and his work, go to http://marcallen.com/
Andrew Keen is the self proclaimed “Anti-Christ of Silicon Valley,” entrepreneur, professor, and author. His first book is called “The Cult of The Amateur: How blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today's user-generated media are destroying our economy, our culture, and our values.” He is a harsh critic of the Web 2.0 trend and Internet culture, particularly the way that the current Internet culture undermines the authority of learned experts and the work of professionals. He has worked at a number of tech companies such as Pulse 3D, SLO Media, Santa Cruz Networks, Jazziz Digital and Pure Depth. His new book, “Digital Vertigo,” came out earlier this year and has been met with great fanfare For more information on Andrew visit his website at http://www.ajkeen.com
Dave Jaworski is Vice President of Sales and Networking at NetSteps, a software company specializing in tools and platforms for the direct selling industry. Prior to his time at NetSteps, Dave has founded and worked for a number of companies such as PassAlong Networks, Provident Ventures, Intero Alliance, and Microsoft. At Microsoft, Dave was responsible for 80 percent of the U.S. sales budget as well as heading up U.S. sales operations and Microsoft University. For more information on Dave, check out his personal blog at: http://jaworski.net
Andrew Keen, an entrepreneur, professor, and author. His first book is called “The Cult of The Amateur: How blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today's user-generated media are destroying our economy, our culture, and our values.” He is a harsh critic of the Web 2.0 trend and Internet culture, particularly the way that the current Internet culture undermines the authority of learned experts and the work of professionals. He has worked at a number of tech companies such as Pulse 3D, SLO Media, Santa Cruz Networks, Jazziz Digital and Pure Depth. His new book, “Digital Vertigo,” came out earlier this year and has been met with great fanfare For more information on Andrew visit his website at http://www.ajkeen.com
Edward Donnelly is Founder, President, and CEO of Aderra Inc, which records concerts instantly and distributes them via USB drives at the end of the show. Ed has more than 20 years of experience working with music and technology, having worked as a producer for Eggfoot Records from 1990-2009. Aderra has offices in all of the major music cities across the globe; Los Angeles, Las Vegas, London, Paris, Nashville, Melbourne, and New York. For more information on Ed and Aderra go to: http://aderra.net/
Wendy Lipton-Dibner, a professional coach, speaker, and author. Wendy is the President of Professional Impact, Inc. and founder of the Move People To Action System for Experts and Entrepreneurs TM. A two-time bestselling author, Wendy is an internationally recognized authority in business and personal acceleration and known for her motivational, content rich programs. For more information on Wendy and her programs from Professional Impact Inc, go to: http://www.pro-impact.com/speakers.html
Kelli Richards is CEO of the All Access Group and host of All Access Radio. She has spent over 20 years forging innovative alliances between rock stars and tech geniuses; and driving the convergence of Silicon Valley, Hollywood & Madison Avenue through disruptive technologies and emerging business models. On this special edition show, Kelli is the one getting interviewed. Join us as she discusses her time at apple as well as her new book, "The Magic and Moxie of Apple - An Insiders View." You can learn more about her book, including where to purchase it, here: http://bit.ly/LDJzzN We still have a handful of VIP tickets to my evening book launch this coming Monday, August 13. This will be an intimate event, held at the Capital Club in San Jose, from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. If you would like to join us in celebration, fun, refreshments, friendship and fantastic entertainment, please RSVP immediately to News@AllAccessGroup.com to receive your exclusive pass to this event.
Dick Wingate a principal advisor at DEV Advisors. Dick has worked in the music and entertainment industry for over 40 years with companies such as Columbia, Epic, Polygram, TAG Strategic, InTouch Group, and many more. He has spoken at a number of industry events such as SXSW, MEFCON, Jupiter Plug-in, CMJ, etc. For more information on Dick and his team at DEV go to: http://devny.vc/
Olivia Fox Cabane.Olivia is an expert in the fields of charisma and leadership, helping people become more influential, persuasive, and inspiring. She’s an author, speaker, and coach that has lectured at Stanford, Yale, Hard, MIT and the United Nations. In addition to working with the leadership of Fortune 500 companies, Olivia is a columnist for Forbes, The Fast Company, and The Huffington Post. She hold’s citizenship in France and the United States and is the youngest person ever to be appointed Foreign Trade Advisor to the French Government. For more information on Olivia and her new book The Charisma Myth, visit: http://askolivia.com/
Matt Ramey is the Creative Director of Black, a new digital media marketing company he founded last year. Matt’s work at Black and other companies has won numerous international awards. Matt has worked with companies known for creative marketing such as Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Blackberry, Activision, and more. In addition to corporate work he’s worked on many music and fashion campaigns for artists such as; The Black Eyed Peas, U2, Betsy Johnson, Liz Claiborne, and Michael Jackson. For more information on Matt and his work visit; http://mattramey.com/
Libby Gill is an author, speaker, and personal coach. She is an entertainment industry veteran, having led public relations and corporate communications as senior vice president at Universal Studios; and vice president at Sony Pictures Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting. She was also the PR/branding brain behind the launch of the Dr. Phil Show. For more information on Libby and her work go to: http://libbygill.com/
Freddy Clarke is Classical and Flamenco guitarist from Fresno, California. He has released 8 solo albums, his latest being his self-titled “Freddy Clarke,” which contains the hit track “Iphone therefore I am.” In addition to his solo work he has appeared on a number of other artist’s albums from all over the world. He is also a member of the multi-national group, Wobbly World, which features members from: Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Denmark, Iran, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Paraguay, Syria, Viet Nam & the U.S. They’ll be opening for Aerosmith at the Oracle Arena in Oakland on August 4th. For more information on Freddy and his band Wobbly World check out http://www.freddyclarke.com
Drew Anderson is the CTO of Hitlab, an online lab where musicians can come and test out their songs to find out if they have a potential hit on their hands. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for the Music Preservation Project, which works towards preserving endangered historical music archives and preparing them for licensing and digitization. He was the co-founder of ZillionTV Corporation as well as Build-A-Song. Before that he held jobs at numerous tech companies such as Gnuterra, WiredPocket, Bitfone, and many more. For more information on Hitlab visit http://www.hitlab.com
Jeff Price, CEO and co-founder of TuneCore; an online distribution service for music. Jeff co-founded the NY based independent record label spinART Records, and for the past 15 years he has been its General Manager and President. SpinART has distributed over 180 releases since its inception, including bands artists such as Frank Black, The Pixies, Apollo Sunshine, John Doe, Vic Chesnutt, Echo and The Bunnymen and many, many more. Since 2004, Jeff Price has contributed to the founding charter and organization of The American Association of Independent Music (AAIM), a non profit non-governmental trade organization representing the interests of its independent label members. He also worked with eMusic.com.
After years as a band manager, promoter, and restauranteur, Nic Adler took the helm at The Roxy in 1998. An entrepreneur and community builder, Nic was drawn to the cutting edge concepts he found in the burgeoning field of social media. In 2007 he launched a blog that went on to win The VH-1 Rock Honors Award for Best Music Venue Website. Always an early adaptor Nic began tweeting in 2008 and is now the #1 Music Venue on Twitter and Facebook in the world. As his social media program grew, Nic began to see the importance of being a part of the larger community of the Sunset Strip and the City of West Hollywood. Nic is co-producer of the Sunset Strip Music Festival, which draws over 30,000 music fans to the city every August and celebrates the Strip's legacy as it highlights some of music's newest talent. He is Vice President of the Sunset Strip Business Association and a regular at City Council meetings where he is leading efforts to bring the community together. Featured in the New York Times, Mashable, TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, and cover stories in LABJ, Venues Today and Nightclub and Bar Magazine, Nic is reinventing his club, his street and eventually his city using the fundamental concepts of community building inherent in social media.
Kelli Richards is the CEO of the All Access Group and host of All Access Radio. Tonight's Guest is none other than the famous guitarist, rock-n-roll legend, Craig Chaquico. Craig is the former lead guitarist of the famous 1970’s rock-n-roll group Jefferson Starship. Craig has been playing music professionally since he was fourteen. Craig Chaquico and has had over 30 years of success with acts such as Jefferson Starship in the 1970’s, Starship in the 1980’s, and as a solo jazz for the last 20 years. He has released 11 albums as a solo artist including “Acoustic Planet,” which was nominated for a Grammy in 1994 and reached number one on the Billboard charts. His most recent album, “Follow the Sun,” was released in 2009 and features contributions from Peter White and Rolf Hartley as well as a “more modern, sensuous” cover of Kenny G’s hit song “Songbird.”Craig has also worked as a studio musician for 25 years and contributed guitar tracks to Gumby: The Movie in 1995. Outside of recording music, he has worked with the Washburn Guitar Company to design his own signature series guitar, the Washburn EA-20. As an environmentalist, he asked that the company plant a tree for each Chaquico guitar made.
David Fishof is hailed as the most innovative entertainment producer, and is responsible for creating the most original and successful live shows ever brought to the stage. After years of working with Roger Daltrey, Ringo Starr, The Monkees, Joe Walsh, and our close mutual friend Todd Rundgren, David created Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp which has enjoyed overwhelming success for the past 12 years. He also created the concept behind “Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band” and produced 8 All Star Band tours. He reunited The Monkees for their blowout reunion tour in 1986. He produced “Dirty Dancing The Concert Tour”, Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand Tour”, American Gladiators Live Tour, and The British Rock Symphony, featuring Peter Frampton, Roger Daltrey, Alice Cooper, and Jon Anderson. David has represented NFL greats Phil Simms, Mark Bavaro, Vince Ferragamo, and Jack Reynolds, as well as baseball stars Lou Piniella, Dave Magadan and Randy Myers.
He authored the best-selling book, “Putting It On The Line” about sports and entertainment and is currently writing his second book. He lectures across the country and was the featured speaker at the National Speakers Association in 2011.
Evan Lowenstein launched StageIt with the goal of creating a web-based platform that would empower artists to deliver and monetize interactive live experiences. Most recently, Lowenstein founded and served as President of HookUp Feed, a premier social networking and mobile marketing company whose clients include The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, American Airlines, Domino’s Pizza and Cold Stone Creamery. Previously, he hosted USA Network’s Character Road Trip, a weekly series providing viewers with a peek into the greatest "characters" the country has to offer. Lowenstein was also a recording and touring artist with pop/rock band Evan and Jaron who scored three Top 40 hits, including the Top 10 song Crazy For This Girl. StageIt is a unique service, answering the pain artists face in a music industry that literally changes and redefines itself every single day. In only six months, StageIt has hosted amazing artists, such as Jerrod Neimann, Chris Young, Plain White T’s, Jaron and the Long Road to Love, Debbie Gibson and Korn. Kelli Richards is a catalyst and change agent in the world of digital music and entertainment. Kelli is the CEO of The All Access Group (a leading digital music consultancy) and a noted producer and the author of "The Art of Digital Music,” recently named a Best Books Award Winner by USABookNews.com.
Tune in as Kelli Richards, CEO of The All Access Group and Host of All Access Radio interviews Digital Strategist and self-proclaimed Geek Girl, Esther Lim. Esther Lim is the Co-Founder of The Estuary, an experience marketing agency and transmedia production company. She is a Web Explorer: 15 years of digital marketing experience and I am still exploring and pushing the boundaries of the web. She is also a Social Scientist: Focusing on community building in digital entertainment and branded social engagement programs. Esther is a world builder and interactive storyteller and an international speaker and mentor to companies pushing the boundaries in immersive, multi-platform storytelling. Esther is a self professed geek girl and proud of it, blogging regularly for GirlsinTech.net.
Scott Humphrey is a Canadian record producer and mix engineer. He began his music career as a keyboard player and programmer. He is best known for his work with multiplatinum recording artist Rob Zombie and has co-written, co-produced and mixed all of his records up to 2007's (but not limited to) Zombie Live. He was also Rob Zombie's co-composer for the score to Zombie's film House of 1000 Corpses. Much of the production work was done at Humphrey's studio, The Chop Shop. Scott Humphrey is widely known for his keyboards, producing, engineering, mixing and remixing, and digital audio skills with MötleyCrüe, Metallica, Fuel,Methods of Mayhem, BT, Monster Magnet, Tommy Lee, Day of Fire, Powerman 5000, The Cult, Andrew WK, Spineshank, *NSYNC and many more. Scott has also co-authored and arranged songs with some of the artists he has worked with. He is the founder of the iPhone application Jammit that utilizes the master recordings from various artists in the music industry. Featured artists include Alice Cooper, Foreigner, No Doubt, Nickelback, Sum 41, Godsmack and many more. As of Dec 2011, Jammit is only presently available for the Ipad, IPhone, and Ipod touch. A desktop version for both Mac and PC.
After years as a band manager, promoter, and restauranteur, Nic Adler took the helm at The Roxy in 1998. An entrepreneur and community builder, Nic was drawn to the cutting edge concepts he found in the burgeoning field of social media. In 2007 he launched a blog that went on to win The VH-1 Rock Honors Award for Best Music Venue Website. Always an early adaptor Nic began tweeting in 2008 and is now the #1 Music Venue on Twitter and Facebook in the world. As his social media program grew, Nic began to see the importance of being a part of the larger community of the Sunset Strip and the City of West Hollywood. Nic is co-producer of the Sunset Strip Music Festival, which draws over 30,000 music fans to the city every August and celebrates the Strip's legacy as it highlights some of music's newest talent. He is Vice President of the Sunset Strip Business Association and a regular at City Council meetings where he is leading efforts to bring the community together. Featured in the New York Times, Mashable, TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, and cover stories in LABJ, Venues Today and Nightclub and Bar Magazine, Nic is reinventing his club, his street and eventually his city using the fundamental concepts of community building inherent in social media.
Brian McGarvey is the Vice President, Business Development of Rhapsody, and has over 20 years of experience as a visionary executive working with mobile, media / entertainment and technology companies – he’s been a key part of Rhapsody’s amazing success story and a true leader in the marriage between music and tech in this new digital age. Rhapsody was one of the first subscription-based music services, basically providing clients All the music you want for $10 a month. * With Rhapsody: Connect to the catalog from your computer, through home audio systems, or with mobile apps for iPhone®, iPod touch®, Android™ and BlackBerry®. * With Rhapsody: Listen to anything and everything in a catalog of over 13 million songs. * With Rhapsody: Download all you want with the Rhapsody App, as long as you're a member.
For over 20 years, Michael Fishman has been the leading advisor on marketing, positioning and strategy setting in the health, wellness and personal development categories. He has been instrumental in growing to category leadership such businesses as Rodale, Inc., with the Prevention and Men's Health publishing brands, and has worked on products and/or collaborated with such admired personalities as Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Dr. Dean Ornish and many others. Currently, among his equity roles are The Future of Health Now, an online health publishing company which launches June 1, and SpendLessTV.com, which for 3 years has been serving consumers with video and blog content to help them live abundant lives. Michael leads the annual Consumer Health Summit, the preeminent invitational forum for CEOs, entrepreneurs and marketing leaders which he created in 1994. He is also a frequent and well-received speaker who shares how marketing language, customer care and work culture combine to take companies from merely good to the beloved best at what they do.
Rick Frishman is the publisher at Morgan James Publishing in New York, the leader in entrepreneurial publishing. In 2011, Morgan James published over 100 titles. He is the driving force behind the self-published industry event, "Author101 University." Rick is the founder of Planned Television Arts and has been one of the leading book publicists in America for over 34 years. He works with many of the top book editors, literary agents and publishers in America, including Simon and Schuster, Penguin Putnam and others. He has worked with best-selling authors including Mitch Albom, Stephen Covey, Bill Moyers, Stephen King, Caroline Kennedy, President Jimmy Carter. Rick has also appeared on hundreds of radio shows and more than a dozen TV shows nationwide including OPRAH and Bloomberg TV. He has also been featured in the NYTimes, Wall Street Journal, NY Post and scores of publications. He has appeared on stages with legends like the Dalia Lama, Sir Richard Branson, Jack Canfield, Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos) and Brendon Burchard.
Jeffrey Weber, Producer, Owner of Weberworks Entertainment Group and Author of "You've Got A Deal! The Biggest Lies of the Music Business." This book is a lighthearted stomp through all the lies that award-winning producer Jeffrey Weber has been telling artists for over thirty years and 180 CDs. Also included are the lies that artists and record companies have been telling him for ages, along with all the lies he's heard on the road. A wealth of musician and industry anecdotes, stories, jokes, illustrations and a whole lot more round out the book. Survive, flourish and laugh in the unpredictable world of making music.
Jeffrey Weber has been a widely recognized music industry professional for over 30 years. He has produced over 180 CDs with releases on just about every major label as well as a host of independent labels. Along the way his projects have yielded 2 Grammys, 7 Grammy nominations, at least 17 Top 10 albums, 2 #1 albums and an assortment of other honors.
Among the many artists that have fallen under the banner of "Produced by..." include: Nancy Wilson, David Benoit, the Utah Symphony, Jackson Browne, Marcus Miller, Michael McDonald, Bill Champlin, Chick Corea, Stanley Clark, Etta James, Linda Hopkins, Kenny Burrell, McCoy Tyner, Jackie McLean, the Count Basie Orchestra, John Sebastian, Ronnie Dio, Ritchie Blackmore, Pat Boone, Buddy Miles, Billy Preston, MC Lyte, Kenny Rankin, Rita Coolidge, Luther Vandross, David Crosby, Simon Phillips, Jeff Porcaro, Patrice Rushen, Toni Tennille, among many others.
Jon Potter is an Entrepreneurial Attorney and advocate who has been helping clients accomplish business and public policy goals for more than 20 years. In January 2010 Potter launched RPG Strategies, a boutique consulting firm that develops advocacy campaigns and organizations and provides strategic public and government affairs support. From 1998 until 2009 Potter founded and led the Digital Media Association. On behalf of Amazon.com, iTunes, Rhapsody, Pandora and many other members, Potter led successful industry efforts to modernize copyright law and ensure – through negotiation, arbitration, legislation and the SaveNetRadio campaign – fair royalties for Internet-based entertainment services.
Prior to DiMA, Potter represented technology companies with regard to copyright and related legislation, including the Audio Home Recording Act, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act. Potter is an accomplished public speaker who has testified before Congress and regulatory agencies many times. He was named a Top Technology Lobbyist by Legal Times and an “Unsung Hero of the Internet” by Interactive Week magazine. Jon Potter is also the President of the Fan Freedom Project. Fan Freedom Project is a consumer education and advocacy group that promotes and protects the interests of live event customers. FFP is particularly focused on consumer ticketing rights, and ensuring that consumers own the tickets they purchase and have all rights associated with ownership.
Mike Galaxy of Band Promote, was born in LA, raised in Portland, Oregon and returned to Los Angeles in 1990. Mike Galaxy was the drummer for 90s LA rock band Vinyl. He starred in two national commercials. The first was for Mazda's MX-6 in 1993, then in 1999 starring as himself in a series of Union Bay Clothing spots. He was also the first ever Internet VJ/DJ hosting a music program on the short lived Spike.com.
Band Promote is a boutique Promotions & Marketing company focused on music promotion, print & online media support, placement and licensing for film, TV & ads on behalf of independent labels, independent artists and production companies. The goal for clients is maximum industry exposure. Established in 1997 Band Promote has also gained the respect and reputation within the music industry as a key source for discovering new music. Since it's humble beginnings Band Promote has helped negotiate and secure record deals and licensing deals for over 300 bands, while establishing a solid awareness for all clients.
"Mike Galaxy is consistently working with exciting and viable new music. Mike is one of the good guys -- smart, reliable and passionate about art, artists and music. I'm glad we're friends.” April 2011 - David Andreone, General Manager, Myspace Records, MySpace Music
Thomas Dolby. Dolby has had a long illustrious career as a muscian. In 1985, he appeared at the Grammy Awards along with Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, and Howard Jones. All four musicians were successful keyboard and synthesizer experts in the mid-1980s music scene. That same year, Dolby performed at the Live Aid concert in London as part of David Bowie's band. Dolby is best known for his groundbreaking techno hit, “She Blinded Me With Science," but that is far from the biggest hit of his lifetime. Most notably, since 2001, Thomas Dolby has acted as Musical Director of The TED Conference, an annual event in Long Beach, California that attracts some of the world's foremost thinkers, inventors, and speakers. In this capacity Dolby provides live musical introductions to sessions, sometimes with an eclectic TED House Band, as well as helping secure guest musicians and entertainers for the event.
Jack Buser is the Director of PlayStation Home, which is a 3D virtual world and social game platform on the PS3. Home recently underwent a major redesign, and we’re eager to hear about the new benefits and features. Jack Buser is also responsible for driving business initiatives and activities for the 3D community-based social gaming platform, overall and was previously the Director of Worldwide Technology Evangelism at Dolby Labs, so he has a keen understanding of the impact of tech on real-world applications, like gaming and entertainment. PlayStation Home is filled with with hundreds of games – everything from pool tables and dart boards to full-on space shooters like Novus Prime: Escalation, zombie slashers like Dead Island Zombie Survivor, and massive online racing games like Sodium 2: Project Velocity.
The SF MusicTech Summit brings together visionaries in the music/technology space, along with the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. This is a space to meet to discuss the evolving music/business/technology ecosystem in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking environment. The summit is an effort to bring together musicians, technologists, entrepreneurs and the press to look for new solutions to the issues that face musicians and the industry that surrounds them. In this interview, Brian Zisk discusses the history of the music business and explains how new business models are evolving out of new technologies, and what they will mean for both consumers and artists. Listen in to hear about a bunch of fascinating new ideas coming to one of the leading events in music and technology! Brian Zisk is also the moderator of the SXSW Music Panel, and he also created the Future of Money and Technology Summit.
Dave Cool is the “voice” of Bandzoogle. Dave writes Bandzoogles blog, inspiring and supporting Bandzoogle’s #1 mission: To make Direct-to-Fan a very real accomplishment for artists and bands everywhere. Dave Cool (and yes, that's his real name!) is perhaps best known for having directed and produced the documentary film "What is INDIE? A look into the World of Independent Musicians" which documented the experience of being an independent artist in the music industry. He's a friend to indie artists everywhere. A big inspiration in the world of musicians and bands, Dave inspires artists to keep control of their content on as many levels as possible and to maximize their fan outreach and merchandising. If you are a musician, this is a must.
Azeo Fables is the creator of the Newest Gadget for Gen Z, VizLingo! Not long ago, entrepreneurs Todd Younggren and Azeo Fables created hatched the idea to use the latest revolution in tech, mobile, to create a new way to communicate, and VizLingo was born. Simply put, VizLingo is a messaging tool that translates words into video. The UI is exactly what the new generation of users demands, fun and easy! The user simply types any message into VizLingo to see each word of their message illustrated by a 1-2 second video. If you’re thinking “I don't get it" that’s actually a good thing. It’s one of those subtle mechanisms that has to be experienced, like poetry for instance. VizLingo is definitely a sort of "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" medium - a new form of visual poetry, if you will. It's not only who it plays TO, but also what the "writer" puts into their work.
Gary Goldstein produced one of the most iconic cultural expressions of the last generation: Pretty Woman -- along with many other blockbuster hits, like Under Siege, The Mothman Prophecies, and others. He has gone on to mentor many of the leading creative voices in the music, film and technology sectors. He is an author, a speaker, an innovator, a philanthropist, and above all, an all around great guy.
Gerd Leonhard is a media futurist, writer, keynote speaker and strategist with 25 years in the tech and entertainment industries in all major markets. Leonhard's focus is on new technologies in content, media and technological convergence, and he’s just published his newest book on Kindle, “The Future of Content.” http://gerd.fm/focbook Leonhard’s intent to publish this eBook via Amazon Kindle, exclusively, at this very low price, is to make these ideas and concepts as widely available as possible while still trying to be an example of what digital, paperless distribution can look like, going forward. Definitely a GREAT investment at $2.99. Gerd Leonhard has been writing about the future of content (i.e. music, film, TV, books, newspapers, games etc.) since 1998. He has published 4 books on this topic, 2 of them on music (The Future of Music, Music 2.0). For the past 10 years, Leonhard has been deeply involved with many clients in various sectors of the content industry, in over 17 countries. This Kindle book is a highly curated collection of the most important essays and blog posts Leonhard has written on this topic, and even though some of it was written as far back as 2007.
Marina Jacoby-Leonard, Marina J, as she is affectionately called, crafts women to become the goddess of every part of her life and men to become the rock stars of their life. She coaches clients in Australia, the UK & in the United States and runs regular workshops & courses. She regularly writes about her work for newspapers and magazines. Her co-authored book "Healthy, Wise & Amazing Women" reached #1 on the Amazon Best Seller list in hours. She has over 13 years experience leading clients to transform their whole lives, seven years as a Certified Life Coach, 13 years as a Japanese Yoga Instructor, and holds certificates in Life Coaching, Yoga Teaching, Wholefood as Medicine, Meridians & Zen Shiatsu. She is also a member of the International Association of Women in business Coaching & the International Institute for Complementary Therapists.
Thomas Reemer, CEO of 88tc88.com, is an absolute force in the international music world. 88tc88.com is an online service that, among other things, translates western titles and artists, enabling access for Western Music to the vast Chinese mobile market, including direct access to China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom – the trifecta of the Chinese tech industry.
Musician Thomas Dolby. Dolby has had a long illustrious career as a muscian. In 1985, he appeared at the Grammy Awards along with Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, and Howard Jones. All four musicians were successful keyboard and synthesizer experts in the mid-1980s music scene. That same year, Dolby performed at the Live Aid concert in London as part of David Bowie's band. Dolby is best known for his groundbreaking techno hit, “She Blinded Me With Science," but that is far from the biggest hit of his lifetime. Most notably, since 2001, Thomas Dolby has acted as Musical Director of The TED Conference, an annual event in Long Beach, California that attracts some of the world's foremost thinkers, inventors, and speakers. In this capacity Dolby provides live musical introductions to sessions, sometimes with an eclectic TED House Band, as well as helping secure guest musicians and entertainers for the event.
Irene Cara shares about her new band, Hot Caramel. As an actress, Irene Cara received the Image Award for Best Actress for her work with Diahann Carroll in the NBC Movie of the Week, Sisters. She received an NAACP Image Award Nomination for her portrayal of Myrlie Evers in the PBS movie on Civil Rights Leader Medger Evers “For Us the Living." For Flashdance Irene Cara won 5 major awards, including Top Female Vocalist-Pop Singles and Pop Single of the Year. As a songwriter her talent earned her an Academy Award, 2 Grammys, a Golden Globe and a Peoples Choice Award for Flashdance. Irene Cara was the first African American female to win since Hattie McDaniel in 1939, plus the first Hispanic female since Rita Moreno and the first bi-racial female ever to win in any category - pre-dating Halle Berry by nearly 20 years.
Well-known music video director, Robby Starbuck is inspired by dichotomy. Dark vs. Light, Good vs. Evil. If you're thinking about something, he's thinking of what the opposite could be. This kind of thought process is embedded in the high gloss videos he's become known for directing. Not one to shy away from the critics or the fans, he's immersed even what he does behind the camera into an art-form of its own. He’s directed music videos for such amazing artists as, Smashing Pumpkins, Escape The Fate, Abused Romance, The Sounds, Chiodos, Pierce The Veil and dozens of others. After early success in his career and many offers from production companies to sign, Robby decided to start his own company, RSM Creative, in an effort to start his own powerhouse. As his company grows so does Robby. In 2010 alone he was named to OC METRO's Top 40 under 40 - with even more positive reinforcement SUBSTREAM Magazine ran a cover story on Robby as well.
Brian McGarvey is Vice President, Business Development of Rhapsody. Brian has over 20 years of experience as a visionary executive working with mobile, media / entertainment and technology companies – he’s been a key part of Rhapsody’s amazing success story and a true leader in the marriage between music and tech in this new digital age.
Brenden Mulligan is the former CEO of ArtistData (acquired by SonicBids) and is now running his next start-up, OneSheet. Still in beta, OneSheet is a free website that allows musicians to connect their existing social networks and services, creating a basic but graphically interesting website including music, videos, photos, concert dates, social streams, mailing list signups and online stores. His current project, Onesheet pulls info from sites that many musicians are already using, including ArtistData, Bandcamp, Bandzoogle, Facebook, FanBridge, NextBigSound, ReverbNation, Songkick, Sonicbids, Soundcloud, Twitter, Vimeo, Wordpress, and YouTube. CD Baby, Instagram, iTunes, Moontoast, Nimbit, Rdio, and Topspin will be added in the coming weeks. Brenden Mulligan plans to add a premium paid service will add additional features and customization. "Mobile optimization is another feature we may charge for. What kind of artists use Onesheet and how they use it, will drive what we do next." Currently, Brenden is working on a variety of projects, including MorningPics,PhotoPile, and several other upcoming products. He advises startups through 500Startups, ExcelerateLabs, and individually. He blogs at StartingUp.me, and can be found on twitter @bmull.
David Pack os the Lead Singer/Writer/Guitarist for the legendary band, Ambrosia. David is also a respected solo artist and Grammy winning producer and music director of special events, including both of President Clinton's inaugurations. In addition to Ambrosia, David has been a key collaborator in the music industry. He is well known for his duet with Bette Midler on multiplatinum Beaches soundtrack on Atlantic, and collaborated and performed with Michael McDonald & James Ingram on “Maria” from The Songs Of West Side Story; Wynonna on “Why Now” track from The Other Side CD. He wrote and sang with GRP keyboard artist David Benoit’s Top 5 AC hit “The Key To You,” as well as “Prove Me Wrong” for movie score and multiplatinum soundtrack to White Nights, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov & Gregory Hines on Atlantic. He performed guest vocals for QuincyJones, James Ingram, Kansas, .38 Special, Michael McDonald, Doobie Bros., Pat Simmons, Andrae Crouch, Larry Carlton. He wrote & sang 3 tracks on Alan Parsons “Try Anything Once” Arista CD and was the guest vocalist on Al Stewart’s legendary “Year Of The Cat” and “Time Passages” albums.
Venture Capitalist David Pakman is a Partner at Venrock, has been an Internet digital media entrepreneur since 1997 and co-founded the Apple Music Group in 1995 while at Apple in the mid-90s. He also helped to launch one of the very first online music companies, N2K, co-founded MyPlay, the pioneer of digital music lockers, and was the CEO of eMusic for five years. As a Partner at Venrock, David has his finger on the pulse of digital media, spending his days advising and investing in early-stage internet and digital media companies.
Note from the show's Producer, Mary Agnes Antonopoulos: Today, we are going to interview our host, one of my favorite people of all time, Kelli Richards. Kelli has been a catalyst and change agent in the music industry for her entire career - coaching innovators and leaders in music, entertainment and technology and helping to create amazing projects to better our world. She’s also a certified coach, and as a coach, every single day helps artists, celebrities and even everyday people, accelerate their vision of what’s possible and blow past personal and professional roadblocks. Kelli also mentors artists and musicians to navigate what they have already created into the hands of the right people – the key players that the rest of us only wish were in our realm. Kelli Richards is creative and compelling, AND she’s connecting the dots for other people all day, every day. This should be a GREAT show.
Jason Benlevi is the author of “Too Much Magic, Pulling the Plug on the Cult of Tech.” Too Much Magic is the story of how venture capital, media moguls and marketeers use digital magic to distract us, invade our privacy, corrupt democracy, distort our human values, and sell us things that we don't need. Too Much Magic looks at all aspects of our emerging digital lifestyle, how it is changing us, and who it is that really benefits. Jason Benlevi has spent decades as a marketing communications guru, working in the leading technology companies in Silicon Valley and beyond. As a creative director, speech writer and a script writer for companies like Apple, Microsoft, Sun, HP, Sony, Sega and Cisco, Jason helped sell the dream of the digital life.
Terry McBride is the current CEO and one of the founders of the Nettwerk Music Group, which includes Nettwerk Productions (Canada’s largest independent record label), Nettwerk Management (artist and producer management), Nettwerk One (publishing) and Artwerks (graphic and fashion design). Nettwerk has corporate offices in Vancouver, Boston, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Hamburg and London. Since its inception, Nettwerk has released over 500 different albums and sold over 150 million albums worldwide. In the past few years McBride has spoke at dozens of international conferences about advances in digital technology, intellectual property rights and the future of music distribution. In 2008, McBride co-authored a paper for the British University of Westminster’s “Musictank” entitled Meet the Millennials. At the 2003 Juno Awards Terry received the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award, recognizing an outstanding individual who has contributed to the growth and advancement of the Canadian music industry. Terry has also twice been awarded the Pollstar Industry Award for Personal Manager of the year for his work with Sarah McLachlan (1997) and Avril Lavigne / Coldplay (2002).
Branding Guru, Libby Gill, is an entertainment industry veteran, and has spend 15 years heading public relations and corporate communications as senior vice president at Universal Studios, and vice president at Sony Pictures Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting. She was also the PR/branding brain behind the launch of the Dr. Phil Show. A widely acclaimed speaker, Libby has delivered keynote speeches to organizations including Microsoft, Disney-ABC, Cisco Systems, Comcast, the US Travel Association, The Conference Board and many others. She is also the author of the best seller, "You Unstuck - Mastering the New Rules of Risk Taking in Work and Life." Libby will share her vast experience on building a brand that sells and stands the test of time, as well as using video to capture the mindshare of one's audience and how digital distribution helped her build her empire of friends, fans and followers.
Hollywood Producer, Gary Goldstein, is an inspiring voice in Hollywood and for those of you who don’t know, Gary produced one of the most iconic cultural expressions of the last generation: Pretty Woman -- along with many other blockbuster hits, like Under Siege, The Mothman Prophecies, and others. He has gone on to mentor many of the leading creative voices in the music, film and technology sectors. He is an author, a speaker, an innovator, a philanthropist, and above all, an all around great guy.
Steve MacFadyen is a successful entertainment professional with over 36 years experience booking, presentating and producing live music events, corporate and sporting events. He combines a strong knowledge base with amazing people skills and leadership. He is also the Producer and Production Manager at Pollstar Magazine. Pollstar is the only trade publication covering the worldwide concert industry. They have been supplying in-depth information to concert promoters, booking agents, artist managers, facility executives and every other entity involved in the live entertainment business for more than 25 years. They produce a weekly print magazine for professionals and publish that information daily to the web via a paid subscription site at www.PollstarPro.com. The free Pollstar.com website is for live music fans and contains the same high quality information that industry professionals use daily to route their tours. Kelli Richards and Steve MacFadyen have worked together to produce the Pollstar Awards, a live annual industry event, for many years. The Pollstar Awards routinely combine diverse celebrities, such as the Eagles and The Smothers Brothers.
Evan Lowenstein was recently named to Digital Media Wire’s list of 25 Execs to Watch in Digital Entertainment for 2011. Evan launched StageIt with the goal of creating a web-based platform that would empower artists to deliver and monetize interactive live experiences. Most recently, Lowenstein founded and served as President of HookUp Feed, a premier social networking and mobile marketing company whose clients include The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, American Airlines, Domino’s Pizza and Cold Stone Creamery. Previously, he hosted USA Network’s Character Road Trip, a weekly series providing viewers with a peek into the greatest "characters" the country has to offer. Lowenstein was also a recording and touring artist with pop/rock band Evan and Jaron who scored three Top 40 hits, including the Top 10 song Crazy For This Girl. StageIt is a unique service, answering the pain artists face in a music industry that literally changes and redefines itself every single day. In only six months, StageIt has hosted amazing artists, such as Jerrod Neimann, Chris Young, Plain White T’s, Jaron and the Long Road to Love, Debbie Gibson and Korn.
Peter Rafelson is President of Rafelson Media, which produces & consults for new technology and media companies – with a client list that includes industry giants like Microsoft, Apple and Toshiba. Peter is a well known writer & musician, working with music greats like Jackson Browne & Elton John. He’s written many successful songs, including Madonna’s # 1 "Open Your Heart" (27 million sold) and top 10 singles for Stevie Nicks and Jane Wiedlin of the GoGo's. In addition to scoring & composing, he has acted in over 10 feature films, including FAME. Peter is currently signing & producing artists for his own label, RM Records & developing projects for the film, TV. Peter recently traveled to Southeast Asia on a diplomatic mission to develop business relations for the entertainment industry. He is currently a staff producer for 2K/Virgin Records, an EMI record label.
Gerd Leonhard is a media futurist, writer, keynote speaker and strategist with 25 years in the technology & entertainment industries in all major markets. Leonhard's focus is on new technologies in content & media & technological convergence. Leonhard's work focuses on digital content, media, telecom, marketing & communications. He was the Co-Founder & CEO of SONIFIC and in 2010 Gerd Leonhard established The Futures Agency. The Futures Agency offers think-tank & training events, workshops & executive seminars, keynote speeches & advisory services to leading companies in the telecom, media, advertising & tech industries. Kelli Richards is a catalyst & change agent in the world of digital music & entertainment. The All Access Group is a leading digital music consultancy. Kelli is also a noted producer & the author of "The Art of Digital Music.”
Michael Robertson is a longtime provocateur of the music business and is the founder and former CEO of MP3.com, one of the most popular Internet music sites ever. Robertson also launched several small start-up companies, including Linspire, SIPphone, MP3tunes, and Ajax 13. Robertson’s newest startup, DAR.fm is a centralized Web-based TiVo (TIVO) for radio, users can go to DAR.fm to search the programming schedules of over 600 music and talk-radio stations and schedule the site to record up to 4 hours of any broadcast. Michael Robertson sees this as the answer to the death of radio, "Radio is dying because it's inconvenient and limiting. The content is not interactive, and it's available on only a limited number of devices." The man who has fought more high-profile battles with the record industry than anybody in technology, and whose experience in digital music is nearly unmatched, has never appeared more prescient. Over his career Michael Robertson has raised more than $100 million in private capital and orchestrated transactions with a combined value of nearly a billion dollars. Fasten your seatbelts; this is an interview you definitely need to hear.
Jeff Brandstetter, Esq., is a noted Hollywood attorney, author and financing expert. Jeff is a digital music and entertainment lawyer with over 19 years of experience in film, TV, music, literary, new media and entertainment financing matters. He is also the co-author of the highly acclaimed book The Music Business (Explained In Plain English) , and appears frequently as a speaker and moderator on entertainment law matters. He is an active panel attorney and lecturer for California Lawyer for the Arts and the Institute for International Film Financing. Jeff Brandstetter is also the Co-Founder and CEO of IndiePlaya, a revolutionary online film distribution platform which optimizes the marketing and distribution of independent films. Kelli Richards is a catalyst and change agent in the world of digital music and entertainment. Kelli is the CEO of The All Access Group (a leading digital music consultancy) and a noted producer and the author of "The Art of Digital Music,” recently named a Best Books Award Winner by USABookNews.com. Follow All Access Radio to be part of our ongoing series on the impact of digital distribution on the ever-changing online and offline world.
Dave Kusek is a digital music executive and is responsible for helping to create the market for digital music and in 1980 he founded the first music software company, Passport Designs, which made it possible for musicians to record and produce their music at home with its award-winning software. Kusek is the co-author of The Future of Music – a best-selling music business book. He also provides advisory services to the music and media industries via Digital Cowboys. He is a co-developer of the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) industry standard that opened up electronic music to millions of people. His efforts, along with others, set the stage for the multi-billion dollar digital music market that exists today. He created a hugely successful online music school berkleemusic.com for the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Berkleemusic has become the world's largest music school teaching over 15,000 students a year globally. Kusek has written for or been featured in the NY Times, Boston Globe, Billboard, Wired, Associated Press, MTV, CNBC, Forbes, NBC-TV, Nightly Business Report, NPR, Financial Times, and is a featured speaker at Midem, Digital Music Forum, NAMM, AES, IEBA, MacWorld, Comdex, Digital Hollywood and has been a featured guest on radio and television stations around the world.
John Rudolph is the CEO of Bug Music, a leading global independent music publisher and an innovator in music business services for over 30 years. John was hand picked by Bug’s founders Dan and Fred Bourgoise for his knowledge of music and writers and his proven, diverse business acumen. With a deep understanding of publishing, copyright laws, technology and global finance, John is a strong voice for publishers and creators rights around the world.
Tune in as Kelli Richards shares her experiences at three of the music industries biggest events of the last few months, as well as where the industry is headed and how she thinks it will get there. Kelli is the CEO of The All Access Group (a leading digital music consultancy) and a noted producer and the author of "The Art of Digital Music,” recently named a Best Books Award Winner by USABookNews.com.
Ian Rogers is the CEO of Topspin, a rock star in the digital music world, and widely thought of as the “geek with the Beastie Boys."
Noel Kelly is the Lead Singer of The Hush Now, the Boston based indie-pop outfit. Noel shares what it’s like to break into the music world in the digital age, about growing a fan base and how he’s building a legacy through music. The band’s self-titled debut, released in 2009, climbed independent radio top 100 charts and drew comparisons to the Cure, among others.
Tom Silverman is the CEO of Tommy Boy Records. In the course of 30 years in popular music, Tommy Boy founder Tom Silverman created a striking success story for himself and his company. In the process Tommy Boy has earned gold and platinum albums by such artists as Everlast, Queen Latifah, Coolio, Naughty By Nature, De La Soul and House of Pain, and has been Billboard Magazine’s #1 dance label for 6 years in a row. In addition to great records and artists, Silverman’s innovative ideas about packaging, marketing and distribution helped separate Tommy Boy from the pack. In 1981 he created the original New Music Seminar as grassroots music industry gathering for disenfranchised music business upstarts. From humble beginnings New Music Seminar became the biggest and most important convention in the music industry; its combination of panels, workshops and live showcases became the industry model. Silverman is a founding member of the American Asso of Independent Music and Merlin; sits on the board of SoundExchange, RIAA and has served on the boards of NARM, NAIRD, AFIM, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Dance Music Hall of Fame. Host Kelli Richards is a top music industry executive and strategic connector. She is the co-author of The Art of Digital Music is a compilation of the expertise of 56 visionary artists, producers, programmers, record label executives and music industry insiders, recently a Best Books Award Winner by USABookNews.com.
David Dufresne is the CEO of Bandzoogle and Backfed, and a big inspiration in the world of musicians and bands. David is very active in both companies and in the music industry as a whole, inspiring artists to retain control of their content on as many levels as possible and to maximize their fan outreach and merchandising. If you are a musician, don't miss this interview!
Irene Cara is a singer, songwriter and actress. As an actress, Irene Cara received the Image Award for Best Actress for her work with Diahann Carroll in the NBC Movie of the Week, Sisters. She received an NAACP Image Award Nomination for her portrayal of Myrlie Evers in the PBS movie on Civil Rights Leader Medger Evers “For Us the Living." For Flashdance Irene Cara won 5 major awards, including Top Female Vocalist-Pop Singles and Pop Single of the Year. As a songwriter her talent earned her an Academy Award, 2 Grammys, a Golden Globe and a Peoples Choice Award for Flashdance. Irene Cara was the first African American female to win since Hattie McDaniel in 1939, plus the first Hispanic female since Rita Moreno and the first bi-racial female ever to win in any category - pre-dating Halle Berry by nearly 20 years.
David Pack the Lead Singer/Writer/Guitarist for the legendary band, Ambrosia. David is also a respected solo artist and Grammy winning producer and music director of special events, including both of President Clinton's inaugurations. In addition to Ambrosia, David has been a key collaborator in the music industry. He is well known for his duet with Bette Midler on multiplatinum Beaches soundtrack on Atlantic, and collaborated and performed with Michael McDonald & James Ingram on “Maria” from The Songs Of West Side Story; Wynonna on “Why Now” track from The Other Side CD. He wrote and sang with GRP keyboard artist David Benoit’s Top 5 AC hit “The Key To You,” as well as “Prove Me Wrong” for movie score and multiplatinum soundtrack to White Nights, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov & Gregory Hines on Atlantic. He performed guest vocals for Quincy Jones, James Ingram, Kansas, .38 Special, Michael McDonald, Doobie Bros., Pat Simmons, Andrae Crouch, Larry Carlton. He wrote & sang 3 tracks on Alan Parsons “Try Anything Once” Arista CD and was the guest vocalist on Al Stewart’s legendary “Year Of The Cat” and “Time Passages” albums.
Kelli Richards shares the HOW of creating great things. Tune in to learn how great projects come about and how great teams get built. Kelli has worked with some amazing recording artists, like Paul McCartney and Todd Rundgren, she has been part of the digital music revolution, and has participated in the production of some amazing events over her career, including the Grammy Awards.
Kelli Richards shares her journey to become a top executive at Apple, the CEO of The All Access Group (a leading digital music consultancy) and a noted producer and the author of "The Art of Digital Music,” recently named a Best Books Award Winner by USABookNews.com.
Kelli Richards shares her journey to become a top executive at Apple, the CEO of The All Access Group (a leading digital music consultancy) and a noted producer and the author of "The Art of Digital Music,” recently named a Best Books Award Winner by USABookNews.com.