Dave Kusek is Vice President at Berklee College of Music responsible for managing the online music school, Berkleemusic.com. Kusek was a co-developer of the revolutionary Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), co-inventor of the first electronic drums at Synare, and founder of Passport Designs, the first music software company. In 2005 he co-authored the book "The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution.
Kusek also runs a consulting business Digital Cowboys providing advice and services to Nokia, Pepsi, AOL, BMG, EMI, A&M Records, Boston Acoustics, Roland, Yamaha, Intel, IBM, Island Music, Nettwerk, Ovation Guitars and others.
Kusek has written for or been featured in Forbes, Billboard, New York Times, Wired, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Associated Press, MTV, CNBC and Financial Times. He is a frequent speaker at MacWorld, Comdex, NAMM, AES, IEBA and has appeared on NBC-TV, the Nightly Business Report, NPR, and the BBC.
From my co-author Gerd Leonhard – a presentation on the future of music.
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