Compensation not Control
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Dave Kusek is a digital music pioneer, author, businessman and entrepreneur. David is Vice President at Berklee College of Music and CEO of Berkleemusic, the world's largest online music school. Kusek helped develop the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), was co-inventor of the first electronic drums "Synare", and founder of Passport Designs, the first music software company. In 2005 he co-authored the best selling music business 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 been featured in Forbes, Billboard, New York Times, Wired, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Associated Press, MTV, CNBC and the Financial Times, is a frequent speaker at Midem, MacWorld, Comdex, NAMM, AES, IEBA, NBC-TV, the Nightly Business Report, NPR, and the BBC.
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[...] 4. I was able to listen to some really cool Beatles’ Christmas recordings I had never heard (nor had any idea they existed) while checking out SeeqPod for this post. This underscores the real value that music/video-specific search engines like SeeqPod can provide. There simply has to be a better way to harness these technologies to the benefit of everyone…artists, labels, publishers and consumers. Compensation, not control. [...]
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