Early Stage Music Technology

Proven track record in music tech innovation
Since the early 2000s, I’ve built and led initiatives at the intersection of music, technology, and business development.

• ^{COO, Angry Coffee – Drove sales & product strategy; helped productize Napster; landed Wall Street Journal front page (2000).}

• ^{SSUP Blog – Early Hypem-style music discovery platform.}

• ^{ChatWithTheBand – Pioneered one-to-many video chat for artists & fans}

• ^{Live365 – Developed mobile music platform, precursor to Bandcamp subs / Pandora AMP.}

• ^{Viva Data – Built an Apple Music–compliant music metadata validator for The Orchard.}

• ^{Vibe-stream.TV – Secured distro & publishing partnerships for music video streaming startup.}

• ^{Music For Agents - Built first audio layer for agentic Web ( Web4) for trust and authority / sonic branding.}
  

From pioneering digital music distribution to innovating fan engagement and metadata tools, my career reflects a consistent drive to launch, scale, and shape the future of music technology.

I have founded and co-founded a few music tech startups: Angry Coffee, SSUP Blog, ChatWithTheBand, Live365’s Avenue Live, Viva Data, and Vibe Stream.

Check out my most current Startup effort, Music For Agents.

I've been producing recordings for years. I co-owned The Blue Room in SF from 1994 to 1997 and logged over 3,000 hours behind the mixing console. I engineered many sessions with incredible musicians at Moon Dog in Alameda from 1998 to 2000. Today, I engineer and produce music using an Apple M1 and Logic Pro, and I utilize other musicians remotely who have the necessary equipment.

I've been embedding my music into the Ethereum blockchain since late 2020 and have created over 11 Music NFT collections, which more than 2,000 collectors own. I operate as an anonymous Web3 musician and will be performing on live stages around the SF Bay Area in 2025 and into 2026.

I spoke at SXSW for seven consecutive years as a moderator and speaker, including five years as part of the “7 Hottest Topics in Music Tech” panel series. Speaking is always fun, and I have had a chance to acquire and utilize more of their excellent music marketing products! If you need help with your SXSW planning and buys, I may be of service.

From 2012 to 2022, I helped recruit advisers, celebrity judges, emcees, and qualified startups for the SXSW Accelerator, now the Pitch event. Over my time at SXSW, I reviewed and judged 100 pitch decks a year for these SXSW pitch competitions.

Being the Community Architect for the SF MusicTech Summit from 2008-2012/2015 was a blast. I met many of the players in the music and music technology niche.