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A picture of the panel I was on at NARM 2010 showed up in Billboard Magazine this week. I’ve been interviewed by Billboard before but have never seen my picture in print without knowing about it beforehand. While this may only be interesting to my friends and family, I wanted to post it here for posterity.
Today I was on an amazing panel at the 2010 NARM Convention discussing the use of applications in the music industry. While the focus was on mobile apps, we discussed desktop apps, widgets and the mobile web as well. The panel was moderated by Tom Constabile from Verizon Wireless and contained experts in design, development, and publishing. It was a great honor to be included in a healthy debate on an important part of the music business. I’ll be posting a link here once the video is online.
Yesterday I spoke on a panel at SXSW titled The Future of Online Music Videos with Nick Stahl from Brightcove, Alexander Kisch from VEVO, John Sasso from SONY Music Entertainment, Inc and William Wilson from NARM. We discussed different delivery points for video online, from band’s direct to fan sites to large destinations like YouTube and Vevo, and how the right blend of these options can help build a band’s brand and drive revenue.
This year I was lucky enough to be a speaker at the first annual Geekend conference. For three days last weekend self proclaimed geeks descended up Savannah Georgia for talks about design, social networking, technology and gaming.
The keynote speaker Friday night was Aaron Draplin from Draplin Design. He set a hilarious, open and friendly vibe that carried through for the rest of the conference. Get the full list of speakers on the Geekend Facebook page.
Saturday I gave a talk entitled “Connecting Fans With Bands” centered around how at Atlantic Records we are using design and new technology to promote our artists. My goal was to shed some light on how a designer can progress from print, to web and eventually to non-traditional devices using my story as a backdrop. I tried to make the talk one part backstory, one part examples and one part how to with some specific dos and don’ts when making the switch.
And after my talk (and more importantly) I had AMAZING BBQ at Angel’s BBQ. In an alley. Behind a church.
All in all it was an amazing time filled with some of the best discussions about design I’ve had in years. I left energized and excited to get back to making work in NYC. I highly recommend checking out the conference next year.
I’m going to be speaking at Geekend in Savannah on November 7th. My talk is called “Connecting Fans with Bands” and will be cover how Atlantic’s Digital Media Group is using design and technology to create new music experiences.
To find out more about the conference check out the Geekend site or become their fan on Facebook.
As a special side note, those of you who know my design past also know of my love for David Carson’s work. Talking at the same conference as him (thankfully on a different day) is a huge design dream come true and seeing my name on a poster with his is a huge honor.
Anyway, I hope everyone checks out the conference and all the great guests. See you in Georgia!
I’ve had a few days to recoup from lack of sleep after Adobe’s MAX 2008 conference and wanted to recap the amazing experience I had at the conference, as well as share the involvement Atlantic had at MAX.
On Monday we had our Flash Lite application Fanbase Mobile shown on stage by Kevin Lynch, the CTO of Adobe, in front of the press and a few throusand of our peers. Below is a video of our contribution to the keynote.
Beyond the keynote we had Fanbase running on both a Nokia N95 as well as a Blackjack II. It great to see it running on a few devices and get an idea of how it might scale across an entire product line using Flash Lite.
On Tuesday, I tended to the Adobe partner booth and answered questions about the Fanbase AIR application for a few hours. It was great to get to talk to consumers and developers about the application and about Adobe’s AIR platform.
In addition to the special conference events both Paul Sinclair (SVP of Digital Media) and I gave sessions. Paul was on a panel talking about the Open Screen Project from Adobe, which is an inititative to provide a consistent runtime and user experience across devices.
I also gave my own session on Tuesday “Atlantic Records: Connecting Fans with Bands”. I talked in depth about our new product plan around two key Atlantic artists, showing a full range of new media projects used to promote new releases.