John Cate Email & Phone Number

Malibu, CA, US

London, England, United Kingdom

Greater Boston Area

Widely published songwriter (200+ Film & TV placements) with established 5-piece band. Eleven full-length albums. Heavy television & DVD use. American Idol, Justified, NCIS, Brotherhood, Hallmark, Touched by an Angel, Haunted, Dawson's Creek, Melrose Place & others. Regular live performing, occasional opening slots for national touring artists. Both.

Malibu, California

Left-brain, right-brain creative. Widely published songwriter, co-writer, bandleader, publisher and business manager. Formation advisor and principal for multiple successful music and media start-ups including eMusic, Tunecore and Audiam. Long music business tenure. Trained as CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Also see legal alias Gian Caterine.

Greater New York City Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

Growth strategy advisory services.

Developed market-entry operational strategy and financial model for new digital music publishing concern. Company sold to SOCAN in August 2016.

Cambridge, MA

Participant with this telco-sponsored think tank focused on issues impacting future of communications, principally internet-related, with an emphasis on copyright futures,

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Conceived of the idea to democratize music distribution with Jeff Price in the fall of 2005 and grew the company until it was ruined by outsiders and sold in 2015.

Palo Alto

Founding principal. Initiated and consummated company's first major digital rights license with Chris Blackwell and Don Rose of Rykodisk (WSJ February 2000). Also many others- Phish, Elvis Costello, etc. Conceived and implemented $.99 download price point later socialized by Apple with co-founder Bob Kohn. (Ask me for the story)

Greater Boston Area

Managed airport noise monitoring systems group with partner from former startup after buying business in a management buyout and merging into HMMH.

New York, NY

Conceived, created and actualized landfill acquisition start-up from idea to public company.

Boston

Learned the politics of public accounting here, as well as what venture capital was and how it worked.

Boston

Learned the ropes of accounting here.

Boston, MA

Amazing good fortune to work as front of house sound tech and stage manager for Fred Taylor and Tony Mauriello in the final 2 years of this seminal Boston venue with McCoy Tyner, Gil Scott Heron, BB King, Pat Metheny Group, Martin Mull, Little River Band, Bruce Springsteen, Elvin Jones, Yusef Lateef, Roy Ayres, Kool & the Gang, Ricky Nelson & the Stone.

Phd, Music Business

Activities and Societies: Touring in the '70's and publishing in the 000's.Newport Jazz Festival- 1974; Opening act for Gary Burton and.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting