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• Musicologist/Cultural Curator Writer for websites such as emusic.com and Kosmic Life, contributing monthly columns and weekly blogs on sound healing, music and emerging sounds for new paradigms.• Content Acquisition and Media Consultancy Served as Senior Director of Business Development, Senior Director of Label Management and Site Development, Editor and Genre Management. Acquired and licensed the rights for digital resale of over 100 labels and artists.• Artist Consultancy and Web DevelopmentHelped define and produce web sites for independent musicians such as Paul Horn and Stephen Kent utilizing web 2.0 components such as blogging, vlogging and podcasts, while growing the artists core audience through on and offline activities.• Site Editor/Lead WriterRadio-V.com was an early adopter web portal blazing a multi-media trail in the late nineties, covering the convergence of electronic music, peak states of consciousness and technology as music based applications. • Music Editor/Web ProducerMONDO 2000 was on the bleeding edge of technology and it's futuristic applications. I oversaw the musical side of that digital revolution as the Music Editor, covering the exploding field of sample based technology as it related to electronic music. Also conceived and produced MONDO's first website, pioneering online subscription technology and e-commerce generation and in-house fulfillment.• Freelance WriterContributed for the following publications; The San Francisco Examiner, Pacific Northwest Magazine, The Seattle Weekly, Club Life, REMIX Magazine and NAPRA Review.• Brief list of artists and musicians interviewed and published:David Bowie • Underworld • DJ Spooky • Can • Orbital • Moby • David Holmes • Steve Reich • Jah Wobble • Echo and The Bunnymen • Nina Hagen • David Sylvain • Steve Hillage • Klaus Schulze • PM Dawn • Kool Keith • Cypress Hill • XTC • Harold Budd • DJ Rap • Richie Hawtin • Carl Craig • Love and RocketsSpecialties: Specialties and expertise include;• Contract/Artist negotiation• Broad knowledge of licensing for digital music resale.• Intuitive site architecture and development skills.• Deep knowledge of music ranging from liturgical choral works of the middle ages, to progressive drum and bass, mash-up, minimal-techno.• Ability to assimilate a subject and prospective client and their needs, quickly and thoroughly.

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