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Monica Tong

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Maximizing Music Marketing Strategies in the Digital Age

SF Music Tech Summit, in its 18th edition this year, could not be more exciting than any of its previous events. With talks on algorithm-based curation, Blockchain’s practicality, streaming and the startups that are offering all kinds of tools from organising, marketing and distributing music, the music business has gotten just a tad complicated manifested in the form of vast quantities of data revolving around the creation and sharing of music; the complexity of algorithms; not to mention the choices available just from the click of a button. Patti, Advisor…

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Don M remain as one of the only few that has a break into the music industry in South Korea.
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Why Music Producers Should Attend Mu:con?

Discover Mu:con from Don M’s perspective; the challenges and sustainability of being a music producer in Asia, being part of the Korean pop culture, and trends that the West are seemingly trying to break into. Recently held in Seoul, Mu:con – a music conference – is an annual event aimed at connecting labels, artists and music professionals worldwide. It has…

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Sandpiper Asia Director Talks About RFID technology

RFID, The Cashless World in Music Entertainment

With its recent merger with Sandpiper Asia, GoGorilla’s founder James Kane new found role is anything but mundane. Since the start of the partnership, they have merged GoGorilla’s RFID tech solution with that of Sandpiper’s to provide cashless payment solutions to entertainment events including ULTRA, MediaCorp, Rainforest World Music Festival, Singapore Jazz Festival, Illumination, Future Music and many more. GoGorilla…

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A2LiVE and STORM founder Eric Zho speaks about the EDM industry in China. Image courtesy of Ato Ato Intergrated Media.

A2LiVE Satiates China’s Demand for Electronic Music

China’s biggest EDM festival STORM Festival founder Eric Zho speaks about how he got into EDM and the festival industry which catapulted into something unexpectedly huge and beyond expectation. It’s a story of entrepreneurship that pioneered the reemergence of a sub music genre. It is still the largest music evolution in the East the world has ever seen to date.…

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IMS Shanghai Series: Jason Swamy, Promoter, Wonderfruit + Further Future

Festival Talk: What Does It Take To Promote Thailand’s Newest Festival?

Jason Swamy co-founded Do What You love Ltd in 2011, an experiential marketing agency, which over the last 24 months, has booked over $USD 3 million in talent most notably for Thailand’s newest festival addition –  Wonderfruit. His experience in producing events and promoting talent over the last 15 years saw some of the most prominent names booked under his…

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AI Can Now Read Every Single Comment on Your Social Media

As Chief Operating Officer at Swizzle Labs, Nick Szabo plays a significant role in the expansion of the company in Asia Pacific. With Swizzle, his expertise in revolutionising the new media space resulted in the receiving of the Innovation Award presented by St Louis Business Journal. What puts him and his company way above others as a leading startup has…

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Con Raso, Managing Director at TUNED GLOBAL. It's recent survey reported that the imposition of advertising is not enough to drive a high number of people to paid subscriptions in Indonesia.

Con Raso Talks Nada Kita, Launch New Music App in Indonesia

When it comes to music streaming, Indonesia still lags behind some other Asian countries. With major investors pouring into new businesses, it is hardly any surprise that music streaming isn’t included in this venture. TUNED GLOBAL recently launched NADA KITA allowing smartphone users  to listen to local Indonesian music – for free. Q1. In order to learn about the choices and how…

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