Working with We7 and new start-up PureSolo gives us here at Shiny Red a number of opportunities to engage with the digital music scene.
Since even before Napster (in its then shady incarnation) rocked the boat in 1999, labels, management and ““ less so ““ artists have been scratching their heads and discussing how to make the marriage of music and the internet a happy one.
While content owners are still often accused of being protectionist and unwilling to take risks with emerging media, one place where the conversation focuses on exciting things people are doing with the “music” part of the “music business” is OpenMusicMedia. Last week, around 25 people from well known and less famous start-ups and music media professionals met upstairs in a pub not far from Old St tube station.
Previous OMM events have had speakers and agendas, on this occasion, the organisers, Dave and Jonas used the meetup as an opportunity for networking on an informal basis, where conversation flowed as well as the continental lagers.
At this time of year, there are social and new media events to be at every night of the week, and since it’s impossible to be at all of them, we’d give OMM a big thumbs up and certainly recommend making it one to watch in 2009.
