Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora.com, which provides custom radio stations based on user preferences is coming to speak on 2/27 at Morse Auditorium! Here’s the info from the facebook invite:
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Pandora.com Founder Tim Westergren Talks about Digital Music
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Radio, Access, Industry, Internet and Music!
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BU Free Culture
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Morse Auditorium
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Commonwealth Ave
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Boston, MA
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Pandora.com provides a custom radio station to listeners based on their personal tastes in music.
The site’s founder, Tim Westergren, is coming to talk about the service and the future of digital music and the record industry.
This is his bio from the site:
Tim Westergren
Chief Strategy Officer & Founder
Tim Westergren founded Pandora in January 2000 and now serves as its Chief Strategy Officer. Tim is an award-winning composer, an accomplished musician and a record producer with 20 years of experience in the music industry. He has recorded with independent labels, managed artists, owned a commercial digital recording studio, scored feature films, produced albums, and performed extensively. His main instrument is the piano, but over the years he has played the bassoon, drums and clarinet and his musical background spans such genres as rock, blues, jazz and classical music.
Tim received his B.A. from Stanford University, where he studied computer acoustics and recording technology. A musician’s musician, he is obsessed with helping talented emerging artists connect with the music fans most likely to appreciate their music. In addition to guiding Pandora’s overall strategy and vision, Tim now spends most of his time as Pandora’s chief evangelist - traveling the country to meet with listeners to collect feedback, research local music, and spread the word of the Music Genome Project.
The event is cohosted by the BU ACLU and BU Free Culture and is open to all!
http://bu.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10954144253
Come one, come all!
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