Digital & Music Matters
2012 is Here!
We are proud to announce the following keynote speakers to our Digital and Music Matters 2012 programme:
Bob Ezrin, Music and Entertainment Producer
Known as one of the most influential music and entertainment producers of all time with a successful career that spans over 40 years, Bob has worked on legendary recordings with some of the world's leading artists including Pink Floyd, Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Nine Inch Nails, Alice Cooper and many more.
John Meglen, President & Co-CEO, Concerts West/AEG Live, a worldwide leader in live entertainment.
A music industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience, John co-founded Concerts West in September of 1998. Recent AEG tours include Justin Bieber, The Black Eyed Peas, Paul McCartney, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift and many more.
Tod Machover, Professor and Founding Member, MIT Media Lab
Named "America's most wired composer" by the Los Angeles Times, Tod pioneers technology to make active music-making accessible to all, from Yo-Yo Ma and Prince to children and players of Guitar Hero, which grew out of his Media Lab. See Tod's TED presentation here.
Cindy Gallop, Founder & CEO, IfWeRanTheWorld
Presenter of one of TED’s most talked about presentations “Make Love, Not Porn”, Cindy’s 30 years experience in brand building, marketing and entrepreneurialism earned her the title of Advertising Woman of the Year.
Bob Lefsetz, the World's Most Read Music
Blogger
Author of "The Lefsetz Letter", known
for being beholden to no one and read by the most powerful figures in
the music business. We look forward to seeing one of the music
industry's loudest and MOST sharply opinionated commentators back at
Music Matters this year.
2011 has been an exciting year for us with a move to Singapore for the 6th Music Matters and 1st Digital Matters and the recently completed 3rd annual Nokia Music Connects in Mumbai, India. We have had an amazing time hosting thousands of delegates and fans from all over the world who have all tuned into Asia.
2012 marks Music Matters’ 7th year and all that matters in music and digital entertainment will take place in Singapore from 22nd – 26th May combining Music Matters (Asia’s annual global music industry gathering and international music festival in and around Singapore) and Digital Matters (produced with CASBAA, exclusively focussing on the monetisation of digital entertainment).
Music Matters has hosted some of the biggest names in the entertainment business such as U2's Manager, Paul McGuinness, Producer, Steve Lillywhite, Spotify CEO and visionary Daniel Ek and music A-listers including Jason Mraz, Simple Plan, Jamie Cullum, and Grammy winning artist Imogen Heap.
Digital Matters played host to industry leaders such as; Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Sony, Nokia, Dell, Singapore F1, Dolby and Akamai all rubbing shoulders with content creators and owners. Digital Matters is produced in association with CASBAA.
This year we will be bringing new aspects to the conference:
An introduction to all play and no work, produced with our friends at CBS Interactive’s 
Asia’s first entertainment industry based Apps, service and platform awards.
Rewarding the people who make music matter.
Early Bird Registration (saving you more than USD$ 400), is now available and can be viewed here. Please note that this offer expires on 20th January 2012.
Are you ready to rock it at The Ritz in the week that is Asia Matters?
GET THE APP!
The official mobile app for Music Matters, Digital Matters and Music Matters Live 2011 is now available to download, with your choice of iPhone, Blackberry and Android platforms.
The app connects you with the latest updates, live comments and candid party pics. Submit your questions to speakers in advance by posting on The Wall and comment live during the events.
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