Dave Kusek of the Berklee School of Music, Digital Music Executive

Dave Kusek is a digital music executive and is responsible for
helping to create the market for digital music and in 1980 he
founded the first music software company, Passport Designs, which
made it possible for musicians to record and produce their music
at home with its award-winning software. Kusek is the co-author
of The Future of Music – a best-selling music business book. He
also provides advisory services to the music and media industries
via Digital Cowboys. He is a co-developer of the Musical
Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) industry standard that opened
up electronic music to millions of people. His efforts, along
with others, set the stage for the multi-billion dollar digital
music market that exists today. He created a hugely successful
online music school berkleemusic.com for the prestigious Berklee
College of Music. Berkleemusic has become the world's largest
music school teaching over 15,000 students a year globally. Kusek
has written for or been featured in the NY Times, Boston Globe,
Billboard, Wired, Associated Press, MTV, CNBC, Forbes, NBC-TV,
Nightly Business Report, NPR, Financial Times, and is a featured
speaker at Midem, Digital Music Forum, NAMM, AES, IEBA, MacWorld,
Comdex, Digital Hollywood and has been a featured guest on radio
and television stations around the world.