Text Box: Brian Zisk

Brian Zisk is a strategist specializing in music, tech & founder advising.

 

Currently Promoting

Collecta - Co-Founder / Strategic Advisor

SanFran MusicTech Summit - Founder & Executive Producer

Chesspark / WuChess - Partner / Strategic Advisor


Board Member / Advisory Board

Future of Music Coalition, Co-Founder & Technologies Director

MetaBrainz Foundation, creators of MusicBrainz

Xiph Foundation, creators of Icecast, Vorbis, FLAC, and Theora

Gotuit Media

Anti-Bride

ClickFacts

 

Panels: Many! Upcoming speaking engagements include:

SanFran MusicTech Summit - Master of Ceremonies, May 18, 20009, San Francisco


Recent past panels include:

SXSW 2009 - March 13-22 2009, Austin, TX

Future of Music Coalition - Policy Day - February 11, 2009, Washington, D.C.

Consumer Electronic Show (CES) - January 8, 2009, Las Vegas, NV - "Technology and Independent Musicians: It's a Whole New Game"

SanFran MusicTech Summit - San Francisco, CA - 2/28/08, 5/8/08, 10/20/08

SXSW 2008, Austin, TX - The Trials and Tribulations of Using Music Online

Bandwith Music & Technology Conference, San Francisco, California

Future of Music Policy Summit, Washington, DC

Digimart 2006, Montreal, Quebec

>Play 2006 Berkeley Haas School of Business, Berkeley, CA

CMJ Music Marathon, New York, NY

Cybersalon, Berkeley, CA

 

Historical: At the turn of the millennium, Brian was a founder of The Green Witch Internet Radio which was sold to CMGI, INC. NASDAQ:CMGI. He also published the wildly popular events listing SanFranZiskGo!. Brian is married to Shoshana Zisk attorney and piano player.

 

Brian on the Web:

Google Search: Brian Zisk

Facebook: Brian Zisk Page

Photos @ Flickr

Interview: MusicDish, by Margee Fagelson

Royalty Week Interview of John Simpson, SoundExchange [PDF]

Videos:

An American Take on MIDEM

>Play Conference, Navigating the Murky Waters of Copyright

DigiMart 2006, Video Distributio panel w/Mark Pesce, Cory Doctorow, John Evershad, and Gary Lerhaupt

Future of Music Policy Summit 2006, Montreal, DRM Panel w/Michael Geist, Stacey Baird, Barry Sookman, and Alistair Mitchell

Future of Music Policy Summit 2005, Music Distribution panel w/Jim Urie, Derek Sivers, Jim Donio, and John Van Cleave

 

 

 

Contact info:

 

 

 

4338 California Street

#165

San Francisco, CA 94118