TED Conferences
July 25th, 2009
I went to the TED Conference in Oxford this week. Click that link and browse a bit to get an idea of who/what it is.
from derek's website: www.sivers.org about the TED conference he went to:
“Derek Sivers is changing the way music is bought and
sold. A musicians' savior. One of the last music-business folk heroes.”
(cover story: “The Genius Issue: 38 Radicals and
Rebels Who Are Creating a New World”)
“He's neither Elvis nor Shawn Fanning. But in his own quiet
way, Derek Sivers is revolutionizing the music business.”
“Derek Sivers is really sincerely driven by wanting to help
people.”
“What makes you want to be so darn helpful?”
“Sivers is a hippie capitalist in the best sense of both
words.”
Winner, World Technology Award, field of Entertainment.
What I've done
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1987: Went to Berklee College of Music
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1988: Joined the circus as musician and ringleader
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1990: Ran the tape room at Warner/Chappell
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1992: Toured as guitarist for Ryuichi Sakamoto
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1995: Released my CD
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1997: Founded CD Baby as a favor to friends
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2000: Founded HostBaby as a favor to friends
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2009: Founded Muckwork and Now Now Now
Also find me at...
Twitter, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Hacker News, or in person at TED Conferences.
(I've hit Facebook's 5000 friend limit. Until they lift the limit I can't add new friends, so just email me to keep in touch.)
Me in 10 seconds:
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I'm an entrepreneur. I treat work as play.
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I'm usually learning how to help people.
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I live by “whatever scares you, go do it”.
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I'm very comfortable being the leader and being on stage.
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I'm a minimalist. Haven't had a TV since I was 17.
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I never expect anyone to help me.
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I like not knowing the future and challenging myself.
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I'm straight, single, and enjoying both.
Bio
Derek Sivers is best known as the founder of CD Baby. A professional musician (and circus clown) since 1987, Derek started CD Baby by accident in 1998 when he was selling his own CD on his website, and friends asked if he could sell theirs, too. CD Baby was the largest seller of independent music on the web, with over $100M in sales for over 150,000 musician clients. After he won the 2003 World Technology Award, Esquire Magazine's annual “Best and Brightest“ cover story said, “Derek Sivers is changing the way music is bought and sold... one of the last music-business folk heroes.” In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby to focus on his new ventures to benefit musicians, including his new company MuckWork where teams of efficient assistants help musicians do their “uncreative dirty work”. His current projects and writings are all at sivers.org.
Where I've Lived
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1969: Berkeley, California
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1975: Abingdon, England
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1977: Hinsdale, Illinois
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1987: Boston, Massachusetts
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1990: Astoria, New York
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1997: Woodstock, New York
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2000: Portland, Oregon
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2002: Santa Monica, California
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2007: London, England
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2008: Seattle, Washington
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2009: New York, New York