Panos A. Panay Bio

Panos A. Panay is the vice president for innovation and strategy, leads strategic initiatives at Berklee College of Music and also serves as the founding managing director of the Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship (BerkleeICE). For BerkleeICE, he spearheaded the founding of the Open Music Initiative, which brings together over 250 leading music, media, and technology industry organizations, and academic institutions to create an open protocol for uniform identification of rights owners across the music industry.

Prior to Berklee, Panay was founder and CEO of Sonicbids, where he created the leading online platform for matching bands with music promoters, resulting in over 1 million new artist shows around the globe over a 13-year span. Earlier in his career, he was an international talent agent for artists such as Chick Corea and Pat Metheny.

His awards include Fast Company's Fast 50, Inc Magazine's Inc 500, and Boston Business Journal’s 40 under 40, and he's a Mass Hi-Tech All Star. He was named one of the Boston Globe’s Game Changers in 2017 and is a frequent speaker at global events such as the World Economic Forum at Davos, South by Southwest, Web Summit, and countless others.

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More on Panos & OMI

Open Music Initiative

BerkleeICE

Panos’ personal website

Panos Linkedin

Panos Email: [email protected]

Panos Panay Wikipedia

Show Notes

3:15 - Panos' Background

3:55 - Open Music Initiative Overview

5:50 - The complicated process of music creation & rights ownership

8:20 - OMI's mission & vision

10:00 - Future of music production & consumption in light of technological developments

11:30 - Music Collaboration & Changes in Writing Music

13:30 - Changing Business Models & Monetization Strategies in Music

16:00 - What is the next massive technological development in Music that will change consumption beyond streaming

17:15 - Siri sucks! Voice Activated Interfaces

18:45 - What role might music play in cultural communication, recognition, and understanding?

21:35 - Artists responsibility beyond entertainment

22:30 - Democratization of Music Production

25:00 - Learning about people and culture through music

26:50 - Polarization & Role of Music

29:00 - Language & Music

31:00 - Where to Connect more with Panos