Kickstarter has been around since 2009 and only just recently it has burst into the view of the mainstream internet user. Every week, tens of thousands of people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, games, fashion, food, publishing, and other creative fields. Since its launch more than one and a quarter million people have pledged $130 million to projects by creators who always maintain full ownership and complete creative control of their work. But there is a stigma associated with the crowdfunding model in the music industry. That Kickstarter is no more than begging for money from friends and relatives. In this episode of the Nashville Tech Feed we dive into the topic of Kickstarter and crowdfunding. Independent author Brett Henley joins us to discuss his Kickstarter project and share his experience from start to finish. Also in the conversation is Artist manager and entertainment attorney Eric Griffin with the music industry perspective. In the second part of the episode we go over the upcoming Podcamp Nashville 2012 which is April 14, 2012 Downtown Nashville. As always we end the show with what media we're consuming. Enjoy, leave comments via email: [email protected], twitter.com/nashvillefeed or voicemail at 615-280-0505. Hosts: David Beronja, Lucas Hendrickson, Brett Henley & Eric Griffin Links & More Notes: http://nashvillefeed.com/wiki/index.php?title=NashTechFeed_36

Dude where’s my music? If you’ve seen the movie “Dude Where’s My Car” it’s a little like that when it comes to moving your music around. The search continues for the perfect solution to get music from place to place while keeping it in sync. Is the cloud aka online storage the silver bullet? Amazon.com has jumped into the game with their Amazon Cloud Player, this online “hard drive” is where you can stream your music to your computer or Android phone. it’s not perfect but It’s a big player entering a legal gray space for licensing. As always with something new the Labels are suing already. Others like MOG and Rdio try for the all you can eat err listen, still others cling to the pay per download like Apple. From our discussion it’s a combination of a couple services to get what you want. Then there is the music industry 800 pound gorilla in the room who are still clinging to the old model while seemly afraid of new ideas. If the average music buyer would subscribe to a all you can eat plan there would four fold their yearly music spend. Why wouldn’t you want that? In episode #35 of the Nashville Tech Feed our panel of Lucas Hendrickson and Paul Schatzkin discuss Amazon’s Cloud Player and the labels response to the, streaming services, the future of the business of how you listen to music and more. We finish as always with “What We’re Consuming” Enjoy, leave comments via email: [email protected], twitter.com/nashvillefeed or voicemail at 615-280-0505. Hosts: David Beronja, Lucas Hendrickson & Paul Schatzkin Links & More Notes: http://nashvillefeed.com/wiki/index.php?title=NashTechFeed_35

We’re live from Podcamp Nashville 2011 one of the largest Podcamps in the United States. After a whirlwind day of live streaming everybody else we jump in for the last slot. Wrapping up what was the hot app of the event, mainstreaming of geekery, how traditional media makes new media geeks happy even though we knock it at every chance, a review of the Podcamp day and what stood out. Moving along we continue with the difference between the un-conferences along with how securing sponsorships for each one is very different. Then how the impromptu rooms turned out and what the sessions were there and was the session drawing a success. The future of the Podcamp Nashville do we go two days with tracks or not? Finally finish off with our what were consuming segment! Wheh that was a lot. Enjoy! Enjoy, leave comments via email: [email protected], twitter.com/nashvillefeed or voicemail at 615-280-0505. Hosts: David Beronja, Lucas Hendrickson, Justin Davis & Dave Delaney Links & More Notes: http://nashvillefeed.com/wiki/index.php?title=NashTechFeed_34

Nashville Tech Feed episode #33 is the final part series with shorter one on one interviews with Podcamp Nashville 2011 speakers. The series the Five or 5, it’s five questions with a guest or five minutes which ever comes first. We’re highlighting speakers at Podcamp Nashville who’s sessions we feel are value to see but signup isn’t where we would hope. This last interview is with a speaker who was an alternative and was added to the schedule only a week ago so he hasn't had the exposure of the other sessions. In the last episode we had William Griggs talking about his session Hustlenomics 101: From Idea To Business -- Tips, Tools & Tactics That Work and in episode 33 Winston Hearn independent video producer answers questions about his presentation To Infinity and Beyond: The Basics of Online Video Production Enjoy, leave comments via email: [email protected], twitter.com/nashvillefeed or voicemail at 615-280-0505. Hosts: David Beronja, Winston Hearn Links & More Notes: http://nashvillefeed.com/wiki/index.php?title=NashTechFeed_33

Nashville Tech Feed episode #32 is the third in our four part series with shorter one on one interviews with Podcamp Nashville 2011 speakers. The series the Five or 5, it’s five questions with a guest or five minutes which ever comes first. We’re highlighting speakers at Podcamp Nashville who’s sessions we feel are value to see but signup isn’t where we would hope. They generally happen to be music related but that’s the nature of the Nashville Tech Feed we always seemed to get pulled into the music discussion. In the last episode we had John Pisciotta talking about his session MusicRow 2.0 – How Nashville keeps the title of “Music City” In the New Entertainment World and in episode 32 William Griggs founder of GiveYear answers questions about his presentation Hustlenomics 101: From Idea To Business -- Tips, Tools & Tactics That Work Enjoy, leave comments via email: [email protected], twitter.com/nashvillefeed or voicemail at 615-280-0505. Hosts: David Beronja, William Griggs Links & More Notes: http://nashvillefeed.com/wiki/index.php?title=NashTechFeed_32

Nashville Tech Feed episode #31 continues with our shorter one on one interviews with Podcamp Nashville 2011 speakers. This series the Five or 5, it’s five questions with a guest or five minutes which ever comes first. We’re highlighting speakers at Podcamp Nashville who’s sessions we feel are value to see but signup isn’t where we would hope. They generally happen to be music related but that’s the nature of the Nashville Tech Feed we always seemed to get pulled into the music discussion. In the last episode we had Charles Alexander talking about his session Music Marketing Platforms - A Quick Hit Comparison and in episode 31 John Pisciotta joins us to answer our 5 questions about his presentation MusicRow 2.0 - How Nashville keeps the title of "Music City" In the New Entertainment World. John is Founder at MusicSynk and Entrepreneur in Residence at Blue Arc Capital. Also the found Ripcord Entertainment, a cross-media media holding company. Creating content, and developing forward looking technologies for the entertainment industry in the digital age. Enjoy, leave comments via email: [email protected], twitter.com/nashvillefeed or voicemail at 615-280-0505. Hosts: David Beronja, John Pisciotta Links & More Notes: http://nashvillefeed.com/wiki/index.php?title=NashTechFeed_31

In Nashville Tech Feed episode #30 we temporally switch gears from our usual hour long panel format to a short one on one with a theme of Podcamp Nashville 2011. We are calling this series the Five or 5, it’s five questions with a guest or five minutes which ever comes first. We’re highlighting speakers at Podcamp Nashville who’s sessions we feel are value to see but signup isn’t where we would hope. They generally happen to be music related but that’s the nature of the Nashville Tech Feed we always seemed to get pulled into the music discussion. First presenter up is Charles Alexander, he is a performing songwriter, music entrepreneur, bioinformaticist and blogger. His session at Podcamp Nashville 2011 is Music Marketing Platforms - A Quick Hit Comparison. He recently wrote the article Musician - A Musician’s Guide to Podcamp Nashville and was quoted by HyperBot.com about his article reviewing TopSpin. Enjoy, leave comments via email: [email protected], twitter.com/nashvillefeed or voicemail at 615-280-0505. Hosts: David Beronja, Charles Alexander Links & More Notes: http://nashvillefeed.com/wiki/index.php?title=NashTechFeed_30

Even though it's March and 2011 is well under way there is no reason why not take a episode to look back at our 2010 predictions and see if we were correct and if we feel the same way about them. So in episode 29 we bring back the original gang from the first episode of the Nashville Tech Feed from Dec 2010 to revisit their predictions for that year. We dig into such topics is the convention center, music industry liquefaction and collapse then there is always apple predictions. We recorded several weeks ago and with the release of the iPad 2 you’ll hear how correct we were. Finally as always we finish with what we’re consuming. Enjoy, leave comments via email: [email protected], twitter.com/nashvillefeed or voicemail at 615-280-0505. Hosts: David Beronja, Lucas Hendrickson, Paul Schatzkin Links & More Notes: http://nashvillefeed.com/wiki/index.php?title=NashTechFeed_29 What We're Consuming: David - SQL: Quickstart Guide by Chris Fehily, Instagr.am & Blueprint Lite Lucas - "The Wordy Shipmates" by Sarah Vowell, Roku box Paul - The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo, Bill Frisell Pandora Channel http://www.pandora.com/music/song/bill+frisell/roscoe Californication, Big Love, Episodes, Boardwalk Empire

The year 2010 flew by the Nashville Tech Feed picks our top stories for the year and then make predictions for 2011. Is the Nashville flood, or the Taylor Swift Moontoast venture or the successful year for the Nashville Tech Council the story of 2010? Are Tablets or XBOX Kinnect the gadget of 2011 and what do they have to do with the Nashville or the Music Industry? We get our first critical listener letter and it's a doosy. As always we end with "What we're Consuming" sharing what have been reading, games playing or music listening too. We are joined by the top notch panel of Craig Havighurst, Paul Schatzkin and Kate O'Neil. Enjoy, leave comments via email: [email protected], twitter.com/nashvillefeed or voicemail at 615-280-0505. Hosts: David Beronja, Lucas Hendrickson, Craig Havighurst, Paul Schatzkin & Kate O’Neil Links & More Notes: http://nashvillefeed.com/wiki/index.php?title=NashTechFeed_28 What We're Consuming: David - 1Password, FruitNinja for iPad, Wired print magazine Lucas - "We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Showbiz Saga" by Paul Shaffer Craig - The Head Game by Roger Kahn (not Roger Angell as I said on the 'cast) and Chasing The Title, a history of F1 racing by Nigel Roebuck. Kate - Reading "Open Brand" by Kelly Mooney, "Business Model Generation" by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur, "Best of 2010" $5 album downloads from Amazon Paul - Presently reading: "You Are Not A Gadget" by Jaron Lanier, The Wordy Shipmates" and "Assassination Vacation," both by Sarah Vowel (KO - I LOVED "Assassination Vacation.") Next Up: "The Civil War" trilogy by Shelby Foote

The 2010 Barcamp Nashville is behind us but that doesn’t mean it’s over. In episode 27 we ask “How was attendance?”, “Why is it still called Barcamp?” along with highlighting the people who make Barcamp Nashville successful. Later I share how I took an hour to create the great Barcamp QR code experiment. We end with our “What We’re Consuming” segment where we share what Lucas describes as “time suck” items. We also and finally snag our “Matt Damon” to join us from an undisclosed cat location. So dive in and listen the 2010 Barcamp Nashville recap and the discussion of the future of one of Nashville’s premiere technology events. Enjoy, leave comments via email: [email protected], twitter.com/nashvillefeed or voicemail at 615-280-0505. Hosts: David Beronja, Lucas Hendrickson, Courtenay Rogers & Kate O’Neil Links & More Notes: http://nashvillefeed.com/wiki/index.php?title=NashTechFeed_27 David - Angry Birds Halloween for iOS, Boardwalk Empire Lucas - "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser Courtenay - reading HOW magazine, listening to Pandora, Franklin Books and Brews Kate - advance blogger copy of book to review