Musicians Guild

Musicians Guild is Airbnb meets 99 Designs for Musicians. We provide the collaboration and transaction infrastructure for the new reality of the Music Business

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location San Jose, CA, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded December 2013
  • Employees 3
  • Website musiciansguild.com

Company Summary

1 in 7 people world wide make music. More than Billion. From Garage Bands to Cover bands, Church Choirs to Community Orchestras. 220M internet connected musicians.

The collapse of the recording industry left a power vacuum in the music world. Music has rapidly become a Do It Yourself market running without the necessary infrastructure for the type of transactions that take place every day.

This market is ready for our Peer to Peer solution

Team

  • David Brooks
    CEO

    30 Years of high tech experience in Silicon Valley. 5 Previous Startups with 2 successful exists. 9 Years VP Product Management at Salesforce.com. Led the team that built AppExchange in 2005. Musicians Guild is his second CEO position.

  • Julian Colbeck
    Co-Founder

    Founder of Keyfax New Media selling digital music content to musicians for 15 years. Professional musician touring with Yes, Charlie, and Genesis. Owner of 2 gold records. Author of 13 books on the music industry. Co-Producer with Alan Parsons of the hit DVD series "The Art and Science of Sound Recording".

  • Steve Petersen
    CTO

    Architect for Digital Media Platform for 1st 5 Apple iPods. Former CTO of Concert Tech, focused organizing, recommending, & distributing digital media. 10 Patents in Digital Music Distribution / Sharing, Social Networking, & Mobile Computing. Solid experience building scalable cloud based services and mobile apps.

  • Terry Shields
    Head of Products

    Led products for Keyfax New Media working with co-founder Julian Colbeck for 15 years. Professional Musician and music instructor. Responsible for managing our product development and testing.

Advisors

  • Alan Parsons
    Industry Advisor and Spokesperson
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Brian Deeb
    Investor
    Unconfirmed
    C Culhane
    Investor
    Mike Marsh
    Investor
    Unconfirmed
  • Garrett Drach
    Investor and Canadian Representative
    Jonathan Lamson
    Investor
    Unconfirmed
    Sylvain Robitaille
    Investor

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