Christopher Knab: FourFront Media & Music
Throughout his twenty-five year career in the music business, Christopher Knab has shared his experiences at many industry conventions and conferences, including the New Music Seminar, the Northwest Area Music Business Conference, and numerous radio industry seminars. Mr. Knab is also currently an instructor in the music/video business program offered by the Art Institute of Seattle.

Derek Sivers: Owner of CD Baby
Derek Sivers juggles music, marketing, and internet into a blur so that you can't see the individual ingredients, and uses it to show musicians how they can take advantages of all the changes going on in the music-internet explosion. CD Baby is the 2nd largest seller of independent CDs on the web, 2nd only to Amazon. Derek Sivers has taken the role of music marketing mentor, asked to speak on panels at most major music business conferences.

Bob Baker: The Buzz Factor.com
Bob Baker is the author of "Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook," "Unleash the Artist Within" and "Branding Yourself Online." He also publishes TheBuzzFactor.com, a web site and e-zine that deliver marketing tips, self-promotion ideas and other empowering messages to music people of all kinds. Get your FREE subscription to Bob's e-zine by visiting http://TheBuzzFactor.com today.

Tim Sweeney: tsamusic.com
Tim Sweeney is is one of the music industry's most highly sought after experts in the areas of artist development, radio promotion, record distribution, retail marketing and publicity. He has helped dozens of record labels both major and independent develop some of their most promising and successful artists of all time.

Jef Peace: Owner of PeaceWork Records
Jef Peace is the co-founder and Senior Partner of PeaceWork Music Net , founder and owner of PeaceWork Records as well as the co-founder and main writer and vocalist for the band Jazza Diction. He has been writing, composing and performing for over 20 years and has been involved in the business side of the music industry since 1999.

Andre Calilhanna: Editor FastForward Newsletter
André Calilhanna is a contributor and editor of the "FastForward" newsletter published by Disc Makers. www.discmakers.com

Les Vogt: Independent producer and entertainment consultant
In addition to being the producer of the first international tribute shows, “The Legends of Rock’n’Roll”, he was a recording star, a concert promoter, owned a record label, operated several night clubs, became the most successful booking agent in western Canada, and convinced Roy Orbison to go to LA where he reinvented himself with the Traveling Wilbury’s. Les is currently a partner and advertising consultant for the largest country music festival in Canada...

Michael Laskow: Founder of Taxi
In 1992 Michael founded TAXI, the Independent A&R Vehicle. TAXI specializes in helping major record labels, publishers, and music supervisors for film and television find new talent and songwriters throughout the United States and 30 other countries. It has been hailed as the most realistic method available to get one's music to major companies in the music industry.

Paul Finnerty: Indie Musician
Paul Finnerty is a musician and has a web site called www.riffraffjazz.net . He is currently trying to promote the CD of original tunes that was recorded last September.

Chris Stranding: founder of A&R Online
Chris Standring is the CEO and founder of A&R Online. He is also a contemporary jazz guitarist presently signed to Mesa/Bluemoon Records. The music is marketed at NAC and Urban AC radio. For more info on Chris' recording career go to his personal website.....http://www.ChrisStandring.com

Brandon Cornett: SEO professional
Brandon Cornett is a full-time SEO professional and the author of "The Agent's Guide to Search Engine Visibility." (http://www.armingyourfarming.com/search) Through his books, articles and blogs, Brandon teaches real estate agents how to optimize their websites to attract more qualified traffic.

Bryan Farrish: radio-media.com
Bryan Farrish Radio Promotion is an independent radio airplay promotion company. 310-998-8305 or 818-905-8038 or www.radio-media.com. If you live in Los Angeles and want to be informed of any events, seminars or parties we do, email meet@radio-media.com and tell us what town you are in, and put "Request" in the subject.

Tony van Veen: President of Disc Makers
Tony van Veen is president of Disc Makers and a drummer. When he was performing and touring, his merch always outsold his albums by a large margin. He finally got the hint and took a day job at Disc Makers, where, after a 20-year career, he is proud to at last have introduced a full line of custom merch services for artists, available at www.discmakers.com/merch.

Peter Spellman: Director Music Business Solutions
Peter Spellman,Turning Music Business Data into Useful Knowledge. Career-building books, articles, consulting, seminars, and more. Author of "The Self Promoting Musician: Strategies for Independent Music Success" (Berklee Press).