Chris Barton is the co-founder of Shazam which started as an idea he conceived in late 1999. With three other co-founders, Chris led the creation of Shazam from concept through inventing a new pattern recognition technology to building and launching the world’s first mobile music recognition service. Listen to this amazing story and learn what lies ahead in the future.

Singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe is using technology to try to recapture some of music’s old-school magic and physicality. For the launch of her new album Raw Space, Wolfe teamed up with Nokia Bell Labs (that’s the historic research facility Bell Labs, now owned by Nokia) and Design IO to stream 360-degree footage from its anechoic chamber — a room with no echoes, where a vinyl version of Raw Space will be playing. Listen to how this amazing experience came together.

Ticketmaster talks about the advantages of their new verified fan feature and how this tech is helping them create a better fan experience from purchase to performance.

Guests:

Ismail Elshareef, Ticketmaster; Gigi Johnson, UCLA Center for Music Innovation; Rob Pegoraro, Yahoo Finance/USA Today

In this Web Summit the panel talks about the use of music in the future digital space. How will content be tracked to the people who originally created it and who will ensure they are getting their fair share.

Guests:

Joe Conyers III, SongTrust; Amadea Choplin, Pex; Lauren Apolito, HFA/Rumblefish ; Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica

This Web Summit all star panel discusses how the music industry found new life through the use of new tech platforms. From Spotify's IPO to the success of musicians in the digital world the group details these new advancements.

Guests: Wyclef Jean; Christopher Leacock, Major Lazer; Dia Simms, Combs Enterprises; Dylan Byers, CNN