Forever Festival -- Earth's First Live Digital Music Festival -- Streams to You August 4-11

The “Forever Festival – Sound + Vision” – I am proud to be part of it.  It is something entirely new.  And very very cool.

On August 7, as part of the "Forever Festival" held from August 4th-11th, leading live concert streaming service IROCKEand LiveDMA will present this first-of-its kind blockbuster evening that features more than 150 pioneers of the live digital music industry.  That means music legends (like Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead), digital music star artists (a major name surprise, and I won’t ruin it here), artist managers, and digital music entrepreneurs and innovators.  I guess I fall into the ladder category … proudly.  This event will stream live as part of Forever Festival programming at 4evrfest.com. 

Want more proof that this is the real deal and ground-breaking?  Then check this out – Marc Scarpa will direct the event – and he has some experience here.  He is the first to have ever directed a major music festival streamed live over the Internet – the 1996 Tibetan Freedom Concerts in San Francisco organized by The Beastie Boys and featuring Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Beck and Sonic Youth.

It’s an insanely amazing group of people with whom I will be gathered and speak on a panel, including: Bob Weir, Roger McNamee (Elevation Partners), Jay Samit (former head of digital music for Sony and EMI), Evan Lowenstein (StageIt), Steve Rennie (Incubus’s manager), John Petrocelli (co-founder Bulldog Digital Media), Freddy Fletcher (partner/head of production of Stageside Production at Austin City Limits LIVE), and many many others.

All of this will stream live from the great Saint Rocke live music venue in Hermosa Beach, California. 

For anyone even remotely interested in the digital music scene – and the current music business in general – this is a “must watch” live streaming event.