Jack Buser
Kelli Richards
January 10, 2013
Director of PlayStation Home
Listen to the entire podcast here: https://allaccessradio.libsyn.com/kelli-richards-interviews-jack-buser-of-sony-playstation
Jeff Brandstetter
Kelli Richards
January 10, 2013
Listen to the entire podcast here: https://allaccessradio.libsyn.com/live-qa-with-kelli-richards-jeff-brandstetter-esq-noted-hollywood-attorney-financing-expert
Jason Benlevi
Kelli Richards
January 10, 2013
Author of “Too Much Magic – Pulling the Plug on the Cult of Tech”
Listen to the entire podcast here: https://allaccessradio.libsyn.com/qa-kelli-richards-jason-benlevi-author-of-too-much-magic
Drew Anderson
Kelli Richards
January 10, 2013
CTO of HitLab
Listen to the entire podcast here: https://allaccessradio.libsyn.com/kelli-richards-qa-with-drew-anderson-cto-of-hitlab
Marc Allen
Kelli Richards
January 10, 2013
Listen to the entire podcast here: https://allaccessradio.libsyn.com/podcast/kelli-richards-qa-w-marc-allen-author-musician-publisher
Ziad Abdelnour, International Dealmaker and Author
Kelli Richards
January 10, 2013
Ziad Abdelnour is President & CEO of Blackhawk Partners, Inc., a New York based private equity “family office” that focuses on originating, structuring, advising and acting as equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations, buildups, and growth capital financings in companies and projects based both in the US and emerging markets.
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Nick Adler
Kelli Richards
January 10, 2013
Nic Adler single handedly saved the Hollywood Sunset Strip and saved way more than The Roxy. Listen here for the story!
Listen to the entire podcast here: https://allaccessradio.libsyn.com/kelli-richards-qa-nic-adler-of-sunset-strip-music-festival
HITLAB – Reinventing Music Discovery and Distribution, One Artist at a Time?
Kelli Richards
December 27, 2012
What’s new in the world of Music and Technology? The world-renowned multi-platinum artist Akon and a key Canadian Internet Company have joined to create something new and very interesting: HITLAB.com. Hitlab is a new media company focused on reinventing the way music is discovered, produced, marketed and distributed.
Using their proprietary DHS (Dynamic Hit Scoring) technology algorithms to mine data from patterns existing music, and comparing these patterns to that of hit songs in the US (Billboard 100 Top Hits) from the past 6 years (using 76 variables including pitch, tempo, etc.), Hitlab measures the song’s “hit” potential. A score of over 70% means that the song is widely appealing because it demonstrates similar mathematical patterns to recent chart-topping hits by the industry’s biggest musicians.
For the unsigned artist joining the site there will be 5 stages to hit it big. Stage one is to upload their demo track. At stage two, they submit the demo track for DHS analysis for a fee of $30. Next, they submit the final demo track to the Online Audition. If the artist is selected for the Live Showcase, the winner will perform live in front of Akon and possibly be signed to one of his labels (Konlive or Konvict).
There are several advantages to the artist having his/her songs analyzed. To begin with it helps them to get a feel of the potential the song has to become a chart-topper. Second, the artist can use DHS as a learning tool to see what works and what doesn’t in an effort to improve their songs. The artist can also find out which of the songs stand the greater chance at becoming hits using DHS’s analysis and detecting comparisons. Lastly, getting a higher score can lead to a higher site ranking, which gives the artist a better chance at earning a spot in the HITLAB Live Showcase and getting a record deal with Akon!
Akon’s HITLAB also stores hits of inspiring artists for anyone to listen to for free or to purchase. What a wonderful way to support unsigned artists waiting to be discovered!
If you’re a musician looking for record contracts, you’ve come to the right place. If you want a part in the music business, you can join to be a Top Promoter (which creates your own web site and music store).
The Latest News is that HITLAB recently partnered with ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) in the Emerging Artist Competition. The Recording Academy (www.grammy.com) agreed to give the winning unsigned upcoming artist or band a chance to perform at the 3rd Annual Social Media Rock Stars summit, an official Grammy® week event!
While there are many sources out there for new artists and bands, Hitlab is devoted to helping artists find their way to the biggest audience and to becoming the biggest hit possible simply by creating an easy-to-use algorithm for success.
Until next time,
Kelli Richards, CEO of the All Access Group, LLC
Happy Holidays from Kelli
Kelli Richards
December 25, 2012
| With so many wonderful things coming to fruition in the coming year, and so many beautiful friendships and great business alliances and success stories in 2012, I just wanted to stop and take a moment to say how much my friends and colleagues mean to me. I’ve been fortunate to work with some amazing people on some of the most groundbreaking tech advances of the last decade, and as a consultant, I’ve been a thought leader and liaison across two industries. This work is still as thrilling to me as it was the first day I started All Access Group.Thank you for letting me share ideas, strategies, solutions and even inspirations. May this holiday season give you time to reflect on the many wonderful things still to accomplish in this rare gift, a beautiful life.
Best wishes, Kelli Richards |
 A Few Gifts… If you didn’t get my holiday gift yet, Just click through to my website (In January I’ll be releasing a CD set of the Have a safe and happy holiday season **********************************************************
Also, the Replay of my “Apple’s 12 Best Practices” for immediate access.
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Something Special About Apple and iOS
Kelli Richards
December 18, 2012
The special needs community is rarely the target demographic for the tech industry. Many of the wonderful new gizmos and gadgets that come out simply aren’t designed for them. There are an increasing number of companies that are developing products and technology to make computers and mobile devices more accessible for the special needs community, however – and one of those companies happens to be Apple, Inc.
Apple’s VoiceOver technology was introduced with OSX 10.5 – better known as “Tiger.” It’s an accessibility feature that allows blind or visually impaired users to interact with a computer through sound. A user can use the trackpad or keyboard to scroll through the applications on the docked menu at the bottom of the screen. It can literally read the user any text that’s displayed on the screen and allows users to edit text where applicable.
VoiceOver is also available on iOS devices such as the iPad. Visually impaired users have been incredibly receptive and appreciative of this, especially considering the fact that it’s a feature many other tablets and readers lack. As more and more publishing companies, universities, and corporations look to switch to readers and tablets in the future, accessibility features for the visually impaired certainly help Apple market its products as the superior choice amongst the competition.
Another feature that benefits the members of the special needs community is a new feature in iOS 6 called Guided Access. Guided Access allows parents and educators to “lock” onto an app so that children can’t accidentally exit out of it by pressing the home button. While this may seem like a very basic feature, it’s incredibly useful for children with Autism or learning disabilities who may become distracted or lose focus on tasks. There are a number of educational apps available in the App Store but it’s often hard for learning disabled students to stay focused on them long enough to actually benefit. With Guided Access, the task of keeping a child focused has gotten a little easier for teachers and parents.
While full accessibility is an on-going battle as technology continues to evolve, Apple is certainly taking steps in the right direction. Many other companies in Silicon Valley are taking their lead and continuing to improve accessibility features for different technologies and we hope to see this trend continue.
My own time at Apple saw many of these technologies discussed and drawn out on desks and white boards under the tireless leadership and direction of my colleague Dr. Alan Brightman, who was Director of Apple’s WW Disability Solutions for 12 years; and is now a VP at Yahoo focusing on Global Accessibilty. To see these things come to life and create impact all around the world is simply astounding (then and now).
Kelli Richards,
CEO of the All Access Group, LLC
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