The Open Music Initiative Los Angeles Meeting on February 6 started with an insightful panel from four very different musicians: Adam Dorn, Holly Palmer, David Rosenthal, and Steve Vai. Open Music co-founder and Berklee VP of Innovation and Strategy Panos A. Panay steered the conversation of Berklee alums from their process as business people and as artists, and how technology affects their work. There were too many great moments to recount them all here, but this one thought from Steve Vai set the tone of the day, “Too many musicians approach new technology saying ‘that s**t sucks, it's ruined my career,’ instead of ‘how can it serve me?’ - and then, ‘how can I make it better?’” Open Music is about making it better.
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