Live Forum w/ Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora

We’ve got some exciting ideas in the pipeline for all of you that I want to tell you about. As we talked about several months ago, we want to ramp up our Artists House live events - we want to be more interactive so that we can encourage the awesome conversations that have been taking place online.

Starting this evening, we’re going to be broadcasting the Music Industry Forums that take place on Loyola University’s campus. Each Monday night at 5pm (Central Time) the music business program at Loyola invites industry professionals to the school to talk about their careers and offer advice to those interested in or already active in the music/entertainment business. We’re now opening up those forums to all of you to watch live online!

Tonight’s guest is Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora.com. Tune in tonight, March 30, at 5:00pm Central Time at http://www.artistshousemusic.org/live

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March 30, 2009

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This week’s forum guest is Tim Westergren, who founded Pandora in January 2000 and now serves as its Chief Strategy Officer. Tim is an award-winning composer, an accomplished musician and a record producer with 20 years of experience in the music industry. He has recorded with independent labels, managed artists, owned a commercial digital recording studio, scored feature films, produced albums, and performed extensively. His main instrument is the piano, but over the years he has played the bassoon, drums and clarinet and his musical background spans such genres as rock, blues, jazz and classical music.

Tim received his B.A. from Stanford University, where he studied computer acoustics and recording technology. A musician’s musician, he is obsessed with helping talented emerging artists connect with the music fans most likely to appreciate their music. In addition to guiding Pandora’s overall strategy and vision, Tim now spends most of his time as Pandora’s chief evangelist - traveling the country to meet with listeners to collect feedback, research local music, and spread the word of the Music Genome Project.

Date: 3/30/09

Time: 5pm CST

Place: Loyola University New Orleans

Streaming Live: http://www.artistshousemusic.org/live