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The founder of Single Music, a Shopify app tailored for the music industry, talks on what Direct To Fan means today, the importance of great design in ecommerce, and how major artists increase “scans” on Billboard charts through their stores.

Vevo’s JP Evangelista explains how their DSCVR and LIFT programs work for emerging and established artists, and gives us practical tips on optimizing music videos on YouTube.

Amadea is the COO of Pex, a video and music search engine with a fingerprinting technology that identifies reused content – even if it’s a half-second sample in a remix, a GIF, or your song’s melody in a cover video – across the whole web.

These unmanned aerial vehicles have tons of potential uses, and have been used both recreationally and to deliver an upgraded experience in a variety of entertainment platforms.

Taishi Fukuyama is a co-founder and COO of Amadeus Code, an artificial intelligence-powered songwriting assistant.