David Holmes is a blogger and digital curator focusing on Internet Music, Open Content and Social Media.

Former freelance audio engineer, recording studio owner, independent music management and publishing partnerships in the UK music industry.

He is passionate about using Internet technologies to empower musicians, and is a strong advocate of Free Culture and Open Music initiatives.

Quick Links

Dave's Mashed Musings tumblelog is a good place to catch up with new content and useful links.

His lenses are continually updating and evolving, see David Holmes : Lensography and Lifestreams for a media mashup of all things current and connected.





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Projects

David blogs about indie music and new media projects in areas relating to digital audio, content distribution, creative commons, multimedia, music production, podcasting, social networks, video, web startups, open source and free software tools.

His original Soundblog can be found at Dave's Imaginary Sound Space, a micro-portal for sound related news and information. DISS has twice been listed on Microsoft's Best of Windows Live Spaces website. Visit Dave's Imaginary Sound Store for recommended music and sound products.

David was a founding curator of the "Open Media Directory", a clearinghouse for sources of legal, podsafe audio and video at Ourmedia.org.

He is the curator of Open Music Search: A Google custom search engine indexing dozens of copyleft music resources. Designed for finding reusable media, collaborative projects and free music tools.

Specialties

Past experience as a recording engineer/remixer specializing in studio management, music production and artist/project development. Digital curation and web-based music resources.

Living and Interests

He currently lives in London and pursues interests in copyleft media, free culture, design, film, martial arts, music, philosophy, psychology, photography, travel, technology and the Web. Enjoys blogging, cooking, fitness, learning, net-working, reading, writing, walking.


David uses UK ISP Plusnet for his broadband connections.

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