Brian Camelio | |
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ArtistShare Founder/CEO Brian Camelio
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Background information | |
Born |
Milton, Massachusetts, United States |
October 15, 1965
Occupation(s) | Founder/CEO ArtistShare inc., musician, public speaker, inventor, entrepreneur, educator |
Years active | 1974–present |
Website | www |
Brian Camelio is an American musician, producer, entrepreneur, educator and founder of ArtistShare.
Camelio is considered one of the fathers of crowdfunding and potentially "a post-modern Ahmet Ertegun" according to Bloomberg News. In 2005, he was the subject of an essay entitled "The One Thing You Can't Download" in The Big Moo: Stop Trying to be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable edited by entrepreneur and author Seth Godin. He has been a speaker or panelist at the Judge Business School at Cambridge University,Midem, The Grammy Foundation at NARAS,ASCAP,NYU Law School, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, The Songwriters hall of fame and The Future of Music Coalition.
He was a member of the core faculty of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and has been a columnist for All About Jazz since 2010.
Camelio, who grew up in Boston, began his music career at the age of 9 and continued to pursue music at Clark University as a composition major. After finishing his music degree at the University of Vermont with a concentration in orchestral composition, he spent 15 years as a professional touring musician, composer and producer according to Celebrity Access.
Since founding ArtistShare, he has produced six releases for jazz guitarist and NEA Jazzmaster Jim Hall including Hemispheres, the 2008 collaboration with Bill Frisell, and Conversations (2010) with Joey Baron. Camelio has also worked with Trey Anastasio, Phish and Betty Buckley.