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WHAT IS DOTBC?

A modernized rights management solution for media creators and businesses, leveraging the power of distributed ledger and open source technology, resulting in a new dynamic format for media assets

WHY DO WE NEED IT?

dotBC files (.bc) enable: tracking, communication, & monteization of media files.

For Creators

We offer solutions for artists to synchronize their songwriting and/or performing rights with their music when delivered to online platforms. Ensuring your credits are not removed from your songs as they journey through the net.

For Companies

.BC (dotBC) brings to media companies large and small, the power and speed of the cloud, the precision and the accuracy of machine learning, all while leveraging the security and permanence of the Blockchain.

GENERAL OVERVIEW OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY & THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

DATA CLEANSING THROUGH OUR PARTNER, EXACTUALS

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Our Technology

Our solutions ensure that multiple parties can build a collective truth about a given audio file, metadata and its ownership information through communication layers, public and private data sets, and blockchain technology to ensure that all data is current and synchronized. All while leveraging existing industry standard like DDEX and CWR to insure interoperability with existing systems and workflow.

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Our Company

Our management team is comprised of carefully selected industry experts in their field.

KEN UMEZAKI

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Ken, as CEO and co-founder of Dot Blockchain Media, is a passionate advocate of creators and the arts. After 25 years of experience in financial services trading and asset management, Ken shifted his focus solely on the music industry. Ken has spent the last 10 years as a business advisor for artists and digital music startups through his companies, Digital Daruma and PDX Media Partners.

BENJI ROGERS

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

Benji is a British-born, New York-based, entrepreneur, technologist, musician and startup investor and advisor. As an early pioneer of the direct-to-fan model of distributing music, Rogers founded PledgeMusic in 2009. Benji is now the Chief Strategy Officer and a co-founder of Dot Blockchain Media.

CHRIS TSE

TECHNOLOGY

Chris is a technologist by trade, a designer in practice, and an entrepreneur at heart. Chris is the Founding Director of the Cardstack project, leading the creation of the experience layer of the decentralized Internet that will serve as the onramp to blockchain-based economy for the mass market.

ALLEN BARGFREDE

LEGAL

Allen has been working in the music industry for over 20 years as a media strategist, lawyer, professor, artist manager, and author. He was the founder of the Rethink Music thinktank at Berklee College of Music and also leads music investment firm PDX Media Partners.

BILL WILSON

METADATA

Bill is a seasoned entertainment exec with a diverse background in label operations, business development, social media and mobile commerce. He serves as the VP of Digital Strategy and Business Development at the Music Business Association.

CHLOE JOHNSON

CLIENT & QA ASSOCIATE

Chloe is an American-born, London-based, music management consultant and technologist. Chloe is a trained opera singer, a former jazz venue manager, and most recently was a product manager assisting labels and independent artists in the release of new music.

ALEX MITCHELL

PROJECT MANAGER

Alex Jae Mitchell is a serial music entrepreneur with an exhaustive background in growth-oriented product development. He previously founded Audiokite, the leading market research service for independent musicians, which was acquired by ReverbNation in 2016.