Pandora is an internet radio service, recommendation service, and the custodian of the Music Genome Project. Users enter a song or artist that they enjoy, and the service responds by playing selections that are musically similar. Users provide feedback on approval or disapproval of individual songs, which Pandora takes into account for future selections.

Rovi is a premier source of entertainment data including reviews, search & recommendations, artist bios, music clips, images and more. Leading companies rely on on Rovi to help them deliver highly relevant information which may increase consumption, ensure customer loyalty and boost ad revenue. Rovi’s content about music, movies, TV, books and games is curated by a 300-plus editorial team. Rovi spent the last three years standardizing this data for sites to dynamically access any piece of it. Customers include: Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, MTV and Netflix.

Flowd is the music lovers’ social network. Flowd helps fans keep up with their favorite music acts’ latest news, views, gigs and offers. Flowd also provides an easy way to connect with friends, places and parties. High-profile artists using Flowd today include Armin van Buuren, HeadHunterz, We are the Ocean, Markus Schulz, Ferry Corsten and others. Flowd offers music artists a turnkey social marketing platform called “Frequent Fans”. Frequent Fans powers fun offers for fans, based on a variety of promotion triggers and business rules. The program is free and available for artists signed up to Flowd. With it, artists can reward fans attending their gigs, for example.

Sonos lets you play all the music you want, all over your house-from the bedroom to the backyard-and control it all from the palm of your hand. It's the first wireless multi-room music system of its kind and it's going to change the way you listen to music at home. With a Sonos Controller in hand, your entire music library, Internet radio and the most popular online music services are at your fingertips. And with Sonos ZonePlayers in all the rooms where you want music, you can simply pick a room, find a song and touch play.

Music Reports is the leading provider of music rights administration services in the United States. Music Reports' IT-centric approach to music rights administration has set the standard for technological innovation in the music industry. The company has developed proprietary databases and software applications which facilitate accuracy, transparency, and accountability for all aspects of music rights administration. Music Reports offers a full spectrum of music rights administration services to clients including strategic consulting, copyright research, licensing, and royalty reporting. The company's clients include the world's most successful broadcasters, record labels, digital music services, wireless carriers, and consumer products companies.

DIY Media Inc., provides unique and innovative tools that empower social commerce and extend the reach and revenue opportunities for its customers. DIY Media provides content companies with enterprise-level asset management and the ability to conduct business whenever and wherever they need to, while substantially reducing operational expenses. DIY Media is privately held, and is based in Seattle, Washingotn with offices in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Loeb & Loeb LLP is a national law firm, well recognized for our leading entertainment, media, IP and technology practices. Our clients include many of the world’s preeminent music companies and numerous technology, advertising and promotion companies, as well as institutional investors and today’s most successful talent. We provide advice and counsel with respect to industry agreements, finance and lending, and mergers and acquisitions matters. When it comes to the accelerating convergence of content, technology and business, our experience is unparalleled in depth and scope. It’s just another way LOEB & LOEB adds Value.

WOWee ONE, the pioneer in portable, amplified acoustics, recently released its newest portable, rechargeable speaker -- the WOWee ONE Slim, a companion model to the very successful WOWee ONE Classic. Both speaker models offer game-changing solutions to portable speaker needs, delivering room-filling, rich audio. WOWee ONE's patented gel audio turns surfaces into sound, creating a unique and powerful audio experience. These speakers offer portability that yields tremendous freedom for mobile technology users – from an iPod, cell phone, or portable gaming device to a tablet or laptop. They're ideal for music, gaming, audiobooks, movies or anything that could benefit from an enhanced sound experience. And, it's much more social than headphones.

HRT (High Resolution Technologies) is a consumer audio company specializing in high performance USB–based audio devices at real-world prices. Founded in 2009, HRT has developed a stellar reputation for designing and manufacturing components in Southern California that out perform competing products at several times the price. The current product line of USB Digital to Analog Convertors (DACs) includes the Music Streamer II, Music Streamer II+ and the Music Streamer Pro for use with Windows and Mac based computers and other Network Audio Devices such as Logitech’s SqueezeboxTM Touch. The iStreamer is the latest addition to the HRT family of products and the first Apple approved external DAC that, when combined with an iPadTM, iPhone® or iPod®, provides unprecedented sound quality and convenience. The HRT motto, Everyone Deserves Great Sound is a testament to passion for creating quality products for music lovers everywhere.

Thinglink, a provider of image interaction tools, changes how people interact with photos by transforming them into a navigational surface for search, commerce, and social connection. Thinglink technology lets businesses and consumers connect their images to anywhere on the Internet. 90+ billion photos online offer rich opportunities for in-image links to engaging user experiences that will transform how we interact with images.

boinc is the new social music service that licenses music from content owners to create a vast cloud library. Embedded into devices such as computers, smartphones, tablets, automobiles and also available as a downloadable app, users can play, download and share as much music as they want for the lifetime of their boinc'd device. There are no download charges, monthly subscription fees or ads. boinc provides the ultimate music listening and discovery experience, allowing users to play it all.

RightsFlow is a leading technology-enabled provider of a mechanical licensing and royalty payment technology platform for online music services, record companies, distributors and artists. The company has been at the forefront of solving the complex issues of copyright compliance and royalty payment as new methods of consuming music have emerged. RightsFlow specializes in obtaining bulk physical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited download rights. Our proprietary “FLOW” system and 23.5 million song database allow us to license, account, and pay royalties on behalf of clients quickly and accurately while ensuring that rights-holders are paid for the use of their work.

Jakprints, Inc. is a creatively driven, full-service custom printing company specializing in offset printing, apparel printing, sticker printing and wide format printing. By investing in state-of-the-art equipment, ecologically sustainable practices and an unfaltering commitment to customer service, Jakprints has served more than 90,000 customers worldwide—musicians, artists, and designers; corporations, non-profits, and individuals—with a wide range of projects customized to bring the best attention to their brand, company, or event. More information about Jakprints is available at http://www.jakprints.com

www.a2im.org

The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM, www.a2im.org) is a non-profit trade organization fighting for and protecting the rights of the Independent music label community. A2IM is an organization made up of Independent music labels that have banded together to form a central voice advocating for the health of the Independent music sector. Our membership includes both labels and associate members (those who work with, depend upon, or support Independent music). A2IM’s mission statement is to obtain tangible economic gains for its members via lobbying, commerce opportunities, and member services. INDEPENDENT LABELS MEAN BUSINESS! A2IM is hard at work every day to improve the business of Independent music companies.

www.digitalmusicnet.com

DigitalMusicNet (formerly Play the Music) is a digital music industry network to help professional expand their network and uncover new business opportunities. We run regular networking, discussion and demo events in NY, LA and in the Bay Area. Professionals can also connect through our online industry networks. More information at www.digitalmusicnet.com.

With more than 5.5 million monthly page views, Mashable is the world's largest blog focused on social networks and web 2.0 news. Mashable's readers include the most tech-savvy early adopters, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, influencers, Web 2.0 aficionados and technology journalists.

www.playthemusic.biz

The Digital Music series of business networking events, panels, and workshops is designed to connect the music industry in various cities. Our gatherings attract independent labels, artists, producers, marketers, bloggers, professional services and other industry executives. Our purpose is to not simply connect the industry, but to help facilitate new business opportunities for artists, labels, producers, marketers, technology companies, brands and other industry segments that are ready to capitalize on the next wave of digital music. We currently have groups in New York City and Los Angeles that draw crowds in the hundreds, and we are adding a group in San Francisco in October at an event produced in association with Billboard's Mobile Entertainment Live: The Music App Summit.