Gerd Leonhard's Blog on The Future of Music, Media & Entertainment

Ticking Time Bombs at Futurist.com

Glen Hiemstra is raising some interesting flags on The Future, here:
"The future is not perfectly predictable. But it is knowable."
Link: Ticking Time Bombs at Futurist.com.

Also be sure to read this: Eleven Events, Trends and Developments that Will Change Your Life

Glen also has a new book out: "In Turning the Future into Revenue, Glen Hiemstra, founder of Futurist.com and noted expert on emerging business opportunities, explores how our changing world will transform private enterprise and public policy. From shifting demographics to global warming to new energy policies, change is coming. Turning the Future into Revenue shows how these new realities can be turned into profitable new ventures..."   

More on Glen

My work as MusicFuturist

Check out my MusicFuturist site here
The Future is already here - it's just unevenly distributed! (Gibson)

  So...what is a MusicFuturist?  Click here or here to find out what a non-music 'Futurist' is, and what futurism is all about. My new book "The Future of Music", co-written with Dave Kusek and published by Berklee Press, can now be previewed and ordered via most Amazon sites around the world. Click on the book link on this site or go here to check it out Check out some audio, video, and written interviews here, read some reviews here. Still need more? Check out what Technorati has to say about me (good international coverage).

In my ongoing research, analysis and discussion of the issues that impact the future of the music and media industries, I strive to make connections and to discover overlaps with the 'megatrends' in society, business and culture, so that plausible images for the 'Future of Music' can emerge.

I then share my ideas, experiences and imaginations with clients, and on conferences, workshops, in my books, presentations and other publications, newsletters, blogs and various online forums and even online classes.

Here's one of my favorite quotes: "I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world" (Albert Einstein)

Cringely on The Future

good read here

want to see the future

get razzled here

Download 3 chapters of my book for free

here.  And if you like it... but it at Amazon (worldwide).

"... the music industry is healthier and more vibrant than ever with limitless possibilities for change and growth due to the Internet and the digitization of music. The Future of Music will show you cool new ways to find music and connect with your favorite artists. Discover the top-10 truths about the music business of the future and how you can benefit from the explosion in digital music, today and tomorrow.

From free music and mp3 music downloads on Kazaa to legal music downloads from iTunes, Napster and Rhapsody to other forms of free music online, The Future of Music charts a music industry destined to embrace digital music, or so it seems. What will become of the music business, the music store, the independent and major record label, artists, writers, publishers, managers and others in the age of free music downloads and the ubiquitous mp3 file? Is there a better way for the industry to proceed?

The Future of Music punches gaping holes through the foundation of a record industry that refuses to adapt. If you love music, have discovered digital music and download or rip MP3 files on your computer, or download ring tones to your cell phone - then this book is for you..."

IF... TV Goes Down The Tube - The Media 2016

Good feature in Digital Lifestyles.
A couple of nuggets:
"Computers turned office life upside down. Now they’re focused on changing entertainment."
" With a TV connected to a broadband connection (and they will be broad by 2012), you will be able to access the content from around the connected world. Any subject you imagine will have content available about it."

Glen Hiemstra

I met Glen at the Summit for the Future in Amsterdam, just now. He's truly amazing, and a great resource. Check out his stuff here.  I particularly like his Portal to the Future.