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Derek Sivers

“Derek Sivers is changing the way music is bought and sold. A musicians' savior. One of the last music-business folk heroes.” Esquire (cover story: “The Genius Issue: 38 Radicals and Rebels Who Are Creating a New World”)

“He's neither Elvis nor Shawn Fanning. But in his own quiet way, Derek Sivers is revolutionizing the music business.” MSNBC

“Derek Sivers is really sincerely driven by wanting to help people.” NPR

“What makes you want to be so darn helpful?” wired

“Sivers is a hippie capitalist in the best sense of both words.” LA Weekly

Winner, World Technology Award, field of Entertainment.

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Derek Sivers is best known as the founder of CD Baby. A professional musician (and circus clown) since 1987, Derek started CD Baby by accident in 1998 when he was selling his own CD on his website, and friends asked if he could sell theirs, too. CD Baby was the largest seller of independent music on the web, with over $100M in sales for over 150,000 musician clients. After he won the 2003 World Technology Award, Esquire Magazine's annual “Best and Brightest“ cover story said, “Derek Sivers is changing the way music is bought and sold... one of the last music-business folk heroes.” In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby to focus on his new ventures to benefit musicians, including his new company MuckWork where teams of efficient assistants help musicians do their “uncreative dirty work”. His current projects and writings are all at sivers.org.

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