This is Mike McCready’s personal website & blog.
I don’t play in Pearl Jam and the band is better for it. I’m an entrepreneur at the crossroads of music and technology. I split my time between New York and Barcelona and have a special fondness for my home state of Nebraska.
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Current roles & projects:
Co-founder & CEO at MusicXray
Advisory Board Member at Acquamedia
Advisor and strategist at Layers, a new social network that enables users to overlay content (images, video, text, highlights etc.) on top of any existing website and share it with their friends and the world.
I blog on The Huffington Post
I have recently started doing some consulting for the Spanish government / Generalitat de Catalunya to help them better understand the intricacies and nuances of the international music industry. They use this knowledge to help determine which local artists and projects should qualify for government subsidies and other resources. Understanding a particular project’s chances of success is crucial in deciding whether or not to provide backing.
I’ve started a new side project called The Song Cat A&R Blog & Podcast where every day I post three songs. Site visitors vote for the best one. Each day’s winning song goes on to the following day to face off against two new songs. Songs that do exceptionally well make it to the Blog’s wall of fame and I sometimes publicly review them in The Huffington Post or elsewhere. Each Thursday I release a podcast that features a few great songs I’ve come across recently and I discuss the new music industry. Subscribers include emerging artists, industry professionals and fans interested in the latest best music coming mostly from unsigned artists.
Anyone can submit their music to have it considered for the Blog.
My personal blog is located here on this site.
In my blog I hit a smattering of topics but invariably I return to the topics I am most passionate about: music, the music industry, social media, American politics and foreign affairs. I’m also fortunate to live in two great cities (Barcelona and New York) so from time to time I write about things going on in either place including restaurants and curiosities. I try to keep it interesting.
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