Kelli Richards
The great and powerful yenta in digital music/entertainment
Areas of Expertise:
- management consulting in digital music & entertainment
- business development
- content acquisition
- artist 360 strategist
- life coaching
- talent producer
- moderator and speaker at industry conferences
- consulting
- speaking
- writing
Kelli Richards, a veteran in the digital music/media arena over the past two decades, is the president of the All Access Group, where she connects the dots between major content brands, established artists, dynamic technology companies, and consumer brands to create innovative and profitable alliances. She has rich experience as an executive and strategist with both mainstream entertainment (EMI, others) and technology companies (including Apple Computer, SGI, and Philips), where she focused on developing traditional and digital music and entertainment initiatives for each. Kelli also pioneered the first Internet-based artist subscription service, PatroNet, with Todd Rundgren in the mid-’90s. And she has been a producer of awards shows, digital music/media conferences, and celebrity fundraisers. Kelli co-authored the books The Art of Digital Music, Project Millennials, and Create the Business Breakthrough You Want.
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- Remembering John Lennon - 30 Years Later - By Kelli Richards, CEO of The All Access Group, December 13 2010
- Mobile Bandwidth Report - Shortage & Opportunity, August 03 2010
- R.I.P. -- Doug Fieger (The Knack), February 19 2010
- Apple removes DRM on iTunes & adds variable pricing, January 21 2009
- Beatles Announce Interactive Game Deal, November 03 2008
- Funny reference to Beatles (American Idol runner-up), May 26 2008
- 8-Year-Old Guitar Phenom, May 12 2008
- Music 2.0: the next chapter for the music industry, February 25 2008
- Wireless headphones experiment -- Shaw Blades & AKG, January 25 2008
- David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Artists, December 21 2007
- Artists Take Control -- Seismic Shifts, October 26 2007
- Come out and Play -- digital media event (Berkeley), September 24 2007
- National Geographic Expands its Music Initiatives, September 03 2007
- Social Networking and Social Causes, August 21 2007
- Of Masters and Mortgages, July 30 2007
- You Say It's Your Birthday -- Macca Turns 65, June 18 2007
- When Disaster Strikes on Tour, June 11 2007
- When Disaster Strikes During a Live Performance, June 11 2007
- Live Nation Delivers Concert Video Footage, May 29 2007
- The 80/20 rule - Artists Set Their Own Prices, May 15 2007
- The Gospel According to Terry McBride (Nettwerk), May 01 2007
- Starbucks Launches Record Label, March 25 2007
- Radioactive: Webcast Royalty Rates Redux, March 11 2007
- MTV turns 25: What is the new MTV?, February 26 2007
- First Album Recorded Solely on iPod, February 19 2007
- Music Today is Aimed at Tomorrow, February 03 2007
- What's old is new again -- record label consolidation, January 28 2007
- It's a Second Life for More & More Artists, January 14 2007
- Wish List for Digital Media in 2007, January 07 2007
- Twelve Cool Gadgets for Xmas 2006, December 24 2006
- OnTour: Never Miss a Concert Again, December 10 2006
- 36 Rules for Bands, December 03 2006
- A Visit to a Different Magic Kingdom - Kerner Optical, November 26 2006
- Zune Deals with Labels -- Implications for Artists, November 21 2006
- XBox and More -- A Visit to the Digital Media Dentist, November 12 2006
- Backing up -- lessons from kindergarten, October 29 2006
- iPod Turns Five, October 17 2006
- iPod Turns Five, October 17 2006
- The Sudden Demise of Network Live, October 01 2006
- New Entrants Push Portable MP3 Player Recorders, September 24 2006
- Next best thing to a Beatles show?, September 17 2006
- Simulcast concerts on the big screen, September 04 2006
- Soundtracks for your Digital Life -- Sonific SongSpots, August 29 2006
- Spear-to-Spear File Sharing -- Dave Ulmer, August 22 2006
- Unraveling the chaos of the royalty system, August 14 2006
- Conversation with a rock prince -- Jason Bonham, August 06 2006
- Arena rock morphs, July 30 2006
- The Residents' Latest Release: Blank Discs, July 18 2006
- A visit with Alan Howarth -- notable film composer & technologist, July 10 2006
- The Dirty Dozen -- Digital Music (phase 1), July 02 2006
- "Gives and Gets" -- Making Requests of Artists, June 26 2006
- Chasing the Long Tail, June 20 2006
- The Lost Highway -- Creating Creative Space, June 13 2006
- Are you hearing things? Phantom ringtone phenomenon, June 06 2006
- Sacred Territory: Original vs Replaced Artists, May 28 2006
- Pearl Jam Releases New Video Under Creative Commons, May 22 2006
- Survey Says: Music Blog Readers, May 15 2006
- Impact to artists of pre-release piracy, May 09 2006
- The Cat's out of the Bag -- Napster reset, May 02 2006
- Next Generation Concerts -- More Benes for Artists & Fans, April 24 2006
- Here Come the Sons: Beatles News,
- Thoughts on EMI-Apple announcement (DRM-Free),
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