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Jimmy Chamberlin, founding drummer of Smashing Pumpkins & CEO LiveOne, on innovation in music & tech

Nov 18, 20141:27:20Watch on YouTube

It’s a TWIST for the ages, as Jason sits down with Jimmy Chamberlin, original drummer of The Smashing Pumpkins & musical phenom, now CEO of LiveOne, Inc., an immersive and social live-streaming platform. What follows is an amazing conversation that crisscrosses the intersections of music, art, entrepreneurship, and technology. Jimmy talks candidly about his meteoric rise to success, the dangers of fortune and fame, and why he eventually turned his great talents to the tech world (hint: partly thanks to a bright young intern at their music studio ... one Andrew Mason, future Groupon CEO). Jason and Jimmy dive deep into the roots of creative inspiration, how building songs is like building companies, the many traits shared by successful musicians and tech entrepreneurs, the “in” drugs of the 1990s, how we listen to music then & now, the Spotify/streaming brouhaha, how the rock stars of yesteryear are the tech stars of today -- and Taylor Swift, Willie Nelson, Bono, Bowie, and much much more. Join us!