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Dave Kusek
Businessperson
Dave Kusek is an American business executive, music educator, author, and software developer known for his work in the music industry.[1][2] After working as chief engineer at Star Instruments in the 1970s,[3] in 1980 he became the founding CEO of the music software company Passport Designs.[3] With Passport he helped develop Master Tracks and Encore,[3] and also co-developed software and hardware that utilized the then newly introduced MIDI interface.[4]
From 1997 to 2012 he taught music business at Berklee College of Music,[1][3] becoming a vice president[4][1] and founding its online music school Berkleemusic.com.[3][4] In 2005, Kusek co-wrote the music business book, The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution.[5] In 2014 Kusek launched New Artist Model, an online music business school,[6] which has been featured in publications such as Billboard,[2] CMJ,[6] and the Boston Globe.[1]