Jesse von Doom

    Jesse von Doom and his non-profit organization CASH Music build free and open tools to help musicians promote and sell their work. The goal is to use open source to explore new models and allow musicians to find their own paths to sustainable careers on an open web.

    He has a background in design and technology and has been working with music marketing and technology for over ten years. Jesse and his wife live in Portland, Oregon with their two daughters and a fat chihuahua.



    Jesse von Doom Blog

    CASH Music: Help us make more summits happen

    CASH Music: Help us make more summits happen: cashmusic: Yesterday we announced the launch of a new Kickstarter to fund a series of summits in 2014, bringing musicians and technologists together.... Read More – ‘CASH Music: Help us make more summits happen’.

    The Market Bear

    There’s a fucked up fascination with “the market” as a cruel and uncaring beast. And make no mistake it’s spoken about as a leaving creature with goals and desires. Snarling... Read More – ‘The Market Bear’.

    CASH Music: Introducing cashmusic.js

    CASH Music: Introducing cashmusic.js: cashmusic: A few years ago we built a front-end library to handle audio players, video lightboxes, and a few other things. It was very useful, but had pretty... Read More – ‘CASH Music: Introducing cashmusic.js’.

    On balancing

    My friend Kim wrote an amazing essay today about the ridiculous practice of asking women how they balance professional life and motherhood. It was great to read. I emailed her an all-to-long thank... Read More – ‘On balancing’.

    A finch

    I wrote this as part of a challenge Wired magazine is doing where an entire digital edition is created in a week. The theme was our interconnected future where data is everywhere. What will life... Read More – ‘A finch’.

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