Speaker Biographies
Sean Adams - Founder, DrownedinSound.com & MD, DrownedinSound Recordings
Back in October 2000, Sean - then an 18 year old in a bedroom 200 miles away from London - pulled together a bunch of music obsessives to form what was one of the first online music magazines-cum-social-networks, DrownedinSound.com.
Over the past nine years DiS has become, according to Observer Music Monthly "the discerning indie fan's first point of reference," and has built up a rabid and influential readership of over 450,000 a month.
In 2003 he set-up Drowned in Sound Recordings. The label is responsible for launching the career of Martha Wainwright, with her critically celebrated debut selling over 70,000 copies. The label also notably released debut singles 'Oh My God' by Kaiser Chiefs and ‘The Wizard’ by Bat for Lashes.
In 2007 DrownedinSound.com signed a deal with BSKYB to launch five new websites, which are launching across the course of 2008. These include theQuietus.com, ThrashHits.com and theLipster.com.
http://www.drownedinsound.com
http://www.disrecords.com
http://www.quietusgroup.com
