Hessel van Oorschot is founder and "Chief of Noise" of the online music business Tribe of Noise, a community that connects artists, fans, and professionals. Founded in 2008 in The Netherlands, its main objective is to create fair and sustainable business opportunities for talented artists. Tribe of Noise are the stewards of the Free Music Archive, an online repository of royalty-free music. During the conversation, Hessel shares his unconventional path to discovering his passion, his insights on the biggest opportunities for music licensing right now, how he got involved with the open movement and Creative Commons, and more.
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Theme music: "Day Bird" by Broke for Free (brokeforfree.com). Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license, at the Free Music Archive.
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