About The Speaker
Gareth Deakin
Chief Wearer Of Hats / Director, Sonorous Consulting
Deeply motivated by a twin passion for music and great business ideas, Gareth has been immersed at the intersection of music and emerging technologies for nearly a decade.
Having worked with a variety of highly innovative music tech start-ups, he’s been early, late and up to his neck in it many times over. All of which has led to a rich and exciting startup and music career. Experience he now shares with startups via a handful of accelerators and incubators.
Consulting on partnerships, growth, strategy and marketing, Gareth works with high growth companies in a wide range of technologies and areas, including Music AI, Voice AI, music creation software, web3, NFTs, VR, AR and many more.
Since 2015 he’s run boutique consultancy, Sonorous helping clients with Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, M&A and fundraising.
A regular speaker at tech and music events, Co-Chair of the Emerging Technologies Committee for the Association For Electronic Music (AFEM) and a start-up mentor for Abbey Road Red, Wallifornia Music Tech and Marathon Labs.