Taishi Fukuyama has a diverse career in music and tech, from consulting the business and strategy of various industry leading technology companies such as The Echo Nest/Spotify, launching the first Music Hack Day in Asia in Tokyo 2014, becoming the first Red Bull Soundclash champion in Japan and producing the music of chart topping Japanese and Korean artists. With a unique mixed experience as a performing artist, record producer, and technologist, Taishi continues to provide insights to industry media and conferences, and currently is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Amadeus Code, an artificial intelligence powered songwriting assistant , Evoke Music - a free royalty-free music library made with artificial intelligence, and Chief Marketing Officer of Qrates, the world’s first vinyl crowdfunding marketplace.