249: London's Indie Music Scene Seized His Passion for Rising Artists

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

5.0 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Seb Webber grew up with dyslexia on an asparagus farm outside London. He loved music but didn’t think he was all that talented. Trusting his gut—and his love of Indie music and the artists who make it—took him through dingy clubs and places he never imagined. The British, Los Angeles-based, music industry executive was named one of Billboard's "30 Under 30" in 2010. He was creative director of TIDAL, an online music platform bringing indie artists and their fans closer together, giving musicians a larger share of revenue, and co-created an app that gives Ticketmaster a run for its money.

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0:00.0	Hello, world. Welcome to Discover Your Talent, Do What Your Love, Number 249. I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:18.4	Every day, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered his talents to do
0:22.8	work he loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:27.6	Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Seb Weber.
0:31.0	Welcome, Seb.
0:32.1	Hi, thank you for having me.
0:33.4	It's our pleasure.
0:34.4	Seb, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
0:37.4	Absolutely. All righty, we want to hear the whole story.
0:41.4	Sebastian Seb Weber is a British Los Angeles-based music industry executive who holds the title of
0:47.7	creative director of title. In 2010, Weber was named as one of billboards 30 under 30 and as a member of the American Association of Independent Music.
0:57.8	With business partner Matt Jones, he launched Crowd Surge in 2006, a web-based app that cuts out the ticket agency in the selling of artist-controlled concert tickets.
1:08.2	An immediate competitor to Ticketmaster, early clients included
1:12.1	Cole Play, Foo Fighters, and Paul McCartney. Seb is currently the owner of Salt Group.
1:17.7	Well, Seb, you've got a lot done in a short period of time. Tell our listeners around the
1:21.5	world what you're engaged in now that has you excited and motivated if you would. Good question.
1:30.0	You know, I'm currently doing, I guess,
1:34.4	I mean, I hate titles. I think they're arbitrary, but I'm currently the global head of marketing for Coldplay. So we just did the Super Bowl, which was a really fantastic experience. You know,
1:41.7	I think I was the only person in the entire stadium that didn't
1:44.4	care about American football. I have to tell you something. I think Colplay is as good as it's
1:51.3	ever been. I love that. I love Co-play. Yeah, they're a great bunch of guys. And then I'm,
1:56.6	obviously, I do the creative direction stuff. I'm doing a little bit of management. I don't, you know,
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