Former freelance sound engineer, recording studio owner, independent music management and publishing partnerships in the UK music industry.

Passionate about using Internet technologies to empower musicians. Strong advocate of Free Culture and Open Music initiatives.

Curator of Open Music Search - a Google custom search engine indexing thousands of copyleft music resources. Designed for finding reusable media, collaborative projects and free music tools.

Main Blog: http://davidholmes.posterous.com/

Lensography and Lifestreams: http://www.squidoo.com/davidholmes