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About FanTracks

FanTracks is a live streaming and fan engagement platform. The company was founded by Barry Summers and Ty Roberts in May of 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to allow consumers to continue enjoying the live music experience and gain access to their favorite artists in a personal and safe way. FanTracks is a departure from services that digitally mimic traditional ticketing approaches. The platform offers music lovers access to high-quality, carefully curated, and professionally produced live shows. Its proprietary technology creates a new world of virtual music and fan experiences, from a range of group chat modes to hosted “hang out” spaces and parties, to interactive features that bring musicians and music lovers together. FanTracks’ President/Executive Producer Barry Summers is an award-winning veteran live concert/music film/TV producer, President of World Live Shows LLC, and Rock Fuel Media. In the ’90s, he worked personally with Dick Clark as Executive Producer of many successful live shows and has produced award-winning concert films/live TV Specials and numerous Billboard #1 chart-topping DVDs, CDs, and vinyl consumer product releases featuring some of the world’s biggest artists. Ty Roberts, FanTracks’ CEO and CTO is a proven serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in the music industry. As a technologist, he developed technologies and data that power products like iTunes, Comcast Xfinity, and Ford Sync that are used by hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide. He holds dozens of patents for his inventions and has created multiple technical standards across the industry.

Ty Roberts – Co-Founder, CEO, and CTO

Ty Roberts has shaped the digital entertainment world since he first began developing games in the 1980s. He went on to be part of the team that created QuickTime; to launching the first interactive albums and other innovative music products with his team at ION for artists including David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, and Primus. In 1998, Roberts co-founded Gracenote and served as Chief Strategy Officer for nearly 18 years. Gracenote’s music and TV metadata powered services offered by major CE and Audio companies around the world including iTunes, Comcast, Ford, and Mercedes. Roberts guided the company from 3 to 1700 people, ultimately managing $100M P&L as GM of Music before Gracenote was sold to Nielsen in 2016. Roberts then was named the first Chief Technology Officer for Universal Music Group, driving partnerships for Hi-Res Audio streaming, and working with artist teams to develop immersive experiences such as Hologram and Dome. Over the past several years, he has focused on strategic advising for Jay-Z’s TIDAL, the award-winning HiFi audio company MQA Ltd., and others. As co-founder of FanTracks Digital LLC, he is now working to transform the live streaming experience to one that delivers the highest levels of music and video production along with immersive, interactive elements that elevate the performances beyond what a traditional live show can deliver.