Paul Myers (record producer)

Paul Myers (record producer)

Paul Myers (born Plaistow, London, England 1967) is a British author and businessman and was formerly a record producer. He is the CEO and founder of online music store Wippit [ [http://www.wippit.com Wippit home page] ] .

Music industry

During the 1980s Myers was a club DJ, and was resident at the Hippodrome in London at the age of 18 [ [http://www.time.com/time/europe/digital/sotw/2001/01/wippit.html The Digital DJ] ] . From 1989 to 1995 he was a songwriter and record producer working for Polydor Records, Warner Brothers Recordings, Rhythm King Records, and Sony Music. He contributed to the movie soundtrack to "A Rage in Harlem". In 1991 he obtained a platinum disc for his production work on the Betty Boo's album "Boomania" including the single "24 Hours" which was also written and co-vocaled by Myers [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/303053 Boomania credits] ] . His songs have been remixed and produced by Fat Boy Slim, William Orbit, Vince Clarke and David Morales [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/78977 Catch Me - David Morales Mix] ] .

Internet businesses

Among his early Internet ventures were the web design agency Nethead and the search portal G.O.D.

In 1998 he created a revolutionary business concept, free Internet access with The X-Stream Network, the first Free ISP in the UK. Both [ [http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/314361 X-Stream acquired by French Internet group LibertySurf] ] are now part of Tiscali.

In 2000 he founded Wippit, an online music store. Wippit is the biggest UK-based MP3 online music and movies store and in terms of sales is second only to the UK branch of the iTunes Music Store. [ [http://www.brandrepublic.com/login/News/569234 Wippit brief goes to Team Saatchi - Brand Republic Login - Brand Republic ] ] From March 15 2007 Wippit produced "The All Day Breakfast Show", a podcast by award-winning radio presenter Danny Baker described in The Guardian newspaper as the 'Future of Radio'.

Media

In 2006 Myers was nominated for a Netimperative Lifetime Achievement Award. [cite web|url=https://www.netimperative.com/2006/09/18/Lifetime_profiles|title=Netimperative Lifetime Achievement Award|author= Netimperative |accessdate=2007-03-21] He was a board advisor to UK social networking service, ProfileHeavenFact|date=December 2007 and more recently the creator of the Facebook application [http://apps.facebook.com/friendfolio/index.php FriendFolio] [ url=http://friendfolio.net] .

He is the author of a travel memoir, 'What I Did in Cuba' [ url=http://www.whatIdidonmyholidays.net] , first published in 2007.

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