Todd Rundgren

President and CEO of Waking Dreams, as well as songwriter, video pioneer, producer, recording artist, computer software developer, conceptualist, interactive artist.

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Early Life
Born and raised in Philadelphia.

First Band
Founded 1960s cult group The Nazz.

Solo Career
Left band in 1969. Produced, played all the instruments, and sang all the vocals on his 1972 solo album "Something/Anything?"

First Computing
Began programming PCs in late 1970s; developed digital art tools (Utopia Graphic Tablet System), kinetic art (FlowFazer, GrokGazer), interactive music (No World Order), and an enhanced CD (The Individualist); consultant and speaker on the tech-talk circuit on digital music and video.

Foreign Languages
Conversant to fluent in C, Java, HTML, Lingo, MAX, and perhaps 25 common creative applications.

Current endeavor
Redefining the distribution model for music, as well as the relationship between performer and audience with PatroNet, where consumers underwrite artists' works and download them as they are created.