How We Listen Now: Essays and Conversations About Music and Technology is available now!

"How We Listen Now" is a collection of essays about the current and future state of music and technology, along with conversations with leading artists, investors, and thinkers. In it, Cortney Harding establishes herself as a singular voice in the debate over where we go next - not just content to talk about the battle over streaming, but how the world will look when music is all around us, coming to via virtual reality headsets or in self-driving cars. To order your copy, visit http://amzn.to/22H03RF. If you are interested in working with Cortney in a consulting capacity, read on below and feel free to reach out via email.

Cortney Harding Consulting: Providing thought leadership, content strategy, and partnerships for startups

With over ten years of music industry experience, Cortney Harding has a proven track record of helping her clients create innovative partnerships and get their ideas out to the public.  After spending four years as a writer and editor at Billboard, Cortney saw a need in the market for someone who could help startups navigate the often treacherous waters of the music business, and used her extensive knowledge base and rolodex to help her clients get ahead. She also uses her knowledge of the space to create thought leadership pieces for her clients that appear in publications like Techcrunch, Re/code, Inc, Hypebot, and Medium. 

Deadline-driven and diligent, Cortney doesn't just promise introductions with players in the business -- she delivers real results and real partnerships. She's the one sending yet another "checking in" email to remind an artist to use the product. She's the one setting the meeting with the exec and following up to get the ball rolling. She's also an expert in content and marketing, and can help your startup tell the best story possible -- one which will appeal to your target audience. She'll jump in and get her hands dirty to serve her clients.

Cortney is also a thought leader in the music business, writing about music and technology for Cuepoint and co-hosting the Music Business Podcast. She has spoken at a number of conferences, including the Music Biz conference, SF Music Tech, Digital Music Forum East, Billboard's Women In Music, and Music and Money.

Cortney holds a BA in Political Science from Wellesley College and an MPA from the Wagner School at New York University. She lives in Brooklyn with her canine office assistant, Ozen.