Bernie Cho's guest appearances

Bernie Cho

Notebook on Cities and Culture

How Music Charts

Alain De Botton

Tyler Cowen

Tom McCarthy

Chris Guillebeau

Daniel Levin

Nick Drake

David Shields

Seth Godin

Julien Baker

Pico Iyer

Saul Austerlitz

David Starkey

Kevin Kelly

Tim Harford

Jeff Weiss

OwlTail

Bernie Cho is a music executive with more than 21 years of culture creation in the Asian music, television, and pop culture industries. As President of DFSB Kollective, a Seoul-based independent artist and label services agency that specializes in providing digital media, marketing, and distribution solutions to 600+ Korean Pop music artists, DFSB collaborates with artists and their management to devise customized strategies that directly connect them to their local and global fans. Since 2009, the agency has successfully produced numerous K-Pop concerts/showcases around the world as well as secured No. 1 chart debuts for various K-Pop albums in North America, East Asia, Western Europe, and Australia.As one of the first and foremost K-Pop music exporters, DFSB Kollective and its artists have been featured speakers/performers at top international music industry events (CMJ, CMW, SXSW, Coachella, The Great Escape, Glastonbury, Summer Sonic, Music Matters, MusicBiz, and MIDEM). Bernie himself has been involved with the startup of six TV channels, two concert series, and one film festival.A true executive all-rounder, Bernie served as the Head of MTV Korea’s Digital Media Production team and worked for nearly two decades in the Korean music and TV industries as a Creative Planner, Program Producer, and Show Host. Though Bernie has no relation to Chartmetric’s CEO Sung Cho, Bernie is an Advisor for several US and Korean music tech startups, including Chartmetric.You can listen to Part 1 of this two-part episode here.Connect With Ushttp://podcast.chartmetric.com/http://chartmetric.com/https://blog.chartmetric.comhttps://smarturl.it/chartmetric_social

Bernie Cho is a music executive with more than 21 years of culture creation in the Asian music, television, and pop culture industries. As President of DFSB Kollective, a Seoul-based independent artist and label services agency that specializes in providing digital media, marketing, and distribution solutions to 600+ Korean Pop music artists, DFSB collaborates with artists and their management to devise customized strategies that directly connect them to their local and global fans. Since 2009, the agency has successfully produced numerous K-Pop concerts/showcases around the world as well as secured No. 1 chart debuts for various K-Pop albums in North America, East Asia, Western Europe, and Australia. As one of the first and foremost K-Pop music exporters, DFSB Kollective and its artists have been featured speakers/performers at top international music industry events (CMJ, CMW, SXSW, Coachella, The Great Escape, Glastonbury, Summer Sonic, Music Matters, MusicBiz, and MIDEM). Bernie himself has been involved with the startup of six TV channels, two concert series, and one film festival. A true executive all-rounder, Bernie served as the Head of MTV Korea’s Digital Media Production team and worked for nearly two decades in the Korean music and TV industries as a Creative Planner, Program Producer, and Show Host. Though Bernie has no relation to Chartmetric’s CEO Sung Cho, Bernie is an Advisor for several US and Korean music tech startups, including Chartmetric. <a href="https://share.transistor.fm/s/4ff8e943" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You can listen to Part 1 of this two-part episode here.</a>Connect With Us <a href="https://podcast.chartmetric.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://podcast.chartmetric.com/</a> <a href="http://chartmetric.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://chartmetric.com/</a> <a href="https://blog.chartmetric.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://blog.chartmetric.com</a> <a href="https://smarturl.it/chartmetric_social" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://smarturl.it/chartmetric_social</a>

Secrets of K-Pop and the Korean Music Industry With Bernie Cho, Part 2

Bernie Cho is a music executive with more than 21 years of culture creation in the Asian music, television, and pop culture industries. As President of DFSB Kollective, a Seoul-based independent artist &amp; label services agency that specializes in providing digital media, marketing, and distribution solutions to 600+ Korean Pop music artists, DFSB collaborates with artists and their management to devise customized strategies that directly connect them to their local and global fans. Since 2009, the agency has successfully produced numerous K-Pop concerts/showcases around the world as well as secured No. 1 chart debuts for various K-Pop albums in North America, East Asia, Western Europe, and Australia.As one of the first and foremost K-Pop music exporters, DFSB Kollective and its artists have been featured speakers/performers at top international music industry events (CMJ, CMW, SXSW, Coachella, The Great Escape, Glastonbury, Summer Sonic, Music Matters, MusicBiz, MIDEM). Bernie himself has been involved with the startup of 6 TV channels, 2 concert series, and 1 film festival.A true executive all-rounder, Bernie served as the Head of MTV Korea’s Digital Media Production team and worked for nearly 2 decades in the Korean music &amp; TV industries as a Creative Planner, Program Producer, and Show Host. He has earned a Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College in Government/Asian Studies; graduated from the UCLA Anderson - Executive Entertainment &amp; Media Program, and even matriculated from the Foundation Film Program at Vancouver Film School.Though Bernie has no relation to Chartmetric’s CEO Sung Cho, Bernie is an Advisor for several US &amp; Korean music tech startups, which happens to include Chartmetric.We’ve split this talk into two episodes for easier listening.Connect With Ushttp://podcast.chartmetric.com/http://chartmetric.com/https://blog.chartmetric.comhttps://smarturl.it/chartmetric_social

Bernie Cho is a music executive with more than 21 years of culture creation in the Asian music, television, and pop culture industries. As President of DFSB Kollective, a Seoul-based independent artist &amp; label services agency that specializes in providing digital media, marketing, and distribution solutions to 600+ Korean Pop music artists, DFSB collaborates with artists and their management to devise customized strategies that directly connect them to their local and global fans. Since 2009, the agency has successfully produced numerous K-Pop concerts/showcases around the world as well as secured No. 1 chart debuts for various K-Pop albums in North America, East Asia, Western Europe, and Australia. As one of the first and foremost K-Pop music exporters, DFSB Kollective and its artists have been featured speakers/performers at top international music industry events (CMJ, CMW, SXSW, Coachella, The Great Escape, Glastonbury, Summer Sonic, Music Matters, MusicBiz, MIDEM). Bernie himself has been involved with the startup of 6 TV channels, 2 concert series, and 1 film festival. A true executive all-rounder, Bernie served as the Head of MTV Korea’s Digital Media Production team and worked for nearly 2 decades in the Korean music &amp; TV industries as a Creative Planner, Program Producer, and Show Host. He has earned a Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College in Government/Asian Studies; graduated from the UCLA Anderson - Executive Entertainment &amp; Media Program, and even matriculated from the Foundation Film Program at Vancouver Film School. Though Bernie has no relation to Chartmetric’s CEO Sung Cho, Bernie is an Advisor for several US &amp; Korean music tech startups, which happens to include Chartmetric. We’ve split this talk into two episodes for easier listening.Connect With Us <a href="https://podcast.chartmetric.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://podcast.chartmetric.com/</a> <a href="http://chartmetric.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://chartmetric.com/</a> <a href="https://blog.chartmetric.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://blog.chartmetric.com</a> <a href="https://smarturl.it/chartmetric_social" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://smarturl.it/chartmetric_social</a>

Secrets of K-Pop and the Korean Music Industry With Bernie Cho, Part 1

In Seoul's Garosu-gil, Colin Marshall talks with Korean music industry expert Bernie Cho, president of DFSB Kollective, a creative agency that provides digital media, marketing, and distribution services to Korean pop music artists. They discuss why the world now knows what K-pop is; how Korean youth culture, pop culture, and digit culture have become one in the same; Psy as outlier and representative of K-pop, "the bad boy who became the golden boy," who put a dent in the industry's pursuit of perfection; how "made in Korea" can work, internationally, as a label; whether the concept of "crazy Korea," like "weird Japan," has any traction; the big technological differences between the time of the 1990s J-pop boom and the modern K-pop boom; the musician's perceived need to break out of Korea for success; how, growing up in the United States, he became aware of Korean popular culture; his disenchantment with the "boo-hoo session" of Asian American studies; the accidental meeting that got him into music television; what he discovered in Seoul's Hongdae neighborhood; the Korean government's investment in internet technology, and the digital and cultural revolution that followed; why Korean pop artists have, in the recent past, made so little money; the use of music not as a business, but as a business card; Korea's other DMZ: the closed-garden "digital media zone" of Korea-only technology; how he first saw the seemingly wholly under-construction Seoul almost twenty years ago; how the vibe of the 2002 World Cup has carried over into the present; what Los Angeles and Seoul have to learn from each other; how his advantage in coming from America has gone away; how K-pop has become "sonic bibimbap," uniquely Korean in its mixture of various ingredients; what Koreanness internationally-marketed Korean music retains; his "What am I even doing?" moment on a flight from Los Angeles to Seoul; why the origin of the word "piracy" reveals it as a good thing, and how it sparked the British Invasion; what he makes of the return of the 1960s and 70s "golden age" of Korean pop and R&amp;B and why he tells artists they shouldn't do everything in English (and why he plays them Sigur Rós).

In Seoul's Garosu-gil, Colin Marshall talks with Korean music industry expert Bernie Cho, president of DFSB Kollective, a creative agency that provides digital media, marketing, and distribution services to Korean pop music artists. They discuss why the world now knows what K-pop is; how Korean youth culture, pop culture, and digit culture have become one in the same; Psy as outlier and representative of K-pop, "the bad boy who became the golden boy," who put a dent in the industry's pursuit of perfection; how "made in Korea" can work, internationally, as a label; whether the concept of "crazy Korea," like "weird Japan," has any traction; the big technological differences between the time of the 1990s J-pop boom and the modern K-pop boom; the musician's perceived need to break out of Korea for success; how, growing up in the United States, he became aware of Korean popular culture; his disenchantment with the "boo-hoo session" of Asian American studies; the accidental meeting that got him into music television; what he discovered in Seoul's Hongdae neighborhood; the Korean government's investment in internet technology, and the digital and cultural revolution that followed; why Korean pop artists have, in the recent past, made so little money; the use of music not as a business, but as a business card; Korea's other DMZ: the closed-garden "digital media zone" of Korea-only technology; how he first saw the seemingly wholly under-construction Seoul almost twenty years ago; how the vibe of the 2002 World Cup has carried over into the present; what Los Angeles and Seoul have to learn from each other; how his advantage in coming from America has gone away; how K-pop has become "sonic bibimbap," uniquely Korean in its mixture of various ingredients; what Koreanness internationally-marketed Korean music retains; his "What am I even doing?" moment on a flight from Los Angeles to Seoul; why the origin of the word "piracy" reveals it as a good thing, and how it sparked the British Invasion; what he makes of the return of the 1960s and 70s "golden age" of Korean pop and R&amp;B and why he tells artists they shouldn't do everything in English (and why he plays them Sigur Rós).