Kara Mukerjee | Calmer Than Cream

Digital / tech / web geek working across labels, music tech, and industry bodies. Whiskey, dirty blues, distortion fuzz, menacing electro appreciator. Londoner.

I’m a Digital Projects, Innovation & Digital Marketing Manager, Front-end web developer / designer. My day job is to build awesome stuff at and for the world’s Biggest Baddest Music Labels, indies, and artist / manager teams alike.

I’m available for consulting work and act as ambassador for London music education charity Restore The Music UK.

Before you ask: I will be calmer than cream is a lyric lifted from TV on the Radio’s Young Liars. It makes me all warm inside.

I work with…

I have thoughts on 21st century music marketing…

• Billboard (From Mood Playlists to Metadata: How Smart Speakers Are the Next Frontier — And Challenge — For the Music Business) – read here
• Music Ally Sandbox Summit 2018 – read here
• Music Ally – Smart speakers’ impact on music – read here
• The Industry Observer – read here
• Restore The Music UK Battle of the Bands – watch here
• Wired – read here
• Sydney Morning Herald – read here

Career highlights…

• Digital marketing and development for Paloma Faith’s first #1 album “The Architect” – including design and development of the world’s first Amazon Alexa skill “Paloma’s Bedtime“, with Amazon’s Echo team.
• Collaborating with Jean-Michel Jarre on game-changing VR events with one of the world’s most advanced VR firms, The Wave. Read here.
• Laying the foundations of voice UI & metadata strategy across Sony Music UK & globally.
• Launching Global Radio & Universal Music UK’s classical streaming service, Composed. Watching our site traffic analytics boom in realtime whilst broadcasting live from the Global Radio studios.
• Managing EMI’s developer outreach initiative, OpenEMI.
• Presenting at & participating in numerous Music Hack Days around Europe – including presenting to 200+ developers in Stockholm whilst wearing pajamas.
• Having the immense honour of working on digital campaigns for some of my personal favourite artists, including: Everything Everything, Royksopp, Arctic Monkeys, Hot Chip, The Chemical Brothers, LCD Soundsystem, Nick Cave, My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Andrew Bird, Paul Kelly, & more, more, more…