Will Harvey
Will Harvey
Will Harveyis a software developer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. At the age of 15 he wrote Music Construction Setfor the Apple II, the first commercial sheet music processor for home computers. Music Construction Set was ported to other systems by its publisher, Electronic Arts. He wrote two games for the Apple IIgs: Zany Golfand The Immortal. Harvey founded two consumer virtual world Internet companies: IMVU, an instant messaging company, and There, Inc., an MMOG company...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
We meet with lots of people ... we meet with representatives of many investment groups,
Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.
I don't think I even knew how big we were at the time. It was mad. I gained a lot through East 17 and I'm grateful for being able to have that experience.
We were the rebels of the music industry so we wanted to write a rebellious song.
Back then, as a kid, you made a choice of who you liked, and it was either us or 'Take That.' And if you liked 'East 17', it showed you knew what was going on, you were clued up, had better taste in music.
It's weird, man. I've had a weird life, and I don't want to end up on the dole. I'm fed up with the plumbing. And I think it would be good to be a little pop star again.
And I went to New York and died; for 10 years I walked those pavements. I can't think of New York without feeling uncomfortable and feeling like a failure.
I mean, we had on our show, we had marriages, divorces and other stuff going on. And that was just me.
I've played with so many people that I never really noticed that I was playing with so many people until after it was compiled on the Internet. I just kept going. I haven't even heard half the records I've played on, to tell you the truth.
There are companies that in my mind are obvious takeover candidates,
With the Internet and the ability to download onto portable devices, what reps are able to do marketing-wise to expose music is completely unlimited by the imagination. You can use anything to turn people on to music.
The price point has to be attractive to an institution, but we're not talking about thousands of dollars or what a school might want to expend on a coach or staff member. My guess, depending on the numbers (of athletes), it would be less than $100 (an athlete).
We're seeking orders that will prevent any dissipation of assets or payouts to senior corporate officers past or present, and preventing any destruction of documents.
We've got many weapons. You've got to pick your poison, whether you want it out at the perimeter or in the paint.