Ian Rogers (@iancr) interviews Craig Kallman, dance DJ and CEO of Atlantic Records, at the Electronic Dance Music Biz conference 2012. Craig discusses his early days as a DJ in NYC, starting his own record label, and discovering the latests artists Atlantic.

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00:00 - Intro. Craig Kallman, CEO of Atlantic records
00:35 - How Craig got into music – Early days as a DJ
02:40 - Starting Big Beat Records
04:10 - Favorite music before Big Beat
05:10 - Why he focused on House music with Big Beat – Selling to Atlantic
08:00 - Sonos… with DeadMau5! Thank you Sonos for supporting TWiMusic. Follow Sonos @sonos on Twitter
11:50 - What working at Atlantic Records means to him
14:40 - Who discovers talent first, Atlantic or fans?
17:00 - Defining success in 2012 (as opposed to 1999)
21:10 - Rebooting Big Beat Records. Why now? (Finding Skrillex, Martin Solveig and DJ Chuckie)
23:45 - Thanks MOG for sponsoring TWiMusic! Follow @mogdotcom and @twimusik and tweet at us your playlist. Let us know you like the show!
26:00 - Craig’s thoughts on the dance music explosion and going from DJ to music executive
30:00 - Branding artists
31:45 - What’s really changed in music?

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