CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN

Since 1987, I’ve been looking to live up to being voted “Most Creative” of my Senior class... in high school. (Ok...there were actually three of us who actually received that vote. Still, so much pressure with such an honor...even divided three ways). It’s been quite some time so here is what I’ve done so far.

Let’s jump to 1997, which was creatively-speaking, a momentous year. First, that was the year I started the soundtrack appreciation site Tracksounds.com. The site has run continually since then and grown to include, with great contributions of a select few individuals, over 700 soundtrack reviews, 60 composer interviews, and numerous other special features. In an effort to further spotlight the standout effort soundtracks of a given year, The Cue Awards were birthed in 2002. The awards have expanded from a simple web page, to microsite, to an audio “awards show.” It was in 2012 that the Cue Awards show became a special presentation of The Soundcast, another soundtrack-related project that I started in 2008. This is the official podcast of Tracksounds.com and has recently reached its 60th episode.

Returning to that important year, 1997, I also began to work for the non-profit, CfaN, in media and public relations. Then, in 2000, I became Director of Web Services. Since that time, my team has been able to raise nearly $6 million, exclusively online. Additionally, we have created and iterated on an international CMS used to service most of our nine international offices which spans six languages.

Recently, I caught the curation-bug. I began curating the topic of “Soundtrack” on the new platform, Scoop.it and launched a Tumblr site, Beautiful Play (beautfiulplay.net). There, I post some of the many “beautiful” pieces of content I come across each week: photos, artwork, video and music. Later in 2012, I began testing another intriguing platform called New Hive, where I create, “Soundpapers,” combining high-quality desktop wallpapers with music.

These two areas remain my passions: philanthropy and music. It is only a matter of time before these two things merge into an uber-passion project.

When not engaged in the above, I find myself reading Tolkien or books about Tolkien, the Bible, watching Netflix Watch Instantly, tapping on my Androids, watching the NFL, tennis matches, studying Japanese, taking photos, PS3ing, Xboxing, or chronicalling yet another idea for a great app or site.