General Portfolio & Background

Feel free to click on any of the links on the right to find out more about me. Some of the linked places are regularly updated, some are not. Facebook or LinkedIn are good places to get in touch or do business. Last.fm is a good way to find out what I’m into or promoting at the moment. Twitter is twitter, so it’s hit or miss.

Other links, and info about some of the links on the right.

My Blog – Soungalo in the World (Updated semi-regularly, used as a testing ground for many things)
MySpace Profile (Updated not so often, used as a testing ground for new widgets etc)
LinkedIn Profile (Updated Often)
Facebook Profile (it’s there, just search, and it is updated often)
Friendster Profile (Updated Never)
Zaadz Profile (Updated Rarely)
Virtual WOMEX Profile ( (Updated Rarely)

Current Projects:

African Underground: Democracy in Dakar – new media, brand and placement consultant
IMmedia-C – general consulting umbrella
Kino Dance – music supervision, licensing for film projects
MediaUnbound – b2b media recommendation engine, the entree of my work world, not so much a consulting project, but too much fun to be a job
Nomadic Wax – label consulting: A&R, production, licensing, digital strategy
ONE Talent – general booking umbrella
Organic Music – label consulting: A&R, licensing, booking, management
Ramata Diakite – management, booking
Trouble WorldWide – general consulting, big ups to Alex for facilitating APAP ’08
WADaBo – founder

Past Projects:

Calabash Music – strategic & operational consulting
Movement (R)evolution Africa – music licensing
OffBeat Mobile – creation, execution, maintenance
1 Giant Leap – “fixer”, translator
SEIU – organizer
Soundslikeaphone.com – consultant
Traces of the Trade – music licensing

Other blogs/sites I work on, and random little web-bits:

Alli Ross Body Kinetics
Les Escrocs on myspace
NAWMC on myspace
Ramata Diakite on myspace

Appearances in the Press, Published Material

Boston Herald, July 20, 2007 (fully quoted on my blog)
Afropop Worldwide & Giant Step, February 1, 2007
Mail & Guardian, South Africa, October 13, 2006
The Independent, UK, May 12, 2006
Re: Mesothelioma and Lung Tumors Attributable to Asbestos Among Petroleum Workers. Am. J. Ind. Med. 2000. 37:275-282. Letter to the Editor by Erich R. Ludwig, Larry Madeksho and David Egilman American Journal of Industrial Medicine 39:524-527 (2001)
APHA (American Public Health Association) 2000 Conference, Presentation: History of Warnings: Who Knew What When, David S. Egilman, MD, MPH, Erich R. Ludwig
“Localized Maternal Proteins in Xenopus Revealed by Subtractive Immunization,” by James M. Denegre, Erich R. Ludwig, and Kimberly L. Mowry, pages 446–454, Developmental Biology, Volume 202, Number 1, October 1998 , pp. 152-152(1)