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Our Story
The LinkedMusicians Story
The digital landscape for music creators has reached a crossroads. For too long, the industry’s online spaces have been defined by “shilling,” deceptive marketing practices, and a lack of transparency. We have witnessed developer-owned platforms where undercover contractors pose as customers to attack competitors, and legacy platforms where hyperpartisan rhetoric and targeted harassment are given a pass.
LinkedMusicians believes that maintaining a non-toxic environment enables more honest conversations about the tools music creators use and allows creativity to flourish, whereas toxicity and censorship of critical opinions stifles honest expression, giving a false picture of the tools we use that benefits the sellers, but misleads music creators.
We believe that a high-integrity environment is not a luxury—it is a requirement for professional growth. Our platform was built to provide a sanctuary where professional integrity, civil discourse, and genuine human connection take precedence over unregulated hostility and hidden agendas.
The LinkedMusicians Charter
Our community is governed by a commitment to transparency, professional civility, and human-led curation. To ensure a high-signal environment, we prioritize:
- A Creative Sanctuary: Maintaining an environment free from the harassment and toxic polarization that stifle professional growth.
- Market Transparency: Advocating for honest gear reviews and providing factual, real-time updates on corporate developments affecting the audio industry.
- Integrity in Information: Combatting deceptive marketing and ensuring that members can trust the advice and resources they find here.
About the Founder
LinkedMusicians was established to translate decades of high-level professional expertise into a valuable free resource for music creators.
Peter DeLegge is a digital marketing strategist with over 20 years of experience driving growth for major global brands as well as providing strategic marketing advice dozens of companies in the music software industry, including numerous plugin and sample library companies. What most of the world doesn’t know is that Peter is a former semi-pro drummer and multi-instrumentalist and and the son and brother of musician/music educators.
A Track Record That Speaks for Itself
Peter has a long history of creating online communities. Before establishing LinkedMusicians, Peter founded Marketing Today, a publication widely recognized as a premier source for industry insight.
- Industry Leadership: Peter has been honored by the Data & Marketing Association (DMA) as a “Marketing Thought Leader” for his contributions to the field.
- Peer Recognition: His work has received accolades and citations from some of the most influential figures in marketing, including Seth Godin, Robert Bly, and Philip Kotler (the father of modern marketing).
- Academic & Institutional Validation: Marketing Today was explicitly recommended for its professional integrity by Thomas Donaldson, the Mark O. Winkelman Professor of Business Ethics at The Wharton School. Peter’s work has been utilized and cited as an educational resource by faculty at Harvard University, The University of Chicago, and Northwestern University, as well as praised, interviewed, recommended, or cited in numerous marketing and business publications including Wired, Fast Company, Inc, Harvard Working Knowledge, Forbes, Crain’s BtoB, Direct, MarketingSherpa, Folio, etc.