Volume I · 1986–2001

The Digital Frontier

The first real business began in a recording studio. Music led to computers, computers led to online communities, and those communities led to the internet.

Begin with 1040 Midi and Music
The first half

From studio sessions to public markets

This volume follows the evolution of 1040 Midi and Music, NextLevel.com and StarNet, along with early work in streaming radio, online magazines, digital television, casino technology and internet advertising.

1986–1994

1040 Midi and Music

Recording studio, MIDI production and the world’s largest dedicated MIDI and music BBS.

Open canonical record
1987–1994

NextLevel.com

Music, media, touring and the transition from dial-up communities to internet services.

1994–1999

StarNet

Infrastructure, online casinos, adult internet services, payments and explosive growth.

1996–2000

Pioneering the Internet

Streaming radio in Vancouver, Las Vegas and Arizona; early digital television; online advertising and publishing.

1998–2001

NextLevel Expands

Sterling MacFadden, Sony Signatures, New York, interactive magazines and major entertainment brands.

2001

The World Changes

9/11 closes the first era and begins the New York years.