Chime Interactive provides Internet music, community & technology consulting, programming, design and multimedia production services. On the side, Chime also has developed a number of webcasting and Internet publishing tools, provides its clients with discounted hosting and domain registration services, and donates to a number of community services.

To contact us, email info@chime.com or phone (831) 477-9266. 4640 Cherryvale Ave, Soquel, CA 95073.

Note: From 1994-1999 Chime Interactive was known as evolve internet solutions

History

With internet experience dating back to 1986, Chime brings a unique experience in envisioning the current capabilities and future development of the internet and world wide web. Chime has a history of being on the cutting edge- we've been involved in the foundation and creation of numerous Internet companies and projects:

• IUMA (the Internet Underground Music Archive- The net's first free hi-fi music archive) [1993]
• Addicted To Noise (the net's premiere music magazine) [1994]
• MediaCast (the first company to specialize in internet broadcasting solutions) [1995]
• Nineup (live bay area bands webcasting) [1996]
• The FezGuys (monthly column about internet audio) [1996]
• Bay Area Streaming Media Organization (BASMO) (open organization) [1999]
• Popular Noise Foundation (non-profit SF/Bay Area music organization) [2000]

The FezGuys recently completed the defacto standard book on streaming audio for New Riders Publishing entitled Streaming Audio: The FezGuys' Guide.

Since 1993, Chime has worked directly with a large number of technology companies, record companies, musicians, and individuals. A partial list is available here.

Press & Presentations

Chime founder Jon Luini was identified as one of the "Top 50 People To Watch In Cyberspace" by Newsweek (Feb 27 1995), named in the "Top 100 Multimedia Producers" by AV Video and Multimedia Producer magazine (Nov. 1996) and has been spotlighted in numerous other publications.

He has also spoken at and chaired panels at a variety of international conferences including Internet World (London), Mac World, Canada Music Week, North By Northwest, NARAS Music & Multimedia, Streaming Media West, and Bandwidth Conference.

A short list of some of the press covering Chime-related projects is included below. Those done under Chime's former name "Evolve Internet Solutions" are noted with (evolve).

5/00: Metallica Chat Re: Napster Lawsuit (chime)

Pre-event and on-location co-ordination for Metallica with ArtistDirect and Yahoo for this unique chat (over 29,000 questions were submitted by fans within the 1-hour chat). [ transcript here ]

11/99: Grateful Dead Box Set Promotion (evolve)

Production and co-ordination of promotional web site for the first Grateful Dead box set, "So Many Roads (1965-1995)". Included was exclusive downloadable and streaming bonus tracks, a special premiere video, fan essay contest, and more. Technology partnerships with Apple, RealNetworks, LiquidAudio, and Microsoft.

9/99: Garageband.com Launch (evolve)

Consulted as colporteur for Garageband.com from April - September 1999 (through launch).

6/99: FasTV's Wimbledon Coverage (evolve)

Network consulting for FasTV's Wimbledon 1999 coverage from London.

1/99: The Other Ones Web Event (evolve)

Production and co-ordination of an event for members of the Grateful Dead's live web event (chat and performance) which also included an exclusive MP3 bonus track.

1/99: Webnoize: anatomy of a promotion (evolve)

Webnoize interview/coverage of the above Other Ones event.

8/98: Live Launches 24-hour Web Camera (evolve)

Production and co-ordination of round-the-clock webcam and RealVideo feed of Live from the studio to chronicle the complete recording of band's new album

12/97: Live Local Music To Your Desktop (nineup)

The SF Bay Guardian covers the groundbreaking work of Nineup.

5/97: Sun Software Customer Success Stories: Addicted To Noise (addicted to noise)

Sun Microsystems profiles Addicted To Noise's use of their technology in a brief q&a with ATN Exec VP Jon Luini.

5/97: Webnoize Early Cybercast Stories (mediacast)

Webnoize, as part of their coverage of the advent of webcasting, profiles MediaCast for their being first on the scene.

7/96: Pac Bell ISDN Use Profile (mediacast)

Pacific bell profiles MediaCast's use of ISDN for broadcasting live concerts to the Internet. This profile was a regular of the Pac Bell home page for over 3 years.

5/96: Live On The Internet: The Interactive Music Scene (mediacast)

A computer shopper profile of netcasting, covering MediaCast's early role in setting the standards

1/95: SGI Iris Online, Jan 15, 1995 (iuma)

An early SGI success story profiling IUMA.

Staff

Chime is the consulting, programming, and production company for Jon R. Luini. On a per-project basis (usually for web site design or live productions), other talented staff are brought in as needed. Most recently, Chime has been teaming up on many projects with killer design firm PROD.

Other folks who I am proud to have been part of previous projects under the Chime Interactive™ name are Jon Fox (Digiwalla), Constantine Dino Nickolas (Nickolas Pad Onsite/Cabin Media Studios), Russ Granger, Josh Salesin (Epigenesis), Eric Davis (cyberfarm), and Michel Hoche-Mong.