Greg Spero

Greg Spero performing at the Ikeda Auditorium in Chicago, Illinois

Greg Spero (born February 22, 1985) is an American pianist from Highland Park, Illinois. He has toured with Halsey and the Miles Electric Band and has composed music for film and television.[1] He leads the jazz band Spirit Fingers.[2] He also runs a label called Tiny Room,[3] which runs live streamed sessions from its studio in Los Angeles and has been featured on NPR Live Sessions.[4] When the coronavirus pandemic caused live music to cease in 2020, he launched a startup called weeBID which is the first fan initiated crowd funding platform.[5] Spero was described as "a new breed Of record exec, at vanguard of big changes in music industry".[6] He outlined his vision for weeBID at the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship, Chicago in August 2021. [7]

  1. ^ "Bio". Gregspero.com. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  2. ^ Ephland, John (April 25, 2018). "Greg Spero Commands a Multitude of Styles". Downbeat.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "Tiny Records". Tiny-records.bandcamp.com. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Live Sessions". Livesessions.npr.org. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "WeeBID (www.weebid.app) is the first fan-initiated crowdfunding platform, where ..." News.ycombinator.com.
  6. ^ "Jazz Pianist Greg Spero, A New Breed Of Record Exec, At Vanguard Of Big Changes In Music Industry". Wrti.org. August 25, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "Greg Spero - Reframe 2021". August 30, 2021 – via YouTube.