EXHIBIT 99.8



                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


        In connection with the Quarterly Report of Loudeye Technologies, Inc.
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
John T. Baker IV, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

        1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

        2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
Company.



/s/ John T. Baker IV



John T. Baker IV
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Principal Executive Officer
August 14, 2002