Previous issues

The myth of the SoundCloud bumper sticker.

#27 Apr 18, 2018

Is the future of music-tech about "crutches" or "shoes"?

#26 Apr 9, 2018

What are the best "passive income streams" for artists?

#25 Mar 29, 2018

#24

Mar 21, 2018

SXSW: We are all cyborgs. – Happy hump day! As I'm writing this, I'm looking out on yet another snowstorm in NYC, despite the fac
#23

Mar 9, 2018

What Beats by Dr. Dre teaches us about competition. – Happy Friday, and happy belated International Women's Day! I'll echo many of my peers' sentiments tha
#22

Mar 2, 2018

Don't confuse your tasks, narratives and goals. – Happy Friday! March has just begun, which means spring in the States is right around the corner, and
#21

Feb 19, 2018

Which investment is better: Spotify, or a music festival in the Alps? – Happy Monday, and Happy Lunar New Year to those who are celebrating! :)First off, I'm excited to shar
#20

Feb 9, 2018

"Technocrats have no idea about fan culture." – Happy Friday! I'm vibing out to the new Black Panther soundtrack as I type. I don't think I've ever s
#19

Jan 31, 2018

Do loot boxes have a place in the music industry? – Happy Wednesday! For those in music, hope you are recovering from a jam-packed, thrilling Grammy Week
#18

Jan 23, 2018

Is an album a movie or a TV show? – Happy Tuesday! Grammy Week is officially under way. A few hours from now, I'll be moderating a panel
#17

Jan 16, 2018

Why the future of music is like Amazon Books. – Happy Tuesday! Hope you all have an exciting, healthful and growth-filled 2018 ahead. :)One of my man
#16

Dec 13, 2017

What outcomes in the music business are worth guessing? – Happy Wednesday! Hope you have exciting and/or restful plans for the end of the year, and aren't gett
#15

Oct 16, 2017

How my music discovery habits are changing. – Happy Monday! Greetings from San Francisco—I'm moderating a panel about music data at SF MusicTech to
#14

Sep 14, 2017

Will music succumb to the subscription paradox? – Greetings from London! I'm here for the first-ever UK spinoff of FastForward, where I'll be moderatin
#13

Jul 28, 2017

Is music innovation an input or an output? – Happy Friday! Greetings from Los Angeles, where I've been spending the past six weeks interning with
#12

May 31, 2017

Predicting the deaths of the wrong middlemen. – Happy Wednesday! Today marks the last day of New Zealand Music Month, and tomorrow marks not only the
#11

Apr 4, 2017

Audiophilia, consumers and other outdated ideas. – Happy Tuesday! Hope you survived April Fool's Day, the only reason anyone should be celebrating fake
#10

Mar 1, 2017

FastForward. Rewind. What's next? – Happy March! It's National Women's History Month, National Music in Our Schools Month, National Caffe
#9

Feb 1, 2017

Are superfans overrated? – Happy February! Hope your 2017 is off to a refreshing, reflective and imaginative start. As always, i
#8

Dec 24, 2016

Gaming the system in 2016 (and beyond). – Merry Christmas Eve! Hope you're all as simultaneously thrilled and exhausted by the holiday music as
#7

Nov 28, 2016

Rethinking the word "industry." – Happy Monday! To those in the U.S., hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving breaks. Despite the fateful po
#6

Nov 1, 2016

Chasing after a moving target. – Happy November! Hope your Halloweens and Halloweekends were spooky, punny and full of artificial, del
#5

Oct 16, 2016

Never "I'll never forget," always "I'll always remember." – Happy Sunday from San Francisco!Fog is interesting. You'd think that fog would smother, obscure, conf
#4

Sep 15, 2016

Recognizing & appreciating continuity. – Happy Thursday! Hope you're still standing—the music-tech ground continues to shake beneath our feet.
#3

Aug 24, 2016

The end of a microscopic era. – Happy Hump Day! Hope the first half of your week was fruitful and positive. (If you need motivation,
#2

Aug 5, 2016

The juice is worth the squeeze. – What a time to be alive.CNN is basically a 24-hour Trump reality show (I sit right underneath a TV at
#1

Jul 26, 2016

The Newsletter's New Clothes – Hey guys! As you probably noticed, the layout of this newsletter is quite different from before. I'm