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#39 Oct 12, 2018 When fans cut up your music, what happens to your brand? – Happy Friday!I spent last week at A3C, one of the biggest hip-hop festivals and conferences in the U.
#38 Sep 25, 2018 "Today's hit is tomorrow's niche." – Happy Tuesday—and for those who celebrated, happy belated Mid-Autumn Festival (ä¸ç§‹čŠ‚)! :)I spent most o
#37 Sep 7, 2018 Trends, and hiccups, in music's globalization. – Happy Friday!Since this week's theme is about globalization, I'm going to take a brief moment first t
#36 Aug 22, 2018 Where does "data-driven storytelling" in music go wrong? – Happy Wednesday! This week, the U.S. celebrated National Radio Day, which is dedicated to celebrating
#35 Aug 6, 2018 If artists are startups, what are the songs? – Happy August!I'm super excited that the Water & Music community has now surpassed 1,500 subscribe
#34 Jul 20, 2018 Can Spotify become "Spotify for X"? – Happy Friday!I'm sending this newsletter right before I head off to moderate a panel for Sound Thinki
#33 Jul 9, 2018 Which artists benefit from Amazon Music? – Happy Monday!I'm back in the States after spending the last week in Melbourne, where I gave a TED-sty
#32 Jun 22, 2018 "The music industry is the visibility industry." – Happy Friday! After five weeks of travel, I'm finally settling back into the rhythm of reality here i
#31 Jun 8, 2018 When "disruptors" become the pipes for incumbents. – Greetings from Cannes! I'm approaching the end of my first-ever MIDEM, where I moderated three panels
#30 May 23, 2018 Music streaming beyond the phone [TAKEOVER with Amber Horsburgh]. – Happy Wednesday!I'm writing this letter from Ibiza, where I'm spending the week at the International
#29 May 14, 2018 The death of Engagement. – Happy Monday!I'm spending this week in Nashville, where I'm moderating two panels at Music Biz—#NEXTG
#28 May 1, 2018 Will "direct-to-consumer" ever drive the music industry's growth? – Happy Tuesday, and happy May (cue *NSYNC)!!I'm spending this week in LA—mostly to meet with the found
#27 Apr 18, 2018 The myth of the SoundCloud bumper sticker. – Happy Wednesday!Before I dive into this week's topic, I wanted to share how excited I am that the Wat
#26 Apr 9, 2018 Is the future of music-tech about "crutches" or "shoes"? – Happy Monday! One more day before Spotify celebrates an entire week on the New York Stock Exchange, w
#25 Mar 29, 2018 What are the best "passive income streams" for artists? – Happy Thursday! Today is National Mom-and-Pop Business Owners Day in the U.S.—a great opportunity, an
#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
