Why I’m Cycling Around the World
For my 16th birthday - around the same time I made the transition from long haired drummer in bands to the digital introspection of a computer nerd - I got…
Volcano Flying – Bali!
On the way back from a conference I dropped by Bali in Indonesia with my glider on the suggestion of (more…)
Investor Updates, Hyperpersonal Communication and Telegraphy
TL;DR Vote up my latest project on Betalist, ta! Technology today is isolating right? Everyone is sitting on their phones swiping and scrolling. Headphones on. Avoiding eye contact. Wrong. Technology gives…
DIGITAL GENERATION: GETTING YOUR FIRST JOB IN MUSIC – ESTABLISHED OR INDIE?
Get an internship or start out on my own? That's the key question for young music industry wannabes who are starting out today. It's an important question. Working your way up…
Podcast Pick: The Pessimists Archive
Read any headlines recently about how technology is ruining our lives or perhaps the lives of our children? That's nothing new! The Pessimists archive Twitter has been a source of historic…
Podcast Pick: Such Great Heights – A New Music Industry Podcast
Last week I finally managed to meet Sunny, a music industry blogger wrioting on his self titled website. Whilst chatting he mentioned his new podcast Such Great Heights. The first episode…
NY:LON Connect Review
Last month I reprented MusicUp at the MusicAlly NY:LON Connect event along with Sachin Premnath, partner, global entertainment and industry group at Reed Smith; Graham Davies, director of strategy and digital at…
Podcast Pick: Motive Unknown
I'm a keen podcast consumer. Scrolling through my subscriptions for music industry inspiration I want to feature some of my favourite shows over the coming weeks. At the top of…
NY:LON Connect and Music Startup Positivity. – The New Wave of Inventive Music Startups
A couple of weeks ago I was on a panel discussing investment in music startups as part of MusicAlly's NY:LON Connect event as Reed Smith in London. A few months…