News and updates from the music business.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Early next week I've been invited to speak at NY:LON. An event connection the US and UK music industry. My panel is around investment and digital innovation in music. My…
Is digital innovation dead? The question posed to myself, Sammy Andrews and Gregor Pryor last month at the BBC Future of Music Conference (previously BBC on the Beat). With Rorri…
It’s hard starting out in the music industry. In a “who you know” world, how do you get that first introduction? That first project? There are some really great organisations…
This month I've been exploring Tokyo. The neon city is more different from London, New York or LA than I ever could have imagined. The language, the customs, the music…
It started back in 2011. I was sitting in the Google office, just off Tottenham Court Road, getting a briefing on the upcoming changes to YouTube. Searching through a bunch…