Category: Travel
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 22 – 4th August 2018
ODO 2825 Location Fortress Gate of Trajan Weather 20-30 Sunny all day – the first sunny day in two weeks here in Bulgaria Feelings Sad to leave my new Sofia family but so ready to be back in the road For weeks after I left home in May I felt sad to have left so…
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The Japanese Music Market and Tokyo Dance Music Event
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 industry. Wandering the streets of Shibuya in the west of the city I came across a glowing monument to CDs. Long since the preserve of…
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Where are the best places to live and work around the world? – 25 Years. 25 Cities.
Travel is the only expense that makes you richer. – Anonymous Travel is so often that wish. The delayed gratification. Something to wait for next year. Next summer. Over the last year I’ve been lucky enough to travel to some great cities building my company Chew. Because of the nature of my trips I’ve…
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BEC Conference – Stream Work Makes the Dream Work
This week I was invited to speak at the inaugural Beats Evolution conference. One of a few recent upstart events. BEC focusses on the Drum and Bass industry. Coming a few months after Beatport announced that drum and bass as a genre had recently moved four points to the fifth most popular genre on the…
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Chewhiker – End of the Trail in Atlanta
During February and March 2016 I traveled North America to meet the Chew community, DJs, partners and investors. Read more about the entire Chewhiker trip here. The morning before I’d been on a beach in thirty degree heat. That afternoon I arrived in to Atlanta. The airport is the busiest airport in the world by passanger…
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Chewhiker – Welcome to Miami
During February and March 2016 I traveled North America to meet the Chew community, DJs, partners and investors. Read more about the entire Chewhiker trip here. With a short stop off in Atlanta airport I flew down the west coast of Florida. The plane turned inland and crossed the state. The ground looked like a…
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Chewhiker – Repping Chew in Austin
During February and March 2016 I traveled North America to meet the Chew community, DJs, partners and investors. Read more about the entire Chewhiker trip here. After weeks of traveling across the country Austin for South by South West was the next big milestone. For six months before the trip it had come up time and time…
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Chewhiker – Into the Arizona Desert
From snowy Denver the heat of the Arizona desert hit me as I walked from the airport terminal. I walked out into the of the air conditioned airport terminal and my hat and scarf were useless. I sat on a wall as businessmen reunited with their families and tired arguing families piled oversize luggage into taxis. I…
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Chewhiker – Denver and Boulder in One
During February and March 2016 I traveled North America to meet the Chew community, DJs, partners and investors. For more subscribe the the Chew Insider newsletter using the form to the left. Every two weeks I bring you updates on investor, brand and partner meetings. By my second Amtrak ride I was a professional. I…
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Chewhiker – 44 in Chicago
During February and March 2016 I traveled North America to meet the Chew community, DJs, partners and investors. For more subscribe the the Chew Insider newsletter using the form to the left. Every two weeks I bring you updates on investor, brand and partner meetings. My light sleep broke with the sound of a factory-default…