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How Brands Will Define Web 3.0

As Web3 continues to ripple through culture, I’m thinking about what history can teach us in this moment. Similar to the internet’s first two booms (Web1 and Web 2.0), Web3’s growth will be about adoption and usability. The public won’t care about the blockchain or the metaverse until they need to, and that will only […]

Bad Bunny Takes America

Over Grammy weekend, the winner of the Best Música Urbana Album award wasn’t in Las Vegas, he was in Miami performing before a super sold out crowd for the third night in a row. The post-show party spilled into the streets with people singing, dancing, and having the time of their lives. I got to […]

WaleMania Takes Dallas

Tomorrow I head to Dallas, home of this year’s Wrestlmania. Besides the Super Bowl, Wrestlemania is the biggest single-day sports event of the year. This year, I’ve been tapped by my former client and long-time collaborator, Wale, to help executive produce WaleMania. WaleMania is the quintessential hip-hop and wrestling event, taking place (almost) every year […]

NFTalks with Music & Water’s Cherie Hu

Spring hasn’t quite sprung in NYC, but we don’t have that problem in my new hometown of Miami 🙂 The Miami scene is going crazy right now. Miami Music Week, Miami Tech Month, and The Miami Tennis Open are all going down in the span of a couple weeks. But I’m really excited about the […]

Keep It Pro, Not Con

It’s fascinating to see Hollywood’s latest obsession with fallen CEOs and con artists. There’s a barrage of hit shows, ranging from The Tinder Swindler to Inventing Anna, that are dominating the TV discourse. Do we really need docuseries on Elizabeth Holmes, Travis’ Super Pumped days at Uber, and Adam Nueman’s We Work rise and golden […]

Social Media Warfare

What’s happening in the world is very disturbing. It’s horrific to think we’ve gone from a pandemic to the most devastating European ground war since WWII. Ukraine has shown tremendous resolve in the early days of the invasion, and world powers have stepped up. This is now a global war that will be determined not […]

Genius or jeen-yuhs

How can you not be inspired by Kanye’s album roll out this week?!? Inspired and…confused? Aggravated? Disappointed? As spectators, we’ve been in a tough spot with Ye, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2017. As a culture, we are still not having an honest discussion about mental health or the severity and nuance of […]

The Super Bowl of Streaming

As you know, I’m bullish on music livestreams and a big believer in the growth potential of that sector of the industry. Livestreaming has evolved over the past two years, from an afterthought to a key component of every artist’s live performance strategy. What served as a lifeline when in-person events were canceled is now […]

Major Changes for Major Labels

When I was a talent agent and manager, I was often reminded by my record label counterparts that they were the ones sleeping soundly at night, knowing their artists were locked into long-term deals. The labels were bulletproof, while everyone else lived one mishap away from being fired. Label relevance has waned in recent years, […]

Nostalgia is a Genre

New releases have always been the lifeblood of the music business. The pop charts drove the charts, and the anticipation you could build around an artist delivered reliable results. But right now, catalog music is what’s running the industry. Roughly 70% of streams come from songs 18 months or older, and huge multiples are being […]

The Third Digital Revolution Is Upon Us

The Internet went from being mythical – here’s Bill Gates describing Web 1.0 to David Letterman in ‘95 – to intrinsic, with Social Media and mobile technology shaping our current Web 2.0 world. Now, the third digital revolution, Web3, is upon us. Online experiences, blockchain technology, and the Hyperverse (that’s all the metaverses, btw) are developing at […]