Do you remember the hype around Bad Boy 20 years ago? Puff Daddy took the incredible talents of Biggie, Lil Kim, Ma$e, 112, & Faith Evans to the top of the charts and top of the culture. Now he’s a …
Beats & Bytes: Apple Music is helping, not hurting Spotify
Greetings from Havana, Cuba, where I am on a week long cultural exploration. It’s clear that the business landscape is rapidly changing. This week I’m having exciting conversations with big CPG brands looking to future proof their organizations. While we …
Beats & Bytes: $8M in one day for Drake + Apple Music
Greetings from Havana, Cuba, where I am on a week long cultural exploration. Cuban history is rich and it’s fascinating to be in an “Unamericanized” society with no hint of American brands, products or entrepreneurial hustle. Innovation has barely taken place …
Beats & Bytes: Snapchat’s Biggest Star, Live & Unfiltered
Tonight Nue Agency is very excited to be producing CRWN featuring DJ Khaled, the first breakthrough star of Snapchat. I’m excited to hear his insights on why he’s so successful with this powerful medium. It was interesting, this past weekend …
Beats & Bytes: Major Announcement + Major Key
Ever since our last CRWN event with Mac Miller I have been getting email, tweets, and snapchats about when is the next one. Soon! Soon! I’ve been telling everyone. Finally soon is here. Nue Agency is excited to announce that …
CRWN: A Conversation with Elliott Wilson & DJ Khaled
The CRWN interview series is coming back to The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music/NYU on April 19th as Elliott Wilson interviews DJ Khaled live at Skirball Center, and for the first time ever, will be airing on TV – on MTV2 4/27 @ 11pm. It’s our 20th episode …
Beats & Bytes: YouTube domination coming to an end?
Even though I’ve built a career in music I’m still amazed at how powerful music is. When music is playing at home people become physically closer, less irritable, more inspired, increase positive feelings, are more physically active. Music makes activities …
Beats & Bytes: The Art Of The Playlist
There is a lot of talk right now about the Instagram algorithm changing. Engagement is low and there are just too many accounts that the average person follows. It’s impossible to see all of the content. With the change IG …
Beats & Bytes: Music By The Numbers
After being a out of the office for a while there’s no question that this is a week of catching up. But with all of the new friends and conversations I’ve had, it’s also a week of following up …
Beats & Bytes: Where Music Is Going
The interactive portion of SXSW has flown by. I love #SXSWi but there really isn’t anything like SXSW music. It’s the original reason people came to Austin and although Interactive has stolen some shine, music is still the bedrock of …