Beats & Bytes – San Francisco Spirit
Traveling always helps bring about a change for your mind. New people, new experiences, and new conversations allow us to grow and be inspired and this past weekend in San Francisco was that for me. I was in SF for family business but on Sunday night I had a chance to be social and reconnect […]
Read MoreTwo New NYC Festivals
With great risk comes great reward and this weekend two new festivals launched in NYC. It almost felt a little greedy. After all of the amazing festival music this summer was there any way to top it? Both The Meadows and The Roots Picnic were epic undertakings and a huge congrats to Live Nation and Founders […]
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Beats & Bytes: Global Citizen Fest
What a weekend! Global Citizen Festival was the most fun I’ve had all month. Doing good feels good! The Global Citizen Festival is so unique because it combines actionable social good and festival culture. It’s well done and shows the power of music, social good and social media. In between each set there are moments […]
Read MoreThe streaming wars continue to intensify
The streaming wars continue to intensify. Spotify is gearing up for their IPO. Pandora announced a new streaming service rate of $4.95 per month and Questlove as their artist in residence. And there are rumors of Tidal losing 27 million dollars this year yet continuing to put on awesome events and drop top notch exclusives […]
Read MoreBeats & Bytes: Artist Curated Festivals Work
In two weeks Chance The Rapper will launch the first ever Magnificent Coloring Day Festival at U.S. Cellular Field on Chicago’s Southside. The show has a great lineup and is breaking every attendance festival record at the White Sox Stadium. A team that Chance is artist ambassador for and a stadium that hasn’t had a show […]
Read MoreBeats & Bytes: 2016 MTV VMAs
This weekend I was invited to my third VMAs. My first one was when I signed and represented the Clipse and Justin Timberlake for his world premiere of his first single as a solo artist featuring Clipse. The second time was when my client Wale was the house band. This year we were invited down by […]
Read MoreBeats & Bytes: VMEGA Joins Nike
While I was out in LA last week, Nike announce that it purchased a New York based Tech company called VIRGIN MEGA (VMEGA). VMEGA is the brainchild of Ron Faris who was previously an executive of Virgin Mobile. Essentially, the mission was to re-imagine the Virgin Mega stores of old as a mobile, digital only […]
Read MoreBeats & Bytes: WORLDZ of Inspiration
The first ever WORLDZ conference has me more than inspired. I left with a whole new set of friends and constituents. It was a crazy week in LA with WORLDZ, Heaven Sent and Teen Choice Awards. At the WORLDZ premiere, class was definitely in session. It was awesome to see the head of Musica.ly tell […]
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CRWN: A Conversation With Elliott Wilson & Snoop Dogg
In our 22th CRWN episode to date, the series is coming back to Highline Ballroom on August 8th, as Elliott Wilson interviews Snoop Dogg live at Highline Ballroom. Fresh off his recent album release Coolified, and his headlining tour, The High Road Tour with Wiz Khalifa – Snoop is on top of the world right now with no plans on coming back down. He has a popular […]
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HOT IN TECH: Interview with Doppler Labs
There’s a new revolution in Tech, it’s becoming all about the audio, and with Augmented Reality in the spotlight as a whole(because of Pokeman Go), this is a perfect time to talk about Augmented Reality Audio! Let’s also bring up that wireless headphones are in an upswing with the new iPhone reportedly having no 3.5mm jack, so now let’s introduce […]
Read MoreBeats & Bytes: On The Music Grind
This weekend I was on site at Big Sky Ranch to see Luke Atkins jump out of an airplane from five miles high with no parachute. This incredible event was broadcast live on television all to help launch the new Stride Gum. What a jaw-dropping activation. It captured the eyes of millions around the globe, […]
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