AdAge asked me to write an Op-Ed for their Music Issue that went live this past week and I decided to cover Blockchain, one of the most interesting topics of 2018. Music has always been a leader in culture. Not …
The 420 Green Rush
This week marks a notable day that was vitality important to me back in the day. Now all of these years later, it’s back on my radar in spades. The holiday is 420. Nue keeps its eyes and ears open …
Level Up with Music 📈 🎵
On my constant quest for self-improvement, I headed to the Catskills this weekend for a retreat, as part of a program I’m doing: Level Up. Level Up is a 3 month continuation of a weekend program I did last year …
Spotify Goes Public This AM
Spotify goes public this AM. How much the shares will open & close at is anybody’s guess at this point? I personally think it could be a turbulent day for our big, green friends. It’s a complicated and extremely savvy …
Why Spotify’s IPO is A Bright Spot for The Music Industry ☀
Next week, Spotify plans to (finally) list publicly on the New York Stock Exchange. It’s a huge moment for Spotify’s founding team, and perhaps an even bigger moment for all of us in the music industry. Spotify’s transformative success has …
🌼🌸Get sprung🌸🌼
Spring is a time for fresh starts. At NUE, we recently refreshed our office space, relocating from the legendary EMI/Capitol Records building to a progressive coworking space called The Assemblage. Moving to The Assemblage took us away from our familiar …
SXSW is Dead.
That’s what Nas’ manager, Anthony Saleh, told me late last week as I packing my bag for a weekend in Austin. Even though this sentiment was coming from the team behind the hit song, “Hip Hop Is Dead,” his comment …
Tacos & Tastemakers 🌮
This week marks the start of SXSW, with Interactive kicking off this Thursday and Music beginning March 12. This festival is always one of my favorites, as it celebrates the convergence of music and technology in culture. And as we’ve …
The One-Billion Dollar (and then some) Question
Can one tweet really do that much damage? That’s what everyone was asking last week when Kylie Jenner took to Twitter to question the viability of Snapchat, the very platform that was core to her rise to celebrity status. Following …
Not Just Another Superhero Movie 🐾
This week, “Black Panther” shattered box office records for February, bringing in $218 million over Presidents’ Day weekend. In fact, according to The Hollywood Reporter, it was one of the biggest North American openings of all-time. While the film is, …
Your Post-Grammy Rundown 🏆
It was wonderful having the Grammys is NYC this year. NUE kept busy bouncing around a slew of events and even putting on a few of our own. Here are some of our favorite highlights: 🚆 We hosted an activation …
Beats & Bytes – Doin’ it for the Gram-my 🏆
It’s Grammy Week! And for the first time in a long time (15 years, to be exact), it’s going down in my hometown: New York City. The 60th annual Grammy Awards return to New York this Sunday and it’s already …
Beats & Bytes – It’s 2018 and The Music Business Is Better Than Ever
Happy New Year! New Year, new us … right? Eh, sort of. Perhaps a better way to look at the first month of the year is to take advantage of the opportunity to develop a better version of ourselves, rather …
Beats & Bytes: A Giant Year For The Music Business
As we round out the year, it’s time to reflect on 2016 and plot about what’s coming next. We know 2017 is going to be a big year of change and as the streaming wars intensify it’s only going to …
Beats + Bytes Holiday Gear Guide
Holiday season is here! That means a lot of new music is dropping in the next few weeks. I’m loving so many of these new tracks and albums that were released this first week in December already. It’s like Christmas …