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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 since the late 1950’s. Wifi is spotty at best, I have no cell service, and […]

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 I felt like I was at Coachella as I watched it all on Snapchat. It […]

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, the hottest hip hop web show is returning next week with the most relevant […]

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 more enjoyable, even food tastes better. These aren’t just how I feel, these facts come […]

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 is hoping to stop the dilution of content and increase engagement. However the roll out […]

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 and forging forward. There’s nothing like new technology, music, mixing and mingling to spark my […]

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 it all. The nights go later, the music is louder, the crowds are rowdier and […]