fresh breakfast

Digital Music Forum West

I’m going to be at Digital Music Forum - West this Wednesday and Thursday, in Hollywood. Let me know if you’re going to be there. Email me at <this domain>(attt) gmail dot kom. Or, if you see a mid-20s Asian guy that looks a whole lot less wealthier than anyone else […]

Imeem or Google: Contrasting Approaches to Content Partnerships

When we think of major corporate business deals and partnerships, we’re usually informed by way of cookie cutter headlines and lawyer-reviewed press releases. It’s easy to imagine a team of Ivy-diplomaed analysts, researchers, MBAs and lawyers crunching numbers, writing highly detailed reports, negotiating tic-for-tac fine print and tweaking language and legalities. We imagine […]

The Future of the Music Industry; A Dozen (+1) Companies Leading the Charge

Part 2 of a 3 part series
In what was undoutedly *ahem*, an epic novel of blog post in part 1, I argued *ahem* without a shred of a doubt the inevitability of an ad-rev supported future music industry. The great thing about postulating so far into the future is that it would take […]