Have you ever represented an act without a publisher and felt overwhelmed by the multiple registrations needed in order to ensure royalties are properly collected? This happens to us all the time – It may be too early for an act to enter into an admin or co-pub deal for a variety of reasons,...

I grew up playing EA Fifa World Cup 98 on Nintendo 64. 20 years later, it’s an honor to have our artists Thutmose and NoMBe provide the soundtrack to the FIFA 18 World Cup trailer featuring Cristiano Ronaldo! It’s been an absolute pleasure to work with the team from EA on this and I’m...

This week’s headlines have been filled by Kanye West. I don’t agree with everything he does or everything he says… But in the last 15 years, has there been another artist who put out seven or more studio albums of the quality he has while making the cultural impact he has? . It’s Yeezy season....

Some of us believe, “I am who I am” or “You can’t teach a new dog old tricks” or “I’m not a morning person” – This is a fixed mindset. The reality is we can become whoever we aspire to be – Whoever we choose to tell ourselves we are. The brain behaves like...

A company’s culture is a reflection of its leaders. When my friend Jeremy Summers was the head of Universal’s radio promotion in Canada, he noticed each station – from their morning show to their playlist and everything in between – perfectly mirrored the personality of the program director. I do my best to lead...

Over the weekend, the yoga instructor, Meredith, started off the class with the following intention –“You need to let go of things to make space for better things.” It made me think of a story between my friends Mike Darlington and Ari Paunonen over at Monstercat. They built an amazing indie label business for...

There is no place for negativity in emails. If you need to have a difficult conversation with someone to express your feelings, pick up the phone or go meet in person. The intricacies of the human language which support empathy and connect us with each other are impossible to convey via email. In these...

Amuse.io is a mobile app which offers free distribution. Instead of giving up a percentage or paying a flat fee for distribution, it’s literally free. There are a few reporting and pitching features the app doesn’t have, but other than that, it’s very similar to alternate distribution options. They have distributed thousands of songs...

Carlos Adame was at UMG for seven years where he oversaw business development and led new media and startup partnerships and investments for the company. Carlos compares the way the mobile audience consumes content to the way we eat food. He believes the consumption cycle doesn’t begin with the music… But instead with bite...

Having come up in dance music, my newsfeeds were flooded this week with remembrances of Tim, his contribution to the movement, and inspiring our collective love for it. As much as his story was publicized or conveyed in hearsay through friends, following his death, I was eager to learn more, which is why I...