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Dropping into a flashy, raucous major label event at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas recently, I felt like I’d landed on a new planet. I didn’t see ice sculptures, giant dessert towers, or sushi served on live models. But I did sense a radical change from the last decade. Eight years ago, towards the end of a long stretch at a major label, our bosses shunned a big holiday party, and just ordered in pizza to our lunch room. With proverbial knives to our throats, our digital business wasn’t growing rapidly enough to offset our declining CD business, so

Moderating a panel on Fan Engagement Tuesday September 26th in Lower Manhattan  

Sitting in a plush, darkened studio lot theater this past week in Hollywood at yet another forum heralding the dawn of the VR ecosystem, one can’t help note how much interest is building in virtual reality, and how many more parties are coming to the VR dancehall.   Eighteen months ago, I was part of a private forum of fifty invitees to the same studio, all there to make our pitch in the new VR landscape—and presumably help shed some light forward for the studio, too. Only then we were in a smaller sound stage, albeit one with a famous