Viral Jazz

I've been a fan of jazz music for almost as long as I can remember. Whether it was dancing to the improvisations of Vince Guaraldi while watching Peanuts and Charlie Brown as a toddler, or grooving to the swing of the Count Basie big band in elementary school, jazz has…

Documenting the Doomed Fyre Festival

No doubt you're aware of the now infamous Fyre Festival. You know, the one that ended up as a complete disaster? The story is so fascinating, that both Netflix and Hulu have released their own documenteries outlining the events that led up to the festival's demise. As someone who works…

Book Review: How Music Got Free

Not long ago, I finished Stephen Witt's phenomenal book, How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy. Highly recommend it. Fascinating both from a technology perspective, as well as from the perspective of culture, business, and art.…