Key Insights from the 2026 Mid-Year Music Report

Key Insights from the 2026 Mid-Year Music Report

I've been fascinated with the transition from a Profane culture to a Sacred one for a long time. In 2008 (senior year in college), my final project for the course

I've been fascinated with the transition from a Profane culture to a Sacred one for a long time. In 2008 (senior year in college), my final project for the course Religion in Culture was a video essay on the mashup artist Girl Talk. I analyzed his live shows through the

Here’s what the 2026 IFPI Report reveals about the shift from passive access to embodied presence. The music industry spent the last decade relentlessly optimizing for passive attention. It turned

Here’s what the 2026 IFPI Report reveals about the shift from passive access to embodied presence. The music industry spent the last decade relentlessly optimizing for passive attention. It turned music into background noise, created fundamentally broken streaming economics, and starved fans of true connection. If you want to see

In UMG's Q4 earnings call last week, Sir Lucian Grainge laid out the strategic future of the world’s largest music company. Recently I’ve written about why the music industry is

In UMG's Q4 earnings call last week, Sir Lucian Grainge laid out the strategic future of the world’s largest music company. Recently I’ve written about why the music industry is broken and how immersive tech (XR) and AI can provide a path forward. Here’s what was discussed on the call