🔵 RIP Nina: a shame, but sadly not a shock

Nina's demise is a sharp reminder of the commercials around digital services

May 29

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🔵 The music industry's complex relationship with the charts

The business loves them, but do any fans care about charts in 2026?

May 15

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🔵 Music, AI and the decimation of memory

A more personal take on an under-discussed aspect of AI-gen music.

May 1

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April 2026

🔵 My article for The Quietus

A follow-up on Chaotic Good, and some overdue music and book recommendations

Apr 16

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🔵 Music's dirty secrets pt. 2: the bot farms driving fake fan engagement

Fan burner accounts - now operating at scale

Apr 2

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March 2026

🔵 Primary Wave/Kobalt. Concord/BMG. Which will be the next big consolidation moment?

The bigger companies are merging or selling - but is that a bad thing?

Mar 18

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🔵 Thoughts on the Ninja Tune sale to Concord

The questions we should be asking as an industry now

Mar 13

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🔵 "When everyone is super, no one will be"

The rush to layer AI onto everything is underway... and it's exhausting

Mar 11

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🔵 Piracy is in rude health in 2026 - and it is all powered by DSPs

If you thought the Anna's Archive leak was bad...

Mar 3

18

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February 2026

🔵 Updates/followups on recent articles

Comments and feedback from my articles of late

Feb 26

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🔵 Death by a thousand bots

The new agentic loop that never stops releasing AI-made music

Feb 25

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🔵 Universal/Downtown - a few thoughts now that it's going ahead

The acquisition passes EU regulator scrutiny, but what does it mean for the future?

Feb 17

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