Archive - Appetite for Distraction

Applying Scott Kominers and Jad Esber’s two-token framework to build healthy music communities

Jul 8

Platforms exercise autocratic control over artists’ careers—but it doesn’t have to be this way.

Jun 22

A data-driven look inside the music careers of TikTok-native creators

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Feb 19

introducing Timestamp — a snapshot in time in the music cryptoverse

Jan 18

Notes on the power of 1000 invested fans

Dec 6, 2021

Why own anything in the age of abundance?

Oct 20, 2021

News Roundup #2: Why $475 to see a $69M JPEG might be worth it, TikTok and MTV partner, Lady Gaga out-streamed by sleep music, and more.

Sep 15, 2021

News Roundup #1: Hipgnosis launches NFTs, Apple acquires Primephonic, and YouTube Music hits 50M subscribers

Sep 7, 2021

Notes on the future of this newsletter

Aug 30, 2021

"Our fundamental principle is that music making is more than just the tools, and so with that in mind, in our paradigm, as social creation grows, so…

Jul 24, 2021

Notes on the music industry's long-awaited 'Instagram moment'

May 15, 2021

Revisiting my notes on pop music in the attention economy, frictionless tools for music licensing, and more

Mar 22, 2021

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