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A book about making sense of the commerce and culture of popular music, published serially and translated into four languages.
New Music Strategies2005–present · ongoingA blog and consultancy on digital music strategy that advised the independent sector through its most disorienting decade, relaunched in 2026 for the AI one.
Radio in the Digital Age2013 · completedA book about what radio is, and what it becomes, once broadcasting stops being the only way to do it. Polity Press, 2013.
A free e-book of digital strategy for independent musicians that was downloaded half a million times and helped shape a generation of music-web thinking.
One hundred music industry figures, exactly 360 words of advice each, sold for $3.60, all proceeds to a Delhi children's music charity.
Understanding the Music Industries2012 · completedA textbook on how the music industries actually work, economically, socially and technologically. SAGE, 2012, with Chris Anderton and Martin James.