Category: Behind The Scenes
I talk about my work, the industry that is my habitat and everything that can concern it directly or indirectly.
The short answer is no. It all depends on “how” the platform decides to slice the subscription pie. On one side, we have the pro-rata model (used by…
In the GEKAI on Stage office, there are several paintings that aren’t just decor, but tell the story of our DNA. One of these is of Avicii. Before…
The FIMI 2026 Report states that the Italian market has soared past half a billion euros. That’s a 10.7% growth – double the global average. Everyone is rightly…
The North Carolina producer has pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court: he pocketed approximately $10 million by artificially inflating streams. He now faces up to 20 years in…
In thirty years of music industry history, we’ve watched record label hallways empty out while servers filled up. I wanted to map this metamorphosis in a chart that…
$830 billion wiped out in four years. The alcohol market in Italy is shrinking, and it risks dragging the entire club economy down with it. The popular take?…
It’s not an emergency, it’s natural selection: the end of “easy” music. The music market is shedding its skin. I’m not talking about playlist trends, but a profound…
Recent allegations sweeping through some of the genre’s top names have opened a Pandora’s box that many in the industry preferred to keep closed. The #MeTooDJs movement (https://linktr.ee/metoodjs)…
A month has passed since the Ministry of the Interior’s circular establishing systematic and coordinated inspections of venues. This wasn’t a fleeting flare-up, but a real shift in…
This story is back in the headlines today because a Rolling Stone investigation has opened Pandora’s box: the Michael Smith case is a multi-million dollar fraud that, in…