Music Tectonics kicks off a series from the recent conference with Andrew Kahn and Conor Healy from Yamaha Music Innovation Fund. They discuss how Yamaha invests in music tech startups, what they seek in founders, and why solving real creator problems matters more than chasing AI hype. Topics include expanding beyond traditional musicians, what makes startups fundable, streaming infrastructure opportunities, building creator revenue streams, and insights from startup speed da

Fresh off Music Tectonics Conference in Santa Monica, we're sharing a keynote from our pre-conference event: Mark Mulligan of MIDiA Research presents "Crossroads: Streaming's Time to Choose." Mark examines critical pressures facing streaming—from AI-generated content flooding platforms to Gen Z's slower adoption rates—and why the industry must shift from optimization to revolution. Includes Q&A from our community

This week, we're exploring the future of direct-to-fan commerce with Joshua Stone, the CEO and Co-Founder of Stuff.io and book.io. Josh has some serious backing, including names like Mark Cuban, Snoop Dogg, and Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Ethereum just to name a few, and has been working on building Web3 infrastructure that lets artists sell media directly to fans that fans can own and not just rent. We talk about why streaming doesn't pay most artists, how direct-to