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Dear Pennies & Pens, Happy anniversary, ISLP!!! ISLP turns six today, and if I’m being honest, I’ve gone back and forth on how I wanted to write this post. ISLP has never been a neat founder story with a straight…
Dear Pennies & Pens, I attended From the Backseat to the Big Stage: Driving Global Breakthroughs in Key Music Markets during Music Biz 2026. In my first Music Biz 2026 recap, The Conversations That Stayed With Me, I wrote about…
Dear Pennies & Pens, I attended Music Biz 2026 expecting to learn more about social media marketing, artist development, album marketing, and tour marketing. The Music Biz 2026 fan experience became one of the most recurring themes I encountered throughout…
Dear Pennies & Pens, In the days leading up to MONSTA X’s U.S. tour announcement, fan conversations pointed to a clear pattern: high demand, stacked spending, and limited visibility. Ticketing day didn’t contradict that pattern. It exposed what happens when…
