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The Billboard Theory: Why Momentum Beats Marketing
In today’s gaming economy, reach isn’t relevance.
 • Kenny Vaughan
iTunes, Portals and Bottlenecking Gaming Culture
Music biz strategy and foretelling. What we can learn from iTunes success ages ago, and how it points towards an issue with gaming today. Where's my…
 • Kenny Vaughan
What do Pitbull-themed bald caps and midnight launches have in common?
I know it sounds like a setup to a joke, but hear me out...
 • Kenny Vaughan
Fan Refraction - Music Is The New Hashtag
Can sound branding be...infinite?
 • Kenny Vaughan
Curating game music is the missing magic.
Curation = Culture = Community
 • Kenny Vaughan
Nintendo's secret 'Switch 2' strategy
I've gone full tin-foil-hat conspiracy and I'd like to share this with you.
 • Kenny Vaughan
How To Be Cool AF 101: Play Jet Set Radio
JET SET RADIOOOOOOO
 • Kenny Vaughan
Why 3am Minecraft makes people cry - 'Liminal' Music
Instead of just thinking ‘how does music fit with the game’, we can also ask ‘how does the game fit with music’?
 • Kenny Vaughan
“If GTA VI Launches in 2025, It Will Change the Music & Gaming Space Forever“
(K. Vaughan, 2025) Back once again with the ill behaviour.
 • Kenny Vaughan
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