Editorial Work

Omar Afra's editorial work appears through TestSet, an independent cultural publication examining live music, media consolidation, technology, and cultural infrastructure.

Through TestSet, Afra's editorial work situates music and festivals within broader questions of consolidation, platform economics, and public ritual. The publication covers long-form essays, interviews, and analysis on the systems that shape access to art and live experience.

His writing practice extends across platforms — including Medium, Substack, and earlier editorial work with Free Press Houston and OutSmart Magazine — but TestSet represents the primary editorial vehicle for his ongoing analysis of the live music economy and cultural systems.

Selected Writing

• The Post-AI World Is Going to Make Live Music More Valuable — and More Political →
• Concert Tickets Got Expensive — and the 'Luxury Good' Future Is Being Designed on Purpose →
• How Live Nation Turned Concerts Into a Luxury Good →
• Consolidation, Radius Clauses, and the Future of Independent Live Music →
• Post-AI Live Music and Cultural Infrastructure →
• Live Music After Live Nation →

Topical Focus

• Live music economics and ticket price inflation
• Music industry consolidation and monopoly dynamics
• Festival production, economics, and cultural access
• Post-AI cultural systems and the future of work
• Civic arts infrastructure and public cultural policy