I just heard Sheryl Crow’s "If It Makes You Happy" on XM’s Top Tracks.  It reminded me how her new album is a stiff.  Because it has no HITS! Now should Sheryl Crow be castigated for creating no hits?  Is this a human flaw?  No, I give her props for making the music she wanted.  […]

The end is coming. Somehow, with the crash of the dot com era, the major labels thought they were safe.  The sky didn’t fall with Napster, and therefore they felt it never would. How many years have we heard about digital cameras replacing film ones?  Must be at least fifteen.  Turns out Konica Minolta wasn’t […]

This is the new era.  Communication is TWO-WAY!  If you don’t listen to your customers/fan base you’re going to create ill will.  Like…THE MAJOR LABELS! Don’t make your customers/fans your ENEMY!  Make them believe they’re in it WITH YOU!  This is why Andy Lack and Edgar Bronfman, Jr. and every exec spouting how people are […]

Well I used to drive a cab you know Well, not really. But I listened to a lot of Neil Young.  Playing "Down By The River" and "Don’t Let It Bring You Down" brought me to the debut.  Which seems to have been forgotten.  This podcast is about that very first record, containing the above-quoted […]