I saw Jim Morrison’s report card. Last night, Jeff Jampol and his team engineered an extravaganza to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Doors’ debut.  My resources tell me that happened in January, but with modern marketing techniques one must drop product in the fourth quarter, so the celebration took place a bit early. What […]

Who’s the pirate here?  Is it the public acquiring music in new ways that Universal won’t monetize or is it this ancient man running around behind the scenes trying to hold up technologists for cash? If your future model is based on being paid by the HARDWARE manufacturer, then why don’t food companies get a […]

1. Hannah Montana Soundtrack Sales this week: 203,475Cume: 485,302 It’s about the Disney Channel.  Getting all those eyeballs, reaching critical mass. But even more, it’s about nine year olds.  And younger. If you’ve got children, if you ever WERE a child, and I know you were, you know what it’s like to shop with kids.  […]

1 Back before it was how you looked.  Back when what came out of a speaker could save your life.  There was a song on the radio that appeared infrequently, but riveted your attention every time it came on. There was an acoustic guitar.  Which started off slowly, and then the player started to STRUM!  […]