What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where a vile sycophantic punk like Brian Grazer, based on success in the entertainment business, mostly appealing to a lowbrow audience, is given reign over the L.A. "Times" editorial section? Last time I checked, newspapers were supposed to be a cut above the "Mike […]

Bob Lefsetz on Iceberg Radio You’ve got to hang in with this one, get past my initial discomfort and the nasality of my sick body until I get into the groove.  Then I address my perspective on Arcade Fire and Bruce Lundvall, as well as reveal some personal philosophies and secrets. Really, I was uncomfortable […]

Piracy didn’t kill the major label business model, choice did. At some point in the future, earlier rather than later if the majors capitulate and agree to live in the present as opposed to the 1990s, music acquisition on the Net will be monetized.  A great deal of revenue will be generated, but it will […]

A few thoughts that came from SXSW. What is the most powerful sector of the music business today?  The record labels? The managers? The publicists?  The answer is: the agents.  It used to be that you could not get an agent until you were doing unbelievable numbers in a dozen or so markets, or you […]