Last week at Musexpo, Tommy Nast asked me what my problem was with Clive Davis, why I spare no words in pointing out his faults. IT’S BECAUSE HE DIDN’T GET MY FUCKING PERMISSION! Do you read Seth Godin? Are you aware of "permission marketing"? To boil it down, we’re overwhelmed with marketing messages that we […]

I just don’t understand the mentality. Wherein people believe they DESERVE THEIR DESIRE! You can play basketball your whole life and never play for the Lakers. And you aren’t even gonna make the college team unless you’re tall enough and work hard enough. Why does everybody believe you can be a music star instantly? Why […]

Once upon a time, you had to go to the gig to hear the music. You had to go to Fred’s cave, or the agora, or the synagogue or the concert hall. Then came the ability to record and reproduce. Suddenly, you could take the music with you. Play it at will, assuming you had […]

If I get one more e-mail from a middling artist telling me how tough life is, how the Net has ruined their income, their lives, their careers, I’m gonna EXPLODE! The Net is the very best thing that has ever happened to everybody but superstars. We can debate the effect upon superstars at a later […]