Albums are for fans.  Singles are for newbies. So, if you’re nobody, and you’re not live-based, focus on the single, that’s all people want.  Hook ’em with a few singles and you’ve suddenly got fans.  Who want more.  Does this mean a full-length, with fifteen tracks and seventy eight minutes of music?  Probably not.  After […]

That’s the title of an article in today’s "Wall Street Journal". Network television viewership is down 6.6% from last year. And that INCLUDES DVR viewership. Even more fascinating is that DVR penetration has grown from 18.6% of TV households to 24.4% in the last twelve months. Although some network TV shows are traded via BitTorrent, […]

From: Bill NguyenSubject:     A submission about lala for your considerationDate: October 21, 2008 3:46:26 PM PDT Hi Bob, Forgive the typing accuracy…it’s coming from a mobile.   It’s absolutely true that we can make the ideals more simple and that I am not a music biz guy. It’s also true that anything not running […]

Raw insanity.  Right price point, wrong product/service. Never forget the lesson of Apple, SIMPLICITY!  Which leads to USABILITY! With x number of people new to Google this year, what are the odds consumers are going to understand Lala’s business model?  Shit, I can’t understand their business model.  I rent the music online, but only online, […]