GIVE YOUR MUSIC AWAY! Please, if you’re an indie artist, if you’re not signed to a major label (which probably won’t allow you to do this), PLEASE put up downloadable MP3s on your homepage.  Put all your tracks on MySpace.  It’s almost impossible to be recognized, to get any attention in this overloaded world, and […]

"Newsweek" attacked Oprah. Is there a need for newsweeklies anymore? The staff at "Newsweek" didn’t think so, so they decided to remake the magazine in the mold of the "Economist".  They took a week off and then introduced a book full of analysis of deep issues by experts.  And a little bit of fluff at […]

It was hot in Beverly Hills this afternoon. I’d gone to the Polo Lounge to have lunch with Ellis Rich, Chairman of the PRS.  As we discussed the minimum YouTube royalty, two gentlemen got up from their table and started walking towards us.  I immediately recognized Terry Semel, late of Yahoo, formerly of Warner Brothers, […]

Great idea. Except I wonder if people will be willing to pay full-price hereafter? That’s the problem.  People will pay a fortune to be up close and personal at a superstar’s show, but once you go back from the stage… Actually, I’ve heard that sales this year are kind of funny.  You can sell the […]