Grab your things I’ve come to take you home Oldsters go to the show to relive their youth.  They pack picnics, drink wine, stare at the stars and talk.  Remember when they were young and bold instead of old and calcified.  They leave early to beat the traffic.  They say they love music, but not […]

What are a label’s most important assets, its copyrights or its employees? Fascinating question. In Wednesday’s "Wall Street Journal" there was an article delineating the fact that those companies which laid off the most people ended up having the worst future.  Unless, of course, the basic economics of their sphere changed.  In other words, no […]

1 I don’t want to go hear your band. If you’re a good enough friend of mine, you might be able to drag me out, but I’m gonna dread the experience. And I’ve felt guilty about this.  No, not that I’m going to disappoint you, why should I care?  You’re just a tireless self-promoter trying […]

Indie music mogul: The net’s great for usBeggars boss Martin Mills I don’t agree with all of Martin Mills’s distribution philosophies, but what is fascinating is that the Beggars Group sells albums, because people consider them to be good. Rather than sign a pretty face, Beggars signs acts that focus on the music, and when […]