The major labels steal.  That’s their business model.  Do you think those interminable contracts are about protecting your rights?  What are the odds the same team is gonna be involved when you finally have some success and start questioning your royalty statements?  Which is why in the nineties, when recorded music revenues were still high, […]

THE BLACK KEYS This Greg Kot story is full of nuggets. 1. The band intentionally tried to create a radio single. In other words, you can follow your muse all you want, maybe create some great shit, but there are rules for radio, and if you follow them, you’ll have more success.  A great track […]

I get this magazine "The Week".  I just started getting it, I’m not sure I can recommend it, I decided to take the plunge when my "Newsweek" subscription ran out, since "Newsweek" changed its formula from survey to analysis I’ve felt a void, I want a weekly magazine that can catch me up quickly on […]

No, this is not about Jakob Dylan.  It’s about a solo, well, with piano accompaniment, in the studio take of one of the most precious, ingratiating, infectious songs off Peter Gabriel’s fourth solo album, his first on Geffen, entitled against his wishes "Security". Gabriel fans are a cult.  They’re not wishy-washy regarding their hero, they’re […]