Cary ShermanThe RIAA$3,185,026 WHO YOU WANT TO BE TODAY — CEO Update, a D.C.-based trade publication for association executives (a.k.a., "what we read on Blain’s couch while he’s on conference calls"), finds seven lobbyists who made seven figures in 2009, the latest year with data available: 1) Cary Sherman, Recording Industry Association of America, $3,185,026; […]

So I’m hiking in the mountains and it’s long past midnight, since I got hung up downloading the entire Doobie Brothers catalog after hearing a song on Slacker, and I’m listening to Radiolab thinking about virality, how it’s no longer about highfalutin’ gatekeepers telling us what to listen to but a bunch of sneezers, regular […]

Sometimes they’re hiding in plain sight. Sometimes you have to break all the rules. Corey Smith is working a new single at radio.  Slinking from station to station, trying to convince the gatekeepers. GIVE UP! Go to radio last. Go directly to the people.  They get it. I’ve known Corey’s manager for years, even skied […]

Maybe the music business needs to hire Tony Soprano, or his real life Mafia counterpart, to teach it how to conduct business in SECRECY! In case you’ve been out of wireless range, in case you haven’t been in front of a computer, I’m here to tell you the big story online today is Katy Perry’s […]