Corporate rock opened the door for disco and then a deejay in Chicago blew up dance records and the whole business imploded and was saved by MTV. Anything MTV aired sold. Didn’t matter if it was ancient like Rod Stewart or brand new like Culture Club. But then Duran Duran happened and it became clear […]

1. Unsolicited E-Mail I’m not talking about spam, offers for imitation Viagra, but those bullshit e-mails from wannabe musicians imploring me to listen to their music and spread the word. I ain’t got the time and it’s not my job. We live in a pull economy. We find stuff we like and then we spread […]

From: Kid RockSubject: Re: Another Vail TaleTo: Bob Lefsetz Yo, anybody scalping ski or airline tickets, eating up the good seats with there computers first so they can re sell them?? – no, u can’t do it….why can u do it with music….? Whole different ballgame, you out of all people outta know this! Everything […]

The Nest Learning Thermostat Cool engenders conversation. This is what we used to sell in the music business. Stuff that listeners just could not help talking about. Everybody’s talking about the Learning Thermostat, that you can control remotely. It wasn’t shoved down our throats, there were just a couple of newspaper reviews and now, like […]