Archive for 2013/08


Without You

Without You – YouTube Without You – Spotify No, not the Badfinger song turned into a hit by Harry Nilsson and remade by Mariah Carey, but a new production by an acolyte of Diplo, Dillon Francis. Huh? Released Tuesday, if you go to the iTunes Store, you’ll see there are 78 reviews, and 71 are […]

The Amazon Effect

It should be a full time job being a fan of your band. I just finished reading “Fast Company”‘s Amazon story. Amazon’s goal is to eliminate all competition, under the guise of being your go-to retailer, charging you for Prime, so you’ll spend even more, thrilled with faster delivery and some bells and whistles, like […]

Album Sales Tank

U.S. Album Sales Hit Historic Lows Huh? If you don’t know it’s about the single, you’re still listening to “Sgt. Pepper” on vinyl. Wait a minute, maybe you’re one of those people who believe the vinyl revolution is gonna conquer our society and you truly are listening to albums, albeit the National and other modern […]

Wake Me Up

Avicii – Wake Me Up Avicii and…Incubus? Add in failed artist Aloe Blacc and you end up with a track that’s selling faster than “Blurred Lines” in the UK. You know, the song of the summer (or is that “Get Lucky”?), Robin Thicke only managed to sell 175,000 copies of his new album this week. […]