Archive for 2020/12


Randall Wixen On Selling Your Publishing

Bob, we have been the back-office administrators for a number of catalog investment vehicles.  We’ve seen first-hand how many of them operate.   It’s easy to tout how great your marketing department is if you’re getting a ton of licenses by giving quotes on your newly purchased assets at a third of what they’re worth.   (I’m […]

Noel Paul Stookey-This Week’s Podcast

Noel Paul Stookey was “Paul” in Peter, Paul & Mary. Listen to Noel tell stories of Greenwich Village in the early sixties, the folk scene, turning Albert Grossman on to Bob Dylan, having hits, being on the road, embracing Christianity and keepin’ on keepin’ on, writing and performing to this day. Noel is erudite and […]

Diane & Mary

From: Diane Warren To Bob Lefsetz Hi! Hope U are ok and staying safe and sane or at least safe! Saw your article about selling your songs and I agree. I would never EVER sell my catalogue, it would be like selling my soul and it’s not for sale. The money being offered is insane […]

Mailbag

Subject: Re: Re-Satisfaction Satisfaction is interesting track for me because my mentor Dave Hassenger who taught me the art of engineering, recorded and mixed that song along with a number of others at RCA studios in Hollywood.  He told me great stories of the night he mixed that song and he woke up Mick & […]