Archive for 2022/01


Rickie Lee Jones-This Week’s Podcast

Rickie Lee is so forthright and honest it will astound you. We talk about being on stage, insecurity, relationships…it’s like sitting down with your best friend. Amazing. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rickie-lee-jones/id1316200737?i=1000549158202 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/fda3c91e-e72c-435c-bf73-4a54a653e972/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-rickie-lee-jones https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast/episode/rickie-lee-jones-90024395

Re-Neil Young/Spotify

I cancelled my premium service with Spotify today.  I moving towards lossless audio anyway…gonna hang with Neil.  He’s always had my back since I’ve lived on Sugar Mountain. Bill Cason ______________________________________ You’re absolutely right that Spotify won’t listen unless users make a statement, so I just completely canceled my family plan and made sure they […]

Neil Young Leaves Spotify

Who has got more to lose? For a minute there, I thought Spotify wasn’t going to respond to Neil. The news cycle is so fast that if you let it go it oftentimes goes forever, when you respond you’re adding gasoline to the fire. Furthermore, Mr. Young removed the post from his website stating his […]

The New Music Dilemma

You can’t get traction. And everybody who says they’re a worldwide star known by everyone is lying. Music used to be a controlled marketplace. The big hurdle was distribution. Retail paid incredibly slowly, and they tended to only pay those with a continuing conveyor belt of product. So if you were an indie, even if […]