Archive for 2024/05


Live Nation/DOJ

It’s not going to make ticket prices any lower. Assuming that Live Nation and Ticketmaster are broken up, or ticketing is not exclusive at venues. Ticket prices have nothing to do with Ticketmaster. If anything, a remedy will help other promoters, who will be able to participate in ticket resale by using another platform. But […]

Let It Flow

Spotify: https://t.ly/vpULR YouTube: https://t.ly/QKq5d Did you know that Collective Soul has a new album? A double? Hell, there aren’t even any details in Wikipedia. This is the challenge of legacy acts, they might be able to sell tickets, but no one is interested in their new music, if they play it live they risk alienating […]

Creativity Is Everything

And you’ve got to be everywhere. The reason influencers are such is because of their creativity. There’s a spark, a je ne sais quoi in their posts that attracts fans, who spread the word to other fans. It all comes down to inspiration. And that inspiration is too often lacking in music marketing. Making the […]

Re-Bill Maher/Television

I saw Maher at Constitution Hall DC before the pandemic. He was just okay. There was a good crowd, he may have sold out, but again this was before the pandemic and his open skepticism about vaccines and masks and his agnosticism on hydrochloroquine and ivermectin and the rest, is when I believe he lost […]