Dear Bob: Thanks for the nice article about Donnie Iris (which I woke up to). I am his longtime partner, musical director, songwriter/producer, and keyboardist. My inbox is piling up. (After Donnie and I went through some litigation together, I went to law school to be an IP lawyer.) The thing I am most proud of […]

Charlie Hellman is Vice President and Global Head of Music Product for Spotify. We discuss the tools artists are offered, how to promote yourself, the truth about payment and… This is the guy who oversees artists’ interaction with Spotify, get it from the source. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/charlie-hellman/id1316200737?i=1000700094057       https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/dd895760-a1a7-4a81-af3c-28829a9d208d/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-charlie-hellman

“Love Is Like a Rock” live on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bobbo99999/video/7480666558923197742 This is who we are. I’m not sure what the younger generations are gonna do in their old age. Are they going to sit around and rap? It’s possible. But the amazing thing about the rock generation is…THEY’RE STILL ROCKING! Sure, you can go see the […]

“Gliders Over Hollywood: Airships, Airplay, And The Art Of Rock Promotion”: https://rb.gy/l4m82v This is the best book about how it used to be. And it certainly ain’t that way anymore. Sometime early in this century everybody started to say the record business was no longer fun. This book tells the story of when it was […]