Live music sucks on TV. We all know that, and anybody who’s tried to turn it into a business has lost their shirt. Turns out you have to be there. And now that’s where everybody wants to be, THE SHOW! So I’m returning to a series on Amazon Prime last night and I see the […]

In the of 1969, between my 2nd and 3rd year in law school at UT in Austin, I got a summer job at ASCAP in the membership department. At the time, BMI had more rock acts on the charts than ASCAP. I talked my boss into buying two tickets to all the the Schaefer Beer […]

There were 216 million people in the United States in 1975. There are 347 million people in the United States today. So don’t compare the concert scene of yesteryear with the concert scene of today. There are over 50% more people! That’s why so many acts can sell out stadiums, which are not getting any […]

https://www.abramorama.com/film/rondelsenerpresents It’s hagiography, but… Unlike most of these documentaries, this one was not made on the cheap. There’s tons of footage to go with the narrative, but… You don’t learn a whole hell of a lot about Ron. He’s a hustler. That’s what we’re missing in today’s concert world. That was the music business from […]