This never happened before. At least since the sixties and seventies. You know, act percolates in the marketplace and starts to sell beaucoup tickets sans hit. Since the eighties at least it’s been all about the hit. You know, getting the track on MTV, on the universal Top Forty radio, reaching the masses and then […]

You don’t know everything. And if you pretend to know everything, those who know something will dismiss you. Used to be a pro knew every record on the chart, now pros have never even heard of an act that goes #1. Ignore the charts. They’re momentary. Today it’s about longevity, streaming pays out for the […]

She had a white hot band. The music business is still not completely up to speed post-covid. What I mean is there are not as many lunches, as many hangs, as there were pre-pandemic. Which means I’m still at home a bunch, and I don’t like it. Sure, I like to read my books and […]

You’ve got to have an identity. And around that identity you build culture. And when people adhere to your identity, buy into your culture, you have a cult. And then you can sustain, which is what the music business is all about. The money’s in the long term. That’s the streaming paradigm. It’s not what […]