Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


E-Mail Of The Day

Hi Bob, Regarding Myspace…. My music partner and I ditched Snocrap a long time ago and went with the free music model as a way to use MySpace for good and not evil. We like to go to shows around L.A. and give away our CDs to people coming out of the venue. A week […]

E-Mail Of The Day

Hi Bob! I’m a regular reader of your email blogs & a music enthusiast who is not involved in the industry. Here’s my curiosity (or pet peeve) which you might be able to expand upon: Why does it take so damn long for a finished CD to go on sale? Listening to the radio via […]

Credibility

Credibility: the quality of being trusted and believed in New Oxford American Dictionary (via Apple OS X Tiger) CREDIBLE Oprah She features it on her show, people buy it.  Not only James Blunt, but that inane "Secret" book.  Maybe because she struggles with her weight, or she swore off tabloid issues long before everybody else, […]

Radio Acts/Road Bands

Could it be that major labels and mainstream media foist endless hip-hop and vapid pop on the marketplace because they don’t know how to SELL the road bands?  In other words, is it 1967 all over again? Yes, "Are You Experienced" came out in 1967.  Did it have any mainstream traction?  Of course not.  What […]