Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


The End

Seemed like everybody got an iPod LAST Christmas, didn’t it? Well I guess that wasn’t true.  Because Apple just reported a fifty percent increase in iPod sales last quarter, for a grand total of more than 21 million.  Or, as the AP said, one for nearly every Texan. But this isn’t the first year they’ve […]

Patti Smith’s To-Do List

I can’t hold back. So I pick that copy of "Newsweek" back up, I was stopped in my tracks when I read Stephen King’s To-Do list, and lo and behold, there’s a To-Do list from Patti Smith: 1. Learn serious horse riding from the polo club in Buenos Aires. 2. Ride across the Pampas of […]

E-Mail Of The Day

From: Travis Page One thing I find odd about the fact that the music industry is doing so poorly is that no one, mainstream or otherwise, is mentioning one obvious cause. There is a lack of real competition within the industry. The general consensus among the media and those within the industry itself chalk up […]

Sales

The dream is over. According to hitsdailydouble, "Dreamgirls" didn’t even break 60,000 this week.  In a few hours the SoundScan numbers will be in, with the statistic that sales are off in double digits once again. This is not a Levy and Munns problem.  This is not an isolated circumstance.  This is a fucking DISASTER! […]