Fans buy albums. Casual buyers purchase singles. The major labels got away with it for a while, before Napster, before the iTunes Music Store, because the ONLY WAY to get the single was TO BUY the album.  There was no Internet back in the nineties fanning the flames of the story that as soon as […]

This is a non-story. Amazon is a money-losing company run by an egomaniac that gets more press than it deserves.  It keeps on changing strategy.  Building distribution methods and then changing course when it finds they’re unprofitable.  And, speaking of profits, the company derives a large part of its income from selling USED items.  Yup, […]

Hits Haven’t we had just about enough of Tony Brummel? I mean the guy runs an indie rock label, most of whose signings learn to hate him, yet we have to be subjected to his inane rantings and ravings CONSTANTLY! So, he found a few rock bands.  That have sold word of mouth.  Does that […]

People don’t collect music anymore. Hang in there.  What I mean is…  The days of amassing a giant vinyl or CD collection to impress your buddies are passe.  People, the younger generation especially, don’t treat music that way.  Music is something you possess for a while, and if you lose it, you replace it.  Which […]