Enough already! This isn’t about a new business model, this is about ADVANCES! That’s what Jeff Kwatinetz, fading music manager, specializes in, GETTING THE CASH! Yes, I’ve got a has-been band with a brand name.  How can I tantalize entertainment companies into laying out a ton of cash for them?  By creating a new business […]

Holy fuck, the labels are SCREWED! Did you watch the Macworld presentation?  It’s not easy, there are too many hits.  I couldn’t even get the video to go until now, at almost midnight.  The music business used to understand this paradigm.  One of UNDERPLAYING THE MARKET!  Instead of the baby band playing arenas the very […]

I PAY LIP-SERVICE TO THE MUSIC BUT I’M ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY AWARD Jimmy Iovine (Why else would he have that film deal and have his hands in so many ventures.  Did Ahmet get a deal with Paramount?  John Hammond?  Hell, if it ain’t money Jimmy’s looking for, it’s power.  And both of […]

Who’s the biggest act in England?  Maybe the entire continent? The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Huh? Yes, in the U.K., Flea and the boys are gods. But they don’t mean much in the U.S.  Oh, they’re a solid act.  But every date doesn’t go clean, they’re don’t sell as many records as Mimi, not even […]