What a clusterfuck THAT was. The managers in the U.K. are pissed.  And they’re not going to take it anymore.  They’re rebelling against major label practices.  They want no packaging deduction on digital downloads, they want MORE of the digital pie, they want to be paid royalties on PHYSICAL product. This has been the talk […]

You see in England they still believe.  In the power of rock and roll.  In the artistic statement.  In the music industry. It’s very different in the States.  Everybody’s jaded.  It all comes down to the bucks.  It’s totally o.k. to go for them, and he who collects the most wins. Maybe it’s that Englishmen […]

I was MESMERIZED! Unlike U.S. conventions, everybody at In The City goes to the panels.  I learned this last year when I was wandering around the halls of the hotel wondering where everybody WAS!  And then I peeked into a meeting room looking for Richard and found it PACKED! So this year I planned.  I […]

Well I know it sounds funnyBut I’m not in it for the money, no "Overnight Sensation" From: Eric Carmen Subject: Raspberries Hi Bob,    I’d like to invite you to the House of Blues, Sunset Strip, Friday, October 21st. Last November, my old band, the Raspberries, got together for the first time in 32 years at […]