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Martin Porter & David Goggin-This Week’s Podcast

The story of their new book “Buzz Me In: Inside the Record Plant Studios.” Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/david-goggin-martin-porter/id1316200737?i=1000722936461 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/b340b055-312e-4b9a-abbc-00beb2fffa88/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-david-goggin-martin-porter

E-Mail Of The Day

Re: Spotify Global Weekly Top Songs Chart Bob, This letter made me chuckle, because you ain’t wrong. And what Spotify shows for last week unwittingly aligns with what we sell as PHYSICAL copies in an indie record store in St. Louis (Euclid Records). When it comes to sales of FMac Rumours, they should just issue that […]

Fandom

At what point did you give up your fandom for a band…if ever? And what made you become a fan of the band to begin with? Now a band needs a lead singer, a front person, usually a man but it can also be a woman. Look, Linkin Park is now fronted by a woman. […]

Spotify Global Weekly Top Songs Chart

Everything old is new again. SoundScan told us what was actually being sold. Spotify tells us what is actually being played. SoundScan taught us that country was much bigger than perceived. Spotify teaches us that great songs never die, that they are discovered by younger generations. And no specific marketing event is necessary to make […]