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Re-Neil Young/Spotify

I cancelled my premium service with Spotify today.  I moving towards lossless audio anyway…gonna hang with Neil.  He’s always had my back since I’ve lived on Sugar Mountain. Bill Cason ______________________________________ You’re absolutely right that Spotify won’t listen unless users make a statement, so I just completely canceled my family plan and made sure they […]

Neil Young Leaves Spotify

Who has got more to lose? For a minute there, I thought Spotify wasn’t going to respond to Neil. The news cycle is so fast that if you let it go it oftentimes goes forever, when you respond you’re adding gasoline to the fire. Furthermore, Mr. Young removed the post from his website stating his […]

The New Music Dilemma

You can’t get traction. And everybody who says they’re a worldwide star known by everyone is lying. Music used to be a controlled marketplace. The big hurdle was distribution. Retail paid incredibly slowly, and they tended to only pay those with a continuing conveyor belt of product. So if you were an indie, even if […]

Aziz Ansari’s New Special

“Nightclub Comedian” trailer: https://bit.ly/3s0cgDU This is rarely laugh out loud funny but I recommend you watch it. It’s not much of a commitment, not even half an hour. But it’s loaded with truth. You might have read about the comments re Aaron Rodgers. And they’re pretty good, but I’m not sure I like Ansari’s perspective […]