Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Digital Covid Status Certificates for E.U. Travelers Go Live

https://nyti.ms/3i8plHH What kind of crazy, fucked-up world do we live in where the countries of the European Union are more advanced than the United States? One in which the citizens of the States have been fed the b.s. that’s it’s the greatest country in the world, advanced in all ways, nearly infallible, when that is […]

Utopia Avenue

https://amzn.to/3c9gtOp There are two kinds of people in this world. One believes David Mitchell is the bees knees, the best writer working, and the other makes the sign of the cross and runs away from all his words. I’m in the latter camp. Although, there is a third breed…people who have no idea who and […]

Data

Maybe the pendulum has swung too far. Data is ruining baseball. Turns out it’s best to only let starting pitchers go five or six innings. And have fielders adjust position based on the batter’s entire history of plate appearances. And since the pitchers are speeding the ball at 100 MPH consistently, the batters are employing […]

Today’s Music Business

You’ve got to watch the HBO “Generation Hustle” episode on scam rap, on Teejayx6. The music is terrible, he can’t rap on the beat, yet he signs a big deal with Atlantic Records. Why? BECAUSE OF THE DATA! Used to be record labels developed talent. They scoured the landscape looking for skilled people and then […]