Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Today’s Music Business

Stars are smaller than ever before. You might be number one on Spotify, you might generate a lot of ink in traditional media, but tons of people still might not know your name and those who do often only know your single, your album is for hard core fans. There is no unity. You are […]

Club Songs-Songs With “Club” In The Title

Spotify Pandora Tune in today, August 11th, to Volume 106, 7 PM East, 4 PM West. Hear the episode live on SiriusXM VOLUME: HearLefsetzLive If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app: LefsetzLive

An Artist…

Doesn’t follow trends. Sets trends. Doesn’t give the audience what it wants. Gives the audience what it needs. Has a sense of history. If there’s no context, there’s no art. Art is a reaction, a transmogrification…unless you know where you’ve been, you don’t know where you’re going. Knows that money is secondary to art. Knows […]

Why Does It Take So Long To Say Goodbye

Spotify YouTube Sometimes there’s no room for you in the conventional business. If you look at the Spotify Top 50, if you check out the execs at the big three major labels, you may scratch your head and ask yourself WHAT IS THIS AND WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? It’s like the mainstream recording business is […]