Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Play It Loud At The Met

That’s rock and roll. This exhibit is so much better than the reviews. By the time I was finished I was in shock, as if I’d just endured a Zeppelin show, or another aural assault by our favorite bands of yore. A bunch of instruments from famous musicians…doesn’t sound like much. Unless you were there, […]

Daniel Glass-SiriusXM This Week

Tune in today, Tuesday April 30th, to Volume 106, 7 PM East, 4 PM West. Phone #: 844-6-VOLUME, 844-686-5863 Twitter: @lefetz or @siriusxmvolume/#lefsetzlive Hear the episode live on SiriusXM VOLUME: HearLefsetzLive If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app: LefsetzLive

Trends

The major labels will lose power. Their tight grasp on the industry was based on control of distribution and media. They’ve lost control of distribution, Spotify is more powerful than every label. No label can afford to pull its catalog from Spotify, it’s their number one payer. So the leverage of their catalogs is gone. […]

Your Fanbase

You’ve got to build it from scratch. And you have to know each and every member and how to reach them. Remember the MTV era? Instant heroes who soon became zeros. The faster you make it, the faster you lose it. In other words, if you’re depending on the label, the corporation, to bring you […]