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. […]

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 […]

What kind of crazy fucked-up world do we live in where politicians eschew corporate donations but musicians are in bed with the companies? One in which music, normally the pusher of the envelope, has lost touch with its audience. Credibility is key. That’s why people have stopped believing Elon Musk. You’re supposed to over deliver […]

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