Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


CMA Ratings Decline

34% in the 18-49 target demo, and 29.5% overall. Is it television or is it the music? Both. Let’s start with TV, we no longer live in a monoculture, the only appointment TV is the Super Bowl, not because of the game but because it’s become a national holiday, many attendees at parties don’t even […]

Proving The Point

The Eric Clapton Christmas album is amazing… and I’m a Jew… I can’t remember when Clapton had a great album… You must listen.. It’s brilliant.. Kindest Cheers, Jeff Laufer This is the kind of stuff the papers should be covering, their upper middle class demo will eat it up. Instead I have to wait fully […]

Junk

Junk I’m working my way through the new “White Album.” Unlike Dylan’s “More Blood, More Tracks,” you don’t have to pony up for the CDs to get all the tracks, and who has a CD player anymore anyway? Both my computers don’t have one, then again, these packages are for collectors, kinda like vinyl, which […]

Brand Trumps Music

Trump has taken this all the way to the Presidency. Ever notice that what he said yesterday doesn’t matter today? Actually, lying is part of his brand, that’s why we all pay attention! Used to be music developed. Over time. You took baby steps. Tried to get notice, tried to build a fan base. But […]