Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Lindsey Buckingham Fired From Fleetwood Mac

It’s about the songs, not the band. It started with Journey. The voice of the act, Steve Perry, didn’t want to work, he needed an operation, so the rest of the act went on the road without him, with a bunch of faceless singers, doing reasonable business. Then they found a replica of Steve’s voice […]

Star/Journeyman

STAR Focuses on the single. JOURNEYMAN Focuses on the body of work. STAR Goes for immediate success. JOURNEYMAN Thinks about the long haul. STAR Says yes to everything. JOURNEYMAN Is worried about their credibility. Only says yes if it enhances the long term career. STAR Does privates. JOURNEYMAN Does privates, if they can get the […]

Right Here, Right Now

There is no other place I want to be Right here, right now Watching the world wake up from history The old President is going to jail. Which means he can’t run for President again. Serendipity delivered me to Rio on the biggest day of the year, the Supreme Court was deciding the future of […]

Spotify Goes Public

Distribution is king, never forget it. All those cable channels disrupted by Netflix and the internet? The systems distributing them are doing just fine, better to own the pipe than that which flows through it. As for Netflix… It owns both content and distribution. Which is why Disney is trying to imitate it. As for […]