Huh? Weren’t we supposed to live in a word of mouth economy, where the cream rose to the top? NO! Actually, never forget that distribution is king. Did you read that NBC tied in with Netflix for the Olympics, with a two hour special? Millennials are cord-cutters, they don’t even see NBC, but they all […]

Eric Church-live covers No one knows about this because it was exclusive to Apple Music for two weeks. Do this, and the rest of the streaming providers don’t lift a finger, they’ll add your music when they can, but they’re not about to promote it. How could Church’s people be so stupid? This is what […]

Troy Carter just confirmed. In case you’re a newbie or just missed out last year, I’ve started a conference with Jim Lewi entitled the Music Media Summit, and this will be our second year in Santa Barbara, only this year we’re moving to the Four Seasons, at a vastly reduced rate, so even if you […]

Mick Jones & Lou Gramm Do “Urgent” With Billy Joel Mick looks like a dentist after a bad night, Lou looks like a retired butcher, but when the former picks the notes on that Les Paul and the latter opens his pipes… It’s 1981 all over again. AND IT FEELS SO GOOD! Foreigner never had […]