Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Greta Van Fleet

Greta Van Fleet- Spotify It’s a Led Zeppelin rip-off. But didn’t Led Zeppelin rip off Willie Dixon and the rest of the bluesmeisters? If you lived through that era, you will instantly hear mid-period Zeppelin, complete with Robert Plant screams. Then you remember that was 45 years ago! About the same distance, if not longer, […]

Warner Music Revenue Soars

Aren’t we supposed to be bitching? No, the future’s so bright you’ve gotta wear shades. It’s hard to change the mantra. How the internet ruined the music business, how streaming is the devil, but you can’t argue with the numbers. Revenue was up 13.3% year over year. Recorded music was up 13.2% to $770 million. […]

Citizen Cope At The Vilar

I was astounded by the reaction. Audience members who knew every word, who whooped upon hearing the introductions. Who had to run down front and dance… HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? I didn’t expect much of a crowd. There were continuing advertisements in the “Vail Daily,” which had me thinking business would be soft. But that […]

Dude, I’m Still Alive!

How could Sheryl Crow get it so wrong and then so right? Earlier this year she released an album with old wave publicity in every print medium known to man and it went straight into the dumper, it’s like it never even came out, which inspired Mr. Tuna Ketchup, @TunaCatsup, to tweet: “Oh man, @SherylCrow […]