Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Crowd Work

Felice wanted to see the Jim Gaffigan bourbon special. She asked how we could watch it. I told her we could just pull up the YouTube app on the Roku! Which we did. Looked good, but not everything blown up to 65″ does. Are people surfing YouTube on their giant flat screen TVs? The news […]

More Live Album Covers-SiriusXM This Week

Tune in Saturday December 6th to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

Re-Per Stream Payouts

I hope all is well with you and yours. I worked at AWAL as its U.S. SVP of Business Affairs from 2018-2023, and it was amazing to see how many indie artists at AWAL were earning real money while owning their recordings and controlling how and when they were released and licensed.  As an attorney, […]

Per Stream Payouts

“The Truth About Streaming Payout – Take a closer look at the actual math behind real music royalties.” https://spotifynews.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-streaming-payout Even I missed this story, which was published a week ago. I caught it in today’s Record of the Day e-mail. I constantly get e-mail from people claiming that Apple pays more per stream than Spotify… […]