Is based on revealing your personal information, being an open book, detailing not only your wins, but your losses, your imperfections, this is what bonds people to you. But just like the internet flipped the script for music, turning a model of scarcity into plentitude, the makers cannot see this distinct change. It’s not that […]

New York Tendaberry – Spotify 1967 wasn’t so different from today, it was hard to get noticed. Sure, it was hard to get a record deal, but it was even harder to get someone to buy your music, and if they didn’t, chances are it went unheard, unless, fortuitously, you were inundated with talent and […]

“My British Invasion” He was the first college rep not to be offered a gig at CBS after graduation. He got fired from a trade for writing a negative review. And then he ended up behind the counter at Rhino Records, an emporium on Westwood Boulevard where they commented upon what you bought, usually not […]

It costs too much to do something new. It’s not only the development expenses, never mind coming up with a new idea, but the marketing money, how do you make people aware of what you’re doing in a sea of endless messages, one in which the vaunted “Breaking Bad” took years to gain traction. I […]