Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Manchester

I do not know what happened here. But I do know it stopped me in my tracks. That’s how modern life seems to go, you don’t sit down at 7 o’clock for the news, you’re just minding your own business and you get a tweet, a text, an e-mail, and your whole life is changed. […]

Publicity Is Worthless

Could anyone have been plastered over the mainstream press more than Sheryl Crow? She even made the cover of “Parade,” talking about her home life. But nobody wants to listen to her new album, on Spotify not a single cut has exceeded one million plays, which means if she’s counting on streaming revenue to pay […]

Credibility

I blame Bill Clinton. Oh, all you lefties don’t have to get your knickers in a twist, I know, I know the Republicans were after him but he did it and parsed the language and that’s when the baby boomers bought this country, he was one of them, we messed it up. It started under […]

Welcome To Cluttersville

You won’t know right away. That’s what the internet promised, instant response. But now the pipes are clogged with messages and if your project has any virality, you won’t see the signals immediately, but rather two days to two weeks to a month later. Don’t confuse this with hype-driven action. With enough publicity you can […]