Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


“I Wrote Six Songs That Weekend”

Maybe that’s why J. Cole is so successful. Newspapers are functioning on an old paradigm. Wherein PR people pitch stories and what ends up appearing in the arts section is hype. There’s no news there. It’s all in the other sections, National, Business and Sports. If I want the facts, I can go to the […]

Relationships & Power

Smarts are overrated. I’m not saying it’s a disadvantage to have a high IQ, be book smart, be educated, just that it won’t get you that far. The elites are all about jumping through hoops, getting good grades to get into a good school so they have insurance for the future. And too many squander […]

Rachel Maddow

She’s the left wing explainer. I’ve become addicted to the news. Not only the papers, which arrive every day, whose apps I’m constantly checking on my phone, but TV, which I mostly catch on the satellite, Sirius XM. That’s right, there’s everything from Fox to CNN, MSNBC to Bloomberg, NPR and the BBC. I want […]

Music Media Summit

It won’t be long before another day We gonna have a good time And no one’s gonna take that time away You can stay as long as you like “You Can Close Your Eyes” James Taylor You should have been there. Not because I want your money, not because I want to build FOMO, but […]