Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


The Album Doesn’t Count

It’s about the event. For how long have we heard it’s about the new record, the hit, that they are the engine of all that follows. Maybe with Top Forty, but in the rest of the music sphere… Lady Gaga had one of the stiffest follow-up albums of all time, even rivaling Peter Frampton’s “I’m […]

Where Songs Come From

“‘It was an emergency,’ he wrote,’ and when dealing with emergent behavior there is nothing to do but respond. I was in the moment. And it was not the fire I imagined or dreamed of. It was the fire I got.’” This should not have been good. I never read the “T” magazine, the “New […]

Truth

This is an individual project. I just finished reading “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century,” by Timothy Snyder. Be afraid, be very afraid. Because sooner if not later there’s going to be a terrorist event and you’re gonna lose all your personal rights. That’s how they do it, especially Putin. Under the guise […]

Music Media Summit

Music Media Summit It’s about the hang. We’re gonna have a bonding experience. The panels will be good, but it’s about you connecting with me and the other attendees to build relationships that pay dividends in the future. Lofty goal? You bet! Let’s see what happens! Every year, for the past 21, in fact, I’ve […]