Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Country Joe/Steve Miller-SiriusXM This Week

More of the San Francisco sound. Tune in tomorrow April 5th 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

Trump’s Ticketing Order

Much ado about nothing. Grandstanding. A joke. In reality the order says nothing. Other than ticket scalpers make a lot of money and they must pay taxes on their revenue. Oh yeah, DOGE just gutted the IRS…who’s going to enforce that? Where are all the IRS engineers with time to dedicate to researching the receipts […]

Too Much Of Nothing

You need a direct relationship with your audience. Let me give you an example. In the last century and the beginning of this one, if you were on terrestrial radio, if you were on MTV, you were part of a community. That paradigm is kaput. There’s a conception that if you just get enough publicity, […]

Old School/New School

OLD SCHOOL Get a record deal. NEW SCHOOL Get a fan base. OLD SCHOOL Learn how to play your instrument. NEW SCHOOL Learn how to use your computer. OLD SCHOOL The artist is king. NEW SCHOOL If the label doesn’t hear a hit, they won’t release your album. And the CEO makes more money than […]