Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Garth Brooks/Amazon

He needs a hit. This is what happens when you put commerce in front of career, when you’re too inured to the old ways, when you try to have one foot in the old world and one foot in the new. You fail. Oldsters love Garth. He tours at low ticket prices to satisfied fans. […]

Howard Stern

He was so NICE! The highlight of last year occurred… When I was at this surgeon’s house to see Leon Bridges, a benefit for MusiCares. I was not planning to go, but Lisa said it would end by 9:15, and there was no way I was gonna fall asleep before that. You see the next […]

Amazon Music Unlimited

Do people trust Amazon more than Apple? We’re gonna find out. The rap on Apple Music was it was going to win because of trust and credit card numbers. People believed in Apple and it was one click shopping. Then again, Steve Jobs licensed that technology from Amazon. And with Steve Jobs gone, I trust […]

Radio vs. Spotify

TOP FORTY “Closer” The Chainsmokers Mediabase #1 Spotify #1 Spotify daily streams: 1,568,337 Spotify cume: 393,428,845 ACTIVE ROCK “Bang Bang” Green Day Mediabase #1 Not in Spotify US Top 50 Spotify cume: 9,323,059 URBAN “No Limit” Usher Mediabase #1 Not in Spotify US Top 50 Spotify cume: 27,481,298 AC “Just Like Fire” Pink Mediabase #1 […]