1. NO FRONT-LOADING That’s an old game which pays few dividends in the modern world. Used to be it was about making a big first week splash so retailers would reorder, now physical retail is de minimis and nearly irrelevant. Hype should begin no more than a week out. 2. RALLY THE TROOPS Speak to […]

This is the last old school Christmas in the music business. Never again will you see the media industrial complex rallying around the product of a superstar trying to gin up fourth quarter revenue. Because it’s no longer about sales, but streams. Did you see Jason Aldean quietly caved and put his music back on […]

Don’t cancel on me. Unless your mother died or you got in a car accident, show up, live up to your commitments, otherwise I know I’m just not that important to you, and that’s fine, but why did you reach out to me in the first place? Happens all the time. Always with someone higher […]

Were the eighties special, or did they just feel that way because I was there? I went to the Greek last Thursday because it was the last Nederlander night. From now on, it’s an open building. Will the city make more money or less? Well, there are a lot of shows that will no longer […]