Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Rob Light On Bobby Brooks

Tomorrow is the 25th Anniversary of a tragic day. On that day, 25 years ago…a helicopter went down traveling from Alpine Valley to Chicago, post a legendary show that featured Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan and Robert Cray. Stevie Ray Vaughan was on that helicopter, and therefore will be a big […]

The Billboard Kerfuffle

“Callous Billboard survey asks: Who’s lying, Kesha or Dr. Luke?” It’s the pursuit of clicks. And I’d laugh if it wasn’t emblematic of our country at large. Kind of like this Biden madness. The only person pointing out the fallacy in a Biden run is Nate Silver, who suddenly no longer has a platform of […]

Today’s Aphorisms

“YOU BUILD A FOLLOWING, THEN MONETIZE IT.” This is a quote from the “New York Times,” from a sidebar to the article “The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn’t” Be sure to read the stories of the six creative people featured – “The New Making It” YOU START OFF NOWHERE AND YOU’RE LUCKY IF YOU GET SOMEWHERE. […]

Blockchain

Why is it always people without leverage are agitating for change? Those without hits who can see a better way but have no power to make it happen. Makes me yearn for the old days, when these people did not have a voice. When not only could they not get a label deal, they could […]