“Pomplamoose 2014 Tour Profits” I don’t hate Jack Conte. I hate the people who are forwarding me this blog. What don’t you get about capitalism? The law of supply and demand? What I hate about artists is the constant bitching, as if the world owed them a living. I’ll go on record once again that […]

Screw the “Voice,” when are we gonna have an American music school? I’m sick and tired of reading about Max Martin and Adele, products of their countries’ respective music academies, and being subjected to the dash for cash lowest common denominator American dreck made by people who can neither sing nor play, never mind having […]

What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where the agents are hipper than the acts? Rob Light at the “Billboard” Touring conference: “Beyonce could learn a thing or two from ‘This American Life”s ‘Serial’ podcast. ‘It’s the single hottest podcast, and it makes geniuses every Thursday when a new podcast comes […]

1. We all want something to rally around, something to discuss, a club to belong to, and right now pop is it. 2. Popularity breeds popularity. That which gains traction and sustains, becomes ever bigger. 3. They know it’s about the song. Hooks, choruses, catchiness. If only other musicmakers realized this. Never forget, the Beatles […]