Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Music/Tech

It’s time for a divorce. Our focus on tech has been so all-encompassing that music has suffered. But those aren’t our people! The coders, the MBAs… They think differently. MBAs are first and foremost about the money. Great musicians are first and foremost about the art. That’s the number one e-mail I get, HOW DO […]

Today In Oslo

1. I met the guy who designed the Opera House! And I’m still shaking, pinching myself, he was more of a rock star than any I’ve met in many a year, because not only was he charismatic and looked the part, he could engage in a deep discussion of art. It’s all about money in […]

Apple Buys Beats

The streaming music service, not the headphones. The headphones are going bonkers, despite every audiophile in the world castigating them for their bass-heavy frequency response, turns out music is a fashion item and everybody wants to be fashionable. Easier to spend a few hundred dollars on ear cans as opposed to a Rolls-Royce or a […]

St. Paul & The Broken Bones

This year’s Alabama Shakes. I’m a triangulator. I wait until all indicators flash red. Then I pay attention. I’m not saying I did not check out St. Paul & The Broken Bones from the initial e-mail regarding their music, but when friends start tweeting about it, when more people start e-mailing me about it, I […]