Once upon a time recording was profitable. And then MTV came along and with the advent of the new carrier medium known as the CD, revenues soared. Artists bitched that they were receiving half their royalties as the labels invested in this new format, but that got nowhere, the CD made not only the companies […]

The music Jay-Z made with Samsung may have already been forgotten, but the deal has not. That’s what we’ve been hearing since the advent of the Internet music era, when the labels were bled by Napster. You’ve got to sell out to make it. It’s no longer about the music, but the brand. Just like […]

It was better than breaking a band. In other words, what kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where not only does tech steal our money, but our thunder too? Where the geeks know marketing better than the entertainment pros? Unlike the music business, Twitter realized it had to build a base. […]

You know I go every year, to Jim Lewi’s Aspen Live conference. It’s the peak of the annum. Primarily because of the hang. Most other conferences are focused on breaking bands, most of which you don’t want to hear, and there’s little cohesiveness, you’re either part of the inner circle or you’re left out. Aspen […]