You don’t succeed by doing what’s been done before. Poorly. This is why labels should not be worried about monoliths stealing their business. Google can’t get any traction with All Access, no one seems to be aware that Microsoft’s OS comes with music. Disruption may happen, but it’ll come from left field, from nobodies. That’s […]

You fire your manager AFTER your album stiffs, not before. And that’s where Lady Gaga’s long player is headed, straight for the dumper. Once upon a time, in the midnineties, the label could function as the manager. But that was back when most of your revenue came from recorded music, when overpriced CDs were flying […]

HATERS It hurts, but the truth is hating is done by an underclass of people pissed that their dreams have not come true. Instead of looking inside, instead of working harder, instead of figuring out the problem is the system and not them, they needle those who are successful in an effort to make them […]

DATA Has been underutilized in the music business. SoundScan was a revolution, but then the Internet happened and everybody was caught flat-footed and was so flabbergasted at the evisceration of the business model that the only actions taken were rearguard ones, and those were executed late. Don’t confuse the product with the sell. The key […]