Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Scorecard

CROWDFUNDING Peaked. You hardly even hear about it anymore. Another Internet fad that didn’t live up to its promise. It all depends on the excitement of benefactors. Right now, they’re elsewhere, and too many are disappointed what they funded did not come to be, or did not meet their standards. Furthermore, those who raised money […]

Has Kim Killed Kanye’s Kareer?

In other words, is she Kanye’s Yoko Ono? At first I was offended by the baseball stadium proposal. But once the video leaked online I understood the genius of it, it was all a fake promotional stunt, made to burnish the Kardashian brand. But is it working for Kanye? Kim is a phony airhead who […]

McCartney Rules

1. Excellence If it’s not great, don’t release it. Put it up on YouTube, not the album, if you’re trying to get everybody’s attention, make sure your music deserves it. 2. Availability Put your complete album on YouTube and all streaming services. That’s where people discover your music. Your hard core fans will buy it, […]

Final Amsterdam

CALIFORNIA Oh, it gets so lonely When you’re walking And the streets are full of strangers There’s no loneliness like the one you feel in a foreign country. It descends like a curtain, when you enter your hotel room, when someone brushes by you on the sidewalk, you don’t fit in, you don’t belong, life […]