“character: strength and originality in a person’s nature” —New Oxford American English Dictionary It’s what you do when you lose. Everybody’s got a plan. But what happens when it goes haywire, when you hit roadblocks? Do you fold your tent or find another way, like water. Water. Blocked one way, it will find another. And […]

A Save-the-World Field Trip for Millionaire Tech Moguls And you wonder why no one wants to work in the music industry. I want you to click on the above link. Yes, take the time. That’s the dirty little secret of the web, nobody ever clicks through, no one wants to waste another moment of their […]

Power. That’s what the artists used to have. That’s what they’re leaving on the table. It’s as if Napster was started by the Fortune 500, in order to divert artists from their true calling, delineating the human condition and wielding the sheer numbers of their audience to exact change. In other words, if you don’t […]

It should be a full time job being a fan of your band. I just finished reading “Fast Company”‘s Amazon story. Amazon’s goal is to eliminate all competition, under the guise of being your go-to retailer, charging you for Prime, so you’ll spend even more, thrilled with faster delivery and some bells and whistles, like […]