Every week the antiquated record industry trumpets its sales figures and the even more ancient media industry repeats them. And to say they’re unimpressive is to say you took the family goat to prom. Let’s look at Imagine Dragons. They’re a top ten act selling 25,000 records a week. 25k a week? That’s positively anemic […]

Ain’t that America. Where if I’ve got a loss, you’ve got to pay. It’s not only this wrongful death lawsuit, it’s jobs. Nothing can happen that I lose mine. I don’t care if everybody has to overpay to ride in a horse and buggy, if I’ve got to sacrifice just the tiniest bit, it can’t […]

2010. It scared the crap out of the acts. Let’s be clear, promoters give the lion’s share of the money to the acts. Used to be the acts took it and said SAYONARA, but when nobody showed up…the money wasn’t enough. Wanna get fired? Be a manager who has his act playing to empty seats. […]

“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 […]