Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Mailbag

Subject: Re: More Fires Hi Bob, A friend just sent me this link, it’s to a googledoc spreadsheet that lists over 400 musicians and music industry people and other creatives who lost their homes.  I thought you might want to see it, if you haven’t already. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jyJ-NM2qP-iRk1LJ8l3dc7e0M3IhHlo3E7Agvo9JOAQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0 The sheer scope of it hits home harder […]

Biopics/Docs-SiriusXM This Week

Who deserves a biopic or a documentary. This is a live show, call in with your opinions. Tune in Saturday January 18th to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. Phone #: 844-686-5863 Twitter/X: @lefsetz If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: […]

The Drake/UMG Lawsuit

It doesn’t matter if Drake wins. This will change record company behavior, as it should. From time immemorial record labels have refused to have any responsibility for the recordings and actions of their artists. Which is kind of funny, since in almost all cases the labels own the recordings outright, yet treat the acts like […]

Apple Music’s Per Stream Payment

“Apple’s coziness with musicians, which it facilitates in part by paying a higher royalty rate per stream than Spotify, has always been crucial to its brand” From: “Why Zane Lowe and Apple Music are betting on live radio in an on-demand era” “Los Angeles Times”: https://shorturl.at/C1kEJ Makes me crazy when the mainstream media gets it […]