Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Spotify?

It’s gasoline on embers. Yup, Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich just did Spotify a big favor, they got every music blog and major newspaper to write about the service, the Internet is blazing with this irrelevant story, but if these guys are that mad at the service, is it worth paying attention to? That’s Spotify’s […]

Tell Ten Friends

That’s what Seth Godin says. Seth calls it an urge to be picked. I’ll call it an urge to be famous. And rich. With the belief that if you just put yourself in someone else’s hands, if you just get a little help, you’ll rise above the fray and become famous and be successful forever […]

Thom Yorke vs. Spotify

What I like most is the tweet from MusicAlly: RT @MusicAlly: Needless to say, Atoms for Peace albums still available to stream in full (unlicensed) on Grooveshark and YouTube — Bob Lefsetz (@Lefsetz) July 15, 2013 What kind of crazy, fucked up world do we live in where artists are so ignorant, so behind the […]

Present Shock

Maybe it’s not the music’s fault. Used to be you lay on your bed listening to music dreaming of a better life to come. One with friends, romance, all kinds of excitement. Now you just log on to the Internet and hunt for these experiences. You know, the peak of a positive e-mail, a congratulatory […]