Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Jay-Z/Samsung/SoundScan

Huh? Which way do you want it, new model or old? Because like almost everything else in life, you can’t have it both ways. For those coming up to speed, Jay-Z offers an overhyped “collaboration” with Samsung wherein the electronics company buys a million albums at five bucks apiece and distributes them via Android apps. […]

E-Mail Of The Day

Hi Bob, Music ‘big business’ is slowly looking-sounding-smelling-feeling as appealing as Wall Street and/or the Vatican. (Maybe less smart and less “touchy-feely”) My dilemma: I want people to stream my music all day long (to their hearts content); but, I’m tired of watching the Daniel Ek’s and the Mark Westerthefuck’s buy new monstertruckairplanes and diamond […]

Trusted Filters

I spent last night listening to the Spotify Top 100. Well, most of it anyway. You learn some amazing things, like most rap lyrics are so aspirational and so dumb that unless you buy in, cast all critical faculties aside, you listen and you laugh. I woke up in a new Bugatti Do you even […]

Then/Now

THEN You asked for directions. NOW You ask for the address. THEN You talked on the phone. NOW You text on the phone. THEN If you were lucky, your parents bought you your own extension when you were sixteen, possibly a Princess phone! NOW You get your own phone with its own line when you’re […]