Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Mailbag-Nick/Nova/JD/JB/Books…

Re: Nick Gravenities Thanks for paying tribute to Nick. I have a lot of great memories of Nick. It’s interesting that he has a current album out. I’m honored to have played on it while remembering rehearsing with Nick in his parents basement in Chicago in the early 60s. So much happened between then and […]

Breaking Records

Is there anybody interested in record company news who doesn’t work for a label? What we’ve had in the last twelve months is financial engineering. The disappearance of Capitol (they call it a merger, what next, a comeback?), and the elevation of supposedly internet-savvy Elliot Grainge to the head of Atlantic, as if music were […]

More Rock Deaths-SiriusXM This Week

Tune in Saturday September 28th to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. Phone #: 844-686-5863 Twitter: @lefsetz If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

Re-Steve Poltz

What you wrote about Steve is equal parts genuine, and generous.  We both know he deserves it.  But you really did him well.  You captured his spirit so beautifully.  Bravo. Very nice to meet you, and to chat, and to laugh…what a most lovely time.  Thanks for including me w/ such a positive light in […]