Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


More Winners and Losers

They’re gonna wipe out college! Well, everything but the elite universities. Courses are gonna be online, you’re going to be able to learn from the best professors on the planet. So, unless you’re a star, you’re HISTORY! How did this happen? Let’s see… College has been a rip-off for eons. Overpriced, with lame courses all […]

Winners and Losers

Otherwise known as the haves and the have-nots. You get to choose. If you’re riding through life willy-nilly, thinking everything will work out fine, you’re delusional. Now, more than ever, there’s a dividing line. You’re  up here…or you’re down there. And don’t expect the mainstream media and your friends and teachers to tell you. Kind […]

Rules Of Engagement

1. Long Haul, Not Front-Load Front-loading is for movies and SoundScan. You’re not making movies and SoundScan means less than ever before and will continue to die. You wanted a big first week in SoundScan so retailers would order more music and the mainstream press would hype your debut. Physical retail is dying and now […]

More David Bowie

My inbox is blowing up with Bowie backlash. And normally I would not react in print, but I’ve got two points to make. The first is a correction. It turns out the YouTube video of the clip has in excess of two million plays. Why the Vevo take has so few… All I can say […]