Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


The Album

1. Is a revenue producing item for the label, it’s how they get their money back. 2. Is a trigger for publicity. 3. Is too long. On vinyl, you were loath to put more than forty minutes of music on a side. The most classic of double albums, and the cliche is there’s not one […]

Face Facts

NO ALBUMS A circle jerk in a world where nobody has time for anything but the best. I hope you have fun making your long player, because you’re the only one who cares! ATTENTION SPANS Are huge. Assuming people are interested. Just watch someone play “World of Warcraft.” Then again, WOW is better than your […]

Update

1. The Wheels Of Progress Move Quickly The e-reader is being killed by the tablet. And the initial Kindle was only introduced five years ago. The first Kindle Fire was a disaster. It sold prodigiously upon release but its lack of functionality was evidenced in the little web-surfing purchasers did with it. But credit Jeff […]

Top Ten Issues

1. Filter People don’t know what to listen to. You can’t trust the radio, you can only trust your friends, and who’s to say your friends have the same taste as you? He who tells us what to listen to will have all the power in the future. It will not be an algorithm. If […]