They scalped their own tickets. Rolling Stones tickets remain unsold after price hike Where do you think the touts got those seats? THE STONES THEMSELVES! This is how it works. The band gets $26 million for four gigs and a private. But that’s not enough. They’ve got to make more. So they take a bunch […]

Making Dollars: Clearing Up Spotify Payment Confusion Artists don’t like change. Despite the ability to make records on their computers and reach all their fans via e-mail and social media, they want said fans to buy albums, preferably in physical form, in prodigious numbers, they want to get rich! Want to get rich? Go into […]

The artists will fuck you. But without them you’re nothing. That’s the story of Laura Nyro. That’s who made David Geffen his first million. David didn’t make Laura any more talented, but he paved the way for her to make it. He encouraged her, he believed in her, he argued for her, he made things […]

1. AppleCare does not cover water damage, I stand corrected. Then again, the “genius” at the Apple Store said it did. What we’ve got today is a plethora of misinformation parading as truth. I do not want to fall into that category, therefore I print this correction. It’s just too hard to keep up on […]