Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Fleetwood Mac On The Road

What if they toured and no one cared? They’ve gone back to the well so many times, burned out so many markets, that to think they’re just gonna put tickets up for sale and sell out is to believe the Democrats and Republicans are gonna settle their financial disagreements by the end of the day. […]

Everybody Knows

EVERYBODY KNOWS 1. Most tweets go unread. Just because you tweet, don’t expect your followers to see it. Few view their feed comprehensively. They check in and check out. Catching only bits and pieces. Even forgetting your fake and dormant followers, which are voluminous, far fewer than fifty percent of your followers see one of […]

Fascinating Statistics

Week Ending Nov. 25, 2012. Albums: Crash And Burn Winners and losers. That’s the world we live in today. Despite huge promotional campaigns, wherein these acts get reams of old wave media mentions, it turns out the public either wants you or it doesn’t, either knows of you and must buy your new work, or […]

Paperless In Little Rock

I just got off the phone with Michael Marion. He runs the Verizon Arena in Little Rock. He does paperless for every show. EVERY SHOW! The 4,000 best seats, that’s the only way you can buy them. If he scales the house down from its usual 18,000 seat capacity, he reduces the percentage of paperless […]