It’s a marathon, not a sprint. I just finished reading David Pogue’s review of the Surface, Microsoft’s iPad competitor. The hardware is jaw-dropping, the software is baffling and the whole thing is a no-go because there are no apps. Apple just pushed the envelope with its latest iPads this morning. But even if they did […]

1. No one is waiting for your album. 2. Social networking is not about driving momentary sales but creating a relationship. That’s your new role. To be available and in touch with your audience each and every day. To be a land mine that someone can step on if they suddenly hear about you. Think […]

Streaming won. That’s right. While you were lauding the sonic quality of CDs, bitching about Spotify payments and repeating endlessly that no one wanted to rent music, technologists, not married to the past, enmeshed in a sphere of creative destruction, necessary in order to win, saw what the people wanted before they knew it and […]

Don’t make an album if you’re an actor or actress. Nobody is waiting for it and if you’re not willing to go on tour for years you’ll get a ton of (paid-for) publicity and no sales. And if you’re that damn good and can’t say it in a single, don’t start. Or keep it as […]