Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Sugarman

I don’t believe it. And even a cursory read of Wikipedia tells you it’s not true. Hell, this is a guy who toured Australia with Midnight Oil! Did you watch the “60 Minutes” piece? I’m loath to write this because Rodriguez appears to be such a humble, good-hearted soul. But the bastards promoting this movie […]

Sales-Week Ending-9/30/12

1. Mumford & Sons “Babel” Sales this week: 599,915 Debut The revolution has begun! And it will not be televised! You’ve waited a long time, ever since 1999, when Napster reared its ugly head until a year later when everybody found out about it and shortly thereafter when everybody else got a high speed connection […]

When Love Takes Over

I saw David Guetta standing on a street corner in Ibiza ignored by the teeming masses streaming right by him to enter Pacha, where long after midnight he’d “spin records” and have the assembled multitude dancing with their arms in the air, thrilled just to be alive. I was in Colorado. I didn’t plan not […]

The Pandora Letter

Blog: Join Us to Stop the Discrimination Against Internet Radio He’s on the wrong side. His own. Read any financial analysis and you’ll learn investors are not bullish on Pandora, because it pays most of its income in royalties. Is this the listener’s problem? Is this the artist’s problem? Is this anything but Tim Westergren’s […]