Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Neil Diamond At The Greek

I’m not exactly sure what I saw. I expected the nearly dead, the same audience that went to see Simon & Garfunkel back at Staples in ’03. People living on Medicare and fumes who could barely stand. A celebration of the old, the way it once was. But last night was positively 2012, but in […]

Cleanup Work

Subject: Re: Reality This past year, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading practically each and every one of your emails for the truth and wisdom they contain. However, the ending of today’s email depressed me.  As the mother of an 18 year would-be rock star, I was thrilled (until 5 minutes ago) that my son (who […]

Reality

Someone just emailed me about an act. Entitled _____ _______. This woman raved, as fans are wont to do. I pulled up the album on Spotify. In fifteen seconds I was done. Forty years ago, if someone gave me an album I’d play it all the way through, multiple times, waiting for it to reveal […]

The Modern Era

Artists are supposed to lead, not follow. How come they’re still making albums? Did you see that Rihanna topped the British charts last week after selling 9,578 copies of her album “Talk That Talk”? This in a country of 60 million! It was the lowest sales number in history! Let’s blame it on the public. […]