Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Today’s Viewing-Roxy Music & Southern Rock

I told myself I was going to spend all day reading, but I got hooked on these BBC documentaries, which I recommend. The first is on Roxy Music. Unfortunately, the second half, after the band reforms, is paint by numbers. But the first half, about the formation of the band, the motivation, is educational and […]

Clinton vs. the VMAs

What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where a 66 year old ex-President trumps the younger generation in buzz? One in which one person knows it’s about ideas, and the other thinks it’s about money. I didn’t watch either. I’ve got the VMAs on my DVR just in case. As for […]

Participation

It’s less about winning than participating. This is difficult for baby boomers to understand, they grew up in an era where domination was key. But their progeny are all about being a member of the group. And one of the ways you demonstrate your membership is by making a parody video, a tribute video, a […]

Gangnam Style

PSY – GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) M/V Is it the music or the video? I went to Best Buy to scope out TV sets. I didn’t bother looking at Sonys. For someone who grew up in the sixties and seventies, this is incredible. Sony was the BMW of its age. Only Sony charged a premium to […]