Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Dukes Of September At The Gibson

Boz Scaggs hit it so far out of the park with Teddy Pendergrass’s "Love T.K.O." I could not help but swoon, even though I don’t think I’ve ever heard the song before. I had to ask the African-American woman sitting next to me the title, she was writing everything down. She said it was by […]

Independent Album Chart-Week Ending 6/24/12

1. Smashing Pumpkins "Oceania" Sales this week: 53,396DebutOverall rank: 4 He’s not warm and fuzzy. But his generation, which came of age in the nineties, respects him. Considered to be a return to form, it appears Billy Corgan is here to stay. Furthermore, this shows the power of brand names. Doesn’t matter who’s in the […]

Re-Top Forty

You’ve been sold a bill of goods. Chris Anderson wrote "The Long Tail" and now you’ve been hoodwinked into thinking there’s a demand for your music, that the Internet has finally made your masterpiece available to the masses and recognition, money and fame will flow into your inbox momentarily. But as the Who so eloquently […]

Around The Web

Louis C.K. He’s a COMEDIAN! He shows up with a microphone. Talk about expenses…THERE ARE NONE! Not that I want to castigate Mr. Szekely, but you think the enemy here is Ticketmaster, no, the enemy is your favorite acts. Who won’t go to the lengths Louie will, who won’t leave all that money on the […]