You have to sign more acts in more genres and stay with them for many years. That is the only way for the major labels to maintain market share. They just aren’t making enough bets. They’re still mired in MTV thinking. I.e. there are a handful of universal hits and you want to control them. […]

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Re: DJ Cassidy When Cassidy was in high school , I was at his Dad’s house (Jon Podell), at the time a great booking agent (CSNY) and many other huge artists. Jon sent me in to  try and tell Cassidy to put aside his passion to be a DJ and stay in school. Cassidy told […]

Is death. Or at best stasis. But probably a step in the wrong direction. Tell me about a band whose road numbers increased after they stopped having hits. Tell me about a movie sequel that did better than the original. Of course there are exceptions. Nitpicking is not the point. The point is if you’re […]