From: Gary Dell’AbateTo: Bob LefsetzSubject: Springsteen You should do a piece on the Springsteen tour. I am on an e-mail chain with about 50 fans. Not one of them could score a ticket through the web. It looks like the scalpers won this round. From: Bob LefsetzTo: Gary Dell’Abate This is very complicated.  Been on […]

Subject: DigSin/DRNK TXTNG Bob, I’d be interested to hear your take on this story about DigSin, Jay Frank’s new "label" model which launched this week. Business Matters: Looking for a New Kind of Record Label? Here’s DigSin … Not that I care about commercial radio anymore, but having read about his basic philosophy of what […]

1. The Act We’re returning to the classic rock era. Wherein the acts dictated to the labels as opposed to vice versa. But the story here now is there are no labels. Sure, there are a bunch of Top Forty acts that are essentially employees of the major labels, in everything but benefits (they’re independent […]

Weren’t the Jonas Brothers supposed to save the music business? All fads die overnight. Usually just when their perpetrators are lying in luxury, believing they can do no wrong. Let’s see. Take a no-talent, otherwise known as J. Lo, pair her up with a never been, i.e. Randy Jackson, and mix in one certified rock […]