Once upon a time concerts were cheap. Three, four and five dollars, you’d go on a whim, for the experience. That was the genesis, in San Francisco. Get high and dance. Then some acts got famous, the Fillmore brand spread to the east coast, and in less than half a decade the whole country was […]

Album: Feist "Metals" Sales this week: 10,222Sales last week: 15,359Percentage drop: -33%Weeks on chart: 3Chart position this week: 35Chart position last week: 22Debuted at: 7Cume: 63,666 I want you to read this article from today’s "Guardian": "When Bands Fall Off Cliffs" For those on mobiles or just too lazy to click through, the subtitle is: […]

Much ado about nothing. Apps with albums is as important as CD-Plus was in the last century, as in not at all. CD-Plus, CD-ROM, didn’t we already see this movie? What makes anybody think it’s going to be different this time? We’re selling music. The reason video was so important was because of the rise […]

Don’t sit here and lament "American Idol", laud Simon Fuller for coming up with the concept of "Pop Idol" and extending the brand. And while you’re at it, give credit to Lou Pearlman, who created the boy band paradigm when no one wanted it. You can’t look in the rearview mirror. You must look ahead, […]