Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Netflix

You’re fucked. You’ve got nowhere else to go. Netflix killed Blockbuster. The music industry should be paying close attention to the Netflix brouhaha. Every analyst says the same thing, this is about killing the DVD rental business. Imagine if the music business killed the CD? But you can only do that if you have a […]

John Mayer At Berklee

A must read: John Mayer 2011 Clinic – “Manage the Temptation to Publish Yourself”

Kickstarter

Watch this video: Julia_Nunes_CNN_10072011 It doesn’t matter if you know who Julia Nunes is, or whether you like her music, she’s got fans who want to support her, want to hear more, and one can argue quite strongly she’s better off doing it all by her lonesome as opposed to tying up with a big […]

Party Like A Techie

So I’m reading today’s "Wall Street Journal" and there’s an article on Foursquare and in the accompanying photo, the CEO is wearing a hoodie. Remember when rock stars wore street clothes? 1. Don’t dress up in outfits and never wear a suit, unless it’s a solemn occasion, and then you should appear in a twist […]