Oldsters believe concert promotion is all about the deal. No, it’s all about the experience. First and foremost, the act must be someone people want to see.  In the old days, this was the responsibility of the label, which invested and then reaped the rewards of gargantuan record sales.  Those days are done.  It’s now […]

"Apple overtakes Nokia as world’s largest vendor of mobile handsets by revenue" I’d say worst to first, but more accurately it’s nowhere to triumph.  Could this happen in the record industry? Not only can it, it will. There’s an ecosystem of major labels and radio and physical distribution based on ripping off acts.  Will this […]

They paid the lawyer $5.94 million. Oh, he’s got some fancy title, "Executive Vice President and General Counsel", so his mother will be impressed and he won’t look like a loser at school reunions, but make no mistake, he’s the lawyer. Paying Michael Rowles this kind of money is like paying Don Passman more than […]

Once upon a time you saw the Beatles on "Ed Sullivan" and wanted to be a musician.  Now you read the "Wall Street Journal" and want to work for Live Nation. Kind of like Nathan Hubbard.  Once upon a time Mr. Hubbard was one half of the musical act Rockwell Church.  Despite having diehard fans, […]