Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Stewart/Nicks Fail

Rod Stewart/Stevie Nicks – Heart and Soul TourSprint Center Kansas City, MO (This is a two for one offer, circulated via Sprint Center e-mail.) You make tickets 2 for 1 in the beginning, not when you realize you’ve got a stiff and can’t sell tickets and the acts are embarrassed about playing an empty hall […]

Charlie Sheen Lessons

1. Critics only go to the first show.  So, do it in an out of the way venue, or even better, do it unannounced, so you can practice without scrutiny.  Now, with the "Spider-Man" debacle, the concept of holding back reviews for "opening night" is done forevermore. 2. Critics only go to the first show, […]

Charlie Sheen Disaster

Winner? Malcolm Gladwell, who posited you have to spend 10,000 hours at your craft to be world class.  Sheen spent next to nothing.  He sucked. You’re no longer at the mercy of the critics, you’re at the mercy of the public.  An audience member is no longer passive, he can render an opinion not only […]

Re-Ultra Music Festival

Re-Ultra Music Festival hi, interesting article on ultra. in addition to them selling 170,000 tix there was also another dance event on the saturday that sold 25,000 tix. a few years ago i dj’ed electric daisy in l.a. 80,000 people, and it was amazing. the biggest festival in the states. the next day i was […]