Now that’s a rock star. A rock star is not someone with money who flies in a private jet. That’s a banker. A rock star is someone who speaks from the heart and puts her fans first.  Who won’t do anything for a buck.  Who uses her bully pulpit to highlight injustices and lobby for […]

JIMMY’S VIDEO Jimmy Iovine describes the start of Beats by Dre I want you to watch this, you’ll learn more about the music industry than you will in four years of college.  You’ll see why Jimmy Iovine wins. He’s smart. And he’s a motherfucker. What did John Hummer so famously say? "Before they close Napster […]

It’s right above the Hollywood Bowl.  Literally.  Put a couch in the backyard and enjoy a summer’s worth of entertainment. That’s what Paul’s neighbors do.  They knock on his front door.  Now he knows what they want. That’s what spinning records’ll do for you.  Buy you a piece of real estate in the Hollywood Hills […]

Who? This story is filling up my inbox. You can check it out here: "This 26-Year-Old Is Making Millions Cutting Out Traditional Publishers With Amazon Kindle" Or here: "Authors catch fire with self-published e-books" There’s a backstory here, and I don’t know exactly what it is. But the bottom line is this unheard of twenty […]