http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJngOHn96cs This gave me goosebumps. The number one criterion of live performance is to make those who did not attend believe they missed it. That’s why Coachella sold out instantly this year.  Hell, they didn’t even need to announce the lineup.  It’s far from overwhelming.  But 50,000+ people want to be there.  They want to […]

This is a music business story. Arianna Huffington didn’t know shit about the World Wide Web. She was just a tireless self-promoter who wanted to be famous.  A money hungry woman who married a gay Republican, then divorced him and switched sides.  This is someone to believe in? Of course not. Which is why hair […]

She got distracted by the big screen. Yup, she’s up there singing, live, that’s why the NFL picked her, because she’s got the pipes, and overhead, on the gigantic big screens, credit Jerry Jones, he knows the best place for football is television, which is why he installed the humongous sets inside his new stadium, […]

It’s an e-commerce play. Concert promotion is a 4% business.  Do you really think a new competitor is gonna come out of nowhere to give an act all its money?  Hell, it’s 4% if you win, what if you lose?  Which is why we’ve got ticket fees and all sorts of ancillaries.  And Live Nation […]