NOTHING LASTS As Rob Thomas told me, it used to be a tiny funnel, now it’s a colander. You pour your music in and it slips right through. All the hoopla of yore that had an impact no longer does. Release parties, press…all the buildup means nothing. Except if you’re a superstar, and even then […]

Are you a meme or are you a musician? If you’re willing to do anything for attention is it working for you, or against you? The bifurcation began with the split of AM and FM in the sixties. Stations could no longer simulcast on FM what they were broadcasting on AM. As a result we […]

1 He’s the first Gen-Z rock star. Now what does that mean… Traditionally, a rock star is someone on a pedestal, someone who you aspire to meet, someone better than you, an icon, a vaunted, untouchable genius. That is not Noah Kahan. Noah Kahan is just like you and me. Well, to be more specific, […]

I don’t really care. I’m burned out on these gigantic catalog sales. But maybe this is important, maybe this isn’t just a banking deal, maybe Sony has insight that is not being acknowledged. Bear with me here. The bottom line is we are not minting new superstars. So the value of old superstars goes up! […]