Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


The Napster Analogy

Deny the public what it wants at your peril. And the public does not want Joe Biden to be the Democratic nominee for President. It always happens first in music. It’s the canary in the coal mine. It’s the hottest medium amongst the young people, our future (they’re here to replace us as Jerry Seinfeld […]

Biden-SiriusXM This Week

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It was like 1972. And I mean that in a good way. I pictured myself bellied up to the bar, drinking a beer while a band played on the short riser in the corner. Members dressed identically to how they were on the street just minutes before, the music, the mood being everything, the trappings […]

Snapshot

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 […]