Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


End Of An Era?

"I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky. There is no reason why anyone should have made so much money from selling records except that everything was right for this period of time. I always knew it would run out […]

The OK Go Fracas

What if I told you a stroke of genius, a relatively cheap video based on concept more than expensive special effects, could become an Internet phenomenon and you’d break an act.  Would you like that? Of course. To the point you’d see the value of Internet video and make sure that it never happened again. […]

Innovative Marketing

What’s most fascinating about the late night wars is how few people are actually watching.  Once upon a time, there were three networks, an appearance on Johnny Carson could break your career wide open.  Today, five percent of America watches NBC during prime time.  Back in the ’52-53 season, it was thirty percent.  Something’s changed.  […]

The Future

"According to a source familiar with his thinking, Jobs has recognized that ‘mobile ads suck’ and that improving that situation will make Apple even harder to beat." BusinessWeek -"Apple vs. Google" Aren’t ads supposed to suck? Google survives, quite nicely, on providing targeted ads.  You may not click on them, but enough people do that […]