Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Girl Can’t Help It

There are so many things wrong with Sirius XM I don’t know where to begin.  But it all starts with the programming. Distribution is king.  But arrangements have already been made with all the car manufacturers.  Sure, it’s important to get on new platforms, but if Sirius XM is banking on its iPhone app for […]

Harvey Goldsmith On Ticketing

Ticketing Everyone knows of the gargantuan effort I made with the Led Zeppelin concerts in London re secondary ticketing and the scalpers. We also used paperless tickets for The Who at Christmas and where we could for Jeff Beck’s U.S. tour this year. It’s not difficult to do. It just needs a bit more thought […]

More Horse****

That’s HORSESHIT! No, I’m not afraid of putting that in the title.  It’s just that if I do, this missive won’t pass through your spam filters.  Hell, for those of you working at companies hyping supposedly limit-testing acts, it probably won’t pass through your company filters now that I’ve actually spelled the word out in […]

NewsChannel 5 Investigates

False Hopes Fuel Keith Urban’s Ticket Frenzy Wow, Gary Borman isn’t going to be happy about this. To tell you the truth, I’m stunned that I was the only person who would go on the record re ticket shenanigans.  When I sat down for an interview I figured I’d end up on the cutting room […]