Now the concert business is imploding. It’s not like promoters, managers, agents and acts couldn’t see this coming.  They just didn’t want to believe it.  They’re just as ignorant as their major label brethren. It’s just that their comeuppance is occurring a decade later. How long did you think it was going to last?  Did […]

Well, not exactly, but iPod shipments fell 7% to 10.2 million.To quote Tim Cook (via the WSJ): "We sold 10.2 million iPods which was down from 11 million in the year ago quarter. There were two key reasons for this decline: First, we reduced channel inventory by over 400,000. Second, sales declined by 4% year-over-year." […]

It’s about songs. You can be as beautiful as Beyonce, as desirable as Angelina Jolie, and it won’t mean shit in this business unless your songs are good.  You can create atmospheric music that will garner you a sizable audience, but if you want to break through and stay there you’ve got to have a […]

Too many people believe a social network is something you invade to spread the word on your band.  The goal is not to ride on the back of someone else’s social network, but to create your own. We want to belong.  That’s why MySpace blew up and Twitter too.  The sense of community.  Facebook is […]