Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Stuck In The Middle With You

The biggest story of the week is the insane profits at Goldman Sachs.  The number one person on this story is Matt Taibbi.  Read the complete "Rolling Stone" article here Read the latest update by Taibbi here If you’d rather get your news from the "New York Times" instead of "Rolling Stone", Paul Krugman weighs […]

Perez’s Label Deal

Oh stop whining.  He earned it.  By doing everything you won’t. He used his own money to start a site made in his own vision, compromising not a whit, to the point where Warner Brothers was attracted to him.  Are you really creating unique music, doing it your way, making money to the point where […]

United And That Taylor Guitar

Did you read that story about the guy who called Zappos and asked the representative where to buy pizza? The agent was cool.  Started doing some research.  And answered the caller’s question. The caller, of course, was a snarky Internet troublemaker.  He wanted to see if the legend was true, that Zappos gave free reign […]

The Tunecore Deal

So what we’ve got here is a Universal alliance that allows the music conglomerate a chance to pick up nascent acts, merging them into their system with all its advantages.  Huh? That’s the problem here.  No one knows what acts are successful!  We’ve got to get that data, we’ve got to get inside, so we […]