Liveworks newsletter I don’t know why Lewi is self-flagellating, I thought it was GREAT! The problems he delineated were real. But people came.  In droves.  Something we used to count on in rock and roll.  We didn’t need publicity, we just announced the show on the radio and it sold out.  But now, we beg […]

Subject: Barry B. Bob… This is Steve Buckingham in Nashville. Our friend, Bob Kirsch, sent me the many statements about Barry Beckett that you posted. I am going to forward all of these to his sons, Mark and Matthew. Diane, his wife, doesn’t do email but I will make sure she gets a copy of […]

What’s worse, overpaying to be inside the building or not being able to go to the show at all? I’ve got no desire to get involved in the pissing match between Ticketmaster and Springsteen, but I will say, as per usual, the fan is the loser. Jon Landau’s defense that it’s standard industry practice to […]

If only tracks had cost a nickel, or a dime.  Do you really think everybody would have jumped through hoops to steal them? Pretty soon, music’s gonna be free.  Call that Spotify.  As for labels pulling Spotify licenses, isn’t that like the government enacting Prohibition?  It would be one thing if no one had ever […]