If Susan Boyle can get tens of millions of hits on YouTube, how come a new music act can’t? Don’t think Ms. Boyle shocked Simon Cowell and the other judges with her appearance on "Britain’s Got Talent".  They knew exactly what they had.  And manipulated it and exposed it to greatest effect.  You’re gonna go […]

It needs to be a tribe. Instead of running Oprah’s new TV network, Tom Freston should be in charge of resuscitating Sirius XM.  Because he was there when MTV blew up as a result of the "I Want My MTV!" campaign! FM radio was biggest when it was a club.  The station filled all your […]

GIVE YOUR MUSIC AWAY! Please, if you’re an indie artist, if you’re not signed to a major label (which probably won’t allow you to do this), PLEASE put up downloadable MP3s on your homepage.  Put all your tracks on MySpace.  It’s almost impossible to be recognized, to get any attention in this overloaded world, and […]

Great idea. Except I wonder if people will be willing to pay full-price hereafter? That’s the problem.  People will pay a fortune to be up close and personal at a superstar’s show, but once you go back from the stage… Actually, I’ve heard that sales this year are kind of funny.  You can sell the […]