“Mood music maker scores fifteen billion streams, and prompts yet another ‘fake artists’ debate – ‘Fake artists’ have become a talking point again after a Swedish newspaper highlighted how one musician is scoring billions of streams by recording tracks targeted at Spotify’s mood music playlists under 656 different names.”: https://tinyurl.com/btej6vec THIS ‘SECRET’ COMPOSER IS BEHIND […]

Re: Re-NY Times/Private Equity/Music I hope I’m not the only person to tell you that the Applebee’s “2 for $25” offer was for less than a month (they’ve run it previously though) and didn’t include drinks, tip or taxes. Ben Blackwell ___________________________________ Re: Re-NY Times/Private Equity/Music Bob, people can’t even write logical analogies: Going to […]

I liked the comparison between 5 guys and ticket fees. I got a burrito and a bottle of water and paid $28 at the airport the other day. Then there is an add on for a tip shown to you that the cashier flips around for you to sign off on. Now I’m at $31. […]

“Same Old Song: Private Equity Is Destroying Our Music Ecosystem”: free link: https://shorturl.at/yHJR9 How could the “New York Times” print such horsesh*t? This is my favorite e-mail of the week: ______ Subject: Fees I read the post you found about concert fees a while back. I was surprised and enlightened. So I scaled back my […]