1. Doug Morris Despite the aegis of caring about music and consumers he’s an ignorant old man who is single-handedly holding back the monetization of recorded music online. No one who sues his own customers can give a shit about them. That’s like killing slaves for their own good. And, believe me, RIAA policy is […]

Want to save the music business? Manage a band. Nurture talent. Do everything in your power to get it exposed. Don’t sit in front of your computer dreaming of new schemes of distribution… You’ll never get the rights! Talent. That’s where the business is focused today. Kind of funny if you think about it, because […]

Recorded Music Sales Tracks are not evanescent. You don’t consume them and they disappear. Some people, like me, still have all their vinyl, but most don’t. So just because someone bought your CD once, don’t think you live on into eternity. Arguably, you’re better off selling an MP3 than a CD. Said MP3 might be […]

So yesterday I hosted a panel on 360 deals for the Beverly Hills Bar Association. I was questioning Rand Hoffman, head lawyer for Interscope, and Fred Goldring, attorney extraordinaire, and I wondered if we were even in the same business. The scam is you get continuing education credit for coming to these affairs. Which is […]