Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Longevity

I saw Paul Stanley in the audience of "American Idol". What can I say, Felice is addicted, I heard the rumble from afar and when I went to retrieve her from the bedroom, I got hooked by the show too. I guess it’s just instinct, we’re all judges, we want to evaluate talent…and just maybe […]

Mariah Madness

I challenge you to sing three of her songs. Hell, I challenge you to NAME three of her songs! Let’s see… There’s "Vision Of Love", a teenager demonstrating melisma for all to see, unleashing upon us countless copycats with vocal training, but no ability to write meaningful music. Then there was "We Belong Together"… Histrionics […]

Re-TicketMaster

Bob… Just for your own FYI… I’m not ‘Live Nation’, nor do I promote concerts for the like(s) of ‘Radiohead’…but I’m a small mom n pop promoter that does have a contract with Ticketmaster. In the negotiations of the contract, I was not only able to place a maximum charge for fees, but the max […]

Clive’s Demise

1 But is he still gonna have his Grammy party? 2 And sooner or laterEverybody’s kingdom must endAnd I’m so afraid your courtiersCannot be called best friends I don’t know who signed Elton John to MCA, whether we ultimately should give Dick James credit for starting his legendary career, but someone in an inept organization […]