"and it is why real innovation always comes from small companies that don’t have a predetermined mindset, or monopoly profits to protect" Ten years ago I would be railing against the Microsoft/Yahoo merger. This was before the ascent of Google. This was before the Internet trumped the OS. Remember the browser wars? Do you even […]

Last night I caught Vampire Weekend on the Letterman show. They were awful. It used to be important to be first, to be on the cutting edge, to KNOW! And those who knew weren’t so interested in letting the hoi polloi in on their newfound favorites, but they laughed when the mainstream finally caught on. […]

Roadie HeroFinally, a video game for the unsung heroes.

I just got a call from a paper in Glasgow, wanting to interview me about the future of the music industry.  The writer proffered the term "access".  The new buzzword spoken by Paul McGuinness.  Isn’t that what people wanted? NO!! I find it hard to believe, nine years into this online music revolution, that industryites […]