What we’ve learned in this decade is the major labels are becoming ever more irrelevant. Not only do they not create what so many are listening to, they’ve lost their power to dictate the future, progress in the marketplace has been wrested from them. DRM is a red herring. As is sale by track. Most […]

Tina Suca: The big rock hero’s I loved so dearly can kiss my big ass. The ticket prices are outrageous BUT more often than not, it’s really the audience who wreck the experience. I have tried too often to enjoy a mega rock show. I’ll pay the big bucks.  I’d spend my last dime to see […]

U.S. concert business slumps despite reunion tours Another one bites the dust. The major labels blamed Napster/P2P…what is the concert business going to blame its nosedive on? Concert promoters cleaned up on the efforts of record companies.  Labels built the bands and promoters sold the tickets.  If you want creativity, innovation, don’t look to the […]

David Byrne’s Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars