Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Van Halen At Staples

You didn’t have to grow up in SoCal to get Van Halen, but it HELPS! Van Halen wasn’t a band that moved to L.A. to make it. They grew up here! I never went to one of the infamous Pasadena parties, but I did see their moniker outside Gazzarri’s, at the intersection of Crescent Heights […]

The Perspective From The Bottom

Hi Bob- Please withhold my name if you decide to use this… Some of my friends were shocked after reading this article, but I’m not surprised in the least bit.  I had the "privilege" of being able to spend a few years working for a major label, and Mr Morris is just like everyone else […]

Is Honesty The Best Policy?

Universal Music CEO Doug Morris Speaks, Recording Industry in Even Deeper Shit Than We Thought

The Kindle

Why is it downloadable books cost less than half the retail price and Universal’s pissed that they can’t RAISE the prices at the iTunes Music Store? Do you know anything about the book business? A bunch of self-important liberal arts majors clueless in business selling their books in an antiquated way. You want to know […]