Let’s be clear.  These are the BEST of times for music and musicians.  The stranglehold of big radio and big labels has been broken.  AND THEY DON’T LIKE IT! The majors’ power comes from a monopoly on physical distribution.  But physical distribution’s days are history.  And anybody can purvey their wares alongside that of the […]

There’s this song on the new Little Big Town album that’s a cross between "Crystal" and "Landslide". I discovered it how you find all great songs. When I wasn’t looking for it. I was reading newspapers and magazines way past midnight on Felice’s dining room table. She was asleep. I haven’t gone to bed at […]

I’m not sure the Live Nation/Madonna deal is all that revolutionary. Seems positively nineties if you ask me. She went with the company that would pay her the biggest ADVANCE! That’s how this business got fucked up. When the distrusting attorneys and managers no longer counted on royalties, and just negotiated a gigantic advance. And […]

I thought Starbucks was supposed to be a whole new paradigm, a whole new way to expose and sell music. An alternative to the big box retailers that don’t give a shit about discs. But that was before Joni Mitchell’s album tanked and their new artist series didn’t have any impact. Now they’re just like […]