From: Peter Chaikin Subject: re: Paul Anka Hi Bob I smiled at John Van Nest’s sweet story about Paul’s generosity and class. While working for JBL I had a similar experience. One day Al Schmitt phoned. “Hey Peter I wonder if you can help my friend Paul Anka straighten out his JBLs.” “Of course. I’d […]

The reason you go on TikTok is to get the pulse of the nation, to be informed of what people think. This is where the oldster/mainstream media/anti-technology perspective gets it wrong. If you’re not on your phone consistently, if you’re not surfing TikTok, you don’t know what the majority of the public is thinking, and […]

“The Truth About Streaming Payout – Take a closer look at the actual math behind real music royalties.” https://spotifynews.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-streaming-payout Even I missed this story, which was published a week ago. I caught it in today’s Record of the Day e-mail. I constantly get e-mail from people claiming that Apple pays more per stream than Spotify… […]

“Walk My Walk” went to number one! And the media couldn’t stop talking about it. Musicians are freaking out about it. And my inbox is filling up about it. And there’s no story here. The truth is Breaking Rust’s AI song “Walk My Walk” sold digital singles, which are weighted artificially high in the “Billboard” […]