“The Song Was a Hit 20 Years Ago. It Just Got a Video. – Decades-old tracks by artists including Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, LL Cool J and Talking Heads are finding younger fans. Record labels hope new videos will feed their interest.” Free link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/arts/music/music-videos-talking-heads-lucy-dacus.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eE8.tKj-.PVDYQPNwr0sA&smid=url-share The hits of yore still are…HITS! Now in the […]

1 I don’t understand the hatred of Spotify. The constant denigration of its payment system and the animus directed at Daniel Ek. Then I read this article in today’s “New York Times”:  “How Liberalism Went to Die on the Texas-Arkansas Border” Free link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/opinion/liberalism-texarkana-economy-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk8.Q46T.dtVsEBHA75e2&smid=url-share You need to read this article, but you also need to […]

Subject: Re: Passion/Viewpoint/Craft I’ve been saying for the past couple of years, the audience doesn’t want perfection, they want CONNECTION. Perfection is really impressive — for about 5 minutes. Then you want to know, “Yeah, but what’s that got to do with me?” Tom Rush www.TomRush.com ___________________________________ Re: Spotify’s Numbers My coworker and I were having […]

If you read the music business press yesterday’s Spotify numbers are a step in the wrong direction, if not a veritable disaster, a wake-up call. But if you read the business press… “Spotify’s Crown Lies Heavy, but It’s Still the Streaming King – Latest results trip up expensive stock, but the company still has growth […]