He needs a hit. This is what happens when you put commerce in front of career, when you’re too inured to the old ways, when you try to have one foot in the old world and one foot in the new. You fail. Oldsters love Garth. He tours at low ticket prices to satisfied fans. […]

Do people trust Amazon more than Apple? We’re gonna find out. The rap on Apple Music was it was going to win because of trust and credit card numbers. People believed in Apple and it was one click shopping. Then again, Steve Jobs licensed that technology from Amazon. And with Steve Jobs gone, I trust […]

TOP FORTY “Closer” The Chainsmokers Mediabase #1 Spotify #1 Spotify daily streams: 1,568,337 Spotify cume: 393,428,845 ACTIVE ROCK “Bang Bang” Green Day Mediabase #1 Not in Spotify US Top 50 Spotify cume: 9,323,059 URBAN “No Limit” Usher Mediabase #1 Not in Spotify US Top 50 Spotify cume: 27,481,298 AC “Just Like Fire” Pink Mediabase #1 […]

He not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan wrote that. It’s a line from “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding,” a track on the 1965 album “Bringing It All Back Home.” That’s right, while you were listening to Herman’s Hermits Bob Dylan was revolutionizing songwriting. By the end of the year he triumphed […]