NOTHING LASTS As Rob Thomas told me, it used to be a tiny funnel, now it’s a colander. You pour your music in and it slips right through. All the hoopla of yore that had an impact no longer does. Release parties, press…all the buildup means nothing. Except if you’re a superstar, and even then […]

Are you a meme or are you a musician? If you’re willing to do anything for attention is it working for you, or against you? The bifurcation began with the split of AM and FM in the sixties. Stations could no longer simulcast on FM what they were broadcasting on AM. As a result we […]

“President Biden Stupefied During Juneteenth Party… Others Dance, Joe Watches”: https://shorturl.at/32gj3 This is why the Democrats are screwed, like the major labels, they still think we’re living in the twentieth century, in the pre-internet era. Did you see that article in “Billboard”? “A new survey conducted by MIDia Research and Amuse found that only 6% […]

The best thing I saw was a demonstration of Steve Stewart’s Songhub: https://songhub.co Yes, the manager of Stone Temple Pilots has solved some of the biggest issues in royalties, data and creation by starting from the bottom up, with the songwriters as opposed to the publishers, who embrace change at about the speed of the […]