You’re gonna pay in the future. Yesterday there was a piece in the “New York Times” lamenting the write for free mentality of the Internet. The truth is there are two classes, those who get paid and those who don’t. And those who do would never work for free, they’re professionals. I’m not saying people […]

TIM COOK Is a bad lead singer. The Doors could never replace Jim Morrison and Queen could never find a singer to step in for Freddie Mercury. Talent and skill are important, but never forget charisma, that indefinable element that draws us to you. Not only did Jobs know the product presentations were a show, […]

I went to a show and it took all my willpower to refrain from dipping into my pocket and checking my iPhone. An e-mail would be nice, or a text, but in my fingertips I hold a personal link to the entire world, and this has changed not only my behavior, but that of the […]

SoundScan #1: Jack Johnson “From Here To Now” Sales: 117,260 Debut Entered the chart at number one! Got ink in every major newspaper! But the single, “I Got You,” has 1,157,909 plays on YouTube. Not bad…in 2011. But in 2013, when Miley Cyrus has 173,715,141 views of “Wrecking Ball,” I ask you…who is the biggest […]