Archive for the 'Technology' Category


Damon Krukowski On Streaming

“How are musicians supposed to survive on $0.00173 per stream?”:  “The Guardian”: https://shorturl.at/mCIJ6 This is what I hate about America, it’s all about self-interest, people believe they’re entitled to a living, and the truth is irrelevant. Mr. Krukowski was in the band Galaxie 500. Their albums were released by Rough Trade. Assuming the label gave […]

Apple Antitrust/Streaming Future-SiriusXM This Week

Tune in Saturday March 23rd to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

Authors Equity

“A New Publisher Promises Authors ‘the Lion’s Share of the Profit’ – Authors Equity is tiny but has big industry names behind it. Its founders hope their profit-sharing approach and experience will entice authors.” Free link: https://shorturl.at/cfwHK Musical artists don’t know how good they have it. After all, they could be AUTHORS! Talk about an […]

Disruption

The two biggest stories in America today are AI and the Sphere, and neither were in the public consciousness a year ago. Oh that’s not right Bob, what about Taylor Swift, and Gaza? Well, the Israeli/Arab conflict is always simmering, it’s always in the news. As for Taylor Swift… This is not a new story. […]