I know, I know, you’re asking what this has to do with the music business. I’ll admit I’m fascinated by the computer industry.  Which is a gross appellation for a multifarious landscape which includes everything from hardware to software to services to MP3 players.  Hell, remember when HP licensed the iPod? And there have been […]

We live in an information age.  He who has the most information wins. That’s one of the reasons Irving Azoff is so powerful, he’s working the phones/the relationships 24/7, he’s plugged in to what’s happening and has a bead on the personalities. But one thing the Fortune 500 are doing that the music industry execs […]

News.  That you want to know about when it happens.  But art?  Can one only appreciate the Mona Lisa if you were around during Leonardo da Vinci’s era? In the last century, in the era of broadcasting, it was all about getting the message out.  Now, most people ignore the message. Or there’s a weak […]

"I Used Twitter To Score Free Concert Tickets And Get Cruel Live Nation Security Guard Fired" Maybe Randy Phillips should spend more time on the Internet…  (Love ya Randy, love how you adjusted to the feedback, changing your attitude, welcome to the blogosphere!) And ain’t that just the point.  If you’re living in the old […]