I’m not sure AI is the bogeyman the major labels have gone on record it is. Don Was said AI will end up being a tool, just like the drum machine. Then again, a lot of drummers are still pissed about that. But Don told me he realized the possibilities when he heard Prince’s “When […]

Charlie Hellman is Vice President and Global Head of Music Product for Spotify. We discuss the tools artists are offered, how to promote yourself, the truth about payment and… This is the guy who oversees artists’ interaction with Spotify, get it from the source. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/charlie-hellman/id1316200737?i=1000700094057       https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/dd895760-a1a7-4a81-af3c-28829a9d208d/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-charlie-hellman

“Why a Chinese Gadget Company Can Make an Electric Car and Apple Can’t – Xiaomi, which produces smartphones and consumer electronics, delivered 135,000 E.V.s last year after tapping China’s robust manufacturing supply chain.” Free link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/china-xiaomi-apple-electric-cars.html?unlocked_article_code=1.004.JrHO.YaLEg8q5xxnh&smid=url-share This is why you read mainstream news. My inbox is full of those who decry the mainstream news. They […]

Because the networks and the cable outlets are afraid of being sued by Trump. The real reason the politicians wanted to get rid of TikTok is because they didn’t want you to have a voice. They wanted to quash public discourse. They wanted to continue the twentieth century top down paradigm which has been eviscerated […]