It’s not about money, but getting people to even listen to your music. To think of your business as just records and shows is to think too small. The twentieth century paradigm is dead, but people don’t stop expecting it to deliver for them. They want to be tapped by a label, get a deep […]

I was sitting at my desk, doing homework, listening to WABC broadcast the hits, when the music was interrupted with the news that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated. I was alone. It was a shock. Because it came out of the blue, was completely unexpected. As was the shooting of RFK not long […]

You’re either part of the Apple ecosystem or you’re not. Sure, there are still Android bros talking about the customability of that platform, but in truth a smartphone is now an appliance, and to argue which is superior is a waste of time. Having said that, many people get into the Apple ecosystem via the […]

Is everything. If you can’t buy it, it doesn’t matter how good it is. I bought something on Amazon. My usual seller was out, so I opted for a competitor and when the merchandise arrived, the packaging was different. And in this case the packaging is key. So I decided to return it. Which is […]