“the idea that Jewish people are not into money is ridiculous. That’s like saying Italians aren’t into pizza.” Turns out Neil Young was right. Offenders continue to offend, all you need to do is give them enough rope. And Spotify’s reaction…CRICKETS! Sweden legendarily accepted Jewish refugees during World War II, but that tradition of looking […]

Michael Strickland is the Founder and Chairman of Bandit Lites. Since the advent of Covid he has been involved in getting government money in support of the touring industry. Furthermore, he is trying to get all facets of the entertainment industry aligned in the Entertainment Association, so they have a voice in Washington, D.C. and […]

“What Is Love?,” “Things Can Only Get Better,” “No One Is to Blame”…we explore Howard Jones’s career from yesterday to today! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/howard-jones/id1316200737?i=1000597698286 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/f324ebb1-c2eb-4e76-97bb-fd2dce98d543/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-howard-jones https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast/episode/howard-jones-211456528

TICKETING Lets start with fees. This is a problem I never see being fixed. Fans love to pay fees. There might be some fans out there that are loud and complain but they still buy the tickets and majority do not complain.  Agents, managers and artists  want 85%, 90%, 100% of the profit from the […]