“I cannot leave Apple and Amazon, like I did Spotify, because my music would have very little streaming outlet to music lovers.” Distribution is king. Content is important, but if you’ve got nowhere to see it/hear it, it’s like it doesn’t exist. This is the battle Universal is having with TikTok. Music companies are used […]

From: Eric Greenspan I sent Amy Carmen your article and here was her response. Thanks for sharing … to brighten the mood here’s a great EC memory: Eric and I were in the car maybe 10-14 days ago when Casey Kasem’s  American Top 40 was replaying the October 1972 broadcast” & Overnight Sensation”  came in on the top 40 chart at […]

Now our generation is starting to die. The first to go were born in the forties. Now, just like in that Police song, those born in the fifties are dropping dead. That was the first thought that occurred to me when I heard that Eric Carmen had died. Sure, he was a few years older […]

First, two notes re the Caitlin Clark article: 1. Unfortunately, part of one of the last paragraphs was cut out, here is that paragraph in full: It takes a lot of perseverance, belief in yourself, to build your act this way. Sans instant gratification, slogging along. But just like doctors go to college and medical […]