Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3zwxmil YouTube: https://bit.ly/3mCvsoJ 1 I wanted to hear this Gerry Rafferty song. But I wasn’t exactly sure of the title or what album it was on. And I was just about to start driving and I gave up, I just put Rafferty on shuffle. And everything sounded right. “Baker Street” was a huge hit […]

Elliott Murphy was one of the new Dylans of 1973, along with his friend Bruce Springsteen. But despite being on three major labels, Murphy never broke through in the States. However, Elliott was big in France, so he moved there in 1989 and has been living the life of the independent troubadour ever since, making […]

Subject: Re: The Model Is Broken RE: The Model Is Broken. Bob, you’re killing it, mate. Superbly reasoned piece and within it lies the awful truth…or is it that awful? Yes, in many ways, but change is always a new pair of boots that need breaking in. The message at the heart of even this […]

Have you seen this video? “We tracked what happens after TikTok songs go viral”: https://bit.ly/3Q8HZhk Unfortunately it conflates monthly listeners with streams, and the difference is important. The bottom line is if you want to make money it’s the total number of streams, not the total number of monthly listeners. Each listener is unique, but […]