https://www.reddkrossfilm.com This is strangely interesting. I only checked it out because Steve Poltz recommended it, and I trust him implicitly. But to be honest, I’m not a big Redd Kross fan. Actually, I’m not a fan at all. Oh, I’m aware of the band, but I couldn’t pick their music out of a playlist. They […]

Vocalist extraordinaire. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/betty-lavette/id1316200737?i=1000758827609 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/81ac818c-d188-4f8c-9008-402234643bd7/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-betty-lavette

The problem is the major labels have all the leverage, as a result of their catalogs. They wield these in negotiations with each and every distributor, and the indies have little power. This is not like tech, where yesterday’s wares are useless, in music, the hits of the past continue to generate revenue at almost […]

Will we ever have hits like this again? U2 released its “Days of Ash” EP on February 18th. The publicity had more impact than the music. There are six songs. Two have barely broken three million streams on Spotify, four are in the one million range, and one doesn’t even break the seven figure threshold. […]