From: Andy Gould<\/p>\n
Subject: Re: Sweet Sounds Of Heaven<\/p>\n
Well said Bob, having heard the track 9 times, I think I now believe in time travel just for 7 and a half minutes I was back on the floor of my first flat (apartment ) reading liner notes and getting lost in the music and thinking I have to be part of this business, these moments are now few and far between but I am so glad when they happen and unlike the first track I feel like the kid waiting in line at the local record shop can’t wait for it to come out<\/p>\n
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Subject: Re: Eric Johnson-This Week’s Podcast<\/p>\n
Eric is one of the finest to ever pick up a guitar and truly one of the nicest guys in this business!<\/p>\n
Great singer\/ songwriter too!<\/p>\n
I have always been in awe of abilities!<\/p>\n
Huge fan!<\/p>\n
Luke<\/p>\n
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Subject: Paul Shaffer<\/p>\n
Loved the podcast with Shaffer! I was a high school student in East Lyme, CT. from 83-87, and would tape (VCR) \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Late Night\u00e2\u20ac\u009d every night. At first it was just to listen to the band play in and out of commercials and play with the musical guests, (a tip from my Dad) but then, naturally, became a fan of the show. I used to watch their orginal song\/video \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dress Cool\u00e2\u20ac\u009d over and over! Flash forward to 2000 and I was on the show with Vertical Horizon performing \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Everything You Want\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. As you said, there was hardly any interaction with Dave, but talking with Paul beforehand and getting a positive nod from Anton as we finished and went into commercial was more than enough approval for me! Even if the set was cold as f*ck! Thanks for the flashback!<\/p>\n
Ed Toth<\/p>\n
Doobies<\/p>\n
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From: Marty Walsh<\/p>\n
Subject: Re: Katy Perry Sells Catalog<\/p>\n
Bob, my brother Dan Walsh wrote a song called Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City. Bobby Blue Bland cut it in the 70s. Lots of artists did. Then his writing partner decided to sell his rights, Dan didn’t.\u00c2\u00a0 Next up, in 2009 Jay Z cuts it and puts in the American Gangster trailer. Since then it has been used so many times its unbelievable how much my bro has made and he’s been out of the biz since the mid 80’s. It’s still being used all the time. To quote my brother “If you have a dead body in an alley in a film or TV show that’s the song that’s playing.<\/p>\n
For working songwriters never sell.<\/p>\n
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Subject: Re: Katy Perry Sells Catalog<\/p>\n
Bob: \u00c2\u00a0The\u00c2\u00a0most thrilling,\u00c2\u00a0fulfilling professional years of my life\u00c2\u00a0was working as right hand man\u00c2\u00a0to\u00c2\u00a0Howie Richmond and David Platz, founder\/owners of TRO\/Essex Music. \u00c2\u00a0The catalog they built as an\u00c2\u00a0international music publisher remains legendary and, to this day, family owned. \u00c2\u00a0When I joined the organization in 1976 based in London, Platz\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 wife presented me with a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153welcoming\u00e2\u20ac\u009d gift\u00e2\u20ac\u201da handmade\u00c2\u00a0needlepoint embroidered with\u00c2\u00a0the unofficial business motto they lived and thrived\u00c2\u00a0by: \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Never Sell A Copyright\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n
All best,<\/p>\n
Burt Berman<\/p>\n
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From: Ralph Covert<\/p>\n
Subject: Re: Katy Perry Sells Catalog<\/p>\n
Exactly right, Bob.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I played a long game early in my career, and released my own albums long before that was a thing. Maybe it hurt me, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think so. I controlled and still own all my masters and publishing for my solo work and with The Bad Examples. My friends who signed big deals and did big tours don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have sh*t. I never got huge, but I never got kicked out on the curb.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I tried something different with Ralph\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World, and signed a traditional record deal with a smart indie label, Minty Fresh, and their marketing was very effective in building the value of the that catalog, which was then sold to Disney for a cool million (none of which I saw, of course!). And that deal with Universal\/Disney was an education in that way of doing business, good and bad.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In my case, I got lucky, and years after I had left Disney I had the opportunity to purchase my Ralph\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World catalog at a discount (masters, publishing, videos, the works)\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re damn straight right I remortgaged my house and bought it. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s over ten years ago, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve made my money back multiple times over since then.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n How do these artists not get it?! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s exactly like trading the goose for a basket of golden eggs. Shiny? Sure. Smart? Hell no.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Thanks for all you do, and keep shouting the truth. Maybe a few folks will listen\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n Best,<\/p>\n Ralph<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Trump\/Fraud<\/p>\n Hi Bob<\/p>\n As always, you hit the mark.<\/p>\n My Dad owned a small grocery store in a\u00c2\u00a0suburb of Cleveland and his older\u00c2\u00a0partner owned\u00c2\u00a0a Cadillac Deville.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0He would never drive it to the store,\u00c2\u00a0instead driving an old Ford. \u00c2\u00a0I remember him telling me that you never show your customers your luxury items.<\/p>\n Best regards<\/p>\n Bill Berger<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n From: Jim Koplik<\/p>\n Subject: Re: E-Mail Of The Day<\/p>\n When I was a student at The Ohio State University I started my own concert business. Someone in my dorm put a swastika on my door. Growing up in New Rochelle, a suburb of New York, I had never felt anti semitism before. I was very shaken as I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know who did it and what could happen next. I have privately lived with that fear for 56 years now but living in New York and Connecticut I never felt the sting of anti semitism again, thankfully. I just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand why people hate me. Jews are regular people. Atleast I think so.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Jimmy Koplik<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n From: Ellie Ovsenik<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Unbelievable<\/p>\n When I worked at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland a few years ago I oversaw all social and digital media. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ok to criticize the new classes and tell us that rap doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t belong with rock – discourse is good! What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not ok are the racist tirades that filled our inboxes, comment threads, DMs, etc. any communication channel, we received it. Razor blades in the mail, phone calls to the main line, the threats were almost as predictable as the class favorites.<\/p>\n I should have reached out and \u00c2\u00a0informed every single employer whose employees sent emails from their work addresses, but I was scared of retribution.<\/p>\n Our security team trained us in active shooter drills every year and I tell you what, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the only place I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever worked where I felt like I might need to call on that training someday. I worked there when a bomb threat was called in.<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n From: Jesse Lundy<\/p>\n Subject: Re: David Sedaris At The Vilar<\/p>\n We get to work with David in Philly, when he plays Keswick. My wife and I pick him up at his hotel and drive him to the theater and get some time to chat…he’s really a great guy and interested\u00c2\u00a0in YOUR life and who you are. The books, the shows…totally the best. But it’s refreshing when you realize the act is like that.<\/p>\n Last time he told a story about signing books and the random things he writes in fans’ books, such us “Go back to Whore Island” which slays me<\/p>\n Totally the real deal<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n From: Gary Lang<\/p>\n Subject: RE: Oliver Anthony\/Rich Men North Of Richmond<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Very few people in America are truly independent. They almost always vote one way or the other.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what the data says. From Ezra Klein\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s book, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re Polarized\u00e2\u20ac\u009d: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In his important paper \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Polarization and the Decline of the American Floating Voter,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Michigan State University political scientist Corwin Smidt found that between 2000 and 2004, self-proclaimed independents were more stable in which party they supported than self-proclaimed strong partisans were from 1972 to 1976.13 I want to say that again: today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s independents vote more predictably for one party over the other than yesteryear\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s partisans. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a remarkable fact.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: RE: John Gosling<\/p>\n Hi Bob,<\/p>\n Sorry to learn about John Gosling but your email sent me on a trip down memory lane to my brush with greatness.\u00c2\u00a0 I was in a band \u00c2\u00a0in the early ’70s and we played a lot of Kinks covers from the Lola\u00c2\u00a0 and Muswell Hillbilly era.\u00c2\u00a0 I was the keyboard player and you are right, John Gosling’s unique style added much to the Kinks sound and for me was difficult to emulate. My band mate Glen was a Kinks super fan and we would attend many of their concerts.\u00c2\u00a0 On one occasion we trekked up from LI to see them I think to Hartford bearing gifts we hoped\u00c2\u00a0 to give Ray Davies. Glenn brought a book he thought Ray would enjoy and since I was in the throws of starting a boutique men’s shirt company I boxed up two shirts and enclosed a note telling Ray how much I enjoyed what he did and wanted to reciprocate with what I did.\u00c2\u00a0 Glenn had a sense of where to hang outside the theater and sure enough a limo pulled up and Ray emerged.\u00c2\u00a0 We said hello and gave him our gifts half expecting that they would be abandoned in some back stage dressing room.\u00c2\u00a0 Well some weeks later they were playing at MSG but I couldn’t go.\u00c2\u00a0 The day after the concert my friends who had attended told me that Ray came on stage after one of his wardrobe changes wearing one of my shirts.\u00c2\u00a0 Even though I was sorry I didn’t get to see it I was really excited.\u00c2\u00a0 Cut to some months later and Preservation Act 2 was released and there on the album cover is Ray wearing the other shirt, a polka dot one, embellished with one of his signature bow ties. My shirt company is long gone but that cover remains.<\/p>\n Jay Fortunato<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n From: Jermaine Fray<\/p>\n Subject: 90’s Hip Hop and Entertainment<\/p>\n Just some venting after I watched a couple of new music\u00c2\u00a0videos………. I still tap into music in my 40’s. Formerly a laid off Big Studio Engineer. Reading your letter that pissed people off. Here we go………<\/p>\n I was there for , arguably, the Golden Age of Hip Hop, the 90’s. Jay Z was underground\u00c2\u00a0, Radio didn’t care, Ralph McDaniels’ Video Music Box forced MTV to play it, and the F’ing\u00c2\u00a0 Wu Tang Clan. Hip Hop and Black Entertainment Culture , on the whole, taught us Black People that we are smart, historic, educated, enlightened, tough, gritty, creative and passionate. You had choices, Public Enemy or NWA. The Roots or Mobb Deep. A Tribe Called Quest or Tupac. The Cosby Show, Boyz n The Hood, Menace to Society, Love Jones,White Men Can’t Jump, Spike Lee, John Singleton, Mario Van Peebles, BET……….etc…..Too much to add…These and Many others set the foundation of Black Culture we now know today.<\/p>\n Is the Culture in a Great place after the setup? Hell No. Many of our so-called leaders capitalized, sold off companies, made millions and a few billions, and now throw their money in our faces every time they can. A few bullsht non-profits and PR statements help no one.\u00c2\u00a0The music is still popular, but complete garbage made for streaming and social media hits. We’re probably in less control than we were then.<\/p>\n I know I’ll be labeled\u00c2\u00a0a Hater, Too Old, Bitter and all the typical statements. But drive through the Hood and then look at some REAL stats and ask yourself, has anything changed here?<\/p>\n JFray<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n From: Marty DeHart<\/p>\n Re: The Death of Radio<\/p>\n Hi Bob,<\/p>\n Long time reader, always look forward to your missives and enjoy your insights.<\/p>\n I’d say Oliver Anthony is not a harbinger of things to come, he’s a beneficiary of what’s already been happening outside the tired outlines of the big labels\/Billboard charts\/radio play paradigm. “Rich Men North of Richmond” got a ton of play in the YouTube reaction community.<\/p>\n A significant way\u00c2\u00a0the work of label-less independent artists is being disseminated is through exposure on YouTube reaction channels. The big labels automatically copyright strike reaction videos to their music so reactors can’t show those videos much less monetize them (thereby denying their\u00c2\u00a0artists free exposure to potentially huge new audiences, but whatever). Independent artists understand that it’s a mutually beneficial relationship and thus allow such content creation with their music along with monetization.The big reactors\u00c2\u00a0have massive reach, and when they put up an artist’s track it gets heard by a very large number of people. Truly huge artist fan bases are being built this way. It’s occured to me that the better reaction channels are in many\u00c2\u00a0ways performing the curation function that radio programmers and DJs used to give their listeners.<\/p>\n The most\u00c2\u00a0notable example of this symbiotic dynamic is Ren, who blew past a million subscribers on his YT channel recently and has a very active and very devoted fan base of millions all\u00c2\u00a0over the world. Most of this fan base discovered his\u00c2\u00a0music via a reaction channel. He hasn’t been able to tour due to health issues, and thus this ardent following has been built *entirely* via his presence on social media,\u00c2\u00a0mostly YouTube with its\u00c2\u00a0long form format, but also Instagram and Tik Tok. Ren’s the standout, but others are following this path to success, too — the widely popular independent rapper NF comes to mind.<\/p>\n This explosion in new great music has totally reinvigorated my\u00c2\u00a0interest in the current scene. I thought my days of experiencing the thrill of discovering exciting new artists were dead and gone, but I’m massively happy to be wrong. I’m your age, by the way.<\/p>\n Regards,<\/p>\n Marty DeHart<\/p>\n Nashville, TN<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n From: Charlie Brusco<\/p>\n Re: Jimmy Buffett<\/p>\n April 22, 1974 Lauderdale Arena Florence, AL … Lynyrd Skynyrd \/ Jimmy Buffett \/ the Outlaws<\/p>\n … Buffett was playing solo acoustic and standing by the side of the stage while the Outlaws were killing it with Green Grass and High Tides. Thirty minutes later he was on stage and between cries of “get the f*ck off the stage and SKYNYRD” he said … “I got 15 minutes left and then I get paid and you get Skynyrd and we will all be happy”. He came off with a smile on his face and said to Ronnie Van Zant “they’re ready”.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n RIP Jimmy Buffett<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: JIMMY BUFFETT<\/p>\n A safe bet many artists will add MARGARITAVILLE to their set list this weekend. For many, it may have been the first song they worked out on their first guitars.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My old boss, Louie Messina, used to say an act was either \u00e2\u20ac\u0153an artist or performer but very rarely both.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jimmy Buffett was one of those exceptions and if agent Howard Rose caught you spelling his last name with only one \u00e2\u20ac\u02dct\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in advertising in those early days there would be hell to pay!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of Howard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s guys, Steve Smith, was our agent for the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in the 1980s when we promoted many of our own shows. Big stable included Elton, Chicago, Heart\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6all Arena Rock big hitters. Steve called for one of those \u00e2\u20ac\u0153booking favors\u00e2\u20ac\u009d but it was really a setup for a long, long run. We booked Jimmy, who all thought of as a one-hit wonder, at the 3,000 Syria Mosque. As Bogart said, it was the beginning of a wonderful relationship.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Smith correctly predicted that we would double Jimmy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attendance every time we did him. Yep, sold out the Mosque. Played the next year in the roof open setup at the Arena for 6,000. Did 12,000 the next year at the Pittsburgh amp, Star Lake, which I moved over to run. Sold out 22,000 the next year. Did a double sell out the next. On to PNC Park for sellouts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You could argue Buffett made amps what they are\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6they were the seminal singular act every summer. One year he took a European vacation. We all took a big hit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t much like Cincinnati in Pittsburgh. Been some bad blood with the Reds and Bengals. But at River Bend there, the whole Buffett thing was said to start. Thanks Cincy. And R.I.P. Jimmy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tom Rooney<\/p>\n P.S.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think of Jimmy Buffett without thinking of The Iguanas\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.because the combination may have saved our careers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We had the first night of two JB shows at Star Lake Amp in Pittsburgh in the mid-90s suddenly shrouded in darkness at intermission between the two acts (Iguanas travelling with him and doing a roving parking lot pre-show). Lightning hit our main transformer as we stood helpless backstage pleading with the local weather service to give us good news. Nope. Mark Susany, our electrician, figured a way to get the Iguanas parking lot generator hooked up and JB did the coolest unplugged show before 24,000 strong.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next day corporate memo comes out. Jimmy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agent, Howard Rose, demanded every one of our dozen Pace amps have backup generators on hand. That memo went to every shed in the country. \u00c2\u00a0I bet those babies were back ordered for a while.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When in the mid 80s we did our first Buffett show, the agent for Rose, Steve Smith, assured the margaritas would multiply. 3,000 sold out at the old Syria Mosque. Then in the cut down Pittsburgh Civic Arena. Then 12,000 at Star Lake. Then 24K, then two sellouts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Smith cited Cincinnati\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s River Bend amp as the water source for all this madness. Up the Ohio River 300 miles, we picked up on that in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jimmy kept going and going and I asked a close friend of his why he kept hitting the road. The man had no ego. He dined with us minions and stagehands backstage. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s supporting the people who were with him when no one knew him. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s out there for them to have their livelihood. Every guy in the band on the crew. Just Jimmy!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It was a sad \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Come Monday\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Labor Day weekend when we lost a great one.<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n From: Tom Clark<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Re-Jimmy<\/p>\n Saw Jimmy a few times out here on Maui\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 one of my favorite lines\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009dnice to be playing a place where the palm trees are SUPPOSED to be\u00c2\u00a0here\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n From: Rik Shafer<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Gary Wright<\/p>\n Bob,<\/p>\n They are dropping like flies.<\/p>\n Now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gary Wright.<\/p>\n Made me flashback to probably 1961 or 62. Gary was a year or two ahead of me in high school in Tenafly, New Jersey. He was a big cheese in school because he played killer piano. Jerry Lee Lewis stuff. Everybody wanted to play with him. Me included.<\/p>\n Never got the chance.<\/p>\n His sister Lorna was a really good singer and gorgeous to boot. Everybody was in love with her, including me. Through friends, I got to go out with her a couple of times, she sang some background vocals for a minute and a half in a band I played and sang in.<\/p>\n At that point, \u00c2\u00a0Gary was playing B3 with a blues\/jazz band and \u00c2\u00a0it was cool. I remember going out with Lorna and some mutual friends, we saw Gary at \u00c2\u00a0a local club and then all of a sudden he disappeared and ended up in England. That worked out OK for him.<\/p>\n From time to time I ran into Jersey friends who had connected with him over the years and hung to his house and jammed. To a man they all told me he was a really decent guy.<\/p>\n He also made good records.<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n From: Dr Koretz<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Cracked Tooth<\/p>\n Hi Bob—<\/p>\n I’m a dentist and a loyal subscriber and I feel your pain. I’ve probably treated many of your email subscribers.<\/p>\n I hear your story quite\u00c2\u00a0often and I feel your frustration. But taking care of your teeth is a good investment and is money well spent.<\/p>\n Teeth work for you 24\/7\/365, They help\u00c2\u00a0you smile,\u00c2\u00a0which is your initial calling card and your first impression to your friends. They help you eat and\u00c2\u00a0chew your food, which is one of the great pleasures in life. You grind them. You clench them. They even are\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 in action overnight, when you subconsciously grind and clench.<\/p>\n Other than your heart, they’re one of the only body parts ALWAYS in action. Science has shown oral health is a reflection of your overall health and ignoring dental health contributes to cardiac disease, dementia, and more.<\/p>\n Ignore your teeth and they’ll go away. Only floss the ones you want to keep. All corny but true.<\/p>\n And you can’t name any other possession of yours that you’ve used as often for 70 YEARS that you haven’t replaced or repaired.<\/p>\n But sadly the price of dental treatment is an issue. Medicare and\/or the US Government hasn’t come up with a great plan to cover the failing teeth of an aging population. It’s an issue that should be addressed but probably is low on the list of things to do.<\/p>\n What doesn’t make sense to me is patients will spend $1500 on Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift tickets and ignore their teeth. They’ll keep a late model car they don’t use\u00c2\u00a0in their garage, grandma’s jewelry they don’t wear in their vault, go on a $5000\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a07-day vacation and come home with just Instagram posts, buy expensive snow skis they only use during winter……….but not take care of their teeth and complain about dental fees?<\/p>\n I know you just turned 70 and you’re confused as to how long you may live. But if you can’t eat pain free\u00c2\u00a0and enjoy all that good food you so look forward to, what good is hanging around?<\/p>\n Put down those new skis you use occasionally\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0GO ENJOY that white clam pizza at Frank Pepe Pizzeria with your new teeth!<\/p>\n And hopefully the government will come up with a plan so the haves AND have nots can enjoy their golden years with good dental health.<\/p>\n Good luck with your credit card bill. And enjoy using the points you earn from your dental work on your next ski vacation.<\/p>\n Dr. James Koretz<\/p>\n NYC<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Cracked Tooth<\/p>\n As my dad used to say, “leap and the net will appear”.<\/p>\n Jonathan Plotkin<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Re-Costco<\/p>\n Hello Bob,<\/p>\n I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think I saw anyone talking about the .97! When a product does not sell good enough, they need to liquidate! The .97 at the end of a product means it will soon be discontinued! Its amazing everything you see a .97 you must buy it! Example I bought the Chipotle superfood bowl on aug 24th , (After I tried a free sample) and it was 14.99. Then in September it was at 5.97 so I bought 5 boxes. 2 days ago, \u00c2\u00a0they put it at 2.97 , this rarely happens, it usually all goes on the first mark down! So, 1 just stopped at the consumer service desk and they reimbursed me all the difference, 30$!<\/p>\n This is the 2nd best thing at Costco… If a product goes on sale within 30 days of your purchase, they reimburse you the difference!<\/p>\n Your Welcome !<\/p>\n From a self-Proclaimed Costco lover since 1996<\/p>\n Marianik Giffard<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n From: Michael Patterson<\/p>\n Subject: Re: The Modern Music Business<\/p>\n My girlfriend was discussing a friend who had 25 million streams, and to her surprise, I responded by saying, “that’s not a lot of streams.” This is a common reaction I have when artists tell me they have 10k streams. It amazes me that people struggle to grasp the significant difference in size when it comes to numbers.<\/p>\n My friend does programming at one of the country’s most influential radio stations. We debated whether bands would prefer to have 25 million streams on Spotify or 5 drive time spins on KROCK. Without a doubt, we agreed that the bands should chose the spins on KROCK. Those spins, just like the streams, only matter if there is a proper plan in place, and most of the artist with low spins on stream don’t have proper promotion and marketing plans in place. I’m tired of making records with people who release records without a proper runup to a release date or marketing.<\/p>\n The goal is to have records that change\u00c2\u00a0the world, and\/or become “hits.” It’s crazy to me that artist spend all their money making the record and then hire a $100 per week social media person and a $500 a month PR person, FOR ONE MONTH, spend 0\u00c2\u00a0 on marketing (!!!!!) then wonder why no one hears their album. I’m SICK OF SPENDING MY TIME MAKING RECORDS ONLY FOR THE ARTIST TO F*CK IT UP! Like, I f*cking sick of it. I can do a better job releasing their record, and maybe I should as it’s in my best interest for people to hear the art I help create.<\/p>\n __________________________________<\/p>\n From: Don Bartlett<\/p>\n Subject: Re: The Modern Music Business<\/p>\n Are you familiar with “Keep the Wolves Away” by Uncle Lucius? Killer story. They had a bit of a good following down here in Texas back in the day but ultimately they got older, had kids and van touring got old so they broke up in 2018. A couple years later the singer got a text that their song was featured on Yellowstone. He didn’t even know that the show was. (He had given away 1\/2 the publishing to their old label way back when, so they were the ones who approved the sync) They didn’t have a website or any socials, but suddenly the song had 100M plays on YouTube and 75M streams. It hasn’t slowed down much 4 years later, either….check out the comment section on the video. This isn’t the bullsh*t gaming of the numbers you see so often these days, it’s real people connecting with a song. The song ended up being certified gold, then platinum. And they got back together and now they’re touring again and doing good business.<\/p>\n And here’s the best stroke of luck I’ve ever heard of. Because of the writers strike, CBS is airing Season 1 of Yellowstone on Sunday nights…first time it’s been on network tv. The episode that features the song airs 10\/1. Right as the band starts their fall tour. Not sure what sort of karmic bank account they’re drawing on to get this sort of good fortune, but it must be substantial.<\/p>\n Good placements happen all the time, but still fun so see what happens when a good placement meets a great song.<\/p>\n