Feb 10, 2023
Roger Waters and Ukraine
Like Ukraine, Russia needs to look to the future and Putin is not it.
Music, power, politics, and the stories behind the stories.
Editorial Collection
The Music Business
How artists, labels, managers, publishers, promoters, and money actually behave.
The music business is not one business. It is a collection of competing interests that occasionally cooperate long enough to make a record, launch a tour, or create a career. I write about management, labels, touring, publishing, rights, streaming, technology, artist development, marketing, and the difference between loving music and knowing what to do with it.
The point is not nostalgia. The old deals explain the new ones, and the same human instincts keep returning in different packaging.
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Jan 30, 2023
Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine of the NY band Television died last week at the age of 73. I had not seen Tom for many years but remember well when I organized the…
Jan 4, 2023
Goo Goo Muck!
Better Late Than Never. Glad to see The Cramps song Goo Goo Muck is getting the attention it deserves. Ivy does the guitar so hopefully she has heard…
Dec 21, 2021
Book Reviews
Nice to see my book "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back; My Life in the Music Business" is making year end good reading reviews, books of the year etc.
Apr 7, 2021
My memoire and China.
With all the talk and concern about China - Republicans saying one thing, Dems another and both expressing concern it is interesting to note that I…
Mar 16, 2021
My Memoire
I was surprised to see my Memoire "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: My Life in the Music Business" is already up on Amazon for preorders!! I just…
Oct 27, 2020
Bob Lefsetz podcast
It was fun to do Bob's podcast. Thanks to all those who wrote that they liked it.
Oct 27, 2020
Go Gos
Their lasting importance rests on both the songs themselves and the barriers they broke. Beginning as participants in the Los Angeles punk…