Star/Journeyman
STAR Focuses on the single. JOURNEYMAN Focuses on the body of work. STAR Goes for immediate success. JOURNEYMAN Thinks about the long haul. STAR Says yes to everything. JOURNEYMAN Is…
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Op-Ed: Spotify Goes Public
Distribution is king, never forget it. All those cable channels disrupted by Netflix and the internet? The systems distributing them are doing just fine, better to own the pipe than…
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The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: John Dick
I’m so full of steak, I may turn into a cow…or a chicken or pig, I ate them all at this BBQ restaurant by the water. They do it differently…
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The New York Times Article: A ‘Nothingburger’
Live Nation Rules Music Ticketing, Some Say With Threats”: https://nyti.ms/2uIOK3O A big nothingburger. You might remember David Carr taking down Tribune management. A surgical strike revealing unknown information that could…
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The Attention Economy
NEVER PROMOTE BEFORE AVAILABILITY You’re lucky if someone’s noticed, if they’re aware of what you’re advertising/promoting, in a world of endless messages once you’ve got someone hooked you need to…
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Eddie Money At The Grammy Museum
He was telling me jokes. You never know who these people really are. I was talking to Shirley Manson on Tuesday and I had the two-dimensional image in my brain,…
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The End Of Virality
There’s no buzz. Last night I watched “Logan Lucky” on Amazon. That’s where the movies are now, since Netflix has gone into production. I ain’t gonna say it was great,…
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The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: Nancy Wilson
“Come on home girl, he said with a smile You don’t have to love me yet, let’s get high for a while But try to understand, try to understand Try,…
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The Changing Of The Guard
While oldsters were focused on piracy and streaming payments, youngsters swooped in and stole the music business, and it’s definitely not business as usual. First and foremost you must be part…
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Russ Solomon/Tower Records
It was about the store on Sunset. When you came to L.A., you went to the Whisky, the Troubadour, the Roxy and… Tower Records. It was on Sunset, in the…
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