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Marco wrote a post in which he shared what I believe to be the average consumer’s reaction to a really dumb distribution idea on part of a content company. First the dumb idea, by way of the LA Times. Under a new deal between the two companies, Netflix users won’t just have to wait 56 [...]

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The Guardian posted a tremendous article that investigates a few odd phenomenons that often occur in a band’s evolution. The all-too-famous sophomore slump, whether it be creatively or sales wise, is at it’s core as it explores the role of an artist’s mind state, fan reactions, song quality and much more. Singer-songwriter David Gray has [...]

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When you’re involved in creating and marketing music it’s easy to get caught in the trap of focusing too much on the art and not enough on the process of selling it. If you’re doing it right, you’re involved with, or even creating, music you truly are in love with. Especially in that situation we [...]

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In previous posts I’ve written about the lessons learned in the restaurant and food world, and how we can apply them to the music business. I came across another one recently, and it’s perhaps the simplest and truest concept of all. Chef Anthony Bourdain states: If there’s a new and lasting credo from the Big [...]

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I discovered Gotye‘s “Somebody That I Used To Know” about five months ago when Rosi Golan recommended it. I had it on repeat for days, eagerly anticipating the release of the album*. Everything was working as described in my post “The Importance Of Free Music (Or Give ‘Em A Taste First)”. The single was a [...]

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Fred Wilson recently wrote about his experience as a loyal and paying cable TV basketball viewer, and how a lack of options has driven him to consume the pirated product instead. A customer more than willing to pay is being turned away because the product isn’t made available in a customer friendly and convenient manner? Hmm [...]

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In June of 2010 I wrote one of the most-read articles on this blog: “2012 (Or The Year We Finally Took Music Back)”. I made a few sweeping predictions, and now that 2012 is only a few days away I thought we’d check in and see how it’s going. (Your reading experience will probably be [...]

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I was a Spotify US beta tester about a year ago and have to admit that I didn’t really “get” it. The ugly design was (and still is) distracting, the search was (and is) broken, and I just fled back to my nice clean iTunes experience, comforted by a gigantic hard drive of music. A [...]

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For as often as people, myself included, criticize parts of the major label system and other old school music business institutions, it is only fair to also look at the other side. The current status quo in the industry is partially caused by a still somewhat pervasive attitude on the artists’ side. Below I’ve included [...]

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Working in any creative field will often times mean encountering people that either take themselves a bit too seriously, feel entitled, or maybe even ones that are just crazy. Some accept this as a fact of life, effectively empowering and enabling this behavior. “Oh well he’s a genius, so he can act like that,” or [...]

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