Pushing The Envelope
The rewards are on the edge, but it’s easy to fall off. Everyone who pushes the envelope does so too soon, you always have to wait for the audience to…
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Bob Lefsetz
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Richie Furay Delivers At The Troubadour
Well there’s just a little bit of magic In the country music we’re singin’ Richie Furay did not expect to be here fifty years later, and neither did we. It’s…
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Op-Ed: CMA Ratings Down
34% in the 18-49 target demo, and 29.5% overall. Is it television or is it the music? Both. Let’s start with TV, we no longer live in a monoculture, the…
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Brand Trumps Music
Trump has taken this all the way to the Presidency. Ever notice that what he said yesterday doesn’t matter today? Actually, lying is part of his brand, that’s why we…
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The Post Hit Era
You’re now a musician. Ignore the hit parade. Spotify Top 50 is a miniscule cult. Yours might be even tinier but own it. If you believe you’re on the road…
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Audience & Impact
There’s not an artist alive who prefers money to reach. Unless that person was never an artist to begin with, or is so far over the hill that they’ve got…
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Barbra Streisand
What kind of bizarre world do we live in where the hype is bigger than the music? Welcome to 2018, when ancient artists depend upon the press to do their…
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My Night With Dwight
It didn’t end until 12:30 AM, when they threw us out of the SiriusXM studio. I was disappointed Yoakam arrived late, but as soon as he got there he sat…
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