So. We all thought the “album” was dead. P2P networks and iTunes, we thought, had consented to the consumer preference for songs over albums. Now Apple and it’s major (secular) label partners are trying to walk it back.
For $10,000 per title, a major label can buy the opportunity to force consumers to buy album-only [...]
You are currently viewing the category archives of Notable Mistakes
Category Archives: Notable Mistakes
The $10,000 Consumer Squeeze Play
Back (to the future)
Yes, thanks to all who have encouraged me, I am back from my fear engendered more or less forced sabbatical. Definitely a learning experience but one I am not anxious to repeat.
I learned: that a lot of people really understood the need to have conversation on difficult topics and did think through to their own [...]
Music Business Mindsets Continue To Collide
(Hat Tip – KK) ASCAP, one the performing rights policemen, is suing AT&T for a different kind of cut of ringtone revenues. It seem that every time your cell phone rings and plays part of an ASCAP song, it should be considered a “performance” and ASCAP should get paid. If the suit were to be [...]
Knowing Your Audience (tribe)
My friend and long-time business partner Chris White coined this observation. “The biggest mistake most artists make is in believing they know their audience when they really don’t.” Here are a couple of examples.
Three years ago, when Chris was working with the Dove Brothers on song selection for a new album, there was a lot [...]
