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Music Sales down for Seventh Year in a Row
The Guardian has a great article about the continuing downward spiral of music sales despite downloads. For anyone who is a fan of music you have to wonder about the future of music. With
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How to Fix the Music Industry v2
Yes, I like to complain. But only about things I’m passionate about. I went onto NME.com and read that Muse covered the Hendrix version of “The Star Spangled Banner” and Nirvana’s “School” and couldn’t
Read More »Please, let the Grammy Awards die
Lets be honest, there are two reasons the Grammy Awards exist: Advertising revenue for CBS and so stars can pat themselves on the back. Well, one of those things will never go away, however
Read More »New Jackson Music: Does anyone care?
The last time Michael Jackson wrote a song worth listening to was a few tracks from “Dangerous.” So it’s been nearly 20 years since a good Jackson song has been released, and yet people
Read More »How to Fix the Music Industry
The music industry is doomed. Like the newspaper industry, car companies, housing, etc. Except none are really doomed, they just need a reboot. The old ways of doing things is doomed. So what about
Read More »Should an artist be able to reclaim a song?
I was listening to Christmas music on a local radio station and Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time.” It’s a dreadful song. Not because of the lyrics or Paul’s voice–its the music. It’s dreadfully dated
Read More »Is Lady Gaga the most over-rated artist today?
Sure, Gaga is able to make people talk about her. Madonna and Michael Jackson had the same ability–both of which influenced Gaga. But at least Madonna cranked out hit-after-hit. Gaga is just getting by.
Read More »Why Snoop Dogg lost his flow?
Snoop was on the Howard Stern show and he said that he used to keep a diary of rhymes. But he no longer does that. Instead he just flows on songs. It’s no wonder
Read More »Should a band own a name forever?
After answering a reader’s question about song lyrics it occurred to me that bands, especially the ones that suck, get to keep their names forever. And yet a crappy movie can easily be forgot
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