Music & Money Monday – Giving

Last Monday, I posted about the widening wealth inequality gap in America. My recommendation for you was to become wealthy enough to give lots of money away. I have reasons for that idea beyond those that I listed and one of them is supported by this article from...

Which Music Industry?

Chris Anderson has been repeatedly asked “what’s going to happen to the music industry?” His answer? “Which music industry? You don’t mean just the one that sells CDs, do you? Because it’s a big mistake to equate the major labels...

Music & Money Monday – Inequality Gap

The Wall Street Journal reports that the income-inequality gap has widened as “The richest Americans’ share of national income has hit a postwar record, surpassing the highs reached in the 1990s bull market, and underlining the divergence of economic...

The Head of EMI Gets It

From an article in Forbes magazine tracking the purchase vs. pirating of Radioheads’ “In Rainbows”: An internal memo circulated at EMI, Radiohead’s former record label, and obtained by Forbes.com, demonstrates the album’s tectonic effects...