by Steve Grossman | Sep 17, 2007 | Blog, Career, The Industry
Picking up where I left off, here’s Gerd Leonhard’s quote from the end of Part 1 plus one more: – “The music industry must admit that it has failed to act. Their leaders’ clueless-ness, incomprehension and general lack of willingness to embrace true...
by Steve Grossman | Sep 14, 2007 | Blog, Career, Marketing
CNET is reporting on Prince’s attempt to “reclaim the Internet” through tracking and suits focused on illegal use of his content. I’m torn on this whole topic personally, but what’s most telling to me is the absolute anger and frustration...
by Steve Grossman | Sep 13, 2007 | Blog, Career
Seth Godin posts about made up numbers today. Specifically the idea that New York City has lost $903 million a year in lost wages due to DVD pirates. This is according to the MPAA.As Seth says, that’s equal to 9,000 jobs paying $100,000 per year. Um, I want that...
by Steve Grossman | Sep 11, 2007 | Blog, Career, The Industry
Here as promised, is this week’s Music & Money Monday post…just a day late! Sorry for the delay, but Collis at Freelance Switch has our wisdom for today in a post called “Nine Factors to Consider When Determining Your Price.” “Part...
by Steve Grossman | Sep 7, 2007 | Blog, Career, The Industry
In every industry, there are people who “get it” and people who don’t. Gerd Leohard gets it. A self-described “digital music and media expert, futurist and often quoted visionary and thought-leader”, Gerd recently wrote an “Open...
by Steve Grossman | Sep 5, 2007 | Blog, Career, The Industry
At “The Blogging Boss”, Eric has a great suggestion for us all – even musicians: Talk to Your Manager. About a month ago, my boss/manager and I drove to Atlanta together. Prior to our trip, I had been feeling out of focus, misunderstood and generally...
