March 22, 2011 · 10:35 am
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If you’ve been following along in this space you know that one of my favorite artists is The Boss. I’ve seen him many time over the last (gulp) forty years (honest – the first time was 1972) in venues ranging from a few thousand seats to very large stadia. I’ve seen him with the E-Street Band, as a solo artist with another band, and even all by himself doing a one-man show. The music is always great but there was something else that hit me about all of those shows that reminded me of a business point this morning. Continue reading →
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February 10, 2011 · 12:23 pm
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As I was exercising this morning I put on “The Promise”, Bruce Springsteen‘s resurrection of a lot of material recorded 30 years ago during the “Darkness on the Edge of Town” sessions. Many of the songs haven’t been heard before. Some were hits for others (“Talk To Me”, “Because The Night”), and others were concert faves (“Rendezvous”) even though they hadn’t been formally relased. You could also hear how some of these songs became others – the most obvious is “Racing In The Street” but besides a lyric change a few of these songs did make it in a different form on to “Darkness.”
The quality of this material raises the obvious question: why has it taken 30 years and why didn’t it go on the original record 30 years ago? And that’s the business lesson from Burce today. Continue reading →
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October 20, 2010 · 8:38 am
I don’t get what all the fuss is about. Or maybe I do. See, lots of folks seem very disturbed by the fact that they’re doing the same old thing in new and different ways. Sort of like when you get a new TV and the remote is different. You’re doing the same old thing but in a different way.
“Get to the point, bozo.” Right. Radio’s the point today, the oldest of our broadcast media. It’s changing more than the others. But it’s still the same. Continue reading →
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