So the whole industry is all abuzz about Google Music debuting. And for those that're using Google Music, they're not all that thrilled. It's slow, clunky, and not exactly the Music 2.0/Next Phase/New Wave solution everybody was trumpeting from the rooftops. And so it goes. Once the music industry gives up on one problem, they just move onto another while forgetting to continue solving the previous one. That's why I'm saying "fuck the cloud."

Here's the deal folks: websites are instruments for your career. Like a fine Steinway or a vintage B3, simply posessing them doesn't equate to being a virtuoso player...

Today, on 4/20, we should all learn The Terrible...

Happy 67th Birthday to John Kay – frontman for Steppenwolf.   Their biggest hit, “Born to Be Wild” was originally written as a ballad.  Steppenwolf’s sped-up 1967 arrangement was the one that became a hit and helped the band sell over 25 million records worldwide. Shar

It seems that no matter where you go, there's always some asshole that wants to pee on your cornflakes.

In the process of starting D.I.-Why, I realized that bringing on investors might not be a bad idea.  If you take a look at the companies shaping “the new music industry,” investors are heavily financing their trek toward profitability.  Why should my baby be any different? To get...

I resisted writing this post for a while, because I’m either gonna piss off a few people or (at best?) come off sounding all snooty and elitist.  Finally though, that moment has passed. Foursquare is a cool way to share information about where you’re at, offer cool tips, and play...

At the time of its release in 1970, “Vehicle” by the Ides of March was the fastest selling single in Warner Brothers’...

It's really not something that needs to be discussed, or at least that's what I thought. When you're working with a client/artist/musician/band/whatever, the asumption is that everyone involved will conduct themselves in a professional manner. Unfortunately, at 3 AM, this isn't what happened...

Business school grads make millions preying upon a ready group of suckers who sang lead in their high school musicals, but a decade later they're just bartenders working for tips wondering why fame and fortune hasn't smiled on them.

Looking back, I don't think I said much of anything for the first 6 months I was working in radio. But I absorbed everything. Over time I learned how to be persuasive without being a bully. I learned when the end result often meant sacrificing what you thought (at the time) was totally essential. The hardest lesson was learning to let others do their job so you can do yours.

Dear Neil: I spent most of yesterday celebrating “Music’s Biggest Night” with a few thousand of my closest friends. As a member of the Recording Academy, it’s a singular thrill to be able to personally witness the hype machine ramp things up into frenzy of klieg lights and chaos. But this year, moreso than the others, was it really music’s biggest night?

Latest Amoeba Music shopping spree: You should all go buy these NOW! And while I love Newbury Comics, Amoeba Music is the greatest music store on the planet. Perhaps the galaxy, and likely the universe...

Back when I lived in Hollywood, I spent most of my time working from home. The boss-man didn't want to incur unnecessary overhead, so in exchange for picking up the cost of my phone and internet, I never had to commute more than 10 steps from "home" to "work." For the most part, it was pretty sweet. But...

I love random facts.  And I couldn’t pass this one up …. so random, so weird, and so damn cool! On this day in 1963, Fleetwood Lindley died.  At the time of his death, Fleetwood Lindley was the last living person to have looked upon the face of Abraham...

50 years ago today, JFK became our 35th president. Watch the speech that started it all...

It snowed in Boston.  One reporter saw a guy named Noah putting snow tires on his ark.  Shoopa Shoopa.  Knowing that I was going to be spending a large amount of time outside snowblowing/shoveling/cursing my life, I used Rdio to make a lovely playlist. Here’s what was in my ears while...

A few hours ago, Debbie Friedman passed away. For those who knew her, she was a unique person with an absolute gift. But for most Jewish kids, she was the creator of countless songs that are indelibly linked to our days in youth group.

Too many folks today feel compelled to tell you how shitty their experience was with any retailer.  It seems that bad news is far more interesting to share than the good kind.  After a while, you start to get really pessimistic.  The surplus of unwarranted cynicism is enough to make you...

For anyone that’s a marketing consultant, you know the three steps to discomfort…. You submit an invoice to a normally happy client. They come back to you with: “what have you done?  Why am I paying you this much?” You show them everything you did, which they...