Satellite music services are under the gun from multiple directions as artists withhold music and companies withhold royalties. Radio station companies, too, continue battling record companies over the value of free airplay versus royalties payments to songwriters and artists. We can all agree that the charity songs like Band Aid's 30th anniversary of Do They Know It's Christmas deliver assets to affected parties. This year it's West Africa to eradicate the ebola crisis. The original R-E-S-P-E-C-T doesn't get any from music streamers. Isn't it time? For most old school musicians, it's all a rat race.
Month: November 2014
Led Zepless
The hot rumor that Robert Plant ripped up an $800 million guarantee to reunite and tour with Led Zeppelin is apparently untrue. He just LOOKS like a crazy old lady. Oh well...let's dance!
NAILED IT!
This article appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal on Sunday, October 26, 2014, nine days before Sen. Mitch McConnell crushed his opponent by more than 220,000 votes; a 56% - 41% beatdown. 'Chuck Todd effect' aids Grimes rebound Jonathan Miller, Special to The Courier-Journal 11:55 a.m. EDT October 26, 2014 Democratic challenger for U.S. Senate seat gains ground in the homestretch. Several weeks ago, it looked like I had made a bad bet when I picked the young, brash filly to upset the old war horse in the high-profile U.S. Senate derby in Kentucky this fall. U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was ahead of his challenger, Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, by an average of 4 points in most surveys, and the polling