The Honest Broker

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All the growth in the music business now comes from old songs—with consumption of new music actually shrinking. How did we get here, and is there a way…
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Recent revelations from an alleged industry insider paint a disturbing picture
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I rarely talk about my workaday life before I settled into music and writing. Those days are far too strange and confusing to convey without writing a…
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Let me peer into my crystal ball, and predict the next decade in the music world. I’m brave (or foolhardy) enough to tell you what I see—but you may…
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Consumers struggle with a proliferation of TV streaming platforms, but a simpler landscape is coming—and not just in video
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She left us 25 years ago today, at age 33—never realizing how famous and beloved she would become after her death
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But I now see firsthand how the music industry is fumbling this huge opportunity to revitalize its business
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Few genres are more preposterous than the locked room mystery. The premises are absurd and plot solutions ridiculous—but still I keep on reading.
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I revisit my past predictions about this company, and make some new ones
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I grapple with philosopher Byung-Chul Han’s view that we are living in a "Burnout Society" where excessive positivity causes widespread depression and…
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In which the author expostulates on his odd notions about sports, music, and life
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The era of collective ensembles dominating the charts has ended, probably forever—and it's an issue much larger than just music
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