Check out the video below. It’s a little bit of music wisdom from Howard Bloom. Bloom could be the most important figure in the 70s/80s music industry that you’ve never heard about. Billy Joel calls Bloom THE public relations guy if you needed your image authenticated to the masses. …With his company, the Howard Bloom Organization, [...]
Just caught this email to Bob Lefsetz from Terry Ellis, co-founder of Chrysalis Records on the reason they started their own label. Definitely worth reading. Hello Bob, I have been reading your newsletters for a couple of months now. I enjoy your views and admire the passion and energy which motivates you to write this [...]
Hollerado must be the New Rockstar Philosophy’s band of the month because they’ve once again used some basic ideas to great effect…. Like following up on great press. Sending a thank you email to a writer, blogger, radio dj, etc, that helped you out isn’t rocket science, and doing so isn’t required. But following up [...]
A big kudos to Hollerado for their buzz catching new music video for Americana. If you’re a regular reader of The New Rockstar Philosophy you’ll already know that Hollerado are no strangers to awesome ideas. They took their amazing battle of the bands winnings and have toured across the globe. Now, after releasing a brand [...]
Bob Lefsetz gets emails from Bob Ezrin. Bob Ezrin, famed producer of Pink Floyd, Bob Ezrin. In the e-mail, Bob talks about quality and his advice for new artists. Although he comes from the old school record business, he knows good music and good musicians. Check out some of his wise words. “First, be special. [...]
Hypebot posted a link of Malcolm Gladwell speaking about the success of The Beatles. Once again he is talking about the incredible work ethic that molded The Beatles from a band that by all accounts was not that good, into the world’s greatest rock act. Malcolm Gladwell has gotten some flack recently. Some folks have [...]
– From The New Rockstar Philosophy book out in March 2009– Albums are for fans. Singles are for newbies. -Bob Lefsetz A lot of bands think that if they create 10-12 songs, they should record an album. Most then spend a lot of money doing so. Then they’ll spend even more money to press the [...]
I received an email from a friend with this video link. If you are working towards your vision/dream then I would strongly recommend you watch it. In the video Malcolm Gladwell speaks about the career of Fleetwood Mac. Gladwell offers insights into the roots of creativity and genius. It’s eye opening to say the least. [...]
In a recent Lefsetz recent post, Corey Smith, an underground folk/country/rock artist, was the topic of discussion. Why? He and his manager will be grossing $4.2 million this year! That’s pretty impressive as an indie, but here’s the kicker: It was all built on giving away the music. Smith is your every day Southern American [...]
Sade Gets Passed Rejection to Sell 50 million +
I was reading Bob Lefsetz’ latest mail bag email, when an email from Robin Millar came in talking about Sade. He helped produce Sade on her breakout hit “Smooth Operator” in the 80′s and was dumbstruck when label after label turned them down when he knew this would do well. “…every record company turned them [...]