Month: May 2018

  • 5 Points – 26

    5 Points – 26 –  I’ve published my 5 Points newsletter installation for 6 months.  My initial goal was to commit to the effort for 10 weeks…and when I met that with relative ease, I just kept going. So, why am I even doing this?  I’ve been asked this question a number of times.  A few […]

  • Five Points – 25

    GenuisScan  –  Someone recently told me via their iPhone that they would get the a countersigned contract back to me next week because they were on the road.  Then I made a frown face. It would seem to reason that in the business of getting contracts signed, countersigned, and returned such that a deal is memorialized…that […]

  • Five Points – 24

    I am speaking at Music Biz 2018 in Nashville next week –  This conference may be considered one of the most important music business conferences of the year, this particular stanza being the 60th. Successfully Managing Your Releases: Best Practices and Obligations for the Independent Label or Artist Successfully releasing your music as an independent […]

  • Five Points – 23

    Scratch –  I do not have children, but if I did, I think I would want them to learn certain things.  I would want them to be kind and empathetic and tolerant.  And I would make sure they ample opportunity to read and write and understand maths.  Among many other other things. I would definitely expose […]