Maybe Van Halen killed it. Axl Rose's diva personality disorder certainly didn't help. Or, to get 99 percent of the readers on my side, maybe it was Nickelback that threw in the towel. The culprit is hard to pinpoint but the damage is done. Rock music as a genre is...

An avalanche may be starting here in Detroit, a big one. Quite possibly, billions of dollars may be shifting from record labels' pockets into the artists' hands. Mega stars and one-hit wonders all may have a shot at a piece of the lucrative pie. Welcome to the wonderful world of...

As the record industry started to dry up and die and the major labels were sort of crippled and starving -- it was a land grab. It was, "I just fired a third of my staff, and I am going to offer you half the money I would have last...

Detroit is one of those mother pools of true rock and roll. When you look at what came out of Detroit musically it may lead the listener to say what's going on in Detroit? What was in the water? Why wasn't it New York? Why wasn't it LA?
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Dan Gilbert has figured a few things out for us. It is possible to be from Detroit and be successful. It is possible to create a workforce that is positive in this economic climate. It is possible to revitalize Detroit's downtown. And it is possible to go against the dominant...

For the first time, Detroiters are starting to figure out what the hell is going on. We know our future is in a smaller, more nimble model of Detroit. We know our future isn't exclusively guided by the Big Three. We know our 139 square miles of Detroit city proper...

I need to get this off my chest fast. I don't have much time. At the moment I am teaching eight simultaneous classes in the Detroit area at two colleges. I need to keep moving at all times. Walk along side me -- I can't stop to talk to you....

Nearly my whole life has been spent in a fog. As far back as I can remember I felt fuzzy. From first grade all the way through my 30th birthday. It was hard to concentrate, I was always horrible at memorizing anything in school, and felt anxious and shaky a...

I got my Droid Incredible.

So now I am a whole discombobulated mess.

Pervasive digital media at my finger tips changes the equation. I now have access to the full breadth of information on the planet at any time -- at a speed which will keep my attention. Pushing...

Radio relevance is dying. Last week Billboard eluded to the fact that hospice should be called -- album sales (as of the week ending May 30, 2010) are the lowest in Soundscan history. Read that as one of radio's main uses (to sell albums) has been whittled away.

I'm...

The music business is a touchy subject hinged between the pay for your consumption model and the instant gratification/I want it all for free mentality. The problem with the two downloading camps is the fact that they divide us into two distinct societal groups: One with penalty; one with privilege....