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25 May

Billy Joel: My Life

by Bob Lefsetz
    Bob Lefsetz: We tend to think life has an on/off switch. You’re either alive or your dead. But it rarely goes down...

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20 Apr

Old School/New School

by Bob Lefsetz
  OLD SCHOOL Get a record deal. NEW SCHOOL Get a fan base. OLD SCHOOL Learn how to play your instrument. NEW SCHOOL Learn how to use...

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26 Sep

Nobody Knows Anything, The Beatles edition

by Barry Ritholtz
      In celebration of Abbey Road being released 55 years ago today (September 26, 1969), here is a short,...

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22 Jun

Queen’s Catalog: $1 Billion Dollars…

by Bob Lefsetz
      “THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS: Word has it that Sony Music has prevailed in the contest for Queen’s...

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24 Dec

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

by Barry Ritholtz
  Billie Eilish may be only 22, but she sings like a chanteuse with decades of hard living behind her — a world-weary angel....

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17 Dec

Now And Then

by Bob Lefsetz
      Spotify: YouTube: Do they think we’re deaf? Why can’t they leave well enough alone? And going straight to the...

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29 Oct

The Modern Music Business

by Bob Lefsetz
    You don’t know everything. And if you pretend to know everything, those who know something will dismiss you. Used to be a...

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5 Feb

Jeff Beck

by Bob Lefsetz
  Spotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/3kcbvr7 I met him. I talked to him. I saw him more than once. And he was the absolute best....

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29 Jan

Fixing Ticketing?

by Bob Lefsetz
  Let’s start with the fees. Everybody wants them baked in, except for the acts. Ironically, even those acts complaining about the...

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22 Jan

David Crosby

by Bob Lefsetz
    “It’s been a long time comin’ “It’s goin’ to be a long time gone” 1. David Crosby...

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  • About Barry Ritholtz

      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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