who is Bob Lefsetz?

tbf Lefsetz reminds me of the brand-loyal old people who are wandering in trying to buy an RCA television or whatever because the one they had for the last thirty years was the best

Yes & no. He definately has that old-school mentality regarding certain values and certain styles of music but he is always boasting about how knowledgable he is on the latest tech, he happily praises Amanda Palmer for her online approach, and he dismisses the music industry for its stuck in the past ways regularly.

Great, so instead of 1974 he lives in 2004.

that old-school mentality regarding certain values and certain styles of music

RCA televisions

btw his traditional likes are kind of artistically and technologically bankrupt, too

he likes amanda palmer's online approach because she works in a more classical mode of composition and live arrangement

racism and sexism are timeless and really have nothing to do with whether he likes the Eagles or crowdsourcing or both.

the main way the music industry is stuck in the past is the idea that the heads of music labels, who themselves do not make music or tour at this time, are arbiters of taste and success in the music industry

these are also the only reasons people listen to him, assuming that experience is key over popular appeal and experience of those who regularly tour

i'm sure i said this on another thread, but he's got some kind of cossacks-work-for-the-czar mental error going on. his analysis is that it's "the industry" that's pushing all this bad CD-quality (lol) pop music (at once blander and more aggressive than is ideal) on "the people", who could not possibly like that music really, which is why the business is faltering. but "the internet" will allow new rabble-rouser/hustler types to reach the people directly, resulting in a hopeful return to dominance of AOR/MOR folk-pop with feelings.

well said

howard talked about this today and mentioned lefsetz. his take was "it was a dance recital more than a musical performance."

beyonce doesn't usually bookend her stadium shows with half a football game either, what the fuck do these guys think they're even talking about

They have a classic rock/ rockist mentality combined with sexism, and they like to be provocative. Lefsetz also keeps returning to certain themes of his that do not always make sense-- he suggests that we should never blame ticketmaster or the like for high ticket prices or shows selling out quickly because, according to him, the artist alone deserves the blame for not dictating a lower price to the ticket service and for not coming up with a special method of distribution that will allow more fans than scalpers to get the tickets. I think blame can be shared, but everything seems to be black or white to him.

wasn't it more of a dance recital than a musical performance tho

wasn't it more of a dance recital than a musical performance tho

No, it was not. There were talented musicians up there, performing under what I would imagine were really difficult conditions sound-wise (what's the monitor mix like at the fucking Super Bowl?). But no one's ever gonna talk about them. The guitarist had to shoot fucking sparks out of her guitar to get noticed at all.

he likes amanda palmer's online approach because she works in a more classical mode of composition and live arrangement

this isn't true, I don't think - Lefsetz's deal is basically to champion the internet as it was understood at the outset of social media, when Myspace was (briefly) the default mode of presentation. He's not terrifically interested in the nature of an artist's composition or their arrangement; he's old-school in the sense that what counts for him is success, hits, asses in seats.

talking about the talented musicians behind beyoncé: http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/02/but_what_about_beyonces_band.html

what's the monitor mix like at the fucking Super Bowl?

in-ear monitors p. much industry standard now tbqf

cool link lex!

weren't most of the tracks canned loops? certainly didn't sound live. i assumed the guitarist was playing to a track because of the sparks. then again i didn't watch the performance closely and basically had it in the background...had no idea she had a 10 piece band w her. im just gonna slink into this corner ...

Awesome; of a 10-piece band, four get spotlit (but not the drummer, which considering the rhythmic focus of Beyonce's music is a pretty glaring fucking omission), and/but the backup singers get their own YouTube video. Ha.

the "dance recital" "musical performance" thing is so confusing to me, in what way is dance not a musical performance and iirc the super bowl halftime show used to be like, puppet shows, so where is it written that singing has to take precedence over dance

xp the drummer got a few seconds on camera, i only noticed her and the guitarist

I feel like his embrace of technology is similar to how my parents love the XM radio and USB ports in their cars but only use them to listen to classical stations and ripped CDs of Moody Blues albums.

trying to pretend the super bowl is anything other than a theatrical performance is ridiculous

I stand corrected on my take on his interest in seeing traditional songwriting and performance after discovering a tweet about him chilling w/Skrillex's dad: "He's proud. He should be"

I hope the MBV album sells a billion copies, forcing this doofus to write some reactionary "kids today" piece.

i'm not like a beyonce super fan or w/e but goddamn what in god's fuck more could you possibly want out of a superbowl halftime show????

People playing instruments that you can also masturbate to?

What's Marah up to these days?

chillin' in philly

Oh shut up with your cliches:

And you know what's great about Bourbon Street? The people! They haven't got ugly, lumpy, imperfect people in Los Angeles, they're stopped at the border, like in "The Grapes Of Wrath." But here in Louisiana I came in contact with the real America, one that descends to the southern tip of our country to let loose, because while those on the coast are pursuing their career dreams, those in the middle know it's about having fun, and that's what you do in New Orleans, party.

Sub "Sixth Street", "Texas", and "Austin" in the appropriate places and he probably published the same thing about SxSW.

Is Lefsetz allowed in any cities by that criteria

They haven't got ugly, lumpy, imperfect people in Los Angeles, they're stopped at the border

http://www.internationalmusicsummit.com/img/speakers/picture/detail/bob_lefsetz-300x300-18.jpg

did I never drop my Lefsetz is Vizzini science itt?

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please do

getting taken by bourbon street in 2013, yeah...

His post also described his love for some lame jamband he saw at Jazzfest.

it's so weird when ppl say stuff like that i wonder if they've ever been to L.A., there are all kinds of normal looking people in los angeles

Leftsetz lives in L.A. but apparently never looks around or in the mirror

Lesfetz spends all of his time poolside at the Chateau Marmont iirc

Lefsetz is the drummer for Gay Dad.

Oh hold on... His latest email wasn't even thinly veiled racist diatribe. Let the games commence...

i saw this one recently and i was just awestruck by how dumb this guy is

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2013/05/10/are-foodies-quietly-killing-rock-and-roll/

lol

he is the brains of the music industry, of this I am sure

it was funny cuz it was someone on twitter who was like "Great stuff from Lefsetz as usual" and I just glanced and assumed it was an ILXor being snarky so I tweeted back "lol" but I think they were being serious :/

even better imo

"Lefsetz daft punk"
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Howard Stern always goes on and on and on about this dude.