Comments on: starbucks’ hear music program messes up, warner’s thom whalley defends the role of a&r http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/03/starbucks-hear-music-program-messes-up-warners-thom-whalley-defends-the-role-of-ar music . media . web. culture Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:01:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: social cache: we deal in uncommon cents. » Blog Archive » Starbucks Struggles On, Fires Head of Entertainment Division http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/03/starbucks-hear-music-program-messes-up-warners-thom-whalley-defends-the-role-of-ar#comment-70773 social cache: we deal in uncommon cents. » Blog Archive » Starbucks Struggles On, Fires Head of Entertainment Division Fri, 09 May 2008 23:41:01 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1367#comment-70773 [...] the unpopular head of Starbuck’s entertainment division. That wasn’t unexpected, I covered this earlier this year. The unexpected part of the re-org is that Starbucks’ Chief Technology Officer has been [...] [...] the unpopular head of Starbuck’s entertainment division. That wasn’t unexpected, I covered this earlier this year. The unexpected part of the re-org is that Starbucks’ Chief Technology Officer has been [...]

]]> By: Pampelmoose Music Media MP3 Technology | pampelmoose Dave Allen of Gang of Four's Music and Media Blog http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/03/starbucks-hear-music-program-messes-up-warners-thom-whalley-defends-the-role-of-ar#comment-66449 Pampelmoose Music Media MP3 Technology | pampelmoose Dave Allen of Gang of Four's Music and Media Blog Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:55:36 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1367#comment-66449 [...] Post: Starbucks’ Hear Music Program Messes Up. Share this Post: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...] [...] Post: Starbucks’ Hear Music Program Messes Up. Share this Post: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]

]]> By: Doug young http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/03/starbucks-hear-music-program-messes-up-warners-thom-whalley-defends-the-role-of-ar#comment-63456 Doug young Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:29:48 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1367#comment-63456 Ken lombard stole the ideal from me, that's why he doesn't have the vision. I presented the ideal to him while at Magic Johnson development corp back in 2002-2003. Comedian Steve Harvey & manager Rashaun McDonald set up the initial meeting with Ken Lombard & Kim Willis. The ideal was initially for Magic Johnson theaters. I have creditible witnesses & documents that prove it. Please contact me 2138045674 or email macyoungraw@yahoo.com for futher discussion. Thanks! Doug Young Ken lombard stole the ideal from me, that’s why he doesn’t have the vision. I presented the ideal to him while at Magic Johnson development corp back in 2002-2003. Comedian Steve Harvey & manager Rashaun McDonald set up the initial meeting with Ken Lombard & Kim Willis. The ideal was initially for Magic Johnson theaters. I have creditible witnesses & documents that prove it. Please contact me 2138045674 or email macyoungraw@yahoo.com for futher discussion. Thanks! Doug Young

]]> By: pampelmoose Dave Allen of Gang of Four’s Music and Media Blog » Pampelmoose Music Media MP3 Technology http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/03/starbucks-hear-music-program-messes-up-warners-thom-whalley-defends-the-role-of-ar#comment-63390 pampelmoose Dave Allen of Gang of Four’s Music and Media Blog » Pampelmoose Music Media MP3 Technology Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:24:01 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1367#comment-63390 [...] Related Post: Starbucks’ Hear Music Program Messes Up Share this Post: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Related Post: Starbucks’ Hear Music Program Messes Up Share this Post: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Dave Allen http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/03/starbucks-hear-music-program-messes-up-warners-thom-whalley-defends-the-role-of-ar#comment-63168 Dave Allen Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:57:40 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1367#comment-63168 Holcombe, thanks for posting that. You sum up exactly why a company like Hear Music helps musicians and in turn helps music fans discover new music. I believe that the intentions were good when Starbucks took over hear Music, the problem seems to be with the hiring of Ken Lombard and perhaps a top down approach to keeping Wall St happy....it didn't work. Holcombe, thanks for posting that. You sum up exactly why a company like Hear Music helps musicians and in turn helps music fans discover new music. I believe that the intentions were good when Starbucks took over hear Music, the problem seems to be with the hiring of Ken Lombard and perhaps a top down approach to keeping Wall St happy….it didn’t work.

]]> By: Holcombe Waller http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/2008/03/starbucks-hear-music-program-messes-up-warners-thom-whalley-defends-the-role-of-ar#comment-63164 Holcombe Waller Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:21:37 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1367#comment-63164 In 1999 in San Francisco, I had just printed my first CD "Advertising Space." I was playing coffee houses in SF and selling it at gigs, and that's about all. Someone from Hear Music happened to come to a show - I think it was at a laundomat/coffee-house, leave it to the dot-commers to make me play over the tumble dryers - and next I knew, Hear Music ordered my little disc and stocked it in all of their stores. They included it on listening stations with a nice editorial description, and to this date it was the best distribution I ever had. Without a very powerful and visionary person in charge, any venture that is assimilated into a large corporation will ultimately become a mainstream machine dedicated to profit. The real question is, why on earth is anyone going into Starbucks? They don't sell music, or caffeine. They sell corn syrup. All that junk is so bad for you! x Holcombe In 1999 in San Francisco, I had just printed my first CD “Advertising Space.” I was playing coffee houses in SF and selling it at gigs, and that’s about all. Someone from Hear Music happened to come to a show - I think it was at a laundomat/coffee-house, leave it to the dot-commers to make me play over the tumble dryers - and next I knew, Hear Music ordered my little disc and stocked it in all of their stores. They included it on listening stations with a nice editorial description, and to this date it was the best distribution I ever had.

Without a very powerful and visionary person in charge, any venture that is assimilated into a large corporation will ultimately become a mainstream machine dedicated to profit. The real question is, why on earth is anyone going into Starbucks? They don’t sell music, or caffeine. They sell corn syrup. All that junk is so bad for you!

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Holcombe

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