Bob Lefsetz

Bob Lefsetz is an American music industry figure and author of the email newsletter and blog, the Lefsetz Letter. Based in Santa Monica, California, Lefsetz worked previously as an entertainment business attorney, majordomo of Sanctuary Music's American division and as a consultant to major record labels. Lefsetz deals with issues at the core of the music industry.

Themes explored in the Lefsetz Letter:
# The diminishing role of the major record labels in current recorded music
# The decline of physical musical formats (primarily the decline of CD sales as alternate online music services such as iTunes continue to flourish)
# The prevalence of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file-sharing as the primary source of digital music distribution
# The need for a legitimate and licensed Peer-to-Peer or similar distribution service to facilitate the next working business model for the music industry.
# Lefsetz's personal reflection on songs, songwriters, bands and industry insiders that have affected his unique and independent outlook of the music industry.
# Lefsetz's personal life: his wife, kids, trips, vacations, youthful years driving across country, skiing, and so forth.

Lefsetz was publicly dressed down by singer Kid Rock in an email exchange that Lefsetz forwarded to readers on November 8, 2007, but has apparently chosen not to post to his online letter archive. In the exchange, Rock reacts to Lefsetz's cavalier "F**k Kid Rock" comment by threatening the industry gadfly with bodily harm and calling him "bitch boy." [http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/11/wmg-stock-fall-make-kid-rock-mad.html] [http://idolator.com/tunes/war-of-the-words/kid-rock-goes-from-waffle-house-scraps-to-flame-wars-320829.php]

References

*DuLac, Josh Freedom (March 27, 2008). " [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/26/AR2008032602919.html Rage Against The Machine] ". "The Washington Post". Retrieved on May 23, 2008.

External links

* [http://lefsetz.com/ Lefsetz Letter]