We started The Tipsheet in the 1990s partly to give a voice to - and regular examination of - the music industry. Not just tips about great music but reviews of executives, label workers, publishers, pluggers etc. The industry has shrunk since the turn of the century. Sales were replaced by downloads and now streaming. Profits shrank. Ways of exposure and spreading the word (which I created in the 1960s) have changed now. Online rules. Mentoring talent stopped. Release of music before filtering, imporoving became easy. Millions more sounds became available; quality dropped. Mass appeal shrank. Specialist appeal grew - meaning more to fewer. Those vital mass exposure routes like Top of the Pops and radio closed down or faded. There really is no place for The Tipsheet anymore.

It's a shame there is some good posts on the Tipsheet but no one seems to add to them.

Blue Boy has an interesting ear for music, it's not always to my taste but he seems to find new music mostly unpublished.

I do blame Simon Cowell for the way pop music is to some degree. Rock music seems to be forgotten and in some cases niche.

However students some do surprise me and the record dealers when they know what they are browsing at the thousands of 45s in the shop. Glam rock is trendy again. I am not sure if glam rock is used in any Netflix movie or series.

When I some classic bands the audience ages varied from about 8 to 80 odd.

If Wyot can get to Petersfield in August he could the rock joint.

www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/petersfi...ic-festival/e-zmgjxk

I know it's easy to sneer at tribute acts but it seems to be them who keep the clubs and theatre's in the black and afloat in the small towns and city high streets.

It's cheaper to go the theatre or rock club than the pub these days. Prices of pints and wine is now becoming silly in pubs.

The Tipsheet has no value not only because the distribution of product has changed but also due to the absence of music industry contributors.

I fear because there is no longer a music industry. It's become a cornershop as BofAsha once sang.

There is only the Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran camp. There is no decent chart show on TV or output.

Taylor Swift is owned by the establishment like Beyonce. Give it time Taylor Swift will come out as a lesbian or bi.

Pet Shop Boys have nailed it here www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13...nt-Taylor-Swift.html