Not the band, THE ALBUM! Then again, it was the band. The cognoscenti tell you it’s all about the first, with “Dear Mr. Fantasy” and those songs other people covered, like “Heaven Is In Your Mind” and “Coloured Rain.” But I’ve always maintained the follow-up was the definitive statement. Then again, “John Barleycorn” was quite […]

1. The research report is now free. Although it’s not. As in the website has not been updated to reflect this. The change should be imminent, I recommend you go to: http://www.internationalmusicsummit.com and download it when it is…free. You’ll learn a lot. 2. Went clubbing last night. Did I really say that? I mean I […]

We’re up all night ’til the sun We’re up all night to get some We’re up all night for good fun We’re up all night to get lucky Number one in 65 countries! And what’s the most distinctive element of “Get Lucky”? NILE RODGERS’S GUITAR PART! So they put the Daft Punk track up on […]

That’s where I am. For the IMS (International Music Summit), the kingpins of dance music, EDM or as Shelly Finkel informed us, ECM, “Electronic Music Culture,” which is what they call it at SFX. Live Nation is going deep. They just bought half of Insomniac. They don’t want to be left out. Is EDM the […]