1. Richard Russell It all comes down to the music. Adele is on XL. What’s on XL sounds like nothing else. If it’s on XL, you pay attention. A&R is king.  When it’s truly about music and not about lunch. Want to learn the future?  You’re better off hanging with Richard Russell than Irving Azoff.  […]

Hey Bob. Kenny Lee Lewis here from the Steve Miller Band. I loved your Navy Seal analogy to the music business. When I go do honoraria speeches at universities and music schools about the entertainment business, one of the first things I do is ask the class who loves music. Of course everyone raises their […]

Stanton said we had to go to his studio. I would have passed but I’d gotten this e-mail from Stephen Budd saying his band Dry The River was recording there and what a coincidence! Not that I knew who Dry The River was, or Peter Katis, or even Stephen Budd.  But I do know Stanton, […]

I’m reading an article on the Navy SEALS.  It recounts Hell Week, wherein you either pass or fail, make it or don’t.  Only 21 of the author’s class of 220 survived the test.  What does it take to succeed? "What kind of man makes it through Hell Week? That’s hard to say. But I do […]