He was a friend of mine. Too often famous artists are unapproachable, glum, they see you coming and they clam up or run. But that was not Phil. Phil almost always had a smile on his face. He was open to discussion. He was as passionate and excited talking about the albums of yore as […]

Did I ever tell you the story of getting kicked out of class for putting my feet on the desk? Well, it was a bit more than that. I had my feet on the desk and the Evidence professor was offended and he asked me a question. Wrong strategy. I can read. And I did. […]

Starting May 1st, all Warner albums will be funded by Kickstarter. Perennially third, the smallest of the three majors saw a need to shake it up, to move ahead of Sony and Universal in the game of music production. Lucian Grainge bought EMI, believing it was all about market share, economies of scale…but that’s positively […]