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Mo Ostin

I didn’t know Mo well, but I was intimately involved with his work. That was the difference between Mo and his competitors, he was not self-aggrandizing. He was a family man, akin to your father, but he ran the best label operation on the planet, FOR DECADES! You’ve got to understand, it all began with […]

The Instagram Fracas

Evolve or die. Every time a tech company capitulates to its audience and rolls back the future it’s a mistake. The best example being Netflix saying it was going to become a streaming company and the hoi polloi bitching that they still needed to rent DVDs by mail. Who’d want to stream movies? Well, despite […]

Mailbag

From: Tim Palmer Subject: Sandy Roberton Bob, I’m completely devastated to report that my manager of almost 40 years, the legendary Sandy Roberton has died. I first met him while I was engineering for a German producer/client of Sandy’s called Zeus B. Held in London. We were working on the Dead or Alive album. Sandy […]

Mailbag

From: Steve Page Subject: Re: The Decline Of New Music This is exactly what so many new artists and producers don’t understand. People don’t realize that they are in competition with their idols… it’s literally the same marketplace. There’s no “minor league” to hone your craft and create buzz. If you’re confident you’re ready for […]