You don’t want to be everywhere. Jam your product down people’s throats and a few looky-loos might become aware of it, but in truth you’re pissing off great swaths of the public, to your detriment. Today it’s all about credibility and longevity, despite the major labels focusing on cartoons like it’s still the heyday of […]

We’re starved for new talent. I know, that sounds ridiculous, with more talent available all the time, we’re overloaded. Yet as a result of the tyranny of choice, we all turn to quality, which there is very little of. And what we’re really looking for is quality that transcends the niches, something everybody can cotton […]

The world is falling apart. Maybe physically, with climate change. Maybe politically, with the rise of authoritarianism. But I’m talking emotionally. There is too much information and no center. People aren’t sure where they belong anymore. Sure, there’s a crisis of misinformation, mostly fostered online. But once you get past the effects of said falsehoods, […]

This is hysterical! My inbox is blowing up! I don’t get anywhere near this amount of response when I write about music. As George Drakoulias said to me on the Staples Center floor, he used to argue about records, not anymore. How did the cultural zeitgeist switch so much? Did music let us down or […]