It was like 1972. And I mean that in a good way. I pictured myself bellied up to the bar, drinking a beer while a band played on the short riser in the corner. Members dressed identically to how they were on the street just minutes before, the music, the mood being everything, the trappings […]

NOTHING LASTS As Rob Thomas told me, it used to be a tiny funnel, now it’s a colander. You pour your music in and it slips right through. All the hoopla of yore that had an impact no longer does. Release parties, press…all the buildup means nothing. Except if you’re a superstar, and even then […]

Are you a meme or are you a musician? If you’re willing to do anything for attention is it working for you, or against you? The bifurcation began with the split of AM and FM in the sixties. Stations could no longer simulcast on FM what they were broadcasting on AM. As a result we […]

1 He’s the first Gen-Z rock star. Now what does that mean… Traditionally, a rock star is someone on a pedestal, someone who you aspire to meet, someone better than you, an icon, a vaunted, untouchable genius. That is not Noah Kahan. Noah Kahan is just like you and me. Well, to be more specific, […]