Here comes my babySinging like a nightingaleComing my way down along that devastation trail Well tell the lord aboveShe’s got a brand of loveThat cannot fail Somewhere along the line Clive Davis convinced everybody it was a hit business.  Make no mistake, it’s an ALBUM business.  And that’s why the business has tanked.  Chasing the […]

So Eric Carmen’s sitting as his keyboard.  And he starts telling this story.  Of lying in bed every night with his transistor glued to his ear.  Listening to the Beatles, the Stones, everybody on the radio.  And then his fingers start waltzing over the keys. Well I know it sounds funnyBut I’m not in it […]

1. It’s Not As Easy As It Looks The music is made by teenagers.  Supervised by uneducated men who can’t be trusted who are attired in the clothing of teenagers.  How hard can this be? Very hard.  Although you can’t learn how to be a music executive in college, don’t think the business’ constituency is […]

I was inculcated with the idea that anybody could become President from a very young age.  I remember sitting in my first grade classroom trying it on for size.  As we read about JFK in the "Weekly Reader".  That was quite a goal.  I’d have to be one of the best and the brightest.  I […]