It’s the ultimate in participation. It all started with rap. You didn’t need training, you didn’t need to know anything about music or the music business. You just lifted a track and freestyled above it. Then came reality television. Where suddenly people could be famous for nothing. Whether it be the denizens of the “Real […]

This movie is going to make Lisa Fischer a star. Just like Ry Cooder went to Cuba and brought the Buena Vista Social Club to prominence, the unheralded Fischer will get a victory lap she didn’t anticipate, and she deserves it, because she’s just that damn good. I love going to the movies during the […]

He does have a website. But it doesn’t show up on the first page of Google, the only one that counts. Actually, I went all the way to page 14 of Google and I still didn’t find it, even though I did see the link for the Clive Davis Institute at NYU on page 7. […]

David Geffen called Don Henley a malcontent. Was never gonna let the Eagle get the best of him. But Geffen’s not only a businessman, but a billionaire. We’re used to that. Rich people believing they’re entitled to speak their truth. Above recrimination. But ARTISTS? I’m stunned at the traction Kelly Clarkson’s response to Clive Davis […]