Greetings from Vail, Colorado, where it’s dumping! Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, then again, that hot chocolate might have helped! I just wanted to flesh out a bit more about Rapino’s interview yesterday. By me, as a matter of fact. At Aspen Live. Which I want to tell you is worth ten […]

From: Mike Caren Re: Recordings Not Live You hit it on the head here but you probably missed something important here. We have a new generation and recording at home on your iPad doesn’t require collaboration. Forget finding four great musicians (let alone four great musicians who all can write/contribute), try to find four musicians/artists […]

Are you a winner? Everybody wants the glory, but few want to do the hard work. So Michael Rapino grows up in Thunder Bay. That’s closer to Winnipeg than Toronto. For those not Canada-savvy, that’s NOWHERE! And his friend at the Beer Store, that’s what they call it, that’s the only place to buy beer […]

Stay in school. I’ve known John Boyle for seventeen years. I met him here in Aspen as a matter of fact. A Good Time Charlie, Boyle’s bounced around the music business for decades. Running college tours, working for Irving, even managing Xzibit. Then it all came to a crashing halt. That’s what happens in the […]