We just don’t have enough data. We pooh-pooh the entrance of amateurs into the game, everyone from Andy Lack to Guy Hands. But their approaches were wrong. Andy Lack was just an inexperienced hack. Guy Hands had knowledge of inefficiencies in costs, but he didn’t calculate the inefficiencies in creating a hit. Let me put […]

Doug Morris changed the music business. Used to be artists were developed from the ground up. You found someone with talent, then you built an audience. Morris found people with an audience first. Common wisdom is Doug has been successful because he wrote "Sweet Talkin’ Guy", he was an artist himself, he knew how to […]

Everybody will say you’re on the wrong path. You have to decide if you’re an insider or an outsider, an innovator or a follower, a member of the group or a loner. Everybody wants something new. They just don’t know what it is. Established industries give people what they want. Up and comers deliver what […]

Graham Nash wrote "Teach Your Children", "Lady Of The Island" and "Right Between The Eyes" in one night. He was on tour with the Hollies, he was frustrated, he was sick of making pop music, he wanted to write songs with meaning…and these three came out. After the movie tonight, Graham said all we’ve got […]