"All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?" Banksy EUREKA!  THAT’S IT! I want you to read this article: A Star Is Made It’s a further explanation of Gladwell’s 10,000 hours thing.  Actually, it came out before, but it took Gladwell to popularize the […]

"The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say […]

Duane’s dead. But he’s positively alive in this clip.  As well as long departed Berry and exiled Dickie. Shot before the breakthrough of the live album what’s utterly fascinating here is it’s the Fillmore East!  You’ve got memories in your brain, and that’s all they are, distant links to images past, and suddenly you’re confronted […]

Albums are for fans, singles are for newbies. Don’t make an album expecting to reach a new audience.  If you want to reach a new audience, focus on the single. I’m baffled by those who make a full length project the basis of their marketing campaign.  Hell, I’m baffled they’ve got a campaign at all.  […]