Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Widespread Panic At The Orpheum

Are you catching the Britney brouhaha Down Under?  Turns out she MIMES! She’s got to.  In order to deliver on the audience’s expectations.  She’s got to be the Britney from TV.  Perfect in every way.  Dazzling them with her dance moves.  And it’s almost impossible to dance like that and sing.  Have you ever talked […]

Public Service Announcement

READ THIS: Alert, Connect, Sell: Releasing Get Busy Committee You’re looking for answers? Here’s some. Not every band can have a manager like Ian Rogers of Topspin. Not every band is good enough to make it. I was thrown off a bit by the act having radio play, however minimal it is, but there’s a […]

Herbie’s Story

We’re too old. That’s what Herbie Hancock said at Quincy Jones’ Music Consortium. He told a story.  Of being in Japan and getting one of the original PlayStations. Now Herbie considers himself to be technologically adept.  When he got back to the States, he hooked the PlayStation up, even though the instructions were in Japanese.  […]

The Quincy Jones Music Consortium

Q told me he had to go to Israel, to meet with Putin and other heads of state.  He had to fix the Palestinian crisis before he died. Anybody else tells you a story like this and your eyes roll into the back of your head.  But Quincy’s on an airplane seemingly more than he’s […]