"Addicted To Love" is a pretty good record, but if you want sheer magic, you’ve got to go further back into Robert Palmer’s career, the first two solo records, when no one was paying attention. I bought the second one first.  A promo.  The torrent of its day, even if you did have to actually […]

"You don’t make new fans at $35".Mark Brownstein, bassist of the Disco Biscuits Mark goes on to say: "The number one thing you can do is write new great music to bring your crowd." Which I agree with.  First and foremost, it’s your music that keeps old fans satiated and brings new fans in.  The […]

All this to sell an album? I know this guy Scott Perry.  I met him at the CIMS convention back in the summer of 2000 (CIMS-Coalition of Independent Music Stores, Scott worked for the organization, I spoke at the convention.)  We immediately hit it off, we connected as they say.  So Scott Perry earned access […]

My first instinct is people go to see bands.  And this tour will succeed or fail based on the talent lineup. Then I thought of today’s article in the L.A. "Times" about Perez, and his reach in the twentysomething demo, and I said to myself, AT LEAST EVERYBODY WILL KNOW ABOUT IT! Ever find out […]