NOTHING LASTS As Rob Thomas told me, it used to be a tiny funnel, now it’s a colander. You pour your music in and it slips right through. All the hoopla of yore that had an impact no longer does. Release parties, press…all the buildup means nothing. Except if you’re a superstar, and even then […]

Michael Shrieve was the drummer on the first five Santana albums, you know him from the Woodstock movie! Michael goes deep into all of those records, as well as his work with Stomu Yamashta, Automatic Man and more! Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-shrieve/id1316200737?i=1000660419605 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6OiSmiGLE1P8x5CmwMY3Mg?si=Bqp60A7vRUSUSBuFO3MFwg Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/22466be0-be99-4091-9638-1689294b2b35/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-michael-shrieve iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-30806836/episode/michael-shrieve-189697021/?cmp=web_share&embed=true

Are you a meme or are you a musician? If you’re willing to do anything for attention is it working for you, or against you? The bifurcation began with the split of AM and FM in the sixties. Stations could no longer simulcast on FM what they were broadcasting on AM. As a result we […]

1 He’s the first Gen-Z rock star. Now what does that mean… Traditionally, a rock star is someone on a pedestal, someone who you aspire to meet, someone better than you, an icon, a vaunted, untouchable genius. That is not Noah Kahan. Noah Kahan is just like you and me. Well, to be more specific, […]