The Luck Of The Draw We’ve de-emphasized songwriting. That used to be the holy grail, to write a song that encapsulated life, that’s why music was the most powerful artistic medium, its ability to nail exactly what we were feeling. Last night I was listening to Seth Godin’s podcast about marketing. And Seth’s smart, but […]

Clapton Christmas Sometimes you try too hard. In today’s competitive market, where you can make it but the label won’t put it out until it’s convinced it’s a hit, everybody feels the pressure, and this works against music. Whereas Eric Clapton’s Christmas album seems to be a toss-off, getting a group of people together in […]

The Eric Clapton Christmas album is amazing… and I’m a Jew… I can’t remember when Clapton had a great album… You must listen.. It’s brilliant.. Kindest Cheers, Jeff Laufer This is the kind of stuff the papers should be covering, their upper middle class demo will eat it up. Instead I have to wait fully […]

Junk I’m working my way through the new “White Album.” Unlike Dylan’s “More Blood, More Tracks,” you don’t have to pony up for the CDs to get all the tracks, and who has a CD player anymore anyway? Both my computers don’t have one, then again, these packages are for collectors, kinda like vinyl, which […]