Subject: From Tamara re Lahaina fires<\/p>\n
My son is eight years old and lives to surf Breakwall & Harbor breaks in Lahaina. He does the HSA competitive circuit. My daughter is 3 and a half and just two weeks ago she stood up on her own board. She likes to sing to the big waves. They also skateboard at the Lahaina Skate Park where our community hosts Friday Night Skate with free food and gear for anyone who comes. We live in old town Lahaina, one block from Front Street. We ran out with the shirts on our backs. We made it out. Hundreds did not. Our homes are ash. Our town is gone. We were locked into an inferno.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There has been a lot of faulty reporting on this, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to give you what I experienced, and as a former journalist I take my facts very serious.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We live on Wainee Street. One block from Front Street across from the historic Prison. At 4am our power went out due to hurricane winds. Power goes out a lot in Lahaina. So this is not unusual. We gathered our friends to come have lunch because we have a generator an no one has power. We had 15 people at our house. Earlier in the day we were told there was a fire but it was 100% contained. I never got that alert. Some friends did. The winds got so bad that our fence flew off, pieces of our roof. Still no alerts. Then we smelled smoke we walked outside and within seconds it was in our backyard. We grabbed the kids and ran with the shirts on our backs. I was driving the car with my son and two boys we watch out for who live at the homeless shelter. The fire was chasing us from behind. We got to the main road and it was gridlock. A power line was down blocking the way out. Again. No sirens. No evacuations. No one directing traffic. Fire rushing at us. When we finally through we saw three workers with chainsaws cutting the pole to pieces to unblock the road. Only three workers! People who left after we did not get out. Unconfirmed deaths from the police we know is hundreds. Families burned alive \u00c2\u00a0in their cars. We reunited the shelter boys with their mom and siblings the next day. She told us some people at the shelter had no transportation and just waiting for the fire to get them. This is what I saw. This is what happened to me and my family and community. Everyone knows Front Street. What you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know is that a few blocks up is lower income housing, a homeless shelter, generational hawaii homes. This is Hawaiian land. We must keep Lahaina in Hawaiian hands. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in the board of a local non profit. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve gotten in emergency supplies. We have been to ground zero. We have seen the cadaver dogs looking for bodies. We know a firefighter who said they lost water pressure during the fire and could not get water to fight the flames that day.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What happened is criminal. What is happening now is criminal too. Land grabs. Barricades. Blocked access.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n People are angry. Rebuilding will be Herculean. But we are Lahaina Strong. I want to give a special shout out to my friends in the music business who have come through for me, you know who you are and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m forever grateful.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There are many organizations to give to. I only ask that you give to a Hawaiian organization not a multi national one. The one I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m on the board of a small and focused on underprivileged youth. Manamentors.com. We will take care of the kids of Lahaina the best we can and partner with real community leaders and get them emergency supplies and hope.<\/p>\n Mahalo\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tamara Conniff<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Colonoscopy<\/p>\n Hi Bob,<\/p>\n A few weeks back you were advising everyone to get a colonoscopy. I had been putting it off for ten years. I turned 60 on July 7th and finally got one. And what I thought was bleeding hemorrhoids was Stage 2 Rectal Cancer. My Oncologist said every one thinks they have bleeding hemorrhoids. Fortunately, my wife works in administration at the cancer center of a local hospital. So everything has been moving along at lightning speed. I’ve had my scans, it hasn’t spread. But I’m looking at chemotherapy for three months then surgery. I should recover completely. But if I’d gotten my first colonoscopy at 50, all of this could have been avoided, because this tumor started as a polyp. Which is much easier to deal with then a 3 inch tumor. One of the Oncology nurses who has been employed\u00c2\u00a0 30 years at the hospital told me she’s seeing colorectal cancer in adults as young as 30 now, unheard of in years past. I’d advise every adult over 30 to get checked. . Yes, the colon prep is annoying and aggravating, but what’s one day in the context of the rest of your life?<\/p>\n A Colonoscopy Evangelist,<\/p>\n Sean Brown<\/p>\n Asheville, NC<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Not Everybody Has Talent<\/p>\n I love you Bob. Right on the money. I haven’t done any sets for about 3 months. You can bet that the Chateaux and all the other clubs will be seeing me do my stuff for five minutes at at a time to get my sea legs. Often I do sit in the back of a club watching comedians of all different types of experience. And usually I say to myself, who encouraged this? Either because they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not funny or just plain vanilla. Like everyone else. When I do see someone with a true comedic voice, taking risks, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s thrilling. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hopeful every time someone hits the stage. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a thought. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t follow your dreams, do what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re great at. And if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re oh so lucky, your dreams are what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re great at.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All my best,<\/p>\n Jeff Garlin<\/p>\n (Comedian of some notoriety)<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: RE: Not Everybody Has Talent<\/p>\n Hi Bob,<\/p>\n You are spot on regarding Steven Wright’s talent and humor. Steven was in a couple of classes with me at Emerson College in Boston in the 1970s. Several fellow students thought he was weird, while I found him clever and humorously understated. Being understated in comedy is hard to sell unless you are seriously good at it. He is.<\/p>\n In one class, I heard Steven behind me talking to himself about buying a cordless extension cord and not knowing where he left it. He was working on his act. That’s what talent does. He had to exercise a thought that had just come to him.<\/p>\n Other talented and successful comedy classmates, Denis Leary and Eddie Brill, were louder and bigger than life. That was the perfect contrast for Wright. He had his own lane, which helped when he hit the road on the comedy club circuit.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He still cracks me up.<\/p>\n Don Thomas<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n From: David Sutton<\/p>\n To: Bob Lefsetz<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Lucinda Williams At The Ford<\/p>\n Hey Bob<\/p>\n My P-bass you mentioned at the Lucinda gig reminded me of when I first got it on Christmas morning when I was 16. It was brand new and I remember seeing my reflection perfectly when I opened the case. I try not to think of all that paint in my bloodstream.<\/p>\n David Sutton<\/p>\n From: Bob Lefsetz<\/p>\n To: David Sutton<\/p>\n Funny, I got e-mail saying it was a replica, bought worn down\/used!!<\/p>\n From: David Sutton<\/p>\n To: Bob Lefsetz<\/p>\n Had they only noticed the other parts of the bass that only a young player would regretfully do to it \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.having to put on a generic replacement neck after pounding out the frets on the original neck for his obligatory Jaco Pastorius phase. As well as adding a 3 lb replacement bridge which makes it the heaviest bass I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever strapped on\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.<\/p>\n Def NOT a newer \u00e2\u20ac\u0153relic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d bass.<\/p>\n David Sutton<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n From: Peter Noone<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Play Live<\/p>\n Sometimes if you are already a star it is even more difficult to stop the people dancing.<\/p>\n The main difference today is the lack of enthusiasm for live music, which can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be photographed<\/p>\n When I was a teenager I went to the twisted wheel in manchester and the Spencer Davis group backed two American girls and at around 3 am Steve Winwood came out with a12 string and played and sang Georgia on my mind and just like seeing the Beatles for the first time in a field in Urmston I knew\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6..live was and is always the truth in music, unless you have midi running you.<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Bill Payne<\/p>\n Thanks for giving us a chance to hear from Bill Payne. \u00c2\u00a0In addition to being an amazing presence behind a keyboard, he is a very nice guy who genuinely loves music. \u00c2\u00a0My band, \u00c2\u00a0Several Dudes, reformed a few years ago to keep alive the memory of a bandmate, Nick Stevens, who was hit and killed while cycling. We have been writing new music and raising money for cycling safety advocacy.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Our fallen bandmate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wife sent us his old lyric notebook which included lyrics to a song called Your Heart. At the top of the page was a posta it note where he wrote: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dude. New Tune. Very Little Feat\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. We went all in on the Little Feat vibe when we wrote the music and somehow got it to Bill Payne. \u00c2\u00a0Bill replied that he loved the tune and had to be on it. Two days later he sent us perfect piano and organ parts and simply asked that we make a donation to one of his favorite charities – Feeding America. The world needs more Bill Payne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s!<\/p>\n Devon Engel<\/p>\n Scottsdale, Arizona<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n From: Dave Frey<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Music Burgeons<\/p>\n Hi Bob,<\/p>\n I that hope you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re well. Just got around to reading this one and wanted to share an opinion I agree with. When my son was 17-days old he was hospitalized for about a week with a stomach condition that was cured. He had an excellent doctor (Dr Lee) who was well versed in both Eastern and Western medicine and I learned he was also involved in early-human sensory development studies with the university. I got to know him and shared that there were some concerning challenges (at the time) with the rapid decline of bundled physical music products. He reassured me that music wasn’t going anywhere, ever. Though not scientifically proven his theory was that because sound is our first and oldest sense that there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a tremendous amount of unconscious \/ subconscious activity connected to it. In his opinion sound is turned on in the womb at at 6-months because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also tied to balance and that babies are at a size where being upright is helpful. Not that many are consciously aware of it but music is a big memory trigger too. When I hear \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Happy Together” I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m right back at Jarvis Street Beach, summer of 67 with Dick Biondi on WLS blasting out of every transistor radio. Good times. Dr Lee also said that research was proving there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a core human connection to sound. Fore-instance a person can feel \u00e2\u20ac\u0153at home\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by sounds they may know little about. Like the sound of the LIRR instead of the El, robins instead of starlings, the wind off of Lake Michigan instead of the Mississippi, all that. Again, I hope that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re well and keep up the good work.<\/p>\n All the best – Dave<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n From: Robin Ruse-Rinehart<\/p>\n Subject: Jerry Moss<\/p>\n OK I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m outing my 20-something self as clueless but I love this story: \u00c2\u00a0I was a film\/TV production person until there were back to back strikes of actors and writers in the early \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc80s. \u00c2\u00a0I was lucky to get a job as the receptionist at Irving Azoff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Front Line Management, where one of my first tasks was to update the Rolodex (!).<\/p>\n I called A&M Records and innocently asked, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Is Jerry Moss still with your company?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n The switchboard operator waited a beat and replied, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What do you think the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcM\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 stands for?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n Pretty sure I was the best laugh on La Brea that day!<\/p>\n Robin\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: The Kesha\/Dr. Luke Story<\/p>\n As the music editor of The Times, I think it’s worth me pointing out to you and to your readers that this particular story is what we call a “subscriber exclusive,” which is a designation\u00c2\u00a0we often give to deeply reported, investigative stories. It’s true that these “subscriber exclusives” may attract less overall readers than stories that can be accessed more easily, but they also prompt new readers to become subscribers, which is why we package them that way. In fact, the Dr. Luke\/Kesha story brought in more new subscribers to the LAT than any other story the paper published in the past 30 days, a testament to the great journalism of Harriet Ryan and Matt Hamilton.<\/p>\n Best,<\/p>\n Craig Marks<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: The Ladder<\/p>\n Bob:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Overall, The Ladder was really good advice for artists with the exception of #6.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As a nobody ex-manager I am biased, but I have to stick up for all the young nobody managers you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re throwing under the bus with their clients.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Outside of being an artist, being a manager is the toughest gig in the business bar none.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How did all the big managers get to where they are? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s simple: they managed big artists.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For all the hard work that goes into managing, a lot of the success is luck\u00e2\u20ac\u201dright artist at the right time.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As a manager you can do all the right things and your clients don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t succeed.\u00c2\u00a0 An artist can have a manager who does a lot wrong and still have success.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Almost all of my former clients were managed somebodies before me, but those somebodies were not able to get the major label deals, publishing deals, tours, syncs, commercial radio play, press, and playlists that I got for my clients.\u00c2\u00a0 I stopped managing in 2018 before TikTok and other short form video platforms that power today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s marketing exploded, so I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have experience with that.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re an artist with a young nobody manager who is smart, resourceful, ambitious, has your best interest at heart and is moving your career forward, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t fire them when the bigtime manager tries to poach you.\u00c2\u00a0 If your young nobody is all of the above, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll learn what they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know and make the connections they need to make to help your career.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In my time working for big management companies and managers before going out on my own, I saw many artists leave their nobodies with the thought that this somebody was going to make them a star like his or her other big clients.\u00c2\u00a0 In every case it didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t happen.\u00c2\u00a0 At the first sign of trouble or a downturn in the artists\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 careers, those somebodies checked out and eventually decided that the up-and-coming artists weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the right fit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so much more to managing than making deals and marketing.\u00c2\u00a0 Anticipating and solving problems is a huge part of the job as is the psychology of working with creative and, many times, sensitive human beings\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnot to mention all the organizing and planning it takes to make sure all aspects of an artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s career run smoothly.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, experience helps with all of this, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a prerequisite for navigating these complexities successfully.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I will agree that not signing a contract with a nobody is good advice. I never had contracts with artists.\u00c2\u00a0 Some bigtime managers don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t either.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If your manager is busting their ass for you and getting results, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t leave because you think there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s greener grass on the other side.\u00c2\u00a0 You just might just find yourself in a drought.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Seth Keller ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Don’t Boast<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039Amen!<\/p>\n This has probably happened to you in some form or fashion, or probably a lot.<\/p>\n I’m at a gig or in public I’m hanging out with “Guy Dudenband” \u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039whom I just met through a friend, he doesn’t know me from Joe schmoe, we’re talking about life, music, the Sox, just shooting the shit like new bros.<\/p>\n Then up comes drunken sceneguy \u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039and he slobbers out “oh wow you met Dan, he is Mr booking guy he should book your band!”<\/p>\n And suddenly the conversation that was going so nicely turns into “what can you do for me we’ve played here and here and we really want to play \u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039the house of blues can you get us that gig?”<\/p>\n And the other variation, the neighbor’s cousin who plays in a crappy cover band. “You should talk to Dan he works in the music business.”<\/p>\n All my close friends and circle are all under specific instructions to never tell anyone what I do without my permission.<\/p>\n Seriously.<\/p>\n When I meet someone new and they ask me what I do I tell them I work in the toy department or that I’m in logistical consulting until I sus out whether they have an uncle who plays in a band.<\/p>\n Dan Millen<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Don’t Boast<\/p>\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been in sales for over 20 years. Early on the best piece of advice I was given was, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You were born with two ears and one mouth, use them proportionately.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d So many salesmen talk themselves out of a deal because they can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t shut their mouths. All of these egomaniacs are like this in their private lives too and most of what they boast about isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even true.<\/p>\n Neil Johnson<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Don’t Boast<\/p>\n Single biggest lesson I ever got in business was from an old school sales manager. He pinned a note to the inside of my blazer that simply said STFU. I learned to, over time, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s paid dividends ever since.<\/p>\n You got two ears and one mouth for a reason.<\/p>\n Listen twice as much as you speak.<\/p>\n Michael Leonard<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Don’t Boast<\/p>\n This is spot on. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve tour managed some famous artists, and I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tell you how many times they were more engaged with the handful of people that were actually mindful and confident enough to steer the conversation in a direction other than their music. Their hobbies, their childhood, where they grew up, etc\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s where the artist was engaged.<\/p>\n Do you know how we knew that conversation engaged the artist? Because the artist talked about those conversations once we left the venue and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re on our bus to the next town. All the other conversations? Nobody remembers.<\/p>\n Trinidad Sanchez III<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Don’t Boast<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6a good ol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 country bus driver once told us\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009dif you gotta tell you are\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6ya\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n Mitchell Fox<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Don’t Boast<\/p>\n Man, this one REALLY hit home. As a session musician in LA, it was always a delicate balancing act of trying to let people know you have some credit and credentials while also not looking like you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re name dropping. This is especially true when meeting someone above your pay grade, like a more established player, producer, manager, etc.<\/p>\n I learned this lesson even before I moved to LA when I sat next to the guitar player from my favorite band in the world at a wedding reception in upstate NY. In fact, I asked if the seat was taken before I sat down, so I got permission to join the table. Then, another fan came over and talked this guy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ear off for 10 minutes, and he only left when the reception was starting. The guitarist looked exasperated, and I leaned over to him and asked him sympathetically \u00e2\u20ac\u0153that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got to happen to you a lot huh?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00c2\u00a0He answered \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yeah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with a look that gave all the frustration of his emotions. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A lot!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He added.<\/p>\n Lesson learned. Even though I was a massive fan and was just about to move to LA, I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t speak a word about music to him. Only when it came up in conversation did I mention my plans. My discretion, and my date getting along with his wife, was the reason I left the reception with his home phone number\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6given to me unsolicited.<\/p>\n During my time in LA as a session player, I had perfected my \u00e2\u20ac\u01537 second elevator introduction\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. If it was a musician above my station and I wanted to meet them cold, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d walk up to them directly, look them in the eye, extend my hand and say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hi ______. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Christopher Maloney. (Casually say) I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve worked with (drop two good names here), and I just want to tell you that I like (say honest compliment about them).\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n This did a few things. They knew I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just a fan and that I had SOME credibility, but then I immediately turned the attention to them and gave them a sincere compliment from a contemporary (or at least I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d hope they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d see it that way). \u00c2\u00a0They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d always say thank you, and then I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d immediately ask a non-music question that could get a conversation started. I could tell by their response to this quick interaction whether or not they wanted to continue speaking to me. If so, cool. If not, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153anyway, I just wanted to say a quick hi. I appreciate talking to you\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n It was the same whether I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be cold calling managers to get on a tour, producers to record on a track or any other interaction.<\/p>\n This worked everyone except for meeting John Entwistle at NAMM. \u00c2\u00a0He gripped my extended hand with one arm while simultaneously pulling me past him with his other. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even get my first name out before I was behind him and he was ten feet away. It was the coolest move I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d ever seen, though my friends that witnessed it never let me live it down.<\/p>\n Anyway, your advice was spot on!<\/p>\n -Christopher Maloney<\/p>\n www.practicewarriors.com<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Don’t Boast<\/p>\n One time my band got to open for One Republic on tour. Ryan Tedder threw a BBQ in the parking lot after the second or third show. We were all a bit intimidated, being the baby band & first of three, but I mustered up the courage to ask him if he needed help with the grill. My brother is a chef, I told him. We talked about cheeseburgers for 30 minutes and it was delightful. Didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bring up music once.<\/p>\n Zac Taylor<\/p>\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n From: LEO MUNTER<\/p>\n Subject: Re: Don’t Boast<\/p>\n Bob-\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I remember when I was hanging with George Harrison and Ringo and we began talking about our mutual friend Bob Dylan.\u00c2\u00a0 George said, “Ya know, I was telling Eric (Clapton) just the other day that I always remember Bob’s advice to me.\u00c2\u00a0 Bob said, ‘No one likes a name dropper!'”\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Yes.\u00c2\u00a0 Bad look.\u00c2\u00a0 No one cares!!!\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Leo<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Subject: From Tamara re Lahaina fires My son is eight years old and lives to surf Breakwall & Harbor breaks in Lahaina. He does the HSA competitive circuit. My daughter is 3 and a half and just two weeks ago she stood up on her own board. She likes to sing to the big waves. 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