Dear Suits at ABC (sABCs): I respect your right to program your network in whatever way suits your strategic objectives. As an occasional consumer of said programming, I would appreciate accurate and updated information about the provision of your content so that I can allocate the precious resource of my time around the consumption of... Continue Reading →
At 3:52 this afternoon, I saw the titled text from My Daughter Diandra (MDD). After five hours of agonizing ecstasy, I was able to compile a list. The first 14 songs came easily. Some time ago for reasons long forgotten, I had curated a playlist of 19 songs that I had an emotional attachment to.... Continue Reading →
I am following up on a recent post If I Were Starting a Record Label because a couple of friends experienced schadenfreude over how agonizingly difficult the last category was for me, i.e. Sacred Cow – A band or artist you sign purely out of personal love. In that part of the piece, I focused... Continue Reading →
In his weekly Indie Mixtape email, music critic and author Steven Hyden introduced the idea of a Record Label Draft. This is how it works: You are starting a record label. You get five picks. You can pick them in any order, but you must have one of each category, as listed below. Also: This... Continue Reading →
When you say the name “Santana”, people of a certain (elder) age will immediately think of songs like Black Magic Woman, Evil Ways, and No One to Depend On. Oh, but wait. Other people of a certain (younger) age will immediately think of songs like Smooth, Maria Maria, and Game of Love. Five decades of... Continue Reading →
Saturday night is my #JazzurdayNight, and as the clock went past midnight on this recent Saturday to become Sunday and Father’s Day, the time drew near to play my favorite father-related song, Cannonball Adderley’s One for Daddy-O from the five-star album Somethin’ Else. At some point in my jazz-fan lifetime, I had heard OF Miles... Continue Reading →
Ahead of tonight’s big cuts where we will lose three of the remaining eight Idolists (approx. 40% for the math-inclined like me), I want to write a bit about My Girl We´Ani. I am choosing to believe in a conspiracy theory of my own making, which is that the Evil Genius Producers (EGPs) are tired... Continue Reading →
Ray's Musings 