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 →
While I await on Adele to take over the world[1] and bring the music business – and by the business, I mean the industry - to a complete standstill, there is some time to indulge my recent music obsessions. Here are five you need to know about. Gabriels Love and Hate in a Different Time... Continue Reading →
If I had been better prepared I would have been a day earlier and taken a more thoughtful and respectful approach to this for International Women's Day. I could say more about each of the women below and I have in various posts over the years. In my haste, I'm sure I'm omitting some. I've... Continue Reading →
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