Video 1 about John Clore’s first book, The Music Industry Doesn’t Have To Kill You. “A quick look at the manuscript on 1.22.12.” Book expected to release March-April 2012. Book description: The Music Industry Doesn’t Have To Kill You challenges behavioral stereotypes in the industry of music while bringing attention to interesting people within it.… [Read more…]
January 14, 2012
I was just watching “Metal Evolution” on VH1 Classic. The “Grunge” episode. There were musicians ripping on seemingly grunge-influenced bands like Candlebox, Creed, etc. Whatever. My point is not to defend a particular band or era of music – that is all extremely subjective. What I do want to address is how angry people can… [Read more…]
January 8, 2012
Buy this book. It is absolutely fantastic. I don’t care if you’re in the entertainment industry, pharmaceutical industry or automobile industry – this book will help you establish strong brands, and keep business moving forward. Steve Jones, the author, does a great job of bringing what matters in to perspective. Learn what a brand really… [Read more…]
December 31, 2011
I have stood at the precipice of divorce, and later in life, entered its lonely confines. I do not like that, but I am thankful for the perspectives they brought me. As I write this, there are two little boys asleep in their bedrooms about fifteen feet away from me. We share last names. They… [Read more…]
November 1, 2011
Thanks to my good friend, Todd Ramey, for pointing this video out to me. It’s an ESPN E:60 documentary (18-minutes long) about Scott Hall, who’s wrestling name is “Razor Ramon,” a character that was huge in the WWF/WWE/WCW, especially in the 1990s. This is one of the saddest videos I have seen in a while.… [Read more…]
July 3, 2011
I had the honor of seeing U2 perform last night (7/2/11) in Nashville. Vanderbilt Stadium. 40,000 capacity for football. Some 48,000 on-hand for the show. This was, somehow, U2′s first concert in Nashville since the year I was born, 1981. What in the world is the deal with that? Even Bono seemed a bit bewildered… [Read more…]
July 1, 2011
I would prefer a lot of people I know not hear me say the following: I am pumped for tomorrow night’s U2 show in Nashville. Look, I am fanatical about a few things, yes. But I have been around some crazy people that treat U2 and Bono as if they are the answer to all… [Read more…]
June 4, 2011
I knew I needed to watch Anvil! The Story of Anvil after the first review I read. Then I had multiple friends tell me I needed to watch it. For whatever reason, I finally got around to it last night, thanks to Netflix on my Roku. Watch this documentary. Please. As soon as you can.… [Read more…]
June 2, 2011
As I’m nearing completion of my first book, I’m starting to be asked, why this book? Why this topic? Why am I so passionate about an idea such as the music industry doesn’t have to kill you? There are many reasons, but as I consider these questions more, I’m realizing it’s mostly because I know… [Read more…]
May 30, 2011
In Nicholas Dawidoff’s Rolling Stone story on Paul Simon (RS 1130; 5/12/11), he writes: It hasn’t escaped Simon’s notice that the more he kept his personal life to himself, the better life got. ‘At a certain point,’ he [Simon] says, ‘you begin to realize about your life and your private affairs that it’s inappropriate that… [Read more…]
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January 22, 2012
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