Do record labels deserve the bad rap they are receiving ? The answer is “probably”, but like everything else in life, the stereotypes are nothing to hang your hat on. In today’s instant access to information there is little excuse to not know what you are getting into before you sign the dotted line. Granted, …
“How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man”. Johnny Cash Here it is almost 13 years since the “man in black” died (Sep.12, 2003). I met Johnny in1980 …
In a perfect world it would be nice to see artists come to be household names based only on their merit and contributions as artists. There are of course some, but the reality is that the industry is overrun with talentless, contrived and label created/driven material, Like many other professions, nepotism is rampant in the …
“We are all under the same mental calamity; we have all forgotten our names. We have all forgotten what we really are.” GK Chesterton Note, some excerpts taken from the Huffpost Arts & Culture blog: Not since John met Yoko has an artistic collaboration been greeted with as much disapproval as the collaboration between Paul McCartney …
The former drummer with the US metal band Megadeth Nick Menza, has died after collapsing on stage at a gig at the Baked Potato, a small jazz club in Los Angeles, California, early this morning (Sunday). Nick who was 51 is said to have suffered a heart attack during one of his regular sessions with …