Another Rainy Saturday

God bless Microsoft. They bring interesting people from all over the world and set them down in my home town. It’s like reality TV, without the TV. People like CB. A talented designer who’s helping invent the shiny future at Microsoft, he’s originally from Australia, and comes to Seattle by way of L.A. Like me, [...]

When I learned Friday morning of the death of Adam Yauch, MCA of Beastie Boys, it hit me as hard as it hit a lot of my peers. I learned to love hip hop music through Beastie Boys, whose blend of rap with rock and roll, led me to Run DMC, Public Enemy, De La [...]

When synthesizers became available in the 70′s, and again when samplers became popular in the 90′s, some musicians panicked. They said that synthetic music technology was going to make real musicians obsolete. In retrospect, they were right. I’m not sure I care. Maybe I do. I’m a producer. it’s my job to make finished songs with [...]

When I started this blog in 2010, I had a lot of ideas in mind for how I wanted to run it and how I would cover music. One objective I’ve always strived for is to cover music with a high level of integrity. Over the course of almost ten years as a music writer [...]

My record label has few expenses, which is good news. Many new businesses fail because the startup cash doesn’t last long enough for the business income to get rolling. I won’t have a problem where I can’t make rent or payroll, since I have neither. But there is still a waiting period. It takes time [...]