I was just contemplating what to write about when out of the stereo sprang Joni Mitchell’s dulcet tones, the ‘Blue’ album to be exact. What an amazing record for a glorious November morn. I think the sextarians today are sounding as fresh as they ever did. Oh,hang on a minute while I listen to the [...]
Archive for November, 2008
On November - 30 - 2008
categories: Archives, Blog, Inspiration, Inspiration vs. Motivation, Journey Thru The Past, People, Tony Michaelides
On November - 28 - 2008
I pulled up and into a meter bay right outside the front door of Granada, banged in a couple of coins and marched my band The Plastics, or two Plasticos to be exact up to reception.’Tony Michaelides and The Plastics here to see Tony Wilson.Thanks.’ The lady buzzed through to the studio and within a [...]
categories: Archives, Artist Development, Interpersonal Skills, Mistakes, People, Places, Tony Michaelides
On November - 26 - 2008
I just received a call from Neil with the very sad news that one of our former Island colleagues, Rob Partridge had passed away. Rob was one of the finest human beings ever to have graced the music industry and an engine room giant, yet his greatest quality was that he was an ‘all round [...]
categories: Archives, Creativity, Insights Collection, Inspiration, Journey Thru The Past, Life, PR, People, Places, Press, View from the "Engine Room"
On November - 25 - 2008
I gently eased the car window down as the cold misty weather collided with my foggy breath. I tried to attract Lady Mercedes’ attention but no joy, she was still singing along to her little Wailer and Jammin.’ Somehow I don’t think Bob had traffic jams in mind when he wrote this! The traffic was [...]
On November - 24 - 2008
It was starting to get late, I looked at the car clock and it was 4-30pm. I was supposed to be at The Britannia Hotel in 10 minutes to pick up my band and I was still 30 minutes away, better call them. I reached in to my inside pocket for my mobile phone. SHIT! [...]
On November - 23 - 2008
The idea of regional promotion tours were to help create awareness for the artist and more often than not they did. You would take artists in to do radio interviews, there would be an opportunity to meet the radio folks, the odd lunch, a drink here and there and then when you went back in [...]
categories: Archives, Journey Thru The Past, PR, People, Places, Tony Michaelides, View from the "Engine Room"
On November - 22 - 2008
I was ready for a road story but I changed my mind. In fact I changed my mind again so I will do it, just not now. It’s my prerogative deal with it, unless I change my mind then I’ll deal with it.
I awoke fresh as a daisy and thrust myself in to the day, then [...]
categories: Blog, View from the "Engine Room"
On November - 20 - 2008
Going on the road with artists to do regional promotion tours used to be so much fun.Occasionally you might get the less than inspiring rock n roller, but at least it made you aware that that was the last time you were taking them anywhere ! In their desperation for ‘promotion, any promotion’ some product [...]
On November - 19 - 2008
Brrrrr it’s been a little frisky round here and not in a ‘luurve’ Barry White kind of way. I’m currently under a wind chill advisory, well not me personally, we all are and in the northern counties they have a freeze warning. I’m a hardened Mancunian when it comes weather, or at [...]
On November - 17 - 2008
Factory Records started life at 86 Palatine Road in the Manchester surburb of West Didsbury. They set up shop in the second floor flat of co founder Alan Erasmus where they remained for the best part of the next decade. They had a vision, they wanted to put out good records. It was vision much [...]
