‘Tony, I need you to get them on the radio,’ Simon said. ‘I need to get who on the radio?’ I politely inquired. ‘Westlife, Westlife my new boy band. I couldn’t pretend to be excited, I’d heard he’d signed a band but another boy band? I needed to be convinced they had what it took [...]
Archive for the ‘Interpersonal Skills’ Category
On February - 4 - 2010
On October - 22 - 2009
Seeing the U2 show last week reminded me of how they became as huge as they are. They had a bunch of songs that helped but it was so much more than that. I’m using my blog to blatantly advertise how we’ll be looking at how artists become successful and what they do to get [...]
On March - 18 - 2009
I’ve been buried in my writings but I haven’t forgot my blog. Just thought I wouldn’t add daily but then again I might change my mind. Part of what I’m writing is on interpersonal skills which we should all have but some have better than others. I’ll probably include some in this book which is [...]
On December - 1 - 2008
I was just talking with an old old friend who tracked me down on Facebook ( really no one does get out of there alive ! )He was asking me if I still lived at The Edge, when in fact I told him I hadn’t even lived in the country for 5 years and The [...]
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 [...]
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On November - 7 - 2008
I don’t think you ever find a good band without good management, certainly never in my experience. I never worked with Peter Grant, who was Led Zeppelin’s manager but he was the one who set the perimeters. He was totally devoted to his band and a brilliant manager. Since then Paul McGuinness with U2, Tony [...]
On November - 5 - 2008
Many books have been written about Manchester and they’ll be many more to come. I’m just grateful I spent all my working life in the music business in the 70’s, 80’s and 90′ there and was never tempted to take a job down south. I loved working out on the road, loved starting my promotion [...]
On October - 31 - 2008
Great as it was seeing U2 for the first time the same cannot be said for Adam’s hair. It was bad, the type that you’d imagine not belonging to a head but more as a shock treatment demo and on the end of a pole in a neuro surgeon’s treatment room. It was a harsh [...]
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On October - 30 - 2008
The decision made, Mark called the Polytechnic in Manchester and we were added to the guest list. Having your lodger on the radio back then was a major plus and saved us a fortune in gigs! I think the social secretary at the Poly was a guy called Elliot Rashman who later went on to manage Simply Red, [...]
