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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Managing Creativity’ Category
On October - 22 - 2009
On March - 1 - 2009
Part of me thinks U2 can’t fail, they took chances with Pop and Achtung Baby but not with the same impact as The Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree, well not for me anyway. It’s good that they are prepared to do that and probably the only band alive that can but in this day [...]
categories: Artist Development, Leadership, Managing Creativity, Managment, Opportunity, People, Risk vs. Opportunity
On January - 26 - 2009
I’ve been moving furniture around and I’m knackered. I’ve lost half the stuff I put in places to make it easier to find them but I suppose it’s bound to get easier when I eventually do find them. Nevertheless good things happen and Facebook once more re introduces figures from the past and more glorious [...]
categories: Archives, Artist Development, Creativity, Journey Thru The Past, Managing Creativity, Opportunity, PR, People, Tony Michaelides
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 October - 28 - 2008
Today the artists are doing what the record companies can longer do , or have no desire to do, build careers. It involves work, hard work by dedicated people and there used to be a word for it, artist development.(OK two words) But you still never hear it mentioned anymore by record companies. It gave [...]
