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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Risk vs. Opportunity’ Category
On March - 1 - 2009
categories: Artist Development, Leadership, Managing Creativity, Managment, Opportunity, People, Risk vs. Opportunity
On December - 2 - 2008
Even though no one knew it at the time, the Stiff/Chiswick challenge became a historical moment in music. It was the night most people either ignored or missed Joy Division, though speaking for myself I couldn’t be accused of ignoring someone I was too knackered to wait around for! As one might expect with Stiff [...]
categories: Archives, Artist Development, Creativity, Inspiration, Managment, People, Places, Risk vs. Opportunity, Tony Michaelides
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 [...]
On October - 20 - 2008
Who did what to rock and roll indeed? Everyone is to blame, some more than others. Maybe the one area where they understood it a little better is touring, it seems to be thriving. It shows that while the record business suffers the music business doesn’t. Let’s begin by taking a look at record companies and [...]
