Again I apologize for the gaps and infrequent blogging, it will improve but have an excuse as I’m frantically trying to finish the book, Insights from the engine room..
Here’s a snippet..
In 1980 I was working with U2, I’d been taking them in and out of radio stations prior to the release of their first [...]
Archive for the ‘Places’ Category
On March - 8 - 2009
On February - 21 - 2009
Haven’t been up here for as few days posting but don’t worry I wasn’t going to leave you for too long. I’ve busy working on my book and dealing with a family illness which has seen the days fly by. The positive in all of it has been that it has allowed me to go [...]
On February - 11 - 2009
Well fancy mentioning the Grammys and forgetting the star turn, Whitney Houston. That was of course a joke. Whitney Houston has less personality than a lump of lard and far less flavor. What the hell is that all about?? When a hall full of Grammy groupies all feel the need to bring the house down [...]
On February - 10 - 2009
They’re over before they begin, at least if you do what I’ve been doing for the last few years, recording the Grammys. And the nominations aaaaaaaargh. A million blogs, endless questions and most of them pondering the same one, do they mean anything anymore? They could have saved some money for next year’s by recording U2, [...]
On February - 2 - 2009
Bruce and the E -Street band really tore things up at the Superbowl half time show and I think he inspired both teams because they came out and treated us to a spectacular second half. A few of those players genuinely Born to Run with some amazing sprints. I can’t use the correct jargon because [...]
categories: Artist Development, Creativity, Leadership, Mistakes, News and Social Topics, People, Places
On January - 22 - 2009
I never finished telling you about the Bickershaw festival. That’s the problem I’ll start something, something else will come in to my head and I’ll think ‘must have a rant about that.’ And before you know it’s gone! Now’s the time methinks to go through the blogs and see exactly what I need to [...]
On December - 31 - 2008
When I was a salesman reaching targets were never a problem, people buying music loved music and the people selling music loved music. Customers would go to their favorite store and talk to the people behind the counter before they bought anything, they’d compare notes and ask their advice on what they thought was worth [...]
On December - 30 - 2008
With the New Year barely upon us you can but wonder what is in store for the record business. Mmm, records and stores, you don’t hear those two words together much nowadays. One thing is painfully obvious is that record sales continue to drop year after year and together with the miserable state of the economy [...]
categories: Places, View from the "Engine Room"
On December - 29 - 2008
Where I worked as a salesman in the 70’s, Transatlantic Records they used to have an incentive at Christmas, a drinks offer….like retailers needed an incentive! Buy music and get drunk. It was very hard to entice them, they were going to buy the stuff anyway so why not tempt them in to buying more [...]
On December - 26 - 2008
And so endeth another year, put a yuletide blog on the fire and cast your mind back. It’s a time for the mind to wander (any lame excuse will do!), a time for thought and why not. It still feels strange basking in 80 degree heat when half the world is freezing it’s ass off [...]
