The Corona School of Writing, Weinhard’s Private Reserve, record labels (major and independent) and just about everyone I have ever really known. So I sit here quaffing the ice cold Weinhard, waiting for that writing buzz and wondering where I will go with this because I have no real idea where I am going, only where I have been. I have been lucky, lucky like I cannot believe, but not lucky of my own making. I have been surrounded by good people— no, people more than good— and it is time I pay tribute to those and those things which have made me who I am.
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Frank Gutch Jr: My Journey As Brought To You By…..
Posted in Opinion with tags Ben Daniel, Bill Follett, Chris & Gileah, Chrystalship, Dan McLain, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Erin & the Wildfire, Frank Gutch Jr., gary heffern, Heartsfield, House of Records, Indie Artists, Indie Music, James Call, KGB Chicken, licorice pizza, Mike Marino, music, Music Millennium, Peaches, Penetrators, Phil Keaggy, Pure Prairie League, Ramones, Records, Roadhead Chronicles, Ron Prindle, Shook Twins, Tom Griswold, Wilfrid Sheed on July 22, 2014 by segariniFrank Gutch Jr: MB Is For Music Biz
Posted in Opinion with tags Amelia Jay, Bill Brown, Bill Follett, Bill Graham, Charlie Brown, Dala, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., gigi shibawbaw, Greg Laswell, Gruppo Sportivo, hem, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Lisbee Stainton, music, Nick Holmes, Phonogram, RCA Records, Records, Steve Franken, Zoe Muth on October 15, 2013 by segarini
After reading what I consider Cam Carpenter‘s best column ever this past week (if you missed it, read it here), I could not help but look back over my years in the business. The big difference between Cam and myself is that I spent all of my years on the bottomside, i.e. retail, and started those years looking longingly at the labels, hoping to score that most wonderful and elusive job in A&R (Artists & Repertoire— the people who spend ungodly amounts of time listening to live tapes and demos and sucking in smoke in scuzzy bars looking for that next big thing in music). Cam did that.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 