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.
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Frank 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 segariniFrank Gutch Jr: We Are the World Done Local, Mining 45s, and Notes…..
Posted in Opinion with tags Aimee Mann., April Wine, Band Aid, Bryce Larsen, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Gruppo Sportivo, Indie Music, Loss Leaders, Myspace, Now Wave Sampler, Records, Research Turtles, Rockin Foo, stealing jane, The Minnows, The Soundcarriers, Tom Dyer, USA for Africa on September 26, 2012 by segarini
Quick! Without searching, answer a few questions. Who recorded We Are the World? Who benefited? Who wrote it? Was there a B-side? Were there other projects similar? Does anyone care? Did anyone care?
For those born after the fact, it may surprise you to know that plenty cared. Over 20 million people worldwide bought the record. I mean, Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie, the writers of the song, were huge at the time. So were producers Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian, though Jones significantly more than Omartian.
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