RollingStone posted an article today about Nevermind. Jon Stewart spoke with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Butch Vig about the sessions. It’s worth a read in its entirety, but the highlighted text below is a tasty bit of wisdom on the band’s recording process: ….As the band revealed, the recording of the album was similarly [...]
NPR is such a gold mine. One could literally get caught in hours of excellent programing and come out smarter than before. They recently posted a great compilation of artists that had a major influence on Kurt Cobain. If you’ve noticed a little more buzz about Nirvana and Cobain recently, it’s because their groundbreaking major label [...]
The other day I stumbled upon this quote by Jim Jarmusch. Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal [...]
Before The Beatles hit America they wanted a breakout hit. They knew the power that a crossover hit had, so they sat down and wrote I Wanna Hold Your Hand. Coldplay wrote Yellow, Radiohead wrote Creep and Nirvana wrote Smells Like Teen Sprit. All of these bands needed that first big breakout hit. None of [...]
You’d think a guy who did PR for Kiss, Led Zeppelin and managed Nirvana would have something to say. Turns out he does. Music industry veteran Danny Goldberg recently sat down with the Huffington Post to talk about his new book, “Bumping into Geniuses: My Life in the Music Business.” I’ll let you take a [...]
Brian Clark from Lateral Action wrote a great article about the innovative entrepreneurial skills of Kurt Cobain. According to Brian there are 3 major points that Cobain taught us: Always use a new and better approach, or a fresh and innovative way to do the tried and true. If the “do it the way it’s [...]
Recently I have been pondering life, death, and how an early exit can be the best career move ever. Jim Morrison was undoubtedly a phenomenal front man. He created a mold that many performers have aspired to ever since. But he is more then just imitated. He is mythologized by popular culture to the point [...]
When you think of lasting artists, you may think of Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, U2, Bob Dylan, and some others. When you think of one-hit wonders, you don’t remember the artist, you remember the song. It was the early 90′s and besides Vanilla Ice, hair/glam bands were on top and Guns’N’Roses were crowned King. [...]
Give Me One Great Song
That’s all I want. One song. One great song and you have my attention, my ear, and my time. Many artists focus on making an “album.” Like you have so much to say. So much great, amazing music, that you can produce 12 flooring tracks. I don’t think so. I haven’t heard an album that [...]