Not just blowing smoke: One fan’s passion is another fan’s apathy
What do we find valuable about music? Have we constricted our ability to determine what makes music important to us as individuals, by continually and…
Cookie cutters and circular traps: Are we condemning creativity itself?
You’ve Cott Mail, the free weekly digest mailer of arts news and commentary run by one, Thomas Cott, recently featured and linked to a pair of stories…
Breaking free of the broken record: Misogynistic misgivings in the music industry
Social justice isn’t my thing. That’s not to say I do not believe in causes of a social justice nature but it certainly isn’t the vector…
We need to be more prudent about choosing our “exes”
Some of the recent music business related headlines that have fluttered about many social media dashboards presented a contradictory set of approaches for that cornerstone of…
There’s a “major” problem with college sport employment
Approximately one week ago, during an average morning, a story emerged in the headlines that struck a nerve and immediately brought to the surface, reminders of…
Rock or roll with it? The business and commonality conflict of music
This past weekend, I spent my time taking in the knowledge and unorthodox visions of many people, from all across the spectrum of music and…
The chain reaction riling up the (daily) beast
Just this past Tuesday, a powerfully-headlined piece went live, over at The Daily Beast, that set Twitter temporarily ablaze with comments, insights and knee-jerk reactions by music…
Pick a card, any card! (but don’t show it to me!)
Hey look, with this new deposition development, Justin Bieber is hoarding headline space yet again. That is all the superficial introduction needed to dive right into today’s…
I love the new folks at home! (with apologies to Stephen Foster)
This piece is a special guest post by Salina Sias; a confidently genuine, singer-songwriter / producer from Brooklyn, NY and a Jill of many genres (Folk, Jazz, Blues…
Status is only shelf deep: Stay focused on the search
The end of last week saw the “Blog on the Huffington Post” publish a piece on why J.K. Rowling should step aside so other writers don’t…